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PROPERTY

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UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT

111TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION

2009

Vol. 123

Part 1, pp. 1–1456

PUBLIC LAWS2

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CONTAINING THE

LAWS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

ENACTED DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE

ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

2009

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PROCLAMATIONS

Volume 123

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 iii CONTENTS Page List of Bills Enacted Into Public Law v List of Public Laws vii List of Concurrent Resolutions xiii List of Proclamations xv Public Laws 111–1 Through 111–11 3 Popular Name Index A1 Subject Index B1 List of Bills Enacted Into Public Law v List of Public Laws vii List of Concurrent Resolutions xiii List of Proclamations xv Public Laws 111–12 Through 111–84 1457 Popular Name Index A1 Subject Index B1 List of Bills Enacted Into Public Law v List of Public Laws vii List of Concurrent Resolutions xiii List of Proclamations xv Public Laws 111–85 Through 111–125, 111–128 Through 111–135, And 111–137 2845 Concurrent Resolutions 3499 Proclamations 3575 Popular Name Index A1 Subject Index B1 LIST OF BILLS ENACTED INTO PUBLIC LAW LIST OF BILLS ENACTED INTO PUBLIC LAWv THE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES FIRST SESSION, 2009 BILL PUBLIC LAW H.R. 1 111–5 H.R. 2 111–3 H.R. 131 111–25 H.R. 146 111–11 H.R. 586 111–19 H.R. 621 111–86 H.R. 627 111–24 H.R. 663 111–26 H.R. 774 111–50 H.R. 813 111–34 H.R. 837 111–35 H.R. 838 111–48 H.R. 918 111–27 H.R. 955 111–99 H.R. 987 111–51 H.R. 1016 111–81 H.R. 1105 111–8 H.R. 1127 111–9 H.R. 1209 111–91 H.R. 1243 111–65 H.R. 1256 111–31 H.R. 1271 111–52 H.R. 1275 111–53 H.R. 1284 111–28 H.R. 1377 111–137 H.R. 1388 111–13 H.R. 1397 111–54 H.R. 1512 111–12 H.R. 1516 111–100 H.R. 1541 111–10 H.R. 1595 111–29 H.R. 1626 111–16 H.R. 1687 111–74 H.R. 1713 111–101 H.R. 1777 111–39 H.R. 1817 111–128 H.R. 2004 111–102 H.R. 2053 111–75 H.R. 2090 111–55 H.R. 2121 111–76 H.R. 2131 111–70 H.R. 2162 111–56 H.R. 2215 111–103 H.R. 2245 111–44 H.R. 2325 111–57 H.R. 2344 111–36 H.R. 2346 111–32 H.R. 2422 111–58 H.R. 2470 111–59 H.R. 2498 111–77 H.R. 2632 111–41 H.R. 2647 111–84 H.R. 2675 111–30 H.R. 2760 111–104 H.R. 2877 111–129 H.R. 2892 111–83 H.R. 2913 111–78 H.R. 2918 111–68 H.R. 2938 111–60 H.R. 2972 111–105 H.R. 2996 111–88 H.R. 2997 111–80 H.R. 3072 111–130 H.R. 3114 111–45 H.R. 3119 111–106 H.R. 3183 111–85 H.R. 3288 111–117 H.R. 3319 111–131 H.R. 3325 111–63 H.R. 3326 111–118 H.R. 3357 111–46 H.R. 3386 111–107 H.R. 3435 111–47 H.R. 3539 111–132 H.R. 3547 111–108 H.R. 3548 111–92 H.R. 3593 111–71 H.R. 3606 111–93 H.R. 3607 111–69 H.R. 3614 111–66 H.R. 3663 111–72 H.R. 3667 111–133 H.R. 3767 111–134 H.R. 3788 111–135 H.R. 3819 111–125 H.R. 4165 111–120 H.R. 4217 111–116 H.R. 4218 111–115 H.R. 4284 111–124 H.R. 4314 111–123 H.J. Res. 26 111–94 H.J. Res. 38 111–6 H.J. Res. 40 111–33 H.J. Res. 44 111–61 H.J. Res. 56 111–42 H.J. Res. 62 111–121 S. 39 111–18 S. 181 111–2 S. 234 111–7 S. 352 111–4 S. 383 111–15 S. 386 111–21 S. 407 111–37 S. 454 111–23 S. 475 111–97 S. 509 111–98 S. 520 111–14 S. 614 111–40 S. 615 111–38 S. 735 111–20 S. 748 111–109 S. 832 111–95 S. 896 111–22 S. 1107 111–49 S. 1211 111–110 S. 1289 111–79 S. 1314 111–111 S. 1422 111–119 S. 1472 111–122 S. 1513 111–43 S. 1599 111–113 S. 1677 111–67 S. 1694 111–96 S. 1707 111–73 S. 1717 111–82vi S. 1793 111–87 S. 1818 111–90 S. 1825 111–112 S. 1860 111–114 S. 1929 111–89 S.J. Res. 3 111–1 S.J. Res. 8 111–17 S.J. Res. 9 111–64 S.J. Res. 19 111–62 LIST OF PUBLIC LAWSvii CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME PUBLIC LAW PAGE 111–1 3 111–2 5 111–3 8 111–4 112 111–5 115 111–6 522 111–7 523 111–8 524 111–9 989 111–10 990 111–11 991 111–12 1457 111–13 1460 111–14 1602 111–15 1603 111–16 1607 111–17 1610 111–18 1611 111–19 1612 111–20 1616 111–21 1617 111–22 1632 111–23 1704 111–24 1734 111–25 1767viii 111–26 1771 111–27 1772 111–28 1773 111–29 1774 111–30 1775 111–31 1776 111–32 1859 111–33 1922 111–34 1924 111–35 1925 111–36 1926 111–37 1927 111–38 1932 111–39 1934 111–40 1958 111–41 1962 111–42 1963 111–43 1965 111–44 1966 111–45 1968 111–46 1970 111–47 1972 111–48 1974 111–49 1976ix 111–50 1979 111–51 1980 111–52 1981 111–53 1982 111–54 1989 111–55 1990 111–56 1991 111–57 1992 111–58 1993 111–59 1994 111–60 1995 111–61 1996 111–62 1998 111–63 2001 111–64 2002 111–65 2003 111–66 2005 111–67 2006 111–68 2023 111–69 2054 111–70 2057x 111–71 2058 111–72 2059 111–73 2060 111–74 2080 111–75 2081 111–76 2082 111–77 2084 111–78 2085 111–79 2086 111–80 2090 111–81 2137 111–82 2140 111–83 2142 111–84 2190 111–85 2845 111–86 2881 111–87 2885 111–88 2904 111–89 2975 111–90 2976 111–91 2980 111–92 2984 111–93 2998 111–94 2999 111–95 3001xi 111–96 3005 111–97 3007 111–98 3010 111–99 3011 111–100 3012 111–101 3013 111–102 3014 111–103 3015 111–104 3016 111–105 3017 111–106 3018 111–107 3019 111–108 3020 111–109 3021 111–110 3022 111–111 3023 111–112 3024 111–113 3026 111–114 3028 111–115 3029xii 111–116 3031 111–117 3034 111–118 3409 111–119 3476 111–120 3478 111–121 3479 111–122 3480 111–123 3483 111–124 3484 111–125 11 For Public Laws 111–126, 111–127, and 111–136, see Volume 124 for the 111th Congress, Second Session. 3486 111–128 3487 111–129 3488 111–130 3489 111–131 3490 111–132 3491 111–133 3492 111–134 3493 111–135 3494 111–137 3495 LIST OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONSxiii CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PAGE S. Con. Res. 1 3499 S. Con. Res. 2 3499 H. Con. Res. 26 3499 H. Con. Res. 27 3500 H. Con. Res. 41 3500 H. Con. Res. 35 3500 H. Con. Res. 47 3502 H. Con. Res. 37 3502 H. Con. Res. 39 3503 H. Con. Res. 54 3504 H. Con. Res. 93 3504 H. Con. Res. 86 3505 H. Con. Res. 101 3505 S. Con. Res. 13 3506 H. Con. Res. 104 3550 H. Con. Res. 38 3551 H. Con. Res. 80 3552 H. Con. Res. 133 3552 H. Con. Res. 109 3553 S. Con. Res. 31 3554 H. Con. Res. 131 3555 H. Con. Res. 135 3555 H. Con. Res. 164 3557 S. Con. Res. 30 3557 S. Con. Res. 29 3558xiv S. Con. Res. 35 3560 H. Con. Res. 172 3560 H. Con. Res. 171 3561 H. Con. Res. 179 3562 H. Con. Res. 59 3562 H. Con. Res. 186 3563 H. Con. Res. 191 3564 H. Con. Res. 178 3564 S. Con. Res. 42 3565 S. Con. Res. 43 3567 S. Con. Res. 45 3567 H. Con. Res. 210 3568 H. Con. Res. 214 3568 H. Con. Res. 218 3569 H. Con. Res. 206 3570 H. Con. Res. 223 3572 LIST OF PROCLAMATIONSxv CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME PROCLAMATION PAGE 8335 3575 8336 3582 8337 3594 8338 3600 8339 3601 8340 3602 8341 3603 8342 3607 8343 3609 8344 3609 8345 3611 8346 3612 8347 3613 8348 3614 8349 3615 8350 3616 8351 3617 8352 3618 8353 3619 8354 3620 8355 3621 8356 3622 8357 3623 8358 3624 8359 3625 8360 3626 8361 3627 8362 3628 8363 3629 8364 3630 8365 3632 8366 3633 8367 3634 8368 3635 8369 3636 8370 3637xvi 8371 3639 8372 3640 8373 3640 8374 3642 8375 3643 8376 3644 8377 3645 8378 3646 8379 3647 8380 3649 8381 3650 8382 8382 8383 3652 8384 3653 8385 3654 8386 3655 8387 3656 8388 3657 8389 3658 8390 3659 8391 3660 8392 3661 8393 3662 8394 3663 8395 3671 8396 3672 8397 3673 8398 3674 8399 3675 8400 3676 8401 3677 8402 3678 8403 3679 8404 3680 8405 3681 8406 3684 8407 3685 8408 3686 8409 3687 8410 3688 8411 3689 8412 3690 8413 3691 8414 3692xvii 8415 3696 8416 3697 8417 3698 8418 3699 8419 3700 8420 3701 8421 3702 8422 3703 8423 3704 8424 3705 8425 3706 8426 3707 8427 3708 8428 3710 8429 3711 8430 3712 8431 3713 8432 3714 8433 3716 8434 3717 8435 3718 8436 3719 8437 3720 8438 3721 8439 3722 8440 3723 8441 3724 8442 3725 8443 3726 8444 3727 8445 3728 8446 3729 8447 3730 8448 3731 8449 3732 8450 3733 8451 3734 8452 3735 8453 3736 8454 3737 8455 3738 8456 3739 8457 3740 8458 3741 8459 3742 8460 3743 8461 3744 8462 3745 8463 3746xviii 8464 3747 8465 3748 8466 3749 8467 3750 8468 3758 1

PUBLIC LAWS

ENACTED DURING

FIRST SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, adjourned sine die on Thursday, December 24, 2009. Until noon Tuesday, January 20, 2009, George W. Bush, President; Richard Cheney, Vice President; Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives; from Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Barack H. Obama, President; Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President; Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Public Law 111–1: Ensuring that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of the Interior are those which were in effect on January 1, 2005. Public Law1 Public Law 111–1123 Stat. 3 2009-01-16 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 3.11.8;Stage2.202304032024-03-28 111public 123 STAT. 3 Public Law111–1 111th Congress
Joint Resolution Ensuring that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of the Interior are those which were in effect on January 1, 2005.

Jan. 16, 2009

[S.J. Res. 3]

   Resolved   by   the   Senate   and   House   of   Representatives   of   the   United   States   of   America   in   Congress   assembled,
SECTION 1.

5 USC 5312 note.

COMPENSATION AND OTHER EMOLUMENTS ATTACHED TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.(a) In General.—The compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of the Interior shall be those in effect January 1, 2005, notwithstanding any increase in such compensation or emoluments after that date under any provision of law, or provision which has the force and effect of law, that is enacted or becomes effective during the period beginning at noon of January 3, 2005, and ending at noon of January 3, 2011.(b) Civil Action and Appeal.—(1) Jurisdiction.—Any person aggrieved by an action of the Secretary of the Interior may bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to contest the constitutionality of the appointment and continuance in office of the Secretary of the Interior on the ground that such appointment and continuance in office is in violation of article I, section 6, clause 2, of the Constitution. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such a civil action, without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy.(2) Three judge panel.—Any claim challenging the constitutionality of the appointment and continuance in office of the Secretary of the Interior on the ground that such appointment and continuance in office is in violation of article I, section 6, clause 2, of the Constitution, in an action brought under paragraph (1) shall be heard and determined by a panel of three judges in accordance with section 2284 of title 28, United States Code. It shall be the duty of the district court to advance on the docket and to expedite the disposition of any matter brought under this subsection.(3) Appeal.—(A) Direct appeal to supreme court.—An appeal may be taken directly to the Supreme Court of the United States from any interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order upon the validity of the appointment and continuance in office of the Secretary of the Interior under article I, section 6, clause 2, of the Constitution, entered in any action brought under this subsection.

Deadline.

 Any such appeal 123 STAT. 4 shall be taken by a notice of appeal filed within 20 days after such judgment, decree, or order is entered.(B) Jurisdiction.—The Supreme Court shall, if it has not previously ruled on the question presented by an appeal taken under subparagraph (A), accept jurisdiction over the appeal, advance the appeal on the docket, and expedite the appeal.(c) Effective Date.—This joint resolution shall take effect at 12:00 p.m. on January 20, 2009.
Approved January 16, 2009.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 3: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009):

Jan. 6, considered and passed Senate.

Jan. 7, considered and passed House.

 Public Law 111–2: To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Public Law2 Public Law 111–2123 Stat. 5 2009-01-29 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 3.11.8;Stage2.202304032024-03-28 111public 123 STAT. 5 Public Law111–2 111th Congress
An Act To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.

Jan. 29, 2009

[S. 181]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lilly Ledbetter

Fair Pay Act

of 2009.

42 USC 2000a

note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009”.
SEC. 2.

42 USC 2000e–5 note.

FINDINGS.  Congress finds the following:(1) The Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), significantly impairs statutory protections against discrimination in compensation that Congress established and that have been bedrock principles of American law for decades. The Ledbetter decision undermines those statutory protections by unduly restricting the time period in which victims of discrimination can challenge and recover for discriminatory compensation decisions or other practices, contrary to the intent of Congress.(2) The limitation imposed by the Court on the filing of discriminatory compensation claims ignores the reality of wage discrimination and is at odds with the robust application of the civil rights laws that Congress intended.(3) With regard to any charge of discrimination under any law, nothing in this Act is intended to preclude or limit an aggrieved person’s right to introduce evidence of an unlawful employment practice that has occurred outside the time for filing a charge of discrimination.(4) Nothing in this Act is intended to change current law treatment of when pension distributions are considered paid.
SEC. 3. DISCRIMINATION IN COMPENSATION BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.  Section 706(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(3)(A) For purposes of this section, an unlawful employment practice occurs, with respect to discrimination in compensation in violation of this title, when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when an individual becomes subject to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, or 123 STAT. 6 when an individual is affected by application of a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid, resulting in whole or in part from such a decision or other practice.“(B) In addition to any relief authorized by section 1977A of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), liability may accrue and an aggrieved person may obtain relief as provided in subsection (g)(1), including recovery of back pay for up to two years preceding the filing of the charge, where the unlawful employment practices that have occurred during the charge filing period are similar or related to unlawful employment practices with regard to discrimination in compensation that occurred outside the time for filing a charge.”.
SEC. 4. DISCRIMINATION IN COMPENSATION BECAUSE OF AGE.  Section 7(d) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 626(d)) is amended—(1) in the first sentence—(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and(B) by striking “(d)” and inserting “(d)(1)”;(2) in the third sentence, by striking “Upon” and inserting the following:“(2) Upon”; and(3) by adding at the end the following:“(3) For purposes of this section, an unlawful practice occurs, with respect to discrimination in compensation in violation of this Act, when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when a person becomes subject to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, or when a person is affected by application of a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid, resulting in whole or in part from such a decision or other practice.”.
SEC. 5. APPLICATION TO OTHER LAWS.(a)

42 USC 2000e–5 note.

Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.—The amendments made by section 3 shall apply to claims of discrimination in compensation brought under title I and section 503 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq., 12203), pursuant to section 107(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12117(a)), which adopts the powers, remedies, and procedures set forth in section 706 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5).(b)

42 USC 2000e–5 note.

Rehabilitation Act of 1973.—The amendments made by section 3 shall apply to claims of discrimination in compensation brought under sections 501 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791, 794), pursuant to—(1) sections 501(g) and 504(d) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 791(g), 794(d)), respectively, which adopt the standards applied under title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for determining whether a violation has occurred in a complaint alleging employment discrimination; and(2) paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 505(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 794a(a)) (as amended by subsection (c)).(c) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Rehabilitation act of 1973.—Section 505(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794a(a)) is amended—123 STAT. 7(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after “(42 U.S.C. 2000e–5 (f) through (k))” the following: “(and the application of section 706(e)(3) (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5(e)(3)) to claims of discrimination in compensation)”; and(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after “1964” the following: “(42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) (and in subsection (e)(3) of section 706 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5), applied to claims of discrimination in compensation)”.(2) Civil rights act of 1964.—Section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(f) Section 706(e)(3) shall apply to complaints of discrimination in compensation under this section.”.(3) Age discrimination in employment act of 1967.—Section 15(f) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a(f)) is amended by striking “of section” and inserting “of sections 7(d)(3) and”.
SEC. 6.

42 USC 2000e–5 note.

EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, take effect as if enacted on May 28, 2007 and apply to all claims of discrimination in compensation under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), title I and section 503 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and sections 501 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, that are pending on or after that date.
Approved January 29, 2009.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 181 (H.R. 11): CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009):

Jan. 15, 21, 22, considered and passed Senate.

Jan. 27, considered and passed House.

 DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2009):

Jan. 29, Presidential remarks.

 Public Law 111–3: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. Public Law3 Public Law 111–3123 Stat. 8 2009-02-04 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 3.11.8;Stage2.202304032024-03-28 111public 123 STAT. 8 Public Law111–3 111th Congress
An Act To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

Feb. 4, 2009

[H.R. 2]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT; REFERENCES; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a)

42 USC 1305 note.

Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009”.(b) Amendments to Social Security Act.—Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of the Social Security Act.(c)

42 USC 1396 note.

References to CHIP; Medicaid; Secretary.—In this Act:(1) CHIP.—The term “CHIP” means the State Children’s Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.).(2) Medicaid.—The term “Medicaid” means the program for medical assistance established under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).(3) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.(d) Table of Contents.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1.  Sec. 2.  Sec. 3.  TITLE I— Subtitle A— Sec. 101.  Sec. 102.  Sec. 103.  Sec. 104.  Sec. 105.  Sec. 106.  Sec. 107.  Sec. 108.  Sec. 109.  Subtitle B— Sec. 111.  Sec. 112.  Sec. 113.  Sec. 114.  Sec. 115.  TITLE II— Subtitle A— Sec. 201.  Sec. 202.  Sec. 203.  Subtitle B— Sec. 211.  Sec. 212.  Sec. 213.  Sec. 214.  TITLE III— Subtitle A— Sec. 301.  Sec. 302.  Subtitle B— Sec. 311.  TITLE IV— Sec. 401.  Sec. 402.  Sec. 403.  TITLE V— Sec. 501.  Sec. 502.  Sec. 503.  Sec. 504.  Sec. 505.  Sec. 506.  TITLE VI— Subtitle A— Sec. 601.  Sec. 602.  Sec. 603.  Sec. 604.  Sec. 605.  Subtitle B— Sec. 611.  Sec. 612.  Sec. 613.  Sec. 614.  Sec. 615.  Sec. 616.  Sec. 617.  Subtitle C— Sec. 621.  Sec. 622.  TITLE VII— Sec. 701.  Sec. 702.  Sec. 703.  Sec. 704. 
SEC. 2.

42 USC 1396 note.

PURPOSE.  It is the purpose of this Act to provide dependable and stable funding for children’s health insurance under titles XXI and XIX of the Social Security Act in order to enroll all six million uninsured children who are eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage today through such titles.
SEC. 3.

42 USC 1396 note.

GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE; EXCEPTION FOR STATE LEGISLATION; CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE; RELIANCE ON LAW.(a) General Effective Date.—Unless otherwise provided in this Act, subject to subsections (b) through (d), this Act (and the amendments made by this Act) shall take effect on April 1, 2009, and shall apply to child health assistance and medical assistance provided on or after that date.(b) Exception for State Legislation.—In the case of a State plan under title XIX or State child health plan under XXI of the Social Security Act, which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation in order for the respective plan to meet one or more additional requirements imposed by amendments made by this Act, the respective plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet such an additional requirement before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.(c) Coordination of CHIP Funding for Fiscal Year 2009.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, insofar as funds have been appropriated under section 2104(a)(11), 2104(k), or 2104(l) of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 201 of Public Law 110–173, to provide allotments to States under CHIP for fiscal year 2009—(1) any amounts that are so appropriated that are not so allotted and obligated before April 1, 2009 are rescinded; and(2) any amount provided for CHIP allotments to a State under this Act (and the amendments made by this Act) for such fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of such appropriations so allotted and obligated before such date.(d) Reliance on Law.—With respect to amendments made by this Act (other than title VII) that become effective as of a date—123 STAT. 11(1) such amendments are effective as of such date whether or not regulations implementing such amendments have been issued; and(2) Federal financial participation for medical assistance or child health assistance furnished under title XIX or XXI, respectively, of the Social Security Act on or after such date by a State in good faith reliance on such amendments before the date of promulgation of final regulations, if any, to carry out such amendments (or before the date of guidance, if any, regarding the implementation of such amendments) shall not be denied on the basis of the State’s failure to comply with such regulations or guidance.
<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>FINANCING</heading> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Funding</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CHIP.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 2104(a) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/a">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (10), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (11), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2008</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">“(12) </num><content>for fiscal year 2009, $10,562,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">“(13) </num><content>for fiscal year 2010, $12,520,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">“(14) </num><content>for fiscal year 2011, $13,459,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">“(15) </num><content>for fiscal year 2012, $14,982,000,000; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">“(16) </num><chapeau>for fiscal year 2013, for purposes of making 2 semi-annual allotments—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>$2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2012, and ending on March 31, 2013, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>$2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on April 1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2013.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading>ALLOTMENTS FOR STATES AND TERRITORIES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2013.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 2104 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd">42 U.S.C. 1397dd</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (b)(1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (d)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsections (d) and (m)</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (c)(1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (d)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsections (d) and (m)(4)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">“(m) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allotments for Fiscal Years 2009 Through 2013</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">For fiscal year 2009</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">For the 50 states and the district of columbia</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to the succeeding provisions of this paragraph and paragraph (4), the Secretary shall allot for fiscal year 2009 from the amount made available under subsection (a)(12), to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia 110 percent of the highest of the following amounts for such State or District:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The total Federal payments to the State under this title for fiscal year 2008, multiplied by the allotment increase factor determined under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2009.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/12">123 STAT. 12</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The amount allotted to the State for fiscal year 2008 under subsection (b), multiplied by the allotment increase factor determined under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2009.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>The projected total Federal payments to the State under this title for fiscal year 2009, as determined on the basis of the February 2009 projections certified by the State to the Secretary by not later than March 31, 2009.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">For the commonwealths and territories</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>Subject to the succeeding provisions of this paragraph and paragraph (4), the Secretary shall allot for fiscal year 2009 from the amount made available under subsection (a)(12) to each of the commonwealths and territories described in subsection (c)(3) an amount equal to the highest amount of Federal payments to the commonwealth or territory under this title for any fiscal year occurring during the period of fiscal years 1999 through 2008, multiplied by the allotment increase factor determined under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2009, except that subparagraph (B) thereof shall be applied by substituting ‘the United States’ for ‘the State’.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Adjustment for qualifying states</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualifying State described in paragraph (2) of section 2105(g), the Secretary shall permit the State to submit a revised projection described in subparagraph (A)(iii) in order to take into account changes in such projections attributable to the application of paragraph (4) of such section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">For fiscal years 2010 through 2012</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6), from the amount made available under paragraphs (13) through (15) of subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012, respectively, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for each such fiscal year as follows:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Growth factor update for fiscal year 2010</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For fiscal year 2010, the allotment of the State is equal to the sum of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the amount of the State allotment under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2009; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the amount of any payments made to the State under subsection (k), (l), or (n) for fiscal year 2009,</content></subclause><continuation class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126">multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2010.</continuation></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rebasing in fiscal year 2011</inline>.—</heading><content>For fiscal year 2011, the allotment of the State is equal to the Federal payments to the State that are attributable to (and countable towards) the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in fiscal year 2010 (including payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2010 as well as amounts redistributed to the State in fiscal year 2010), multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2011.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/13">123 STAT. 13</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Growth factor update for fiscal year 2012</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For fiscal year 2012, the allotment of the State is equal to the sum of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the amount of the State allotment under clause (ii) for fiscal year 2011; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the amount of any payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2011,</content></subclause><continuation class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126">multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2012.</continuation></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">For fiscal year 2013</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">First half</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6), from the amount made available under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (16) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such paragraph, increased by the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 108 of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the first half ratio (described in subparagraph (D)) of the amount described in subparagraph (C).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Second half</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6), from the amount made available under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (16) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such paragraph, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the amount made available under such subparagraph, multiplied by the ratio of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount of the allotment to such State under subparagraph (A); to</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the total of the amount of all of the allotments made available under such subparagraph.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Full year amount based on rebased amount</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount described in this subparagraph for a State is equal to the Federal payments to the State that are attributable to (and countable towards) the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in fiscal year 2012 (including payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2012 as well as amounts redistributed to the State in fiscal year 2012), multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2013.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">First half ratio</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The first half ratio described in this subparagraph is the ratio of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>the sum of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the amount made available under subsection (a)(16)(A); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 108 of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; to</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>the sum of the—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>amount described in clause (i); and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/14">123 STAT. 14</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the amount made available under subsection (a)(16)(B).</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Proration rule</inline>.—</heading><content>If, after the application of this subsection without regard to this paragraph, the sum of the allotments determined under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) for a fiscal year (or, in the case of fiscal year 2013, for a semi-annual period in such fiscal year) exceeds the amount available under subsection (a) for such fiscal year or period, the Secretary shall reduce each allotment for any State under such paragraph for such fiscal year or period on a proportional basis.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allotment increase factor</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The allotment increase factor under this paragraph for a fiscal year is equal to the product of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Per capita health care growth factor</inline>.—</heading><content>1 plus the percentage increase in the projected per capita amount of National Health Expenditures from the calendar year in which the previous fiscal year ends to the calendar year in which the fiscal year involved ends, as most recently published by the Secretary before the beginning of the fiscal year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Child population growth factor</inline>.—</heading><content>1 plus the percentage increase (if any) in the population of children in the State from July 1 in the previous fiscal year to July 1 in the fiscal year involved, as determined by the Secretary based on the most recent published estimates of the Bureau of the Census before the beginning of the fiscal year involved, plus 1 percentage point.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increase in allotment to account for approved program expansions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>has submitted to the Secretary, and has approved by the Secretary, a State plan amendment or waiver request relating to an expansion of eligibility for children or benefits under this title that becomes effective for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2010 and ending with fiscal year 2013); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>has submitted to the Secretary, before the August 31 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year, a request for an expansion allotment adjustment under this paragraph for such fiscal year that specifies—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>the additional expenditures that are attributable to the eligibility or benefit expansion provided under the amendment or waiver described in subparagraph (A), as certified by the State and submitted to the Secretary by not later than August 31 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the extent to which such additional expenditures are projected to exceed the allotment of the State or District for the year,</content></clause></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">subject to paragraph (4), the amount of the allotment of the State or District under this subsection for such fiscal year shall be increased by the excess amount described in subparagraph (B)(i). A State or District may only obtain an increase under this paragraph for an allotment for fiscal year 2010 or fiscal year 2012.</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of amounts for semi-annual periods in fiscal year 2013</inline>.—</heading><content>Each semi-annual allotment made under <page identifier="/us/stat/123/15">123 STAT. 15</page> paragraph (3) for a period in fiscal year 2013 shall remain available for expenditure under this title for periods after the end of such fiscal year in the same manner as if the allotment had been made available for the entire fiscal year.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="103">SEC. 103. </num><heading>CHILD ENROLLMENT CONTINGENCY FUND.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 2104 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd">42 U.S.C. 1397dd</ref>), as amended by section 102, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="n">“(n) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Child Enrollment Contingency Fund</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as the ‘Child Enrollment Contingency Fund’ (in this subsection referred to as the ‘Fund’). Amounts in the Fund shall be available without further appropriations for payments under this subsection.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deposits into fund</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Initial and subsequent appropriations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (D), out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Fund—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for fiscal year 2009, an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount made available under paragraph (12) of subsection (a) for the fiscal year; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012 (and for each of the semi-annual allotment periods for fiscal year 2013), such sums as are necessary for making payments to eligible States for such fiscal year or period, but not in excess of the aggregate cap described in subparagraph (B).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Aggregate cap</inline>.—</heading><content>The total amount available for payment from the Fund for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012 (and for each of the semi-annual allotment periods for fiscal year 2013), taking into account deposits made under subparagraph (C), shall not exceed 20 percent of the amount made available under subsection (a) for the fiscal year or period.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Investment of fund</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest, in interest bearing securities of the United States, such currently available portions of the Fund as are not immediately required for payments from the Fund. The income derived from these investments constitutes a part of the Fund.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of excess funds for performance bonuses</inline>.—</heading><content>Any amounts in excess of the aggregate cap described in subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year or period shall be made available for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) for any succeeding fiscal year and the Secretary of the Treasury shall reduce the amount in the Fund by the amount so made available.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Child enrollment contingency fund payments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If a State’s expenditures under this title in fiscal year 2009, fiscal year 2010, fiscal year 2011, fiscal year 2012, or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2013, exceed the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in the fiscal year or period (determined without regard to any redistribution <page identifier="/us/stat/123/16">123 STAT. 16</page> it receives under subsection (f) that is available for expenditure during such fiscal year or period, but including any carryover from a previous fiscal year) and if the average monthly unduplicated number of children enrolled under the State plan under this title (including children receiving health care coverage through funds under this title pursuant to a waiver under section 1115) during such fiscal year or period exceeds its target average number of such enrollees (as determined under subparagraph (B)) for that fiscal year or period, subject to subparagraph (D), the Secretary shall pay to the State from the Fund an amount equal to the product of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount by which such average monthly caseload exceeds such target number of enrollees; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the projected per capita expenditures under the State child health plan (as determined under subparagraph (C) for the fiscal year), multiplied by the enhanced FMAP (as defined in section 2105(b)) for the State and fiscal year involved (or in which the period occurs).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Target average number of child enrollees</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this paragraph, the target average number of child enrollees for a State—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for fiscal year 2009 is equal to the monthly average unduplicated number of children enrolled in the State child health plan under this title (including such children receiving health care coverage through funds under this title pursuant to a waiver under section 1115) during fiscal year 2008 increased by the population growth for children in that State for the year ending on June 30, 2007 (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 1 percentage point; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for a subsequent fiscal year (or semi-annual period occurring in a fiscal year) is equal to the target average number of child enrollees for the State for the previous fiscal year increased by the child population growth factor described in subsection (m)(5)(B) for the State for the prior fiscal year.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Projected per capita expenditures</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the projected per capita expenditures under a State child health plan—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for fiscal year 2009 is equal to the average per capita expenditures (including both State and Federal financial participation) under such plan for the targeted low-income children counted in the average monthly caseload for purposes of this paragraph during fiscal year 2008, increased by the annual percentage increase in the projected per capita amount of National Health Expenditures (as estimated by the Secretary) for 2009; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for a subsequent fiscal year (or semi-annual period occurring in a fiscal year) is equal to the projected per capita expenditures under such plan for the previous fiscal year (as determined under clause (i) or this clause) increased by the annual percentage increase in the projected per capita amount of National <page identifier="/us/stat/123/17">123 STAT. 17</page> Health Expenditures (as estimated by the Secretary) for the year in which such subsequent fiscal year ends.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Proration rule</inline>.—</heading><content>If the amounts available for payment from the Fund for a fiscal year or period are less than the total amount of payments determined under subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year or period, the amount to be paid under such subparagraph to each eligible State shall be reduced proportionally.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Timely payment; reconciliation</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>Payment under this paragraph for a fiscal year or period shall be made before the end of the fiscal year or period based upon the most recent data for expenditures and enrollment and the provisions of subsection (e) of section 2105 shall apply to payments under this subsection in the same manner as they apply to payments under such section.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Continued reporting</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this paragraph and subsection (f), the State shall submit to the Secretary the State’s projected Federal expenditures, even if the amount of such expenditures exceeds the total amount of allotments available to the State in such fiscal year or period.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to commonwealths and territories</inline>.—</heading><content>No payment shall be made under this paragraph to a commonwealth or territory described in subsection (c)(3) until such time as the Secretary determines that there are in effect methods, satisfactory to the Secretary, for the collection and reporting of reliable data regarding the enrollment of children described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) in order to accurately determine the commonwealth’s or territory’s eligibility for, and amount of payment, under this paragraph.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="104">SEC. 104. </num><heading>CHIP PERFORMANCE BONUS PAYMENT TO OFFSET ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENT COSTS RESULTING FROM ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 2105(a) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/a">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Performance bonus payment to offset additional medicaid and chip child enrollment costs resulting from enrollment and retention efforts</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In addition to the payments made under paragraph (1), for each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2009 and ending with fiscal year 2013), the Secretary shall pay from amounts made available under subparagraph (E), to each State that meets the condition under paragraph (4) for the fiscal year, an amount equal to the amount described in subparagraph (B) for the State and fiscal year. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>The payment under this paragraph shall be made, to a State for a fiscal year, as a single payment not later than the last day of the first calendar quarter of the following fiscal year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount for above baseline medicaid child enrollment costs</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to subparagraph (E), the amount described in this subparagraph for a State for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of the following amounts:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">First tier above baseline medicaid enrollees</inline>.—</heading><content>An amount equal to the number of first <page identifier="/us/stat/123/18">123 STAT. 18</page> tier above baseline child enrollees (as determined under subparagraph (C)(i)) under title XIX for the State and fiscal year, multiplied by 15 percent of the projected per capita State Medicaid expenditures (as determined under subparagraph (D)) for the State and fiscal year under title XIX.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Second tier above baseline medicaid enrollees</inline>.—</heading><content>An amount equal to the number of second tier above baseline child enrollees (as determined under subparagraph (C)(ii)) under title XIX for the State and fiscal year, multiplied by 62.5 percent of the projected per capita State Medicaid expenditures (as determined under subparagraph (D)) for the State and fiscal year under title XIX.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Number of first and second tier above baseline child enrollees; baseline number of child enrollees</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">First tier above baseline child enrollees</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The number of first tier above baseline child enrollees for a State for a fiscal year under title XIX is equal to the number (if any, as determined by the Secretary) by which—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children (as defined in subparagraph (F)) enrolled during the fiscal year under the State plan under title XIX, respectively; exceeds</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the baseline number of enrollees described in clause (iii) for the State and fiscal year under title XIX, respectively;</content></subclause><continuation class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126">but not to exceed 10 percent of the baseline number of enrollees described in subclause (II).</continuation></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Second tier above baseline child enrollees</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The number of second tier above baseline child enrollees for a State for a fiscal year under title XIX is equal to the number (if any, as determined by the Secretary) by which—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children (as defined in subparagraph (F)) enrolled during the fiscal year under title XIX as described in clause (i)(I); exceeds</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the sum of the baseline number of child enrollees described in clause (iii) for the State and fiscal year under title XIX, as described in clause (i)(II), and the maximum number of first tier above baseline child enrollees for the State and fiscal year under title XIX, as determined under clause (i).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Baseline number of child enrollees</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to subparagraph (H), the baseline number of child enrollees for a State under title XIX—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>for fiscal year 2009 is equal to the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children enrolled in the State plan under title XIX during fiscal year 2007 increased by the population growth for children in that State from 2007 to 2008 (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 4 percentage points, and further increased <page identifier="/us/stat/123/19">123 STAT. 19</page> by the population growth for children in that State from 2008 to 2009 (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 4 percentage points;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for each of fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012, is equal to the baseline number of child enrollees for the State for the previous fiscal year under title XIX, increased by the population growth for children in that State from the calendar year in which the respective fiscal year begins to the succeeding calendar year (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 3.5 percentage points;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>for each of fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015, is equal to the baseline number of child enrollees for the State for the previous fiscal year under title XIX, increased by the population growth for children in that State from the calendar year in which the respective fiscal year begins to the succeeding calendar year (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 3 percentage points; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>for a subsequent fiscal year is equal to the baseline number of child enrollees for the State for the previous fiscal year under title XIX, increased by the population growth for children in that State from the calendar year in which the fiscal year involved begins to the succeeding calendar year (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 2 percentage points.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Projected per capita state medicaid expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (B), the projected per capita State Medicaid expenditures for a State and fiscal year under title XIX is equal to the average per capita expenditures (including both State and Federal financial participation) for children under the State plan under such title, including under waivers but not including such children eligible for assistance by virtue of the receipt of benefits under title XVI, for the most recent fiscal year for which actual data are available (as determined by the Secretary), increased (for each subsequent fiscal year up to and including the fiscal year involved) by the annual percentage increase in per capita amount of National Health Expenditures (as estimated by the Secretary) for the calendar year in which the respective subsequent fiscal year ends and multiplied by a State matching percentage equal to 100 percent minus the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)) for the fiscal year involved.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amounts available for payments</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Initial appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $3,225,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 for making payments under this paragraph, to be available until expended.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfers</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the following amounts shall also <page identifier="/us/stat/123/20">123 STAT. 20</page> be available, without fiscal year limitation, for making payments under this paragraph:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Unobligated national allotment</inline>.—</heading><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fiscal years 2009 through 2012</inline>.—</heading><content>As of December 31 of fiscal year 2009, and as of December 31 of each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2012, the portion, if any, of the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for such fiscal year that is unobligated for allotment to a State under subsection (m) for such fiscal year or set aside under subsection (a)(3) or (b)(2) of section 2111 for such fiscal year.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">First half of fiscal year 2013</inline>.—</heading><content>As of December 31 of fiscal year 2013, the portion, if any, of the sum of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a)(16)(A) and under section 108 of the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009 for the period beginning on October 1, 2012, and ending on March 31, 2013, that is unobligated for allotment to a State under subsection (m) for such fiscal year or set aside under subsection (b)(2) of section 2111 for such fiscal year.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="cc">“(cc) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Second half of fiscal year 2013</inline>.—</heading><content>As of June 30 of fiscal year 2013, the portion, if any, of the amount appropriated under subsection (a)(16)(B) for the period beginning on April 1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2013, that is unobligated for allotment to a State under subsection (m) for such fiscal year or set aside under subsection (b)(2) of section 2111 for such fiscal year.</content></item></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Unexpended allotments not used for redistribution</inline>.—</heading><content>As of November 15 of each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013, the total amount of allotments made to States under section 2104 for the second preceding fiscal year (third preceding fiscal year in the case of the fiscal year 2006, 2007, and 2008 allotments) that is not expended or redistributed under section 2104(f) during the period in which such allotments are available for obligation.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Excess child enrollment contingency funds</inline>.—</heading><content>As of October 1 of each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013, any amount in excess of the aggregate cap applicable to the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund for the fiscal year under section 2104(n).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Unexpended transitional coverage block grant for nonpregnant childless adults</inline>.—</heading><content>As of October 1, 2011, any amounts set aside under section 2111(a)(3) that are not expended by September 30, 2011.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Proportional reduction</inline>.—</heading><content>If the sum of the amounts otherwise payable under this paragraph for <page identifier="/us/stat/123/21">123 STAT. 21</page> a fiscal year exceeds the amount available for the fiscal year under this subparagraph, the amount to be paid under this paragraph to each State shall be reduced proportionally.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifying children defined</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), the term ‘<term>qualifying children</term>’ means children who meet the eligibility criteria (including income, categorical eligibility, age, and immigration status criteria) in effect as of July 1, 2008, for enrollment under title XIX, taking into account criteria applied as of such date under title XIX pursuant to a waiver under section 1115.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>A child described in clause (i) who is provided medical assistance during a presumptive eligibility period under section 1920A shall be considered to be a ‘qualifying child’ only if the child is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under title XIX.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exclusion</inline>.—</heading><content>Such term does not include any children for whom the State has made an election to provide medical assistance under paragraph (4) of section 1903(v).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to commonwealths and territories</inline>.—</heading><content>The provisions of subparagraph (G) of section 2104(n)(3) shall apply with respect to payment under this paragraph in the same manner as such provisions apply to payment under such section.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps"> Application to states that implement a Medicaid expansion for children after fiscal year 2008</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a State that provides coverage under section 115 of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2008—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>any child enrolled in the State plan under title XIX through the application of such an election shall be disregarded from the determination for the State of the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children enrolled in such plan during the first 3 fiscal years in which such an election is in effect; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in determining the baseline number of child enrollees for the State for any fiscal year subsequent to such first 3 fiscal years, the baseline number of child enrollees for the State under title XIX for the third of such fiscal years shall be the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children enrolled in the State plan under title XIX for such third fiscal year.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enrollment and retention provisions for children</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), a State meets the condition of this paragraph for a fiscal year if it is implementing at least 5 of the following enrollment and retention provisions (treating each subparagraph as a separate enrollment and retention provision) throughout the entire fiscal year:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Continuous eligibility</inline>.—</heading><content>The State has elected the option of continuous eligibility for a full 12 months <page identifier="/us/stat/123/22">123 STAT. 22</page> for all children described in section 1902(e)(12) under title XIX under 19 years of age, as well as applying such policy under its State child health plan under this title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Liberalization of asset requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The State meets the requirement specified in either of the following clauses:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Elimination of asset test</inline>.—</heading><content>The State does not apply any asset or resource test for eligibility for children under title XIX or this title.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrative verification of assets</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The State—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>permits a parent or caretaker relative who is applying on behalf of a child for medical assistance under title XIX or child health assistance under this title to declare and certify by signature under penalty of perjury information relating to family assets for purposes of determining and redetermining financial eligibility; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>takes steps to verify assets through means other than by requiring documentation from parents and applicants except in individual cases of discrepancies or where otherwise justified.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Elimination of in-person interview requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>The State does not require an application of a child for medical assistance under title XIX (or for child health assistance under this title), including an application for renewal of such assistance, to be made in person nor does the State require a face-to-face interview, unless there are discrepancies or individual circumstances justifying an in-person application or face-to-face interview.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of joint application for medicaid and chip</inline>.—</heading><content>The application form and supplemental forms (if any) and information verification process is the same for purposes of establishing and renewing eligibility for children for medical assistance under title XIX and child health assistance under this title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Automatic renewal (use of administrative renewal)</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The State provides, in the case of renewal of a child’s eligibility for medical assistance under title XIX or child health assistance under this title, a pre-printed form completed by the State based on the information available to the State and notice to the parent or caretaker relative of the child that eligibility of the child will be renewed and continued based on such information unless the State is provided other information. Nothing in this clause shall be construed as preventing a State from verifying, through electronic and other means, the information so provided.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Satisfaction through demonstrated use of ex parte process</inline>.—</heading><content>A State shall be treated as satisfying the requirement of clause (i) if renewal of eligibility of children under title XIX or this title is determined without any requirement for an in-person interview, unless sufficient information is not in the State’s possession and cannot be acquired from other <page identifier="/us/stat/123/23">123 STAT. 23</page> sources (including other State agencies) without the participation of the applicant or the applicant’s parent or caretaker relative.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Presumptive eligibility for children</inline>.—</heading><content>The State is implementing section 1920A under title XIX as well as, pursuant to section 2107(e)(1), under this title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Express lane</inline>.—</heading><content>The State is implementing the option described in section 1902(e)(13) under title XIX as well as, pursuant to section 2107(e)(1), under this title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Premium assistance subsidies</inline>.—</heading><content>The State is implementing the option of providing premium assistance subsidies under section 2105(c)(10) or section 1906A.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="105">SEC. 105. </num><heading>TWO-YEAR INITIAL AVAILABILITY OF CHIP ALLOTMENTS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 2104(e) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/e">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(e)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of Amounts Allotted</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Except as provided in paragraph (2), amounts allotted to a State pursuant to this section—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2008, shall remain available for expenditure by the State through the end of the second succeeding fiscal year; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, shall remain available for expenditure by the State through the end of the succeeding fiscal year.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of amounts redistributed</inline>.—</heading><content>Amounts redistributed to a State under subsection (f) shall be available for expenditure by the State through the end of the fiscal year in which they are redistributed.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="106">SEC. 106. </num><heading>REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED ALLOTMENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Beginning With Fiscal Year 2007</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2104(f) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/f">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>States that have fully expended the amount of their allotments under this section.</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>States that the Secretary determines with respect to the fiscal year for which unused allotments are available for redistribution under this subsection, are shortfall States described in paragraph (2) for such fiscal year, but not to exceed the amount of the shortfall described in paragraph (2)(A) for each such State (as may be adjusted under paragraph (2)(C)).</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Shortfall states described</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), with respect to a fiscal year, a shortfall State described in this subparagraph is a State with a State child health plan approved under this title for which the Secretary estimates on the basis of the most recent data available to the Secretary, that the projected expenditures under such plan for the State for the fiscal year will exceed the sum of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount of the State’s allotments for any preceding fiscal years that remains available for <page identifier="/us/stat/123/24">123 STAT. 24</page> expenditure and that will not be expended by the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the amount (if any) of the child enrollment contingency fund payment under subsection (n); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the amount of the State’s allotment for the fiscal year.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Proration rule</inline>.—</heading><content>If the amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year are less than the total amounts of the estimated shortfalls determined for the year under subparagraph (A), the amount to be redistributed under such paragraph for each shortfall State shall be reduced proportionally.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Retrospective adjustment</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>The Secretary may adjust the estimates and determinations made under paragraph (1) and this paragraph with respect to a fiscal year as necessary on the basis of the amounts reported by States not later than November 30 of the succeeding fiscal year, as approved by the Secretary.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd">42 USC 1397dd note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply to redistribution of allotments made for fiscal year 2007 and subsequent fiscal years.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Redistribution of Unused Allotments for Fiscal Year 2006</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2104(k) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/k">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(k)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the subsection heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">the First 2 Quarters of</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the first 2 quarters of</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (6)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the first 2 quarters of</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>March 31</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="107">SEC. 107. </num><heading>OPTION FOR QUALIFYING STATES TO RECEIVE THE ENHANCED PORTION OF THE CHIP MATCHING RATE FOR MEDICAID COVERAGE OF CERTAIN CHILDREN.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2105(g) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/g">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)(A), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/110/173/s201/b/1">section 201(b)(1) of Public Law 110–173</ref>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subject to paragraph (4),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Notwithstanding any other provision of law,</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008, or 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 2008</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option for allotments for fiscal years 2009 through 2013</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment of enhanced portion of matching rate for certain expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of expenditures described in subparagraph (B), a qualifying State (as defined in paragraph (2)) may elect to be paid from the State’s allotment made under section 2104 for any of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 (insofar as the allotment is available to the State under subsections (e) and (m) of such section) an amount each quarter equal to the additional amount that would have been paid to the State under title XIX with respect to such expenditures if the enhanced FMAP (as determined under subsection (b)) had <page identifier="/us/stat/123/25">123 STAT. 25</page> been substituted for the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expenditures described</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the expenditures described in this subparagraph are expenditures made after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and during the period in which funds are available to the qualifying State for use under subparagraph (A), for the provision of medical assistance to individuals residing in the State who are eligible for medical assistance under the State plan under title XIX or under a waiver of such plan and who have not attained age 19 (or, if a State has so elected under the State plan under title XIX, age 20 or 21), and whose family income equals or exceeds 133 percent of the poverty line but does not exceed the Medicaid applicable income level.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal of Limitation on Availability of Fiscal Year 2009 Allotments</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (2) of section 201(b) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/173">Public Law 110–173</ref>) <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee">42 USC 1397ee note</ref>.</p></sidenote>is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="108">SEC. 108. </num><heading>ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $11,706,000,000 to accompany the allotment made for the period beginning on October 1, 2012, and ending on March 31, 2013, under section 2104(a)(16)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/a/16/A">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)(16)(A)</ref>) (as added by section 101), to remain available until expended. Such amount shall be used to provide allotments to States under paragraph (3) of section 2104(m) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/i">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(i)</ref>), as added by section 102, for the first 6 months of fiscal year 2013 in the same manner as allotments are provided under subsection (a)(16)(A) of such section 2104 and subject to the same terms and conditions as apply to the allotments provided from such subsection (a)(16)(A).</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="109">SEC. 109. </num><heading>IMPROVING FUNDING FOR THE TERRITORIES UNDER CHIP AND MEDICAID.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1108(g) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1308/g">42 U.S.C. 1308(g)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exclusion of certain expenditures from payment limits</inline>.—</heading><content>With respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2009, if Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa qualify for a payment under subparagraph (A)(i), (B), or (F) of section 1903(a)(3) for a calendar quarter of such fiscal year, the payment shall not be taken into account in applying subsection (f) (as increased in accordance with paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection) to such commonwealth or territory for such fiscal year.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/26">123 STAT. 26</page></content></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Focus on Low-Income Children and Pregnant Women</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="111">SEC. 111. </num><heading>STATE OPTION TO COVER LOW-INCOME PREGNANT WOMEN UNDER CHIP THROUGH A STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Title XXI (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397aa/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.</ref>), as amended by section 112(a), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658144"><num class="bold " value="2112">“SEC. 2112. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397">42 USC 1397</ref><i>ll</i> note.</p></sidenote>OPTIONAL COVERAGE OF TARGETED LOW-INCOME PREGNANT WOMEN THROUGH A STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.</heading><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, a State may elect through an amendment to its State child health plan under section 2102 to provide pregnancy-related assistance under such plan for targeted low-income pregnant women.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conditions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A State may only elect the option under subsection (a) if the following conditions are satisfied:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Minimum income eligibility levels for pregnant women and children</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The State has established an income eligibility level—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>for pregnant women under subsection (a)(10)(A)(i)(III), (a)(10)(A)(i)(IV), or (l)(1)(A) of section 1902 that is at least 185 percent (or such higher percent as the State has in effect with regard to pregnant women under this title) of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved, but in no case lower than the percent in effect under any such subsection as of July 1, 2008; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for children under 19 years of age under this title (or title XIX) that is at least 200 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No chip income eligibility level for pregnant women lower than the state’s medicaid level</inline>.—</heading><content>The State does not apply an effective income level for pregnant women under the State plan amendment that is lower than the effective income level (expressed as a percent of the poverty line and considering applicable income disregards) specified under subsection (a)(10)(A)(i)(III), (a)(10)(A)(i)(IV), or (l)(1)(A) of section 1902, on the date of enactment of this paragraph to be eligible for medical assistance as a pregnant woman.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No coverage for higher income pregnant women without covering lower income pregnant women</inline>.—</heading><content>The State does not provide coverage for pregnant women with higher family income without covering pregnant women with a lower family income.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of requirements for coverage of targeted low-income children</inline>.—</heading><content>The State provides pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women in the same manner, and subject to the same requirements, as the State provides child health assistance for targeted low-income children under the State child health plan, and in addition to providing child health assistance for such women.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No preexisting condition exclusion or waiting period</inline>.—</heading><content>The State does not apply any exclusion of benefits <page identifier="/us/stat/123/27">123 STAT. 27</page> for pregnancy-related assistance based on any preexisting condition or any waiting period (including any waiting period imposed to carry out section 2102(b)(3)(C)) for receipt of such assistance.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of cost-sharing protection</inline>.—</heading><content>The State provides pregnancy-related assistance to a targeted low-income woman consistent with the cost-sharing protections under section 2103(e) and applies the limitation on total annual aggregate cost sharing imposed under paragraph (3)(B) of such section to the family of such a woman.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No waiting list for children</inline>.—</heading><content>The State does not impose, with respect to the enrollment under the State child health plan of targeted low-income children during the quarter, any enrollment cap or other numerical limitation on enrollment, any waiting list, any procedures designed to delay the consideration of applications for enrollment, or similar limitation with respect to enrollment.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option To Provide Presumptive Eligibility</inline>.—</heading><content>A State that elects the option under subsection (a) and satisfies the conditions described in subsection (b) may elect to apply section 1920 (relating to presumptive eligibility for pregnant women) to the State child health plan in the same manner as such section applies to the State plan under title XIX.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Pregnancy-related assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>pregnancy-related assistance</term>’ has the meaning given the term ‘<term>child health assistance</term>’ in section 2110(a) with respect to an individual during the period described in paragraph (2)(A).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Targeted low-income pregnant woman</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>targeted low-income pregnant woman</term>’ means an individual—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>during pregnancy and through the end of the month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the last day of her pregnancy) ends;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>whose family income exceeds 185 percent (or, if higher, the percent applied under subsection (b)(1)(A)) of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved, but does not exceed the income eligibility level established under the State child health plan under this title for a targeted low-income child; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>who satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(C), (2), and (3) of section 2110(b) in the same manner as a child applying for child health assistance would have to satisfy such requirements.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Automatic Enrollment for Children Born to Women Receiving Pregnancy-Related Assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>If a child is born to a targeted low-income pregnant woman who was receiving pregnancy-related assistance under this section on the date of the child’s birth, the child shall be deemed to have applied for child health assistance under the State child health plan and to have been found eligible for such assistance under such plan or to have applied for medical assistance under title XIX and to have been found eligible for such assistance under such title, as appropriate, on the date of such birth and to remain eligible for such assistance until the child attains 1 year of age. During the period in which a child is deemed under the preceding sentence to be eligible for child health or medical assistance, the child health or medical assistance eligibility identification number of the mother shall also <page identifier="/us/stat/123/28">123 STAT. 28</page> serve as the identification number of the child, and all claims shall be submitted and paid under such number (unless the State issues a separate identification number for the child before such period expires).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">States Providing Assistance Through Other Options</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Continuation of other options for providing assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The option to provide assistance in accordance with the preceding subsections of this section shall not limit any other option for a State to provide—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>child health assistance through the application of sections 457.10, 457.350(b)(2), 457.622(c)(5), and 457.626(a)(3) of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42">title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (as in effect after the final rule adopted by the Secretary and set forth at <ref href="/us/fr/67/61956">67 Fed. Reg. 61956</ref>–61974 (October 2, 2002)), or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>pregnancy-related services through the application of any waiver authority (as in effect on June 1, 2008).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clarification of authority to provide postpartum services</inline>.—</heading><content>Any State that provides child health assistance under any authority described in paragraph (1) may continue to provide such assistance, as well as postpartum services, through the end of the month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the last day of the pregnancy) ends, in the same manner as such assistance and postpartum services would be provided if provided under the State plan under title XIX, but only if the mother would otherwise satisfy the eligibility requirements that apply under the State child health plan (other than with respect to age) during such period.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No inference</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>to infer congressional intent regarding the legality or illegality of the content of the sections specified in paragraph (1)(A); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>to modify the authority to provide pregnancy-related services under a waiver specified in paragraph (1)(B).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No cost sharing for pregnancy-related benefits</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2103(e)(2) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397cc/e/2">42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">or pregnancy-related assistance</headingText></quotedText>” after “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">preventive services</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period at the end the following: “<quotedText>or for pregnancy-related assistance</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No waiting period</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2102(b)(1)(B) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397bb/b/1/B">42 U.S.C. 1397bb(b)(1)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and</quotedText>” at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>may not apply a waiting period (including a waiting period to carry out paragraph (3)(C)) in the case of a targeted low-income pregnant woman provided pregnancy-related assistance under section 2112.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/29">123 STAT. 29</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="112">SEC. 112. </num><heading>PHASE-OUT OF COVERAGE FOR NONPREGNANT CHILDLESS ADULTS UNDER CHIP; CONDITIONS FOR COVERAGE OF PARENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Phase-Out Rules</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Title XXI (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397aa/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658144"><num class="bold " value="2111">“SEC. 2111. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397kk">42 USC 1397kk</ref>.</p></sidenote>PHASE-OUT OF COVERAGE FOR NONPREGNANT CHILDLESS ADULTS; CONDITIONS FOR COVERAGE OF PARENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination of Coverage for Nonpregnant Childless Adults</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No new chip waivers; automatic extensions at state option through 2009</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding section 1115 or any other provision of this title, except as provided in this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the Secretary shall not on or after the date of the enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, approve or renew a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project that would allow funds made available under this title to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a nonpregnant childless adult; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>notwithstanding the terms and conditions of an applicable existing waiver, the provisions of paragraph (2) shall apply for purposes of any period beginning on or after January 1, 2010, in determining the period to which the waiver applies, the individuals eligible to be covered by the waiver, and the amount of the Federal payment under this title.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination of chip coverage under applicable existing waivers at the end of 2009</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>No funds shall be available under this title for child health assistance or other health benefits coverage that is provided to a nonpregnant childless adult under an applicable existing waiver after December 31, 2009.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension upon state request</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>If an applicable existing waiver described in subparagraph (A) would otherwise expire before January 1, 2010, notwithstanding the requirements of subsections (e) and (f) of section 1115, a State may submit, not later than September 30, 2009, a request to the Secretary for an extension of the waiver. The Secretary shall approve a request for an extension of an applicable existing waiver submitted pursuant to this subparagraph, but only through December 31, 2009.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of enhanced fmap</inline>.—</heading><content>The enhanced FMAP determined under section 2105(b) shall apply to expenditures under an applicable existing waiver for the provision of child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a nonpregnant childless adult during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection and ending on December 31, 2009.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State option to apply for medicaid waiver to continue coverage for nonpregnant childless adults</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Each State for which coverage under an applicable existing waiver is terminated under paragraph (2)(A) may submit, not later than September 30, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/30">123 STAT. 30</page> 2009, an application to the Secretary for a waiver under section 1115 of the State plan under title XIX to provide medical assistance to a nonpregnant childless adult whose coverage is so terminated (in this subsection referred to as a ‘<term>Medicaid nonpregnant childless adults waiver</term>’).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deadline for approval</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall make a decision to approve or deny an application for a Medicaid nonpregnant childless adults waiver submitted under subparagraph (A) within 90 days of the date of the submission of the application. If no decision has been made by the Secretary as of December 31, 2009, on the application of a State for a Medicaid nonpregnant childless adults waiver that was submitted to the Secretary by September 30, 2009, the application shall be deemed approved.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Standard for budget neutrality</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The budget neutrality requirement applicable with respect to expenditures for medical assistance under a Medicaid nonpregnant childless adults waiver shall—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>in the case of fiscal year 2010, allow expenditures for medical assistance under title XIX for all such adults to not exceed the total amount of payments made to the State under paragraph (2)(B) for fiscal year 2009, increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the projected nominal per capita amount of National Health Expenditures for 2010 over 2009, as most recently published by the Secretary; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of any succeeding fiscal year, allow such expenditures to not exceed the amount in effect under this subparagraph for the preceding fiscal year, increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the projected nominal per capita amount of National Health Expenditures for the calendar year that begins during the year involved over the preceding calendar year, as most recently published by the Secretary.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rules and Conditions for Coverage of Parents of Targeted Low-Income Children</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Two-year period; automatic extension at state option through fiscal year 2011</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No new chip waivers</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding section 1115 or any other provision of this title, except as provided in this subsection—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the Secretary shall not on or after the date of the enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 approve or renew a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project that would allow funds made available under this title to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a parent of a targeted low-income child; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote>notwithstanding the terms and conditions of an applicable existing waiver, the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply for purposes of any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 2011, in determining the period to which the waiver applies, the individuals eligible to be covered by the waiver, and the amount of the Federal payment under this title.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/31">123 STAT. 31</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension upon state request</inline>.—</heading><content>If an applicable existing waiver described in subparagraph (A) would otherwise expire before October 1, 2011, and the State requests an extension of such waiver, the Secretary shall grant such an extension, but only, subject to paragraph (2)(A), through September 30, 2011.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of enhanced fmap</inline>.—</heading><content>The enhanced FMAP determined under section 2105(b) shall apply to expenditures under an applicable existing waiver for the provision of child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a parent of a targeted low-income child during the third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2009 and during fiscal years 2010 and 2011.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rules for fiscal years 2012 through 2013</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments for coverage limited to block grant funded from state allotment</inline>.—</heading><content>Any State that provides child health assistance or health benefits coverage under an applicable existing waiver for a parent of a targeted low-income child may elect to continue to provide such assistance or coverage through fiscal year 2012 or 2013, subject to the same terms and conditions that applied under the applicable existing waiver, unless otherwise modified in subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Terms and conditions</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Block grant set aside from state allotment</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>If the State makes an election under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall set aside for the State for each such fiscal year an amount equal to the Federal share of 110 percent of the State’s projected expenditures under the applicable existing waiver for providing child health assistance or health benefits coverage to all parents of targeted low-income children enrolled under such waiver for the fiscal year (as certified by the State and submitted to the Secretary by not later than August 31 of the preceding fiscal year). In the case of fiscal year 2013, the set aside for any State shall be computed separately for each period described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2104(a)(16) and any reduction in the allotment for either such period under section 2104(m)(4) shall be allocated on a pro rata basis to such set aside.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments from block grant</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall pay the State from the amount set aside under clause (i) for the fiscal year, an amount for each quarter of such fiscal year equal to the applicable percentage determined under clause (iii) or (iv) for expenditures in the quarter for providing child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a parent of a targeted low-income child.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enhanced fmap only in fiscal year 2012 for states with significant child outreach or that achieve child coverage benchmarks; fmap for any other states</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of clause (ii), the applicable percentage for any quarter of fiscal year 2012 is equal to—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the enhanced FMAP determined under section 2105(b) in the case of a State that meets <page identifier="/us/stat/123/32">123 STAT. 32</page> the outreach or coverage benchmarks described in any of subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (3) for fiscal year 2011; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the Federal medical assistance percentage (as determined under section 1905(b) without regard to clause (4) of such section) in the case of any other State.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount of federal matching payment in 2013</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of clause (ii), the applicable percentage for any quarter of fiscal year 2013 is equal to—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau>the REMAP percentage if—</chapeau><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>the applicable percentage for the State under clause (iii) was the enhanced FMAP for fiscal year 2012; and</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>the State met either of the coverage benchmarks described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (3) for fiscal year 2012; or</content></item></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the Federal medical assistance percentage (as so determined) in the case of any State to which subclause (I) does not apply.</content></subclause><continuation class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126">For purposes of subclause (I), the REMAP percentage is the percentage which is the sum of such Federal medical assistance percentage and a number of percentage points equal to one-half of the difference between such Federal medical assistance percentage and such enhanced FMAP.</continuation></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No federal payments other than from block grant set aside</inline>.—</heading><content>No payments shall be made to a State for expenditures described in clause (ii) after the total amount set aside under clause (i) for a fiscal year has been paid to the State.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No increase in income eligibility level for parents</inline>.—</heading><content>No payments shall be made to a State from the amount set aside under clause (i) for a fiscal year for expenditures for providing child health assistance or health benefits coverage to a parent of a targeted low-income child whose family income exceeds the income eligibility level applied under the applicable existing waiver to parents of targeted low-income children on the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Outreach or coverage benchmarks</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (2), the outreach or coverage benchmarks described in this paragraph are as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Significant child outreach campaign</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The State—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>was awarded a grant under section 2113 for fiscal year 2011;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>implemented 1 or more of the enrollment and retention provisions described in section 2105(a)(4) for such fiscal year; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>has submitted a specific plan for outreach for such fiscal year.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">High-performing state</inline>.—</heading><content>The State, on the basis of the most timely and accurate published estimates of the Bureau of the Census, ranks in the lowest ⅓ of States <page identifier="/us/stat/123/33">123 STAT. 33</page> in terms of the State’s percentage of low-income children without health insurance.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State increasing enrollment of low-income children</inline>.—</heading><content>The State qualified for a performance bonus payment under section 2105(a)(3)(B) for the most recent fiscal year applicable under such section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rules of construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting a State from submitting an application to the Secretary for a waiver under section 1115 of the State plan under title XIX to provide medical assistance to a parent of a targeted low-income child that was provided child health assistance or health benefits coverage under an applicable existing waiver.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable Existing Waiver</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>applicable existing waiver</term>’ means a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under section 1115, grandfathered under section 6102(c)(3) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, or otherwise conducted under authority that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>would allow funds made available under this title to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>a parent of a targeted low-income child;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>a nonpregnant childless adult; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>individuals described in both clauses (i) and (ii); and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>was in effect during fiscal year 2009.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Parent</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>parent</term>’ includes a caretaker relative (as such term is used in carrying out section 1931) and a legal guardian.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonpregnant childless adult</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>nonpregnant childless adult</term>’ has the meaning given such term by section 2107(f).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>Section 2107(f) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg/f">42 U.S.C. 1397gg(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, the Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“:<paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>The Secretary”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or a parent (as defined in section 2111(c)(2)(A)), who is not pregnant, of a targeted low-income child</quotedText>” before the period;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the second sentence; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The Secretary may not approve, extend, renew, or amend a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project with respect to a State after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that would waive or modify the requirements of section 2111.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Section 6102(c) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/171">Public Law 109–171</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/120/131">120 Stat. 131</ref>) <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg">42 USC 1397gg note</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Nothing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subject to section 2111 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 112 of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, nothing</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/34">123 STAT. 34</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">GAO Study and Report</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of whether—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the coverage of a parent, a caretaker relative (as such term is used in carrying out section 1931), or a legal guardian of a targeted low-income child under a State health plan under title XXI of the Social Security Act increases the enrollment of, or the quality of care for, children, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>such parents, relatives, and legal guardians who enroll in such a plan are more likely to enroll their children in such a plan or in a State plan under title XIX of such Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall report the results of the study to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, including recommendations (if any) for changes in legislation.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="113">SEC. 113. </num><heading>ELIMINATION OF COUNTING MEDICAID CHILD PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY COSTS AGAINST TITLE XXI ALLOTMENT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2105(a)(1) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/a/1">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(a)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or, in the case of expenditures described in subparagraph (B), the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in the first sentence of section 1905(b)))</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraph (B) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><note topic="miscellaneous"> <p>[reserved]”</p></note> </subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amendments to Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility of a newborn</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1902(e)(4) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/e/4">42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(4)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the first sentence by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>so long as the child is a member of the woman’s household and the woman remains (or would remain if pregnant) eligible for such assistance</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of qualified entities to presumptive eligibility for pregnant women under medicaid</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1920(b) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–1/b">42 U.S.C. 1396r–1(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> after paragraph (2) the following flush sentence:<quotedContent><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">“The term ‘<term>qualified provider</term>’ also includes a qualified entity, as defined in section 1920A(b)(3).”</p></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="114">SEC. 114. </num><heading>LIMITATION ON MATCHING RATE FOR STATES THAT PROPOSE TO COVER CHILDREN WITH EFFECTIVE FAMILY INCOME THAT EXCEEDS 300 PERCENT OF THE POVERTY LINE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">FMAP Applied to Expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2105(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/c">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on matching rate for expenditures for child health assistance provided to children whose effective family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">FMAP applied to expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2009, the Federal medical assistance percentage <page identifier="/us/stat/123/35">123 STAT. 35</page> (as determined under section 1905(b) without regard to clause (4) of such section) shall be substituted for the enhanced FMAP under subsection (a)(1) with respect to any expenditures for providing child health assistance or health benefits coverage for a targeted low-income child whose effective family income would exceed 300 percent of the poverty line but for the application of a general exclusion of a block of income that is not determined by type of expense or type of income.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any State that, on the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, has an approved State plan amendment or waiver to provide, or has enacted a State law to submit a State plan amendment to provide, expenditures described in such subparagraph under the State child health plan.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee">42 USC 1397ee note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of Construction</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Nothing in the amendments made by this section shall be construed as—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>changing any income eligibility level for children under title XXI of the Social Security Act; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>changing the flexibility provided States under such title to establish the income eligibility level for targeted low-income children under a State child health plan and the methodologies used by the State to determine income or assets under such plan.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="115">SEC. 115. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396d">42 USC 1396d note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>STATE AUTHORITY UNDER MEDICAID.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the fourth sentence of subsection (b) of section 1905 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d</ref>) or subsection (u) of such section, at State option, the Secretary shall provide the State with the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for Medicaid with respect to expenditures described in section 1905(u)(2)(A) of such Act or otherwise made to provide medical assistance under Medicaid to a child who could be covered by the State under CHIP.</content></section> </subtitle> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT</heading> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Outreach and Enrollment Activities</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading>GRANTS AND ENHANCED ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING FOR OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grants</inline>.—</heading><content>Title XXI (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397aa/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.</ref>), as amended by section 111, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658144"><num class="bold " value="2113">“SEC. 2113. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397mm">42 USC 1397mm</ref>.</p></sidenote>GRANTS TO IMPROVE OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT.</heading><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Outreach and Enrollment Grants; National Campaign</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>From the amounts appropriated under subsection (g), subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities during the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to conduct outreach and enrollment <page identifier="/us/stat/123/36">123 STAT. 36</page> efforts that are designed to increase the enrollment and participation of eligible children under this title and title XIX.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Ten percent set aside for national enrollment campaign</inline>.—</heading><content>An amount equal to 10 percent of such amounts shall be used by the Secretary for expenditures during such period to carry out a national enrollment campaign in accordance with subsection (h).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Priority for Award of Grants</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>propose to target geographic areas with high rates of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>eligible but unenrolled children, including such children who reside in rural areas; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>racial and ethnic minorities and health disparity populations, including those proposals that address cultural and linguistic barriers to enrollment; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>submit the most demonstrable evidence required under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Ten percent set aside for outreach to indian children</inline>.—</heading><content>An amount equal to 10 percent of the funds appropriated under subsection (g) shall be used by the Secretary to award grants to Indian Health Service providers and urban Indian organizations receiving funds under title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1651/etseq">25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.</ref>) for outreach to, and enrollment of, children who are Indians.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An eligible entity that desires to receive a grant under subsection (a) shall submit an application to the Secretary in such form and manner, and containing such information, as the Secretary may decide. Such application shall include—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>evidence demonstrating that the entity includes members who have access to, and credibility with, ethnic or low-income populations in the communities in which activities funded under the grant are to be conducted;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>evidence demonstrating that the entity has the ability to address barriers to enrollment, such as lack of awareness of eligibility, stigma concerns and punitive fears associated with receipt of benefits, and other cultural barriers to applying for and receiving child health assistance or medical assistance;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>specific quality or outcomes performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of activities funded by a grant awarded under this section; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><chapeau>an assurance that the eligible entity shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of such activities against the performance measures;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>cooperate with the collection and reporting of enrollment data and other information in order for the Secretary to conduct such assessments; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>in the case of an eligible entity that is not the State, provide the State with enrollment data and other information as necessary for the State to make necessary projections of eligible children and pregnant women.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Dissemination of Enrollment Data and Information Determined From Effectiveness Assessments; Annual Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/37">123 STAT. 37</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>make publicly available the enrollment data and information collected and reported in accordance with subsection (c)(4)(B); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>submit an annual report to Congress on the outreach and enrollment activities conducted with funds appropriated under this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of Effort for States Awarded Grants; No Match Required for Any Eligible Entity Awarded a Grant</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State maintenance of effort</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a State that is awarded a grant under this section, the State share of funds expended for outreach and enrollment activities under the State child health plan shall not be less than the State share of such funds expended in the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year for which the grant is awarded.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No matching requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>No eligible entity awarded a grant under subsection (a) shall be required to provide any matching funds as a condition for receiving the grant.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible entity</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>eligible entity</term>’ means any of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>A State with an approved child health plan under this title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A local government.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>An Indian tribe or tribal consortium, a tribal organization, an urban Indian organization receiving funds under title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1651/etseq">25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.</ref>), or an Indian Health Service provider.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>A Federal health safety net organization.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>A national, State, local, or community-based public or nonprofit private organization, including organizations that use community health workers or community-based doula programs.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>A faith-based organization or consortia, to the extent that a grant awarded to such an entity is consistent with the requirements of section 1955 of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300x–65">42 U.S.C. 300x–65</ref>) relating to a grant award to nongovernmental entities.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>An elementary or secondary school.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federal health safety net organization</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>Federal health safety net organization</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a Federally-qualified health center (as defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B));</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a hospital defined as a disproportionate share hospital for purposes of section 1923;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>a covered entity described in section 340B(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s256b/a/4">42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4)</ref>); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>any other entity or consortium that serves children under a federally funded program, including the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) established under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</ref>), the Head Start and Early Head Start programs under the Head Start Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9801/etseq">42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.</ref>), the school lunch program <page identifier="/us/stat/123/38">123 STAT. 38</page> established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, and an elementary or secondary school.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Indians; indian tribe; tribal organization; urban indian organization</inline>.—</heading><content>The terms ‘Indian’, ‘Indian tribe’, ‘tribal organization’, and ‘urban Indian organization’ have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1603">25 U.S.C. 1603</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Community health worker</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>community health worker</term>’ means an individual who promotes health or nutrition within the community in which the individual resides—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>by serving as a liaison between communities and health care agencies;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>by providing guidance and social assistance to community residents;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>by enhancing community residents’ ability to effectively communicate with health care providers;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>by providing culturally and linguistically appropriate health or nutrition education;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>by advocating for individual and community health or nutrition needs; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>by providing referral and followup services.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, for the purpose of awarding grants under this section. Amounts appropriated and paid under the authority of this section shall be in addition to amounts appropriated under section 2104 and paid to States in accordance with section 2105, including with respect to expenditures for outreach activities in accordance with subsections (a)(1)(D)(iii) and (c)(2)(C) of that section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National Enrollment Campaign</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>From the amounts made available under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall develop and implement a national enrollment campaign to improve the enrollment of underserved child populations in the programs established under this title and title XIX. Such campaign may include—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the establishment of partnerships with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop national campaigns to link the eligibility and enrollment systems for the assistance programs each Secretary administers that often serve the same children;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the integration of information about the programs established under this title and title XIX in public health awareness campaigns administered by the Secretary;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>increased financial and technical support for enrollment hotlines maintained by the Secretary to ensure that all States participate in such hotlines;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>the establishment of joint public awareness outreach initiatives with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Labor regarding the importance of health insurance to building strong communities and the economy;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>the development of special outreach materials for Native Americans or for individuals with limited English proficiency; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>such other outreach initiatives as the Secretary determines would increase public awareness of the programs under this title and title XIX.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/39">123 STAT. 39</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enhanced Administrative Funding for Translation or Interpretation Services Under CHIP and Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">CHIP</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2105(a)(1) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/a/1">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(a)(1)</ref>), as amended by section 113, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or, in the case of expenditures described in subparagraph (D)(iv), the higher of 75 percent or the sum of the enhanced FMAP plus 5 percentage points)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>enhanced FMAP</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (D)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in clause (iii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clause (iv) as clause (v); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (iii) the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>for translation or interpretation services in connection with the enrollment of, retention of, and use of services under this title by, individuals for whom English is not their primary language (as found necessary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan); and”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of medicaid funds</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1903(a)(2) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/a/2">42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>an amount equal to 75 percent of so much of the sums expended during such quarter (as found necessary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan) as are attributable to translation or interpretation services in connection with the enrollment of, retention of, and use of services under this title by, children of families for whom English is not the primary language; plus”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of community health workers for outreach activities</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2102(c)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397bb/c/1">42 U.S.C. 1397bb(c)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(through community health workers and others)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Outreach</quotedText>”.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In federal evaluation</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2108(c)(3)(B) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397hh/c/3/B">42 U.S.C. 1397hh(c)(3)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(such as through community health workers and others)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>including practices</quotedText>”.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading>INCREASED OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT OF INDIANS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1139 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320b–9">42 U.S.C. 1320b–9</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658144"><num class="bold " value="1139">“SEC. 1139. </num><heading class="bold ">IMPROVED ACCESS TO, AND DELIVERY OF, HEALTH CARE FOR INDIANS UNDER TITLES XIX AND XXI.</heading><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agreements With States for Medicaid and CHIP Outreach On or Near Reservations To Increase the Enrollment of Indians in Those Programs</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In order to improve the access of Indians residing on or near a reservation to obtain benefits under the Medicaid and State children’s health insurance programs established under titles XIX and XXI, the Secretary shall encourage the State to take steps to provide for enrollment on or near the reservation. Such steps may include outreach efforts such as the outstationing of eligibility workers, entering <page identifier="/us/stat/123/40">123 STAT. 40</page> into agreements with the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations to provide outreach, education regarding eligibility and benefits, enrollment, and translation services when such services are appropriate.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed as affecting arrangements entered into between States and the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, or Urban Indian Organizations for such Service, Tribes, or Organizations to conduct administrative activities under such titles.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement To Facilitate Cooperation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary, acting through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall take such steps as are necessary to facilitate cooperation with, and agreements between, States and the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, or Urban Indian Organizations with respect to the provision of health care items and services to Indians under the programs established under title XIX or XXI.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition of Indian; Indian Tribe; Indian Health Program; Tribal Organization; Urban Indian Organization</inline>.—</heading><content>In this section, the terms ‘Indian’, ‘Indian Tribe’, ‘Indian Health Program’, ‘Tribal Organization’, and ‘Urban Indian Organization’ have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonapplication of 10 Percent Limit on Outreach and Certain Other Expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2105(c)(2) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/c/2">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonapplication to certain expenditures</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The limitation under subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to the following expenditures:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expenditures to increase outreach to, and the enrollment of, indian children under this title and title </inline>xix.—</heading><content>Expenditures for outreach activities to families of Indian children likely to be eligible for child health assistance under the plan or medical assistance under the State plan under title XIX (or under a waiver of such plan), to inform such families of the availability of, and to assist them in enrolling their children in, such plans, including such activities conducted under grants, contracts, or agreements entered into under section 1139(a).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="203">SEC. 203. </num><heading>STATE OPTION TO RELY ON FINDINGS FROM AN EXPRESS LANE AGENCY TO CONDUCT SIMPLIFIED ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application Under Medicaid and CHIP Programs</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1902(e) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/e">42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">“(13) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Express Lane Option</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option to use a finding from an express lane agency</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>At the option of the State, the State plan may provide that in determining eligibility under this title for a child (as defined in subparagraph (G)), the State may rely on a finding made within a reasonable period (as determined by the State) from an Express Lane agency <page identifier="/us/stat/123/41">123 STAT. 41</page> (as defined in subparagraph (F)) when it determines whether a child satisfies one or more components of eligibility for medical assistance under this title. The State may rely on a finding from an Express Lane agency notwithstanding sections 1902(a)(46)(B) and 1137(d) or any differences in budget unit, disregard, deeming or other methodology, if the following requirements are met:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition on determining children ineligible for coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>If a finding from an Express Lane agency would result in a determination that a child does not satisfy an eligibility requirement for medical assistance under this title and for child health assistance under title XXI, the State shall determine eligibility for assistance using its regular procedures.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notice requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>For any child who is found eligible for medical assistance under the State plan under this title or child health assistance under title XXI and who is subject to premiums based on an Express Lane agency’s finding of such child’s income level, the State shall provide notice that the child may qualify for lower premium payments if evaluated by the State using its regular policies and of the procedures for requesting such an evaluation.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compliance with screen and enroll requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>The State shall satisfy the requirements under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2102(b)(3) (relating to screen and enroll) before enrolling a child in child health assistance under title XXI. At its option, the State may fulfill such requirements in accordance with either option provided under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Verification of citizenship or nationality status</inline>.—</heading><content>The State shall satisfy the requirements of section 1902(a)(46)(B) or 2105(c)(9), as applicable for verifications of citizenship or nationality status.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coding</inline>.—</heading><content>The State meets the requirements of subparagraph (E).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option to apply to renewals and redeterminations</inline>.—</heading><content>The State may apply the provisions of this paragraph when conducting initial determinations of eligibility, redeterminations of eligibility, or both, as described in the State plan.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rules of construction</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>to limit or prohibit a State from taking any actions otherwise permitted under this title or title XXI in determining eligibility for or enrolling children into medical assistance under this title or child health assistance under title XXI; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to modify the limitations in section 1902(a)(5) concerning the agencies that may make a determination of eligibility for medical assistance under this title.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Options for satisfying the screen and enroll requirement</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>With respect to a child whose eligibility for medical assistance under this title or for child health assistance under title XXI has been evaluated by <page identifier="/us/stat/123/42">123 STAT. 42</page> a State agency using an income finding from an Express Lane agency, a State may carry out its duties under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2102(b)(3) (relating to screen and enroll) in accordance with either clause (ii) or clause (iii).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishing a screening threshold</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Under this clause, the State establishes a screening threshold set as a percentage of the Federal poverty level that exceeds the highest income threshold applicable under this title to the child by a minimum of 30 percentage points or, at State option, a higher number of percentage points that reflects the value (as determined by the State and described in the State plan) of any differences between income methodologies used by the program administered by the Express Lane agency and the methodologies used by the State in determining eligibility for medical assistance under this title.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Children with income not above threshold</inline>.—</heading><content>If the income of a child does not exceed the screening threshold, the child is deemed to satisfy the income eligibility criteria for medical assistance under this title regardless of whether such child would otherwise satisfy such criteria.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Children with income above threshold</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If the income of a child exceeds the screening threshold, the child shall be considered to have an income above the Medicaid applicable income level described in section 2110(b)(4) and to satisfy the requirement under section 2110(b)(1)(C) (relating to the requirement that CHIP matching funds be used only for children not eligible for Medicaid). If such a child is enrolled in child health assistance under title XXI, the State shall provide the parent, guardian, or custodial relative with the following:</chapeau><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>Notice that the child may be eligible to receive medical assistance under the State plan under this title if evaluated for such assistance under the State’s regular procedures and notice of the process through which a parent, guardian, or custodial relative can request that the State evaluate the child’s eligibility for medical assistance under this title using such regular procedures.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>A description of differences between the medical assistance provided under this title and child health assistance under title XXI, including differences in cost-sharing requirements and covered benefits.</content></item></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Temporary enrollment in chip pending screen and enroll</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Under this clause, a State enrolls a child in child health assistance under title XXI for a temporary period if the child appears eligible for such assistance based on an income finding by an Express Lane agency.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/43">123 STAT. 43</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Determination of eligibility</inline>.—</heading><content>During such temporary enrollment period, the State shall determine the child’s eligibility for child health assistance under title XXI or for medical assistance under this title in accordance with this clause.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prompt follow up</inline>.—</heading><content>In making such a determination, the State shall take prompt action to determine whether the child should be enrolled in medical assistance under this title or child health assistance under title XXI pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2102(b)(3) (relating to screen and enroll).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement for simplified determination</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote>In making such a determination, the State shall use procedures that, to the maximum feasible extent, reduce the burden imposed on the individual of such determination. Such procedures may not require the child’s parent, guardian, or custodial relative to provide or verify information that already has been provided to the State agency by an Express Lane agency or another source of information unless the State agency has reason to believe the information is erroneous.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of chip matching funds during temporary enrollment period</inline>.—</heading><content>Medical assistance for items and services that are provided to a child enrolled in title XXI during a temporary enrollment period under this clause shall be treated as child health assistance under such title.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option for automatic enrollment</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The State may initiate and determine eligibility for medical assistance under the State Medicaid plan or for child health assistance under the State CHIP plan without a program application from, or on behalf of, the child based on data obtained from sources other than the child (or the child’s family), but a child can only be automatically enrolled in the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan if the child or the family affirmatively consents to being enrolled through affirmation in writing, by telephone, orally, through electronic signature, or through any other means specified by the Secretary or by signature on an Express Lane agency application, if the requirement of clause (ii) is met.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>The requirement of this clause is that the State informs the parent, guardian, or custodial relative of the child of the services that will be covered, appropriate methods for using such services, premium or other cost sharing charges (if any) that apply, medical support obligations (under section 1912(a)) created by enrollment (if applicable), and the actions the parent, guardian, or relative must take to maintain enrollment and renew coverage.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coding; application to enrollment error rates</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iv), the requirement of this subparagraph for a State is that the State agrees to—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>assign such codes as the Secretary shall require to the children who are enrolled in the State <page identifier="/us/stat/123/44">123 STAT. 44</page> Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan through reliance on a finding made by an Express Lane agency for the duration of the State’s election under this paragraph;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Statistics.</p></sidenote>annually provide the Secretary with a statistically valid sample (that is approved by Secretary) of the children enrolled in such plans through reliance on such a finding by conducting a full Medicaid eligibility review of the children identified for such sample for purposes of determining an eligibility error rate (as described in clause (iv)) with respect to the enrollment of such children (and shall not include such children in any data or samples used for purposes of complying with a Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) review or a payment error rate measurement (PERM) requirement);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Submission.</p></sidenote>submit the error rate determined under subclause (II) to the Secretary;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>if such error rate exceeds 3 percent for either of the first 2 fiscal years in which the State elects to apply this paragraph, demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary the specific corrective actions implemented by the State to improve upon such error rate; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>if such error rate exceeds 3 percent for any fiscal year in which the State elects to apply this paragraph, a reduction in the amount otherwise payable to the State under section 1903(a) for quarters for that fiscal year, equal to the total amount of erroneous excess payments determined for the fiscal year only with respect to the children included in the sample for the fiscal year that are in excess of a 3 percent error rate with respect to such children.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No punitive action based on error rate</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall not apply the error rate derived from the sample under clause (i) to the entire population of children enrolled in the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan through reliance on a finding made by an Express Lane agency, or to the population of children enrolled in such plans on the basis of the State’s regular procedures for determining eligibility, or penalize the State on the basis of such error rate in any manner other than the reduction of payments provided for under clause (i)(V).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as relieving a State that elects to apply this paragraph from being subject to a penalty under section 1903(u), for payments made under the State Medicaid plan with respect to ineligible individuals and families that are determined to exceed the error rate permitted under that section (as determined without regard to the error rate determined under clause (i)(II)).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Error rate defined</inline>.—</heading><content>In this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>error rate</term>’ means the rate of erroneous excess payments for medical assistance (as defined in section 1903(u)(1)(D)) for the period involved, except that such payments shall be limited to individuals for which eligibility determinations are made under this paragraph and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/45">123 STAT. 45</page> except that in applying this paragraph under title XXI, there shall be substituted for references to provisions of this title corresponding provisions within title XXI.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Express lane agency</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this paragraph, the term ‘<term>Express Lane agency</term>’ means a public agency that—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>is determined by the State Medicaid agency or the State CHIP agency (as applicable) to be capable of making the determinations of one or more eligibility requirements described in subparagraph (A)(i);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>is identified in the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><chapeau>notifies the child’s family—</chapeau><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>of the information which shall be disclosed in accordance with this paragraph;</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>that the information disclosed will be used solely for purposes of determining eligibility for medical assistance under the State Medicaid plan or for child health assistance under the State CHIP plan; and</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="cc">“(cc) </num><content>that the family may elect to not have the information disclosed for such purposes; and</content></item></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>enters into, or is subject to, an interagency agreement to limit the disclosure and use of the information disclosed.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inclusion of specific public agencies</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Such term includes the following:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau>A public agency that determines eligibility for assistance under any of the following:</chapeau><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>The temporary assistance for needy families program funded under part A of title IV.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>A State program funded under part D of title IV.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="cc">“(cc) </num><content>The State Medicaid plan.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="dd">“(dd) </num><content>The State CHIP plan.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ee">“(ee) </num><content>The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2011/etseq">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</ref>).</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ff">“(ff) </num><content>The Head Start Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9801/etseq">42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.</ref>).</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="gg">“(gg) </num><content>The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1751/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</ref>).</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="hh">“(hh) </num><content>The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1771/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</ref>).</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9858/etseq">42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.</ref>).</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="jj">“(jj) </num><content>The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s11301/etseq">42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.</ref>).</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="kk">“(kk) </num><content>The United States Housing Act of 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1437/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.</ref>).</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ll">“(ll) </num><content>The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s4101/etseq">25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.</ref>).</content></item></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>A State-specified governmental agency that has fiscal liability or legal responsibility for the accuracy of the eligibility determination findings relied on by the State.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/46">123 STAT. 46</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>A public agency that is subject to an interagency agreement limiting the disclosure and use of the information disclosed for purposes of determining eligibility under the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exclusions</inline>.—</heading><content>Such term does not include an agency that determines eligibility for a program established under the Social Services Block Grant established under title XX or a private, for-profit organization.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rules of construction</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>exempting a State Medicaid agency from complying with the requirements of section 1902(a)(4) relating to merit-based personnel standards for employees of the State Medicaid agency and safeguards against conflicts of interest); or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>authorizing a State Medicaid agency that elects to use Express Lane agencies under this subparagraph to use the Express Lane option to avoid complying with such requirements for purposes of making eligibility determinations under the State Medicaid plan.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this paragraph:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>State</term>’ means 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State chip agency</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>State CHIP agency</term>’ means the State agency responsible for administering the State CHIP plan.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State chip plan</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>State CHIP plan</term>’ means the State child health plan established under title XXI and includes any waiver of such plan.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State medicaid agency</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>State Medicaid agency</term>’ means the State agency responsible for administering the State Medicaid plan.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State medicaid plan</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>State Medicaid plan</term>’ means the State plan established under title XIX and includes any waiver of such plan.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Child defined</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘<term>child</term>’ means an individual under 19 years of age, or, at the option of a State, such higher age, not to exceed 21 years of age, as the State may elect.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State option to rely on state income tax data or return</inline>.—</heading><content>At the option of the State, a finding from an Express Lane agency may include gross income or adjusted gross income shown by State income tax records or returns.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><content>This paragraph shall not apply with respect to eligibility determinations made after September 30, 2013.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">CHIP</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2107(e)(1) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg/e/1">42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively, and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Section 1902(e)(13) (relating to the State option to rely on findings from an Express Lane agency to help evaluate a child’s eligibility for medical assistance).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Evaluation and Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/47">123 STAT. 47</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Evaluation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall conduct, by grant, contract, or interagency agreement, a comprehensive, independent evaluation of the option provided under the amendments made by subsection (a). Such evaluation shall include an analysis of the effectiveness of the option, and shall include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Statistics.</p></sidenote>obtaining a statistically valid sample of the children who were enrolled in the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan through reliance on a finding made by an Express Lane agency and determining the percentage of children who were erroneously enrolled in such plans;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>determining whether enrolling children in such plans through reliance on a finding made by an Express Lane agency improves the ability of a State to identify and enroll low-income, uninsured children who are eligible but not enrolled in such plans;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>evaluating the administrative costs or savings related to identifying and enrolling children in such plans through reliance on such findings, and the extent to which such costs differ from the costs that the State otherwise would have incurred to identify and enroll low-income, uninsured children who are eligible but not enrolled in such plans; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>any recommendations for legislative or administrative changes that would improve the effectiveness of enrolling children in such plans through reliance on such findings.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report to congress</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than September 30, 2012, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the results of the evaluation under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the evaluation under this subsection $5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Budget authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (A) constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Act and represents the obligation of the Federal Government to provide for the payment of such amount to conduct the evaluation under this subsection.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Electronic Transmission of Information</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1902 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="dd">“(dd) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Electronic Transmission of Information</inline>.—</heading><content>If the State agency determining eligibility for medical assistance under this title or child health assistance under title XXI verifies an element of eligibility based on information from an Express Lane Agency (as defined in subsection (e)(13)(F)), or from another public agency, then the applicant’s signature under penalty of perjury shall not be required as to such element. Any signature requirement for an application for medical assistance may be satisfied through an electronic signature, as defined in section 1710(1) of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t44/s3504">44 U.S.C. 3504 note</ref>). The requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 1137(d)(2) may be met through evidence in digital or electronic form.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization of Information Disclosure</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/48">123 STAT. 48</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Title XIX <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658144"><num class="bold " value="1942">“SEC. 1942. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396w–2">42 USC 1396w–2 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>AUTHORIZATION TO RECEIVE RELEVANT INFORMATION.</heading><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal or State agency or private entity in possession of the sources of data directly relevant to eligibility determinations under this title (including eligibility files maintained by Express Lane agencies described in section 1902(e)(13)(F), information described in paragraph (2) or (3) of section 1137(a), vital records information about births in any State, and information described in sections 453(i) and 1902(a)(25)(I)) is authorized to convey such data or information to the State agency administering the State plan under this title, to the extent such conveyance meets the requirements of subsection (b).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements for Conveyance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Data or information may be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) only if the following requirements are met:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>The individual whose circumstances are described in the data or information (or such individual’s parent, guardian, caretaker relative, or authorized representative) has either provided advance consent to disclosure or has not objected to disclosure after receiving advance notice of disclosure and a reasonable opportunity to object.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>Such data or information are used solely for the purposes of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>identifying individuals who are eligible or potentially eligible for medical assistance under this title and enrolling or attempting to enroll such individuals in the State plan; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>verifying the eligibility of individuals for medical assistance under the State plan.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>An interagency or other agreement, consistent with standards developed by the Secretary—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>prevents the unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification of such data and otherwise meets applicable Federal requirements safeguarding privacy and data security; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>requires the State agency administering the State plan to use the data and information obtained under this section to seek to enroll individuals in the plan.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Penalties for Improper Disclosure</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Civil money penalty</inline>.—</heading><content>A private entity described in the subsection (a) that publishes, discloses, or makes known in any manner, or to any extent not authorized by Federal law, any information obtained under this section is subject to a civil money penalty in an amount equal to $10,000 for each such unauthorized publication or disclosure. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>The provisions of section 1128A (other than subsections (a) and (b) and the second sentence of subsection (f)) shall apply to a civil money penalty under this paragraph in the same manner as such provisions apply to a penalty or proceeding under section 1128A(a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Criminal penalty</inline>.—</heading><content>A private entity described in the subsection (a) that willfully publishes, discloses, or makes known in any manner, or to any extent not authorized by Federal law, any information obtained under this section shall <page identifier="/us/stat/123/49">123 STAT. 49</page> be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, for each such unauthorized publication or disclosure.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>The limitations and requirements that apply to disclosure pursuant to this section shall not be construed to prohibit the conveyance or disclosure of data or information otherwise permitted under Federal law (without regard to this section).”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment to title xxi</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2107(e)(1) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg/e/1">42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)</ref>), as amended by subsection (a)(2), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>Section 1942 (relating to authorization to receive data directly relevant to eligibility determinations).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment to provide access to data about enrollment in insurance for purposes of evaluating applications and for chip</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1902(a)(25)(I)(i) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a/25/I/i">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(I)(i)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(and, at State option, individuals who apply or whose eligibility for medical assistance is being evaluated in accordance with section 1902(e)(13)(D))</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>with respect to individuals who are eligible</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under this title (and, at State option, child health assistance under title XXI)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>the State plan</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396w–2">42 USC 1396w–2 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization for States Electing Express Lane Option To Receive Certain Data Directly Relevant To Determining Eligibility and Correct Amount of Assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote>The Secretary shall enter into such agreements as are necessary to permit a State that elects the Express Lane option under section 1902(e)(13) of the Social Security Act to receive data directly relevant to eligibility determinations and determining the correct amount of benefits under a State child health plan under CHIP or a State plan under Medicaid from the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The National Directory of New Hires established under section 453(i) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s653/i">42 U.S.C. 653(i)</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Data regarding enrollment in insurance that may help to facilitate outreach and enrollment under the State Medicaid plan, the State CHIP plan, and such other programs as the Secretary may specify.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote>The amendments made by this section are effective on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Reducing Barriers to Enrollment</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="211">SEC. 211. </num><heading>VERIFICATION OF DECLARATION OF CITIZENSHIP OR NATIONALITY FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAID AND CHIP.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Alternative State Process for Verification of Declaration of Citizenship or Nationality for Purposes of Eligibility for Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Alternative to documentation requirement</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1902 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a</ref>), as amended by section 203(c), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)(46)—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/50">123 STAT. 50</page></chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(A)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>(46)</quotedText>”;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>provide, with respect to an individual declaring to be a citizen or national of the United States for purposes of establishing eligibility under this title, that the State shall satisfy the requirements of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>section 1903(x); or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>subsection (ee);”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ee">“(ee)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>For purposes of subsection (a)(46)(B)(ii), the requirements of this subsection with respect to an individual declaring to be a citizen or national of the United States for purposes of establishing eligibility under this title, are, in lieu of requiring the individual to present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality under section 1903(x) (if the individual is not described in paragraph (2) of that section), as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Submission.</p></sidenote>The State submits the name and social security number of the individual to the Commissioner of Social Security as part of the program established under paragraph (2).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>If the State receives notice from the Commissioner of Social Security that the name or social security number, or the declaration of citizenship or nationality, of the individual is inconsistent with information in the records maintained by the Commissioner—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the State makes a reasonable effort to identify and address the causes of such inconsistency, including through typographical or other clerical errors, by contacting the individual to confirm the accuracy of the name or social security number submitted or declaration of citizenship or nationality and by taking such additional actions as the Secretary, through regulation or other guidance, or the State may identify, and continues to provide the individual with medical assistance while making such effort; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>in the case such inconsistency is not resolved under clause (i), the State—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote>notifies the individual of such fact;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>provides the individual with a period of 90 days from the date on which the notice required under subclause (I) is received by the individual to either present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality (as defined in section 1903(x)(3)) or resolve the inconsistency with the Commissioner of Social Security (and continues to provide the individual with medical assistance during such 90-day period); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>disenrolls the individual from the State plan under this title within 30 days after the end of such 90-day period if no such documentary evidence is presented or if such inconsistency is not resolved.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Submission.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Each State electing to satisfy the requirements of this subsection for purposes of section 1902(a)(46)(B) shall establish a program under which the State submits at least monthly to the Commissioner of Social Security for comparison of the name <page identifier="/us/stat/123/51">123 STAT. 51</page> and social security number, of each individual newly enrolled in the State plan under this title that month who is not described in section 1903(x)(2) and who declares to be a United States citizen or national, with information in records maintained by the Commissioner.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>In establishing the State program under this paragraph, the State may enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Security—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>to provide, through an on-line system or otherwise, for the electronic submission of, and response to, the information submitted under subparagraph (A) for an individual enrolled in the State plan under this title who declares to be citizen or national on at least a monthly basis; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to provide for a determination of the consistency of the information submitted with the information maintained in the records of the Commissioner through such other method as agreed to by the State and the Commissioner and approved by the Secretary, provided that such method is no more burdensome for individuals to comply with than any burdens that may apply under a method described in clause (i).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The program established under this paragraph shall provide that, in the case of any individual who is required to submit a social security number to the State under subparagraph (A) and who is unable to provide the State with such number, shall be provided with at least the reasonable opportunity to present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality (as defined in section 1903(x)(3)) as is provided under clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1137(d)(4)(A) to an individual for the submittal to the State of evidence indicating a satisfactory immigration status.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>The State agency implementing the plan approved under this title shall, at such times and in such form as the Secretary may specify, provide information on the percentage each month that the inconsistent submissions bears to the total submissions made for comparison for such month. For purposes of this subparagraph, a name, social security number, or declaration of citizenship or nationality of an individual shall be treated as inconsistent and included in the determination of such percentage only if—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the information submitted by the individual is not consistent with information in records maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the inconsistency is not resolved by the State;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the individual was provided with a reasonable period of time to resolve the inconsistency with the Commissioner of Social Security or provide satisfactory documentation of citizenship status and did not successfully resolve such inconsistency; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>payment has been made for an item or service furnished to the individual under this title.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>If, for any fiscal year, the average monthly percentage determined under subparagraph (A) is greater than 3 percent—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote>the State shall develop and adopt a corrective plan to review its procedures for verifying the identities of individuals seeking to enroll in the State plan under this title and to identify and implement changes in such procedures to improve their accuracy; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount which bears the same ratio to the total payments under the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/52">123 STAT. 52</page> State plan for the fiscal year for providing medical assistance to individuals who provided inconsistent information as the number of individuals with inconsistent information in excess of 3 percent of such total submitted bears to the total number of individuals with inconsistent information.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote>The Secretary may waive, in certain limited cases, all or part of the payment under subparagraph (B)(ii) if the State is unable to reach the allowable error rate despite a good faith effort by such State.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to a State for a fiscal year if there is an agreement described in paragraph (2)(B) in effect as of the close of the fiscal year that provides for the submission on a real-time basis of the information described in such paragraph.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>Nothing in this subsection shall affect the rights of any individual under this title to appeal any disenrollment from a State plan.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Costs of implementing and maintaining system</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1903(a)(3) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/a/3">42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>plus</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (E) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>”, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>90 percent of the sums expended during the quarter as are attributable to the design, development, or installation of such mechanized verification and information retrieval systems as the Secretary determines are necessary to implement section 1902(ee) (including a system described in paragraph (2)(B) thereof), and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>75 percent of the sums expended during the quarter as are attributable to the operation of systems to which clause (i) applies, plus”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on waiver authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any provision of section 1115 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1315">42 U.S.C. 1315</ref>), or any other provision of law, the Secretary may not waive the requirements of section 1902(a)(46)(B) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a/46/B">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(46)(B)</ref>) with respect to a State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1903 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b">42 U.S.C. 1396b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (i)(22), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (x)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 1902(a)(46)(B)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subsection (x)(1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (i)(22)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 1902(a)(46)(B)(i)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Commissioner of Social Security $5,000,000 to remain available until expended to carry out the Commissioner’s responsibilities under section 1902(ee) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clarification of Requirements Relating to Presentation of Satisfactory Documentary Evidence of Citizenship or Nationality</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Acceptance of documentary evidence issued by a federally recognized indian tribe</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1903(x)(3)(B) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/x/3/B">42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)(3)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clause (v) as clause (vi); and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/53">123 STAT. 53</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (iv), the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v)</num><subclause class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>Except as provided in subclause (II), a document issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe evidencing membership or enrollment in, or affiliation with, such tribe (such as a tribal enrollment card or certificate of degree of Indian blood).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote>With respect to those federally recognized Indian tribes located within States having an international border whose membership includes individuals who are not citizens of the United States, the Secretary shall, after consulting with such tribes, issue regulations authorizing the presentation of such other forms of documentation (including tribal documentation, if appropriate) that the Secretary determines to be satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality for purposes of satisfying the requirement of this subsection.”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement to provide reasonable opportunity to present satisfactory documentary evidence</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1903(x) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/x">42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>In the case of an individual declaring to be a citizen or national of the United States with respect to whom a State requires the presentation of satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality under section 1902(a)(46)(B)(i), the individual shall be provided at least the reasonable opportunity to present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality under this subsection as is provided under clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1137(d)(4)(A) to an individual for the submittal to the State of evidence indicating a satisfactory immigration status.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Children born in the united states to mothers eligible for medicaid</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clarification of rules</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1903(x) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/x">42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)</ref>), as amended by paragraph (2), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>pursuant to the application of section 1902(e)(4) (and, in the case of an individual who is eligible for medical assistance on such basis, the individual shall be deemed to have provided satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality and shall not be required to provide further documentary evidence on any date that occurs during or after the period in which the individual is eligible for medical assistance on such basis); or”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>Nothing in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 1902(a)(46), the preceding paragraphs of this subsection, or the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including section 6036 of such Act, shall be construed as changing the requirement of section 1902(e)(4) that a child born in the United States to an alien mother for whom medical assistance for the delivery of such child is available as treatment <page identifier="/us/stat/123/54">123 STAT. 54</page> of an emergency medical condition pursuant to subsection (v) shall be deemed eligible for medical assistance during the first year of such child’s life.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State requirement to issue separate identification number</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1902(e)(4) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/e/4">42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(4)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new sentence: “<quotedText>Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the case of a child who is born in the United States to an alien mother for whom medical assistance for the delivery of the child is made available pursuant to section 1903(v), the State immediately shall issue a separate identification number for the child upon notification by the facility at which such delivery occurred of the child’s birth.</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1903(x)(2) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/x">42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by realigning the left margin of the matter preceding clause (i) 2 ems to the left; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by realigning the left margins of clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, 2 ems to the left; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (C)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by realigning the left margin of the matter preceding clause (i) 2 ems to the left; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by realigning the left margins of clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, 2 ems to the left.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Documentation System to CHIP</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2105(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/c">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)</ref>), as amended by section 114(a), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Citizenship documentation requirements</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>No payment may be made under this section with respect to an individual who has, or is, declared to be a citizen or national of the United States for purposes of establishing eligibility under this title unless the State meets the requirements of section 1902(a)(46)(B) with respect to the individual.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enhanced payments</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding subsection (b), the enhanced FMAP with respect to payments under subsection (a) for expenditures described in clause (i) or (ii) of section 1903(a)(3)(F) necessary to comply with subparagraph (A) shall in no event be less than 90 percent and 75 percent, respectively.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonapplication of administrative expenditures cap</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2105(c)(2)(C) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/c/2/C">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(2)(C)</ref>), as amended by section 202(b), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expenditures to comply with citizenship or nationality verification requirements</inline>.—</heading><content>Expenditures necessary for the State to comply with paragraph (9)(A).”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2010.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/55">123 STAT. 55</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The amendments made by—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 6036 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/171">Public Law 109–171</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/120/80">120 Stat. 80</ref>); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>paragraph (4) of subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 405 of division B of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/120/2996">120 Stat. 2996</ref>).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Restoration of eligibility</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>In the case of an individual who, during the period that began on July 1, 2006, and ends on October 1, 2009, was determined to be ineligible for medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan, including any waiver of such plan, solely as a result of the application of subsections (i)(22) and (x) of section 1903 of the Social Security Act (as in effect during such period), but who would have been determined eligible for such assistance if such subsections, as amended by subsection (b), had applied to the individual, a State may deem the individual to be eligible for such assistance as of the date that the individual was determined to be ineligible for such medical assistance on such basis.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special transition rule for indians</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>During the period that begins on July 1, 2006, and ends on the effective date of final regulations issued under subclause (II) of section 1903(x)(3)(B)(v) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/x/3/B/v">42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)(3)(B)(v)</ref>) (as added by subsection (b)(1)(B)), an individual who is a member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe described in subclause (II) of that section who presents a document described in subclause (I) of such section that is issued by such Indian tribe, shall be deemed to have presented satisfactory evidence of citizenship or nationality for purposes of satisfying the requirement of subsection (x) of section 1903 of such Act.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="212">SEC. 212. </num><heading>REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO ENROLLMENT.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 2102(b) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397bb/b">42 U.S.C. 1397bb(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reduction of administrative barriers to enrollment</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (B), the plan shall include a description of the procedures used to reduce administrative barriers to the enrollment of children and pregnant women who are eligible for medical assistance under title XIX or for child health assistance or health benefits coverage under this title. Such procedures shall be established and revised as often as the State determines appropriate to take into account the most recent information available to the State identifying such barriers.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deemed compliance if joint application and renewal process that permits application other than in person</inline>.—</heading><content>A State shall be deemed to comply with subparagraph (A) if the State’s application and renewal <page identifier="/us/stat/123/56">123 STAT. 56</page> forms and supplemental forms (if any) and information verification process is the same for purposes of establishing and renewing eligibility for children and pregnant women for medical assistance under title XIX and child health assistance under this title, and such process does not require an application to be made in person or a face-to-face interview.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="213">SEC. 213. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396">42 USC 1396 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>MODEL OF INTERSTATE COORDINATED ENROLLMENT AND COVERAGE PROCESS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>In order to assure continuity of coverage of low-income children under the Medicaid program and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with State Medicaid and CHIP directors and organizations representing program beneficiaries, shall develop a model process for the coordination of the enrollment, retention, and coverage under such programs of children who, because of migration of families, emergency evacuations, natural or other disasters, public health emergencies, educational needs, or otherwise, frequently change their State of residency or otherwise are temporarily located outside of the State of their residency.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report to Congress</inline>.—</heading><content>After development of such model process, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report describing additional steps or authority needed to make further improvements to coordinate the enrollment, retention, and coverage under CHIP and Medicaid of children described in subsection (a).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="214">SEC. 214. </num><heading>PERMITTING STATES TO ENSURE COVERAGE WITHOUT A 5-YEAR DELAY OF CERTAIN CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND CHIP.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid Program</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1903(v) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/v">42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (2)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraphs (2) and (4)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>A State may elect (in a plan amendment under this title) to provide medical assistance under this title, notwithstanding sections 401(a), 402(b), 403, and 421 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, to children and pregnant women who are lawfully residing in the United States (including battered individuals described in section 431(c) of such Act) and who are otherwise eligible for such assistance, within either or both of the following eligibility categories:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Pregnant women</inline>.—</heading><content>Women during pregnancy (and during the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Children</inline>.—</heading><content>Individuals under 21 years of age, including optional targeted low-income children described in section 1905(u)(2)(B).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>In the case of a State that has elected to provide medical assistance to a category of aliens under subparagraph (A), no debt shall accrue under an affidavit of support against any sponsor of such an alien on the basis of provision of assistance to such category and the cost of such assistance shall not be considered as an unreimbursed cost.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/57">123 STAT. 57</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Verification.</p></sidenote>As part of the State’s ongoing eligibility redetermination requirements and procedures for an individual provided medical assistance as a result of an election by the State under subparagraph (A), a State shall verify that the individual continues to lawfully reside in the United States using the documentation presented to the State by the individual on initial enrollment. If the State cannot successfully verify that the individual is lawfully residing in the United States in this manner, it shall require that the individual provide the State with further documentation or other evidence to verify that the individual is lawfully residing in the United States.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">CHIP</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2107(e)(1) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg/e/1">42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)</ref>), as amended by sections 203(a)(2) and 203(d)(2), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>Paragraph (4) of section 1903(v) (relating to optional coverage of categories of lawfully residing immigrant children or pregnant women), but only if the State has elected to apply such paragraph with respect to such category of children or pregnant women under title XIX.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>REDUCING BARRIERS TO PROVIDING PREMIUM ASSISTANCE</heading> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Additional State Option for Providing Premium Assistance</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="301">SEC. 301. </num><heading>ADDITIONAL STATE OPTION FOR PROVIDING PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">CHIP</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2105(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/c">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)</ref>), as amended by sections 114(a) and 211(c), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State option to offer premium assistance</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>A State may elect to offer a premium assistance subsidy (as defined in subparagraph (C)) for qualified employer-sponsored coverage (as defined in subparagraph (B)) to all targeted low-income children who are eligible for child health assistance under the plan and have access to such coverage in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph. No subsidy shall be provided to a targeted low-income child under this paragraph unless the child (or the child’s parent) voluntarily elects to receive such a subsidy. A State may not require such an election as a condition of receipt of child health assistance.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified employer-sponsored coverage</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to clause (ii), in this paragraph, the term ‘<term>qualified employer-sponsored coverage</term>’ means a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered through an employer—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/58">123 STAT. 58</page> <subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>that qualifies as creditable coverage as a group health plan under section 2701(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for which the employer contribution toward any premium for such coverage is at least 40 percent; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>that is offered to all individuals in a manner that would be considered a nondiscriminatory eligibility classification for purposes of paragraph (3)(A)(ii) of section 105(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (but determined without regard to clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of such paragraph).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Such term does not include coverage consisting of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>benefits provided under a health flexible spending arrangement (as defined in section 106(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>a high deductible health plan (as defined in section 223(c)(2) of such Code), without regard to whether the plan is purchased in conjunction with a health savings account (as defined under section 223(d) of such Code).</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Premium assistance subsidy</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In this paragraph, the term ‘<term>premium assistance subsidy</term>’ means, with respect to a targeted low-income child, the amount equal to the difference between the employee contribution required for enrollment only of the employee under qualified employer-sponsored coverage and the employee contribution required for enrollment of the employee and the child in such coverage, less any applicable premium cost-sharing applied under the State child health plan (subject to the limitations imposed under section 2103(e), including the requirement to count the total amount of the employee contribution required for enrollment of the employee and the child in such coverage toward the annual aggregate cost-sharing limit applied under paragraph (3)(B) of such section).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State payment option</inline>.—</heading><content>A State may provide a premium assistance subsidy either as reimbursement to an employee for out-of-pocket expenditures or, subject to clause (iii), directly to the employee’s employer.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Employer opt-out</inline>.—</heading><content>An employer may notify a State that it elects to opt-out of being directly paid a premium assistance subsidy on behalf of an employee. In the event of such a notification, an employer shall withhold the total amount of the employee contribution required for enrollment of the employee and the child in the qualified employer-sponsored coverage and the State shall pay the premium assistance subsidy directly to the employee.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment as child health assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>Expenditures for the provision of premium assistance subsidies shall be considered child health assistance <page identifier="/us/stat/123/59">123 STAT. 59</page> described in paragraph (1)(C) of subsection (a) for purposes of making payments under that subsection.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of secondary payor rules</inline>.—</heading><content>The State shall be a secondary payor for any items or services provided under the qualified employer-sponsored coverage for which the State provides child health assistance under the State child health plan.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement to provide supplemental coverage for benefits and cost-sharing protection provided under the state child health plan</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding section 2110(b)(1)(C), the State shall provide for each targeted low-income child enrolled in qualified employer-sponsored coverage, supplemental coverage consisting of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>items or services that are not covered, or are only partially covered, under the qualified employer-sponsored coverage; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>cost-sharing protection consistent with section 2103(e).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Record keeping requirements</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of carrying out clause (i), a State may elect to directly pay out-of-pocket expenditures for cost-sharing imposed under the qualified employer-sponsored coverage and collect or not collect all or any portion of such expenditures from the parent of the child.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of waiting period imposed under the state</inline>.—</heading><content>Any waiting period imposed under the State child health plan prior to the provision of child health assistance to a targeted low-income child under the State plan shall apply to the same extent to the provision of a premium assistance subsidy for the child under this paragraph.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Opt-out permitted for any month</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote>A State shall establish a process for permitting the parent of a targeted low-income child receiving a premium assistance subsidy to disenroll the child from the qualified employer-sponsored coverage and enroll the child in, and receive child health assistance under, the State child health plan, effective on the first day of any month for which the child is eligible for such assistance and in a manner that ensures continuity of coverage for the child.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to parents</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If a State provides child health assistance or health benefits coverage to parents of a targeted low-income child in accordance with section 2111(b), the State may elect to offer a premium assistance subsidy to a parent of a targeted low-income child who is eligible for such a subsidy under this paragraph in the same manner as the State offers such a subsidy for the enrollment of the child in qualified employer-sponsored coverage, except that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount of the premium assistance subsidy shall be increased to take into account the cost of the enrollment of the parent in the qualified employer-sponsored coverage or, at the option of the State if the State determines it cost-effective, the cost of the enrollment of the child’s family in such coverage; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/60">123 STAT. 60</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>any reference in this paragraph to a child is deemed to include a reference to the parent or, if applicable under clause (i), the family of the child.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional state option for providing premium assistance</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>A State may establish an employer-family premium assistance purchasing pool for employers with less than 250 employees who have at least 1 employee who is a pregnant woman eligible for assistance under the State child health plan (including through the application of an option described in section 2112(f)) or a member of a family with at least 1 targeted low-income child and to provide a premium assistance subsidy under this paragraph for enrollment in coverage made available through such pool.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Access to choice of coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>A State that elects the option under clause (i) shall identify and offer access to not less than 2 private health plans that are health benefits coverage that is equivalent to the benefits coverage in a benchmark benefit package described in section 2103(b) or benchmark-equivalent coverage that meets the requirements of section 2103(a)(2) for employees described in clause (i).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clarification of payment for administrative expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed as permitting payment under this section for administrative expenditures attributable to the establishment or operation of such pool, except to the extent that such payment would otherwise be permitted under this title.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="J">“(J) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No effect on premium assistance waiver programs</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the authority of a State to offer premium assistance under section 1906 or 1906A, a waiver described in paragraph (2)(B) or (3), a waiver approved under section 1115, or other authority in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="K">“(K) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notice of availability</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If a State elects to provide premium assistance subsidies in accordance with this paragraph, the State shall—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>include on any application or enrollment form for child health assistance a notice of the availability of premium assistance subsidies for the enrollment of targeted low-income children in qualified employer-sponsored coverage;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>provide, as part of the application and enrollment process under the State child health plan, information describing the availability of such subsidies and how to elect to obtain such a subsidy; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote>establish such other procedures as the State determines necessary to ensure that parents are fully informed of the choices for receiving child health assistance under the State child health plan or through the receipt of premium assistance subsidies.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/61">123 STAT. 61</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="L">“(L) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to qualified employer-sponsored benchmark coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>If a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered through an employer is certified by an actuary as health benefits coverage that is equivalent to the benefits coverage in a benchmark benefit package described in section 2103(b) or benchmark-equivalent coverage that meets the requirements of section 2103(a)(2), the State may provide premium assistance subsidies for enrollment of targeted low-income children in such group health plan or health insurance coverage in the same manner as such subsidies are provided under this paragraph for enrollment in qualified employer-sponsored coverage, but without regard to the requirement to provide supplemental coverage for benefits and cost-sharing protection provided under the State child health plan under subparagraph (E).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="M">“(M) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Satisfaction of cost-effectiveness test</inline>.—</heading><content>Premium assistance subsidies for qualified employer-sponsored coverage offered under this paragraph shall be deemed to meet the requirement of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="N">“(N) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with medicaid</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a targeted low-income child who receives child health assistance through a State plan under title XIX and who voluntarily elects to receive a premium assistance subsidy under this section, the provisions of section 1906A shall apply and shall supersede any other provisions of this paragraph that are inconsistent with such section.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Determination of cost-effectiveness for premium assistance or purchase of family coverage</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2105(c)(3)(A) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/c/3/A">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(3)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>relative to</quotedText>” and all that follows through the comma and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“relative to<clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount of expenditures under the State child health plan, including administrative expenditures, that the State would have made to provide comparable coverage of the targeted low-income child involved or the family involved (as applicable); or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the aggregate amount of expenditures that the State would have made under the State child health plan, including administrative expenditures, for providing coverage under such plan for all such children or families.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee">42 USC 1397ee note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Nonapplication to previously approved coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall not apply to coverage the purchase of which has been approved by the Secretary under section 2105(c)(3) of the Social Security Act prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><content>Title XIX <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 1906 the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“premium assistance option for children</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1906">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 1906</inline></num><chapeau>A. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396e–1">42 USC 1396e–1</ref>.</p></sidenote></chapeau><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>A State may elect to offer a premium assistance subsidy (as defined in subsection (c)) for qualified employer-sponsored coverage (as defined in subsection (b)) to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/62">123 STAT. 62</page> all individuals under age 19 who are entitled to medical assistance under this title (and to the parent of such an individual) who have access to such coverage if the State meets the requirements of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified Employer-Sponsored Coverage</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to paragraph (2)), in this paragraph, the term ‘<term>qualified employer-sponsored coverage</term>’ means a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered through an employer—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>that qualifies as creditable coverage as a group health plan under section 2701(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for which the employer contribution toward any premium for such coverage is at least 40 percent; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>that is offered to all individuals in a manner that would be considered a nondiscriminatory eligibility classification for purposes of paragraph (3)(A)(ii) of section 105(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (but determined without regard to clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of such paragraph).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Such term does not include coverage consisting of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>benefits provided under a health flexible spending arrangement (as defined in section 106(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a high deductible health plan (as defined in section 223(c)(2) of such Code), without regard to whether the plan is purchased in conjunction with a health savings account (as defined under section 223(d) of such Code).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment as third party liability</inline>.—</heading><content>The State shall treat the coverage provided under qualified employer-sponsored coverage as a third party liability under section 1902(a)(25).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Premium Assistance Subsidy</inline>.—</heading><content>In this section, the term ‘<term>premium assistance subsidy</term>’ means the amount of the employee contribution for enrollment in the qualified employer-sponsored coverage by the individual under age 19 or by the individual’s family. Premium assistance subsidies under this section shall be considered, for purposes of section 1903(a), to be a payment for medical assistance.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Voluntary Participation</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Employers</inline>.—</heading><content>Participation by an employer in a premium assistance subsidy offered by a State under this section shall be voluntary. An employer may notify a State that it elects to opt-out of being directly paid a premium assistance subsidy on behalf of an employee.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Beneficiaries</inline>.—</heading><content>No subsidy shall be provided to an individual under age 19 under this section unless the individual (or the individual’s parent) voluntarily elects to receive such a subsidy. A State may not require such an election as a condition of receipt of medical assistance. State may not require, as a condition of an individual under age 19 (or the individual’s parent) being or remaining eligible for medical assistance under this title, apply for enrollment in qualified employer-sponsored coverage under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Opt-out permitted for any month</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote>A State shall establish a process for permitting the parent of an individual under age 19 receiving a premium assistance subsidy to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/63">123 STAT. 63</page> disenroll the individual from the qualified employer-sponsored coverage.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement To Pay Premiums and Cost-Sharing and Provide Supplemental Coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of the participation of an individual under age 19 (or the individual’s parent) in a premium assistance subsidy under this section for qualified employer-sponsored coverage, the State shall provide for payment of all enrollee premiums for enrollment in such coverage and all deductibles, coinsurance, and other cost-sharing obligations for items and services otherwise covered under the State plan under this title (exceeding the amount otherwise permitted under section 1916 or, if applicable, section 1916A). The fact that an individual under age 19 (or a parent) elects to enroll in qualified employer-sponsored coverage under this section shall not change the individual’s (or parent’s) eligibility for medical assistance under the State plan, except insofar as section 1902(a)(25) provides that payments for such assistance shall first be made under such coverage.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">GAO Study and Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than January 1, 2010, the Comptroller General of the United States shall study cost and coverage issues relating to any State premium assistance programs for which Federal matching payments are made under title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act, including under waiver authority, and shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on the results of such study.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="302">SEC. 302. </num><heading>OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement To Include Description of Outreach, Education, and Enrollment Efforts Related to Premium Assistance Subsidies in State Child Health Plan</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2102(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397bb/c">42 U.S.C. 1397bb(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Premium assistance subsidies</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a State that provides for premium assistance subsidies under the State child health plan in accordance with paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10) of section 2105(c), or a waiver approved under section 1115, outreach, education, and enrollment assistance for families of children likely to be eligible for such subsidies, to inform such families of the availability of, and to assist them in enrolling their children in, such subsidies, and for employers likely to provide coverage that is eligible for such subsidies, including the specific, significant resources the State intends to apply to educate employers about the availability of premium assistance subsidies under the State child health plan.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonapplication of 10 Percent Limit on Outreach and Certain Other Expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2105(c)(2)(C) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/c/2/C">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(2)(C)</ref>), as amended by section 211(c)(2), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expenditures for outreach to increase the enrollment of children under this title and title </inline>xix<inline class="smallCaps"> through premium assistance subsidies</inline>.—</heading><content>Expenditures for outreach activities to families of children likely to be eligible for premium assistance subsidies in accordance with paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10), or a waiver approved under section 1115, to inform such families of the availability of, and to assist them in enrolling their children in, such subsidies, and to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/64">123 STAT. 64</page> employers likely to provide qualified employer-sponsored coverage (as defined in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph), but not to exceed an amount equal to 1.25 percent of the maximum amount permitted to be expended under subparagraph (A) for items described in subsection (a)(1)(D).”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Coordinating Premium Assistance With Private Coverage</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="311">SEC. 311. </num><heading>SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD UNDER GROUP HEALTH PLANS IN CASE OF TERMINATION OF MEDICAID OR CHIP COVERAGE OR ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE IN PURCHASE OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED COVERAGE; COORDINATION OF COVERAGE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 9801(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s9801">26 USC 9801</ref>.</p></sidenote>(relating to special enrollment periods) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules relating to medicaid and chip</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A group health plan shall permit an employee who is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under the terms of the plan (or a dependent of such an employee if the dependent is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under such terms) to enroll for coverage under the terms of the plan if either of the following conditions is met:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination of medicaid or chip coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>The employee or dependent is covered under a Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act and coverage of the employee or dependent under such a plan is terminated as a result of loss of eligibility for such coverage and the employee requests coverage under the group health plan not later than 60 days after the date of termination of such coverage.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility for employment assistance under medicaid or chip</inline>.—</heading><content>The employee or dependent becomes eligible for assistance, with respect to coverage under the group health plan under such Medicaid plan or State child health plan (including under any waiver or demonstration project conducted under or in relation to such a plan), if the employee requests coverage under the group health plan not later than 60 days after the date the employee or dependent is determined to be eligible for such assistance.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Employee outreach and disclosure</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Outreach to employees regarding availability of medicaid and chip coverage</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote>Each employer that maintains a group health plan in a State that provides medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act, or child health assistance under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, in the form of premium <page identifier="/us/stat/123/65">123 STAT. 65</page> assistance for the purchase of coverage under a group health plan, shall provide to each employee a written notice informing the employee of potential opportunities then currently available in the State in which the employee resides for premium assistance under such plans for health coverage of the employee or the employee’s dependents. For purposes of compliance with this clause, the employer may use any State-specific model notice developed in accordance with section 701(f)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1181/f/3/B/i/II">29 U.S.C. 1181(f)(3)(B)(i)(II)</ref>).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option to provide concurrent with provision of plan materials to employee</inline>.—</heading><content>An employer may provide the model notice applicable to the State in which an employee resides concurrent with the furnishing of materials notifying the employee of health plan eligibility, concurrent with materials provided to the employee in connection with an open season or election process conducted under the plan, or concurrent with the furnishing of the summary plan description as provided in section 104(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1024">29 U.S.C. 1024</ref>).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disclosure about group health plan benefits to states for medicaid and chip eligible individuals</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a participant or beneficiary of a group health plan who is covered under a Medicaid plan of a State under title XIX of the Social Security Act or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, the plan administrator of the group health plan shall disclose to the State, upon request, information about the benefits available under the group health plan in sufficient specificity, as determined under regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretary that require use of the model coverage coordination disclosure form developed under section 311(b)(1)(C) of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, so as to permit the State to make a determination (under paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10) of section 2105(c) of the Social Security Act or otherwise) concerning the cost-effectiveness of the State providing medical or child health assistance through premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under such group health plan and in order for the State to provide supplemental benefits required under paragraph (10)(E) of such section or other authority.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amendments to employee retirement income security act</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 701(f) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1181/f">29 U.S.C. 1181(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/66">123 STAT. 66</page> <quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for application in case of medicaid and chip</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, shall permit an employee who is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under the terms of the plan (or a dependent of such an employee if the dependent is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under such terms) to enroll for coverage under the terms of the plan if either of the following conditions is met:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination of medicaid or chip coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>The employee or dependent is covered under a Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act and coverage of the employee or dependent under such a plan is terminated as a result of loss of eligibility for such coverage and the employee requests coverage under the group health plan (or health insurance coverage) not later than 60 days after the date of termination of such coverage.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility for employment assistance under medicaid or chip</inline>.—</heading><content>The employee or dependent becomes eligible for assistance, with respect to coverage under the group health plan or health insurance coverage, under such Medicaid plan or State child health plan (including under any waiver or demonstration project conducted under or in relation to such a plan), if the employee requests coverage under the group health plan or health insurance coverage not later than 60 days after the date the employee or dependent is determined to be eligible for such assistance.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with medicaid and chip</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Outreach to employees regarding availability of medicaid and chip coverage</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote>Each employer that maintains a group health plan in a State that provides medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act, or child health assistance under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, in the form of premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under a group health plan, shall provide to each employee a written notice informing the employee of potential opportunities then currently available in the State in which the employee resides for premium assistance under such plans for health coverage of the employee or the employee’s dependents.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Model notice</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with Directors of State Medicaid agencies under title XIX of the Social Security Act and Directors of State CHIP agencies under title XXI of such Act, shall jointly develop national and State-specific model <page identifier="/us/stat/123/67">123 STAT. 67</page> notices for purposes of subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall provide employers with such model notices so as to enable employers to timely comply with the requirements of subparagraph (A). Such model notices shall include information regarding how an employee may contact the State in which the employee resides for additional information regarding potential opportunities for such premium assistance, including how to apply for such assistance.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option to provide concurrent with provision of plan materials to employee</inline>.—</heading><content>An employer may provide the model notice applicable to the State in which an employee resides concurrent with the furnishing of materials notifying the employee of health plan eligibility, concurrent with materials provided to the employee in connection with an open season or election process conducted under the plan, or concurrent with the furnishing of the summary plan description as provided in section 104(b).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disclosure about group health plan benefits to states for medicaid and chip eligible individuals</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a participant or beneficiary of a group health plan who is covered under a Medicaid plan of a State under title XIX of the Social Security Act or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, the plan administrator of the group health plan shall disclose to the State, upon request, information about the benefits available under the group health plan in sufficient specificity, as determined under regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretary that require use of the model coverage coordination disclosure form developed under section 311(b)(1)(C) of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, so as to permit the State to make a determination (under paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10) of section 2105(c) of the Social Security Act or otherwise) concerning the cost-effectiveness of the State providing medical or child health assistance through premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under such group health plan and in order for the State to provide supplemental benefits required under paragraph (10)(E) of such section or other authority.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 102(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1022/b">29 U.S.C. 1022(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and the remedies</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, the remedies</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period the following: “<quotedText>, and if the employer so elects for purposes of complying with section 701(f)(3)(B)(i), the model notice applicable to the State in which the participants and beneficiaries reside</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/68">123 STAT. 68</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1181">29 USC 1181 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Working group to develop model coverage coordination disclosure form</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid, chip, and employer-sponsored coverage coordination working group</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Establishment.</p></sidenote>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly establish a Medicaid, CHIP, and Employer-Sponsored Coverage Coordination Working Group (in this subparagraph referred to as the “Working Group”). The purpose of the Working Group shall be to develop the model coverage coordination disclosure form described in subclause (II) and to identify the impediments to the effective coordination of coverage available to families that include employees of employers that maintain group health plans and members who are eligible for medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act or child health assistance or other health benefits coverage under title XXI of such Act.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Model coverage coordination disclosure form described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The model form described in this subclause is a form for plan administrators of group health plans to complete for purposes of permitting a State to determine the availability and cost-effectiveness of the coverage available under such plans to employees who have family members who are eligible for premium assistance offered under a State plan under title XIX or XXI of such Act and to allow for coordination of coverage for enrollees of such plans. Such form shall provide the following information in addition to such other information as the Working Group determines appropriate:</chapeau><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">(aa) </num><content>A determination of whether the employee is eligible for coverage under the group health plan.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">(bb) </num><content>The name and contract information of the plan administrator of the group health plan.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="cc">(cc) </num><content>The benefits offered under the plan.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="dd">(dd) </num><content>The premiums and cost-sharing required under the plan.</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ee">(ee) </num><content>Any other information relevant to coverage under the plan.</content></item></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Membership</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Working Group shall consist of not more than 30 members and shall be composed of representatives of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>the Department of Labor;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>the Department of Health and Human Services;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>State directors of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">(IV) </num><content>State directors of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program under title XXI of the Social Security Act;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/69">123 STAT. 69</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">(V) </num><content>employers, including owners of small businesses and their trade or industry representatives and certified human resource and payroll professionals;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VI">(VI) </num><content>plan administrators and plan sponsors of group health plans (as defined in section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VII">(VII) </num><content>health insurance issuers; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VIII">(VIII) </num><content>children and other beneficiaries of medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act or child health assistance or other health benefits coverage under title XXI of such Act.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compensation</inline>.—</heading><content>The members of the Working Group shall serve without compensation.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrative support</inline>.—</heading><content>The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor shall jointly provide appropriate administrative support to the Working Group, including technical assistance. The Working Group may use the services and facilities of either such Department, with or without reimbursement, as jointly determined by such Departments.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report by working group to the secretaries</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall submit to the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services the model form described in clause (i)(II) along with a report containing recommendations for appropriate measures to address the impediments to the effective coordination of coverage between group health plans and the State plans under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report by secretaries to the congress</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 2 months after receipt of the report pursuant to subclause (I), the Secretaries shall jointly submit a report to each House of the Congress regarding the recommendations contained in the report under such subclause.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>The Working Group shall terminate 30 days after the date of the issuance of its report under clause (v).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective dates</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1181">29 USC 1181 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop the initial model notices under section 701(f)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Secretary of Labor shall provide such notices to employers, not later than the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and each employer shall provide the initial annual notices to such employer’s employees beginning with the first plan year that begins after the date on which such initial model notices are first issued. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>The model coverage coordination disclosure form developed under subparagraph (C) shall apply with respect to requests made by States beginning with the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/70">123 STAT. 70</page> first plan year that begins after the date on which such model coverage coordination disclosure form is first issued.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enforcement</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1132">29 U.S.C. 1132</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in subsection (a)(6), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or (8)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(8), or (9)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subsection (c), by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (9) as paragraph (10), and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (8) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>The Secretary may assess a civil penalty against any employer of up to $100 a day from the date of the employer’s failure to meet the notice requirement of section 701(f)(3)(B)(i)(I). For purposes of this subparagraph, each violation with respect to any single employee shall be treated as a separate violation.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The Secretary may assess a civil penalty against any plan administrator of up to $100 a day from the date of the plan administrator’s failure to timely provide to any State the information required to be disclosed under section 701(f)(3)(B)(ii). For purposes of this subparagraph, each violation with respect to any single participant or beneficiary shall be treated as a separate violation.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amendments to public health service act</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2701(f) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300gg/f">42 U.S.C. 300gg(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for application in case of medicaid and chip</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, shall permit an employee who is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under the terms of the plan (or a dependent of such an employee if the dependent is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under such terms) to enroll for coverage under the terms of the plan if either of the following conditions is met:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination of medicaid or chip coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>The employee or dependent is covered under a Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act and coverage of the employee or dependent under such a plan is terminated as a result of loss of eligibility for such coverage and the employee requests coverage under the group health plan (or health insurance coverage) not later than 60 days after the date of termination of such coverage.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility for employment assistance under medicaid or chip</inline>.—</heading><content>The employee or dependent becomes eligible for assistance, with respect to coverage under the group health plan or health insurance coverage, under such Medicaid plan or State child health plan (including under any waiver or demonstration project conducted under or in relation to such a plan), if the employee requests coverage under the group health plan or health insurance coverage not later than 60 days after the date the employee or dependent is determined to be eligible for such assistance.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/71">123 STAT. 71</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with medicaid and chip</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Outreach to employees regarding availability of medicaid and chip coverage</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote>Each employer that maintains a group health plan in a State that provides medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act, or child health assistance under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, in the form of premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under a group health plan, shall provide to each employee a written notice informing the employee of potential opportunities then currently available in the State in which the employee resides for premium assistance under such plans for health coverage of the employee or the employee’s dependents. For purposes of compliance with this subclause, the employer may use any State-specific model notice developed in accordance with section 701(f)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1181/f/3/B/i/II">29 U.S.C. 1181(f)(3)(B)(i)(II)</ref>).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option to provide concurrent with provision of plan materials to employee</inline>.—</heading><content>An employer may provide the model notice applicable to the State in which an employee resides concurrent with the furnishing of materials notifying the employee of health plan eligibility, concurrent with materials provided to the employee in connection with an open season or election process conducted under the plan, or concurrent with the furnishing of the summary plan description as provided in section 104(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disclosure about group health plan benefits to states for medicaid and chip eligible individuals</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of an enrollee in a group health plan who is covered under a Medicaid plan of a State under title XIX of the Social Security Act or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, the plan administrator of the group health plan shall disclose to the State, upon request, information about the benefits available under the group health plan in sufficient specificity, as determined under regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretary that require use of the model coverage coordination disclosure form developed under section 311(b)(1)(C) of the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009, so as to permit the State to make a determination (under paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10) of section 2105(c) of the Social Security Act or otherwise) concerning the cost-effectiveness of the State providing medical or child health assistance through premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under such group health plan and in order for the State to provide <page identifier="/us/stat/123/72">123 STAT. 72</page> supplemental benefits required under paragraph (10)(E) of such section or other authority.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading>STRENGTHENING QUALITY OF CARE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="401">SEC. 401. </num><heading>CHILD HEALTH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN ENROLLED IN MEDICAID OR CHIP.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Development of Child Health Quality Measures for Children Enrolled in Medicaid or Chip</inline>.—</heading><content>Title XI (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1301/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 1139 the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num value="1139A">“SEC. 1139A. </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42">42 USC </ref></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">13206–9a.</p></sidenote>CHILD HEALTH QUALITY MEASURES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Development of an Initial Core Set of Health Care Quality Measures for Children Enrolled in Medicaid or Chip</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p></sidenote>Not later than January 1, 2010, the Secretary shall identify and publish for general comment an initial, recommended core set of child health quality measures for use by State programs administered under titles XIX and XXI, health insurance issuers and managed care entities that enter into contracts with such programs, and providers of items and services under such programs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Identification of initial core measures</inline>.—</heading><content>In consultation with the individuals and entities described in subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall identify existing quality of care measures for children that are in use under public and privately sponsored health care coverage arrangements, or that are part of reporting systems that measure both the presence and duration of health insurance coverage over time.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Recommendations and dissemination</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Based on such existing and identified measures, the Secretary shall publish an initial core set of child health quality measures that includes (but is not limited to) the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The duration of children’s health insurance coverage over a 12-month time period.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>The availability and effectiveness of a full range of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>preventive services, treatments, and services for acute conditions, including services to promote healthy birth, prevent and treat premature birth, and detect the presence or risk of physical or mental conditions that could adversely affect growth and development; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>treatments to correct or ameliorate the effects of physical and mental conditions, including chronic conditions, in infants, young children, school-age children, and adolescents.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The availability of care in a range of ambulatory and inpatient health care settings in which such care is furnished.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>The types of measures that, taken together, can be used to estimate the overall national quality of health care for children, including children with special needs, and to perform comparative analyses of pediatric health <page identifier="/us/stat/123/73">123 STAT. 73</page> care quality and racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in child health and health care for children.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Encourage voluntary and standardized reporting</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary, in consultation with States, shall develop a standardized format for reporting information and procedures and approaches that encourage States to use the initial core measurement set to voluntarily report information regarding the quality of pediatric health care under titles XIX and XXI.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Adoption of best practices in implementing quality programs</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall disseminate information to States regarding best practices among States with respect to measuring and reporting on the quality of health care for children, and shall facilitate the adoption of such best practices. In developing best practices approaches, the Secretary shall give particular attention to State measurement techniques that ensure the timeliness and accuracy of provider reporting, encourage provider reporting compliance, encourage successful quality improvement strategies, and improve efficiency in data collection using health information technology.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports to congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than January 1, 2011, and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall report to Congress on—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>the status of the Secretary’s efforts to improve—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>quality related to the duration and stability of health insurance coverage for children under titles XIX and XXI;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the quality of children’s health care under such titles, including preventive health services, health care for acute conditions, chronic health care, and health services to ameliorate the effects of physical and mental conditions and to aid in growth and development of infants, young children, school-age children, and adolescents with special health care needs; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the quality of children’s health care under such titles across the domains of quality, including clinical quality, health care safety, family experience with health care, health care in the most integrated setting, and elimination of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health and health care;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the status of voluntary reporting by States under titles XIX and XXI, utilizing the initial core quality measurement set; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>any recommendations for legislative changes needed to improve the quality of care provided to children under titles XIX and XXI, including recommendations for quality reporting by States.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to States to assist them in adopting and utilizing core child health quality measures in administering the State plans under titles XIX and XXI.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition of core set</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section, the term ‘<term>core set</term>’ means a group of valid, reliable, and evidence-based quality measures that, taken together—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/74">123 STAT. 74</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>provide information regarding the quality of health coverage and health care for children;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>address the needs of children throughout the developmental age span; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>allow purchasers, families, and health care providers to understand the quality of care in relation to the preventive needs of children, treatments aimed at managing and resolving acute conditions, and diagnostic and treatment services whose purpose is to correct or ameliorate physical, mental, or developmental conditions that could, if untreated or poorly treated, become chronic.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Advancing and Improving Pediatric Quality Measures</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment of pediatric quality measures program</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Not later than January 1, 2011, the Secretary shall establish a pediatric quality measures program to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>improve and strengthen the initial core child health care quality measures established by the Secretary under subsection (a);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>expand on existing pediatric quality measures used by public and private health care purchasers and advance the development of such new and emerging quality measures; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>increase the portfolio of evidence-based, consensus pediatric quality measures available to public and private purchasers of children’s health care services, providers, and consumers.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Evidence-based measures</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The measures developed under the pediatric quality measures program shall, at a minimum, be—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>evidence-based and, where appropriate, risk adjusted;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>designed to identify and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in child health and the provision of health care;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>designed to ensure that the data required for such measures is collected and reported in a standard format that permits comparison of quality and data at a State, plan, and provider level;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>periodically updated; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>responsive to the child health needs, services, and domains of health care quality described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (a)(6)(A).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Process for pediatric quality measures program</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In identifying gaps in existing pediatric quality measures and establishing priorities for development and advancement of such measures, the Secretary shall consult with—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>States;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>pediatricians, children’s hospitals, and other primary and specialized pediatric health care professionals (including members of the allied health professions) who specialize in the care and treatment of children, particularly children with special physical, mental, and developmental health care needs;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>dental professionals, including pediatric dental professionals;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/75">123 STAT. 75</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>health care providers that furnish primary health care to children and families who live in urban and rural medically underserved communities or who are members of distinct population sub-groups at heightened risk for poor health outcomes;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>national organizations representing children, including children with disabilities and children with chronic conditions;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>national organizations representing consumers and purchasers of children’s health care;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>national organizations and individuals with expertise in pediatric health quality measurement; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><content>voluntary consensus standards setting organizations and other organizations involved in the advancement of evidence-based measures of health care.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Developing, validating, and testing a portfolio of pediatric quality measures</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>As part of the program to advance pediatric quality measures, the Secretary shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>award grants and contracts for the development, testing, and validation of new, emerging, and innovative evidence-based measures for children’s health care services across the domains of quality described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (a)(6)(A); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>award grants and contracts for—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the development of consensus on evidence-based measures for children’s health care services;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the dissemination of such measures to public and private purchasers of health care for children; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the updating of such measures as necessary.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Revising, strengthening, and improving initial core measures</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p></sidenote>Beginning no later than January 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall publish recommended changes to the core measures described in subsection (a) that shall reflect the testing, validation, and consensus process for the development of pediatric quality measures described in subsection paragraphs (1) through (4).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition of pediatric quality measure</inline>.—</heading><content>In this subsection, the term ‘<term>pediatric quality measure</term>’ means a measurement of clinical care that is capable of being examined through the collection and analysis of relevant information, that is developed in order to assess 1 or more aspects of pediatric health care quality in various institutional and ambulatory health care settings, including the structure of the clinical care system, the process of care, the outcome of care, or patient experiences in care.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed as supporting the restriction of coverage, under title XIX or XXI or otherwise, to only those services that are evidence-based.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual State Reports Regarding State-Specific Quality of Care Measures Applied Under Medicaid or Chip</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual state reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each State with a State plan approved under title XIX or a State child health plan approved under title XXI shall annually report to the Secretary on the—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/76">123 STAT. 76</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>State-specific child health quality measures applied by the States under such plans, including measures described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(6); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>State-specific information on the quality of health care furnished to children under such plans, including information collected through external quality reviews of managed care organizations under section 1932 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–4">42 U.S.C. 1396u–4</ref>) and benchmark plans under sections 1937 and 2103 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–7">42 U.S.C. 1396u–7</ref>, 1397cc).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Publication</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>Not later than September 30, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall collect, analyze, and make publicly available the information reported by States under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Demonstration Projects for Improving the Quality of Children’s Health Care and the Use of Health Information Technology</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>During the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, the Secretary shall award not more than 10 grants to States and child health providers to conduct demonstration projects to evaluate promising ideas for improving the quality of children’s health care provided under title XIX or XXI, including projects to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>experiment with, and evaluate the use of, new measures of the quality of children’s health care under such titles (including testing the validity and suitability for reporting of such measures);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>promote the use of health information technology in care delivery for children under such titles;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>evaluate provider-based models which improve the delivery of children’s health care services under such titles, including care management for children with chronic conditions and the use of evidence-based approaches to improve the effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of health care services for children; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>demonstrate the impact of the model electronic health record format for children developed and disseminated under subsection (f) on improving pediatric health, including the effects of chronic childhood health conditions, and pediatric health care quality as well as reducing health care costs.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>only 1 demonstration project funded under a grant awarded under this subsection shall be conducted in a State; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>demonstration projects funded under grants awarded under this subsection shall be conducted evenly between States with large urban areas and States with large rural areas.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority for multistate projects</inline>.—</heading><content>A demonstration project conducted with a grant awarded under this subsection may be conducted on a multistate basis, as needed.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>$20,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection (i) for a fiscal year shall be used to carry out this subsection.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/77">123 STAT. 77</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority to conduct demonstration</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall conduct a demonstration project to develop a comprehensive and systematic model for reducing childhood obesity by awarding grants to eligible entities to carry out such project. Such model shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>identify, through self-assessment, behavioral risk factors for obesity among children;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>identify, through self-assessment, needed clinical preventive and screening benefits among those children identified as target individuals on the basis of such risk factors;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>provide ongoing support to such target individuals and their families to reduce risk factors and promote the appropriate use of preventive and screening benefits; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>be designed to improve health outcomes, satisfaction, quality of life, and appropriate use of items and services for which medical assistance is available under title XIX or child health assistance is available under title XXI among such target individuals.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility entities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, an eligible entity is any of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>A city, county, or Indian tribe.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A local or tribal educational agency.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>An accredited university, college, or community college.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>A Federally-qualified health center.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>A local health department.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>A health care provider.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>A community-based organization.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><content>Any other entity determined appropriate by the Secretary, including a consortia or partnership of entities described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (G).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An eligible entity awarded a grant under this subsection shall use the funds made available under the grant to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>carry out community-based activities related to reducing childhood obesity, including by—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>forming partnerships with entities, including schools and other facilities providing recreational services, to establish programs for after school and weekend community activities that are designed to reduce childhood obesity;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>forming partnerships with daycare facilities to establish programs that promote healthy eating behaviors and physical activity; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>developing and evaluating community educational activities targeting good nutrition and promoting healthy eating behaviors;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>carry out age-appropriate school-based activities that are designed to reduce childhood obesity, including by—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>developing and testing educational curricula and intervention programs designed to promote healthy eating behaviors and habits in youth, which may include—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/78">123 STAT. 78</page></chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>after hours physical activity programs; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>science-based interventions with multiple components to prevent eating disorders including nutritional content, understanding and responding to hunger and satiety, positive body image development, positive self-esteem development, and learning life skills (such as stress management, communication skills, problemsolving and decisionmaking skills), as well as consideration of cultural and developmental issues, and the role of family, school, and community;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>providing education and training to educational professionals regarding how to promote a healthy lifestyle and a healthy school environment for children;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>planning and implementing a healthy lifestyle curriculum or program with an emphasis on healthy eating behaviors and physical activity; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>planning and implementing healthy lifestyle classes or programs for parents or guardians, with an emphasis on healthy eating behaviors and physical activity for children;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>carry out educational, counseling, promotional, and training activities through the local health care delivery systems including by—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>promoting healthy eating behaviors and physical activity services to treat or prevent eating disorders, being overweight, and obesity;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>providing patient education and counseling to increase physical activity and promote healthy eating behaviors;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>training health professionals on how to identify and treat obese and overweight individuals which may include nutrition and physical activity counseling; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>providing community education by a health professional on good nutrition and physical activity to develop a better understanding of the relationship between diet, physical activity, and eating disorders, obesity, or being overweight; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><chapeau>provide, through qualified health professionals, training and supervision for community health workers to—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>educate families regarding the relationship between nutrition, eating habits, physical activity, and obesity;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>educate families about effective strategies to improve nutrition, establish healthy eating patterns, and establish appropriate levels of physical activity; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>educate and guide parents regarding the ability to model and communicate positive health behaviors.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Priority</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to awarding grants to eligible entities—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/79">123 STAT. 79</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>that demonstrate that they have previously applied successfully for funds to carry out activities that seek to promote individual and community health and to prevent the incidence of chronic disease and that can cite published and peer-reviewed research demonstrating that the activities that the entities propose to carry out with funds made available under the grant are effective;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>that will carry out programs or activities that seek to accomplish a goal or goals set by the State in the Healthy People 2010 plan of the State;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>that provide non-Federal contributions, either in cash or in-kind, to the costs of funding activities under the grants;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>that develop comprehensive plans that include a strategy for extending program activities developed under grants in the years following the fiscal years for which they receive grants under this subsection;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>located in communities that are medically underserved, as determined by the Secretary;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>located in areas in which the average poverty rate is at least 150 percent or higher of the average poverty rate in the State involved, as determined by the Secretary; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><chapeau>that submit plans that exhibit multisectoral, cooperative conduct that includes the involvement of a broad range of stakeholders, including—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>community-based organizations;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>local governments;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>local educational agencies;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>the private sector;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>State or local departments of health;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><content>accredited colleges, universities, and community colleges;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">“(vii) </num><content>health care providers;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">“(viii) </num><content>State and local departments of transportation and city planning; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ix">“(ix) </num><content>other entities determined appropriate by the Secretary.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Program design</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Initial design</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary shall design the demonstration project. The demonstration should draw upon promising, innovative models and incentives to reduce behavioral risk factors. The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall consult with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of the Office of Minority Health, the heads of other agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services, and such professional organizations, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, on the design, conduct, and evaluation of the demonstration.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Number and project areas</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary shall award 1 grant that is specifically designed <page identifier="/us/stat/123/80">123 STAT. 80</page> to determine whether programs similar to programs to be conducted by other grantees under this subsection should be implemented with respect to the general population of children who are eligible for child health assistance under State child health plans under title XXI in order to reduce the incidence of childhood obesity among such population.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report to congress</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 3 years after the date the Secretary implements the demonstration project under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes the project, evaluates the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the project, evaluates the beneficiary satisfaction under the project, and includes any such other information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federally-qualified health center</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Federally-qualified health center</term>’ has the meaning given that term in section 1905(l)(2)(B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Indian tribe</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Indian tribe</term>’ has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1603">25 U.S.C. 1603</ref>).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Self-assessment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>self-assessment</term>’ means a form that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>includes questions regarding—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>behavioral risk factors;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>needed preventive and screening services; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>target individuals’ preferences for receiving follow-up information;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is assessed using such computer generated assessment programs; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>allows for the provision of such ongoing support to the individual as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Ongoing support</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>ongoing support</term>’ means—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>to provide any target individual with information, feedback, health coaching, and recommendations regarding—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the results of a self-assessment given to the individual;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>behavior modification based on the self-assessment; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>any need for clinical preventive and screening services or treatment including medical nutrition therapy;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to provide any target individual with referrals to community resources and programs available to assist the target individual in reducing health risks; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>to provide the information described in clause (i) to a health care provider, if designated by the target individual to receive such information.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization of appropriations</inline>.—</heading><content>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, $25,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/81">123 STAT. 81</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Development of Model Electronic Health Record Format for Children Enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Not later than January 1, 2010, the Secretary shall establish a program to encourage the development and dissemination of a model electronic health record format for children enrolled in the State plan under title XIX or the State child health plan under title XXI that is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>subject to State laws, accessible to parents, caregivers, and other consumers for the sole purpose of demonstrating compliance with school or leisure activity requirements, such as appropriate immunizations or physicals;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>designed to allow interoperable exchanges that conform with Federal and State privacy and security requirements;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>structured in a manner that permits parents and caregivers to view and understand the extent to which the care their children receive is clinically appropriate and of high quality; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>capable of being incorporated into, and otherwise compatible with, other standards developed for electronic health records.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>$5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection (i) for a fiscal year shall be used to carry out this subsection.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study of Pediatric Health and Health Care Quality Measures</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>Not later than July 1, 2010, the Institute of Medicine shall study and report to Congress on the extent and quality of efforts to measure child health status and the quality of health care for children across the age span and in relation to preventive care, treatments for acute conditions, and treatments aimed at ameliorating or correcting physical, mental, and developmental conditions in children. In conducting such study and preparing such report, the Institute of Medicine shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>consider all of the major national population-based reporting systems sponsored by the Federal Government that are currently in place, including reporting requirements under Federal grant programs and national population surveys and estimates conducted directly by the Federal Government;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>identify the information regarding child health and health care quality that each system is designed to capture and generate, the study and reporting periods covered by each system, and the extent to which the information so generated is made widely available through publication;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>identify gaps in knowledge related to children’s health status, health disparities among subgroups of children, the effects of social conditions on children’s health status and use and effectiveness of health care, and the relationship between child health status and family income, family stability and preservation, and children’s school readiness and educational achievement and attainment; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/82">123 STAT. 82</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>make recommendations regarding improving and strengthening the timeliness, quality, and public transparency and accessibility of information about child health and health care quality.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>Up to $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection (i) for a fiscal year shall be used to carry out this subsection.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, no evidence based quality measure developed, published, or used as a basis of measurement or reporting under this section may be used to establish an irrebuttable presumption regarding either the medical necessity of care or the maximum permissible coverage for any individual child who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under title XIX or child health assistance under title XXI.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, $45,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this section (other than subsection (e)). Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increased Matching Rate for Collecting and Reporting on Child Health Measures</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1903(a)(3)(A) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/a/3/A">42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(3)(A)</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of clause (i); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>an amount equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)) of so much of the sums expended during such quarter (as found necessary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan) as are attributable to such developments or modifications of systems of the type described in clause (i) as are necessary for the efficient collection and reporting on child health measures; and”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="402">SEC. 402. </num><heading>IMPROVED AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN IN CHIP AND MEDICAID.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inclusion of Process and Access Measures in Annual State Reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2108 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397hh">42 U.S.C. 1397hh</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The State</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subject to subsection (e), the State</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information Required for Inclusion in State Annual Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The State shall include the following information in the annual report required under subsection (a):</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>Eligibility criteria, enrollment, and retention data (including data with respect to continuity of coverage or duration of benefits).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>Data regarding the extent to which the State uses process measures with respect to determining the eligibility of children under the State child health plan, including measures such as 12-month continuous eligibility, self-declaration of income for applications or renewals, or presumptive eligibility.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Data regarding denials of eligibility and redeterminations of eligibility.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/83">123 STAT. 83</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>Data regarding access to primary and specialty services, access to networks of care, and care coordination provided under the State child health plan, using quality care and consumer satisfaction measures included in the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>If the State provides child health assistance in the form of premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under a group health plan, data regarding the provision of such assistance, including the extent to which employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is available for children eligible for child health assistance under the State child health plan, the range of the monthly amount of such assistance provided on behalf of a child or family, the number of children or families provided such assistance on a monthly basis, the income of the children or families provided such assistance, the benefits and cost-sharing protection provided under the State child health plan to supplement the coverage purchased with such premium assistance, the effective strategies the State engages in to reduce any administrative barriers to the provision of such assistance, and, the effects, if any, of the provision of such assistance on preventing the coverage provided under the State child health plan from substituting for coverage provided under employer-sponsored health insurance offered in the State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>To the extent applicable, a description of any State activities that are designed to reduce the number of uncovered children in the State, including through a State health insurance connector program or support for innovative private health coverage initiatives.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397hh">42 USC 1397hh note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Standardized Reporting Format</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall specify a standardized format for States to use for reporting the information required under section 2108(e) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a)(2).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transition period for states</inline>.—</heading><content>Each State that is required to submit a report under subsection (a) of section 2108 of the Social Security Act that includes the information required under subsection (e) of such section may use up to 3 reporting periods to transition to the reporting of such information in accordance with the standardized format specified by the Secretary under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional Funding for the Secretary To Improve Timeliness of Data Reporting and Analysis for Purposes of Determining Enrollment Increases Under Medicaid and CHIP</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000 to the Secretary for fiscal year 2009 for the purpose of improving the timeliness of the data reported and analyzed from the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) for purposes of providing more timely data on enrollment and eligibility of children under Medicaid and CHIP and to provide guidance to States with respect to any new reporting requirements related to such improvements. Amounts appropriated under this paragraph shall remain available until expended.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><content>The improvements made by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be designed and implemented (including with respect to any necessary guidance for States <page identifier="/us/stat/123/84">123 STAT. 84</page> to report such information in a complete and expeditious manner) so that, beginning no later than October 1, 2009, data regarding the enrollment of low-income children (as defined in section 2110(c)(4) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397jj/c/4">42 U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(4)</ref>) of a State enrolled in the State plan under Medicaid or the State child health plan under CHIP with respect to a fiscal year shall be collected and analyzed by the Secretary within 6 months of submission.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">GAO Study and Report on Access to Primary and Speciality Services</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of children’s access to primary and specialty services under Medicaid and CHIP, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the extent to which providers are willing to treat children eligible for such programs;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>information on such children’s access to networks of care;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>geographic availability of primary and specialty services under such programs;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the extent to which care coordination is provided for children’s care under Medicaid and CHIP; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>as appropriate, information on the degree of availability of services for children under such programs.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on the study conducted under paragraph (1) that includes recommendations for such Federal and State legislative and administrative changes as the Comptroller General determines are necessary to address any barriers to access to children’s care under Medicaid and CHIP that may exist.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="403">SEC. 403. </num><heading>APPLICATION OF CERTAIN MANAGED CARE QUALITY SAFEGUARDS TO CHIP.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2103(f) of Social Security Act <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397cc">42 USC 1397cc</ref>.</p></sidenote>(<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397bb/f">42 U.S.C. 1397bb(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compliance with managed care requirements</inline>.—</heading><content>The State child health plan shall provide for the application of subsections (a)(4), (a)(5), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 1932 (relating to requirements for managed care) to coverage, State agencies, enrollment brokers, managed care entities, and managed care organizations under this title in the same manner as such subsections apply to coverage and such entities and organizations under title XIX.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397cc">42 USC 1397cc note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to contract years for health plans beginning on or after July 1, 2009.</content></subsection></section> <num value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading>IMPROVING ACCESS TO BENEFITS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="501">SEC. 501. </num><heading>DENTAL BENEFITS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coverage</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/85">123 STAT. 85</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2103 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397cc">42 U.S.C. 1397cc</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the matter before paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (c)(5)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraphs (5) and (7) of subsection (c)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>at least</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>that is</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (4), the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Dental benefits</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The child health assistance provided to a targeted low-income child shall include coverage of dental services necessary to prevent disease and promote oral health, restore oral structures to health and function, and treat emergency conditions.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Permitting use of dental benchmark plans by certain states</inline>.—</heading><content>A State may elect to meet the requirement of subparagraph (A) through dental coverage that is equivalent to a benchmark dental benefit package described in subparagraph (C).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Benchmark dental benefit packages</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The benchmark dental benefit packages are as follows:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">FEHBP children’s dental coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>A dental benefits plan under chapter 89A of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, that has been selected most frequently by employees seeking dependent coverage, among such plans that provide such dependent coverage, in either of the previous 2 plan years.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State employee dependent dental coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>A dental benefits plan that is offered and generally available to State employees in the State involved and that has been selected most frequently by employees seeking dependent coverage, among such plans that provide such dependent coverage, in either of the previous 2 plan years.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coverage offered through commercial dental plan</inline>.—</heading><content>A dental benefits plan that has the largest insured commercial, non-medicaid enrollment of dependent covered lives of such plans that is offered in the State involved.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assuring access to care</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2102(a)(7)(B) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397bb/c/2">42 U.S.C. 1397bb(c)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and services described in section 2103(c)(5)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>emergency services</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397bb">42 USC 1397bb note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply to coverage of items and services furnished on or after October 1, 2009.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State Option To Provide Dental-Only Supplemental Coverage</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2110(b) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397jj/b">42 U.S.C. 1397jj(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1)(C), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, subject to paragraph (5),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>under title XIX or</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/86">123 STAT. 86</page> <quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option for states with a separate chip program to provide dental-only supplemental coverage</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in the case of any child who is enrolled in a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered through an employer who would, but for the application of paragraph (1)(C), satisfy the requirements for being a targeted low-income child under a State child health plan that is implemented under this title, a State may waive the application of such paragraph to the child in order to provide—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>dental coverage consistent with the requirements of subsection (c)(5) of section 2103; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>cost-sharing protection for dental coverage consistent with such requirements and the requirements of subsection (e)(3)(B) of such section.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>A State may limit the application of a waiver of paragraph (1)(C) to children whose family income does not exceed a level specified by the State, so long as the level so specified does not exceed the maximum income level otherwise established for other children under the State child health plan.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conditions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A State may not offer dental-only supplemental coverage under this paragraph unless the State satisfies the following conditions:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Income eligibility</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The State child health plan under this title—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>has the highest income eligibility standard permitted under this title (or a waiver) as of January 1, 2009;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>does not limit the acceptance of applications for children or impose any numerical limitation, waiting list, or similar limitation on the eligibility of such children for child health assistance under such State plan; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>provides benefits to all children in the State who apply for and meet eligibility standards.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No more favorable treatment</inline>.—</heading><content>The State child health plan may not provide more favorable dental coverage or cost-sharing protection for dental coverage to children provided dental-only supplemental coverage under this paragraph than the dental coverage and cost-sharing protection for dental coverage provided to targeted low-income children who are eligible for the full range of child health assistance provided under the State child health plan.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State option to waive waiting period</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2102(b)(1)(B) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397bb/b/1/B">42 U.S.C. 1397bb(b)(1)(B)</ref>), as amended by section 111(b)(2), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in clause (ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (iii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>at State option, may not apply a waiting period in the case of a child provided dental-only supplemental coverage under section 2110(b)(5).”</content></clause></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/87">123 STAT. 87</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s247d–9">42 USC 247d–9</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Dental Education for Parents of Newborns</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall develop and implement, through entities that fund or provide perinatal care services to targeted low-income children under a State child health plan under title XXI of the Social Security Act, a program to deliver oral health educational materials that inform new parents about risks for, and prevention of, early childhood caries and the need for a dental visit within their newborn’s first year of life.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Provision of Dental Services Through FQHCs</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1902(a) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of paragraph (70);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of paragraph (71) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (71) the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="72">“(72) </num><content>provide that the State will not prevent a Federally-qualified health center from entering into contractual relationships with private practice dental providers in the provision of Federally-qualified health center services.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">CHIP</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2107(e)(1) <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg">42 USC 1397gg note</ref>.</p></sidenote>(<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397g/e/1">42 U.S.C. 1397g(e)(1)</ref>), as amended by subsections (a)(2) and (d)(2) of section 203, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph (and <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly):<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>Section 1902(a)(72) (relating to limiting FQHC contracting for provision of dental services).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on January 1, 2009.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting Information on Dental Health</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1902(a)(43)(D)(iii) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a/43/D/iii">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(43)(D)(iii)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and other information relating to the provision of dental services to such children described in section 2108(e)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>receiving dental services,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">CHIP</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2108 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397hh">42 U.S.C. 1397hh</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information on Dental Care for Children</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each annual report under subsection (a) shall include the following information with respect to care and services described in section 1905(r)(3) provided to targeted low-income children enrolled in the State child health plan under this title at any time during the year involved:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The number of enrolled children by age grouping used for reporting purposes under section 1902(a)(43).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>For children within each such age grouping, information of the type contained in questions 12(a)–(c) of CMS Form 416 (that consists of the number of enrolled targeted low income children who receive any, preventive, or restorative dental care under the State plan).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>For the age grouping that includes children 8 years of age, the number of such children who have received a protective sealant on at least one permanent molar tooth.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inclusion of information on enrollees in managed care plans</inline>.—</heading><content>The information under paragraph (1) shall include information on children who are enrolled in managed care plans and other private health plans and contracts with <page identifier="/us/stat/123/88">123 STAT. 88</page> such plans under this title shall provide for the reporting of such information by such plans to the State.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this subsection shall be effective for annual reports submitted for years beginning after date of enactment.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396">42 USC 1396 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Improved Accessibility of Dental Provider Information to Enrollees Under Medicaid and CHIP</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>work with States, pediatric dentists, and other dental providers (including providers that are, or are affiliated with, a school of dentistry) to include, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the Insure Kids Now website (http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/) and hotline (1–877–KIDS–NOW) (or on any successor websites or hotlines) a current and accurate list of all such dentists and providers within each State that provide dental services to children enrolled in the State plan (or waiver) under Medicaid or the State child health plan (or waiver) under CHIP, and shall ensure that such list is updated at least quarterly; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>work with States to include, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a description of the dental services provided under each State plan (or waiver) under Medicaid and each State child health plan (or waiver) under CHIP on such Insure Kids Now website, and shall ensure that such list is updated at least annually.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inclusion of Status of Efforts To Improve Dental Care in Reports on the Quality of Children’s Health Care Under Medicaid and CHIP</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1139A(a), as added by section 401(a), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and, with respect to dental care, conditions requiring the restoration of teeth, relief of pain and infection, and maintenance of dental health</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>chronic conditions</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (6)(A)(ii), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>dental care,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>preventive health services,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">GAO Study and Report</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States shall provide for a study that examines—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>access to dental services by children in underserved areas;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>children’s access to oral health care, including preventive and restorative services, under Medicaid and CHIP, including—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the extent to which dental providers are willing to treat children eligible for such programs;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>information on such children’s access to networks of care, including such networks that serve special needs children; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>geographic availability of oral health care, including preventive and restorative services, under such programs; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the feasibility and appropriateness of using qualified mid-level dental health providers, in coordination with dentists, to improve access for children to oral health services and public health overall.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 18 months year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under <page identifier="/us/stat/123/89">123 STAT. 89</page> paragraph (1). The report shall include recommendations for such Federal and State legislative and administrative changes as the Comptroller General determines are necessary to address any barriers to access to oral health care, including preventive and restorative services, under Medicaid and CHIP that may exist.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="502">SEC. 502. </num><heading>MENTAL HEALTH PARITY IN CHIP PLANS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assurance of Parity</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2103(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397cc/c">42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c)</ref>), as amended by section 501(a)(1)(B), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (5), the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mental health services parity</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a State child health plan that provides both medical and surgical benefits and mental health or substance use disorder benefits, such plan shall ensure that the financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to such mental health or substance use disorder benefits comply with the requirements of section 2705(a) of the Public Health Service Act in the same manner as such requirements apply to a group health plan.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deemed compliance</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent that a State child health plan includes coverage with respect to an individual described in section 1905(a)(4)(B) and covered under the State plan under section 1902(a)(10)(A) of the services described in section 1905(a)(4)(B) (relating to early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services defined in section 1905(r)) and provided in accordance with section 1902(a)(43), such plan shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (A).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2103 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397cc">42 U.S.C. 1397cc</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a), as amended by section 501(a)(1)(A)(i), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, (6),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>(5)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (c)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraph (B) and <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="503">SEC. 503. </num><heading>APPLICATION OF PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY FEDERALLY-QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND RURAL HEALTH CLINICS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Prospective Payment System</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2107(e)(1) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg/e/1">42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)</ref>), as amended by section 501(c)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph (and <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly):<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>Section 1902(bb) (relating to payment for services provided by Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg">42 USC 1397gg note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to services provided on or after October 1, 2009.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transition Grants</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2009, $5,000,000, to remain available <page identifier="/us/stat/123/90">123 STAT. 90</page> until expended, for the purpose of awarding grants to States with State child health plans under CHIP that are operated separately from the State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (including any waiver of such plan), or in combination with the State Medicaid plan, for expenditures related to transitioning to compliance with the requirement of section 2107(e)(1)(D) of the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (a)) to apply the prospective payment system established under section 1902(bb) of the such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/bb">42 U.S.C. 1396a(bb)</ref>) to services provided by Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Monitoring and report</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall monitor the impact of the application of such prospective payment system on the States described in paragraph (1) and, not later than October 1, 2011, shall report to Congress on any effect on access to benefits, provider payment rates, or scope of benefits offered by such States as a result of the application of such payment system.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="504">SEC. 504. </num><heading>PREMIUM GRACE PERIOD.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2103(e)(3) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397cc/e/3">42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Premium grace period</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The State child health plan—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>shall afford individuals enrolled under the plan a grace period of at least 30 days from the beginning of a new coverage period to make premium payments before the individual’s coverage under the plan may be terminated; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>shall provide to such an individual, not later than 7 days after the first day of such grace period, notice—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>that failure to make a premium payment within the grace period will result in termination of coverage under the State child health plan; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>of the individual’s right to challenge the proposed termination pursuant to the applicable Federal regulations.</content></subclause></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘<term>new coverage period</term>’ means the month immediately following the last month for which the premium has been paid.”</continuation></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397cc">42 USC 1397cc note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to new coverage periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="505">SEC. 505. </num><heading>CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2103(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397cc/c">42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c)</ref>), as amended by section 501(a)(1)(B), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of coverage for items and services furnished through school-based health centers</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this title shall be construed as limiting a State’s ability to provide child health assistance for covered items and services that are furnished through school-based health centers (as defined in section 2110(c)(9)).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2110(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397jj">42 U.S.C. 1397jj</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/91">123 STAT. 91</page> <quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">School-based health center</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>school-based health center</term>’ means a health clinic that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is located in or near a school facility of a school district or board or of an Indian tribe or tribal organization;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is organized through school, community, and health provider relationships;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>is administered by a sponsoring facility;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>provides through health professionals primary health services to children in accordance with State and local law, including laws relating to licensure and certification; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>satisfies such other requirements as a State may establish for the operation of such a clinic.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sponsoring facility</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), the term ‘<term>sponsoring facility</term>’ includes any of the following:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>A hospital.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>A public health department.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>A community health center.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>A nonprofit health care agency.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>A school or school system.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><content>A program administered by the Indian Health Service or the Bureau of Indian Affairs or operated by an Indian tribe or a tribal organization.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="506">SEC. 506. </num><heading>MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Title XIX (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before section 1901 the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“medicaid and chip payment and access commission</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1900">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 1900.</inline></num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396">42 USC 1396</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>There is hereby established the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (in this section referred to as ‘MACPAC’).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Duties</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Review of access policies and annual reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>MACPAC shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>review policies of the Medicaid program established under this title (in this section referred to as ‘Medicaid’) and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program established under title XXI (in this section referred to as ‘CHIP’) affecting children’s access to covered items and services, including topics described in paragraph (2);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>make recommendations to Congress concerning such access policies;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>by not later than March 1 of each year (beginning with 2010), submit a report to Congress containing the results of such reviews and MACPAC’s recommendations concerning such policies; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>by not later than June 1 of each year (beginning with 2010), submit a report to Congress containing an examination of issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP, including the implications of changes in health care delivery in the United States and in the market for health care services on such programs.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/92">123 STAT. 92</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Specific topics to be reviewed</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Specifically, MACPAC shall review and assess the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid and chip payment policies</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Payment policies under Medicaid and CHIP, including—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the factors affecting expenditures for items and services in different sectors, including the process for updating hospital, skilled nursing facility, physician, Federally-qualified health center, rural health center, and other fees;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>payment methodologies; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the relationship of such factors and methodologies to access and quality of care for Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interaction of medicaid and chip payment policies with health care delivery generally</inline>.—</heading><content>The effect of Medicaid and CHIP payment policies on access to items and services for children and other Medicaid and CHIP populations other than under this title or title XXI and the implications of changes in health care delivery in the United States and in the general market for health care items and services on Medicaid and CHIP.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other access policies</inline>.—</heading><content>The effect of other Medicaid and CHIP policies on access to covered items and services, including policies relating to transportation and language barriers.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Creation of early-warning system</inline>.—</heading><content>MACPAC shall create an early-warning system to identify provider shortage areas or any other problems that threaten access to care or the health care status of Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Comments on certain secretarial reports</inline>.—</heading><content>If the Secretary submits to Congress (or a committee of Congress) a report that is required by law and that relates to access policies, including with respect to payment policies, under Medicaid or CHIP, the Secretary shall transmit a copy of the report to MACPAC. MACPAC shall review the report and, not later than 6 months after the date of submittal of the Secretary’s report to Congress, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress written comments on such report. Such comments may include such recommendations as MACPAC deems appropriate.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agenda and additional reviews</inline>.—</heading><content>MACPAC shall consult periodically with the chairmen and ranking minority members of the appropriate committees of Congress regarding MACPAC’s agenda and progress towards achieving the agenda. MACPAC may conduct additional reviews, and submit additional reports to the appropriate committees of Congress, from time to time on such topics relating to the program under this title or title XXI as may be requested by such chairmen and members and as MACPAC deems appropriate.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of reports</inline>.—</heading><content>MACPAC shall transmit to the Secretary a copy of each report submitted under this subsection and shall make such reports available to the public.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriate committee of congress</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>appropriate committees of Congress</term>’ means the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/93">123 STAT. 93</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Voting and reporting requirements</inline>.—</heading><content>With respect to each recommendation contained in a report submitted under paragraph (1), each member of MACPAC shall vote on the recommendation, and MACPAC shall include, by member, the results of that vote in the report containing the recommendation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Examination of budget consequences</inline>.—</heading><content>Before making any recommendations, MACPAC shall examine the budget consequences of such recommendations, directly or through consultation with appropriate expert entities.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Membership</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Number and appointment</inline>.—</heading><content>MACPAC shall be composed of 17 members appointed by the Comptroller General of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifications</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The membership of MACPAC shall include individuals who have had direct experience as enrollees or parents of enrollees in Medicaid or CHIP and individuals with national recognition for their expertise in Federal safety net health programs, health finance and economics, actuarial science, health facility management, health plans and integrated delivery systems, reimbursement of health facilities, health information technology, pediatric physicians, dentists, and other providers of health services, and other related fields, who provide a mix of different professionals, broad geographic representation, and a balance between urban and rural representatives.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inclusion</inline>.—</heading><content>The membership of MACPAC shall include (but not be limited to) physicians and other health professionals, employers, third-party payers, and individuals with expertise in the delivery of health services. Such membership shall also include consumers representing children, pregnant women, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities, current or former representatives of State agencies responsible for administering Medicaid, and current or former representatives of State agencies responsible for administering CHIP.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Majority nonproviders</inline>.—</heading><content>Individuals who are directly involved in the provision, or management of the delivery, of items and services covered under Medicaid or CHIP shall not constitute a majority of the membership of MACPAC.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Ethical disclosure</inline>.—</heading><content>The Comptroller General of the United States shall establish a system for public disclosure by members of MACPAC of financial and other potential conflicts of interest relating to such members. Members of MACPAC shall be treated as employees of Congress for purposes of applying title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/pl/95/521">Public Law 95–521</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Terms</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The terms of members of MACPAC shall be for 3 years except that the Comptroller General of the United States shall designate staggered terms for the members first appointed.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Vacancies</inline>.—</heading><content>Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be <page identifier="/us/stat/123/94">123 STAT. 94</page> appointed only for the remainder of that term. A member may serve after the expiration of that member’s term until a successor has taken office. A vacancy in MACPAC shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compensation</inline>.—</heading><content>While serving on the business of MACPAC (including travel time), a member of MACPAC shall be entitled to compensation at the per diem equivalent of the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5315">section 5315 of title 5, United States Code</ref>; and while so serving away from home and the member’s regular place of business, a member may be allowed travel expenses, as authorized by the Chairman of MACPAC. Physicians serving as personnel of MACPAC may be provided a physician comparability allowance by MACPAC in the same manner as Government physicians may be provided such an allowance by an agency under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5948">section 5948 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and for such purpose subsection (i) of such section shall apply to MACPAC in the same manner as it applies to the Tennessee Valley Authority. For purposes of pay (other than pay of members of MACPAC) and employment benefits, rights, and privileges, all personnel of MACPAC shall be treated as if they were employees of the United States Senate.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Chairman; vice chairman</inline>.—</heading><content>The Comptroller General of the United States shall designate a member of MACPAC, at the time of appointment of the member as Chairman and a member as Vice Chairman for that term of appointment, except that in the case of vacancy of the Chairmanship or Vice Chairmanship, the Comptroller General of the United States may designate another member for the remainder of that member’s term.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Meetings</inline>.—</heading><content>MACPAC shall meet at the call of the Chairman.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Director and Staff; Experts and Consultants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to such review as the Comptroller General of the United States deems necessary to assure the efficient administration of MACPAC, MACPAC may—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>employ and fix the compensation of an Executive Director (subject to the approval of the Comptroller General of the United States) and such other personnel as may be necessary to carry out its duties (without regard to the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, governing appointments in the competitive service);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>seek such assistance and support as may be required in the performance of its duties from appropriate Federal departments and agencies;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>enter into contracts or make other arrangements, as may be necessary for the conduct of the work of MACPAC (without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s5">41 U.S.C. 5</ref>));</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>make advance, progress, and other payments which relate to the work of MACPAC;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>provide transportation and subsistence for persons serving without compensation; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary with respect to the internal organization and operation of MACPAC.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/95">123 STAT. 95</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Powers</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Obtaining official data</inline>.—</heading><content>MACPAC may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this section. Upon request of the Chairman, the head of that department or agency shall furnish that information to MACPAC on an agreed upon schedule.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data collection</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In order to carry out its functions, MACPAC shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>utilize existing information, both published and unpublished, where possible, collected and assessed either by its own staff or under other arrangements made in accordance with this section;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>carry out, or award grants or contracts for, original research and experimentation, where existing information is inadequate; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>adopt procedures allowing any interested party to submit information for MACPAC’s use in making reports and recommendations.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Access of gao to information</inline>.—</heading><content>The Comptroller General of the United States shall have unrestricted access to all deliberations, records, and nonproprietary data of MACPAC, immediately upon request.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Periodic audit</inline>.—</heading><content>MACPAC shall be subject to periodic audit by the Comptroller General of the United States.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization of Appropriations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Request for appropriations</inline>.—</heading><content>MACPAC shall submit requests for appropriations in the same manner as the Comptroller General of the United States submits requests for appropriations, but amounts appropriated for MACPAC shall be separate from amounts appropriated for the Comptroller General of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization</inline>.—</heading><content>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396">42 USC 1396 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Deadline for Initial Appointments</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than January 1, 2010, the Comptroller General of the United States shall appoint the initial members of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission established under section 1900 of the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (a)).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396">42 USC 1396 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Annual Report on Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than January 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the States (as defined for purposes of Medicaid), shall submit an annual report to Congress on the financial status of, enrollment in, and spending trends for, Medicaid for the fiscal year ending on September 30 of the preceding year.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/96">123 STAT. 96</page></content></subsection></section> <num value="VI">TITLE VI—</num><heading>PROGRAM INTEGRITY AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</heading> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Program Integrity and Data Collection</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="601">SEC. 601. </num><heading>PAYMENT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENT (“PERM”).</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expenditures Related to Compliance With Requirements</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enhanced payments</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2105(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/c">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)</ref>), as amended by section 301(a), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enhanced payments</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding subsection (b), the enhanced FMAP with respect to payments under subsection (a) for expenditures related to the administration of the payment error rate measurement (PERM) requirements applicable to the State child health plan in accordance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 and parts 431 and 457 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42">title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (or any related or successor guidance or regulations) shall in no event be less than 90 percent.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exclusion of from cap on administrative expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2105(c)(2)(C) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/c/2">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(2)</ref>C)), as amended by section 302(b)), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment error rate measurement (perm) expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>Expenditures related to the administration of the payment error rate measurement (PERM) requirements applicable to the State child health plan in accordance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 and parts 431 and 457 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42">title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (or any related or successor guidance or regulations).”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee">42 USC 1397ee note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Final Rule Required To Be in Effect for All States</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding parts 431 and 457 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42">title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), the Secretary shall not calculate or publish any national or State-specific error rate based on the application of the payment error rate measurement (in this section referred to as “PERM”) requirements to CHIP until after the date that is 6 months after the date on which a new final rule (in this section referred to as the “new final rule”) promulgated after the date of the enactment of this Act and implementing such requirements in accordance with the requirements of subsection (c) is in effect for all States. Any calculation of a national error rate or a State specific error rate after such new final rule in effect for all States may only be inclusive of errors, as defined in such new final rule or in guidance issued within a reasonable time frame after the effective date for such new final rule that includes detailed guidance for the specific methodology for error determinations.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements for New Final Rule</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of subsection (b), the requirements of this subsection are that the new final rule implementing the PERM requirements shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>include—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/97">123 STAT. 97</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>clearly defined criteria for errors for both States and providers;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>a clearly defined process for appealing error determinations by—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>review contractors; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the agency and personnel described in <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s431.974/a/2">section 431.974(a)(2) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, as in effect on September 1, 2007, responsible for the development, direction, implementation, and evaluation of eligibility reviews and associated activities; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>clearly defined responsibilities and deadlines for States in implementing any corrective action plans; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>provide that the payment error rate determined for a State shall not take into account payment errors resulting from the State’s verification of an applicant’s self-declaration or self-certification of eligibility for, and the correct amount of, medical assistance or child health assistance, if the State process for verifying an applicant’s self-declaration or self-certification satisfies the requirements for such process applicable under regulations promulgated by the Secretary or otherwise approved by the Secretary.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option for Application of Data for States in First Application Cycle Under the Interim Final Rule</inline>.—</heading><content>After the new final rule implementing the PERM requirements in accordance with the requirements of subsection (c) is in effect for all States, a State for which the PERM requirements were first in effect under an interim final rule for fiscal year 2007 or under a final rule for fiscal year 2008 may elect to accept any payment error rate determined in whole or in part for the State on the basis of data for that fiscal year or may elect to not have any payment error rate determined on the basis of such data and, instead, shall be treated as if fiscal year 2010 or fiscal year 2011 were the first fiscal year for which the PERM requirements apply to the State.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Harmonization of MEQC and PERM</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reduction of redundancies</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall review the Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (in this subsection referred to as the “MEQC”) requirements with the PERM requirements and coordinate consistent implementation of both sets of requirements, while reducing redundancies.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State option to apply perm data</inline>.—</heading><content>A State may elect, for purposes of determining the erroneous excess payments for medical assistance ratio applicable to the State for a fiscal year under section 1903(u) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/u">42 U.S.C. 1396b(u)</ref>) to substitute data resulting from the application of the PERM requirements to the State after the new final rule implementing such requirements is in effect for all States for data obtained from the application of the MEQC requirements to the State with respect to a fiscal year.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State option to apply meqc data</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of satisfying the requirements of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/pt431/sptQ">subpart Q of part 431 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, relating to Medicaid eligibility reviews, a State may elect to substitute data obtained through MEQC reviews conducted in accordance with section 1903(u) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/u">42 U.S.C. 1396b(u)</ref>) for data required for purposes of PERM requirements, but only if the State <page identifier="/us/stat/123/98">123 STAT. 98</page> MEQC reviews are based on a broad, representative sample of Medicaid applicants or enrollees in the States.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Identification of Improved State-Specific Sample Sizes</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall establish State-specific sample sizes for application of the PERM requirements with respect to State child health plans for fiscal years beginning with the first fiscal year that begins on or after the date on which the new final rule is in effect for all States, on the basis of such information as the Secretary determines appropriate. In establishing such sample sizes, the Secretary shall, to the greatest extent practicable—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>minimize the administrative cost burden on States under Medicaid and CHIP; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>maintain State flexibility to manage such programs.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Time for Promulgation of Final Rule</inline>.—</heading><content>The final rule implementing the PERM requirements under subsection (b) shall be promulgated not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="602">SEC. 602. </num><heading>IMPROVING DATA COLLECTION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increased Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2109(b)(2) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ii/b/2">42 U.S.C. 1397ii(b)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of Additional Funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2109(b) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ii/b">42 U.S.C. 1397ii(b)</ref>), as amended by subsection (a), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (1), the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In addition to making the adjustments required to produce the data described in paragraph (1), with respect to data collection occurring for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2009, in appropriate consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Commerce shall do the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>Make appropriate adjustments to the Current Population Survey to develop more accurate State-specific estimates of the number of children enrolled in health coverage under title XIX or this title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Make appropriate adjustments to the Current Population Survey to improve the survey estimates used to determine the child population growth factor under section 2104(m)(5)(B) and any other data necessary for carrying out this title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>Include health insurance survey information in the American Community Survey related to children.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>Assess whether American Community Survey estimates, once such survey data are first available, produce more reliable estimates than the Current Population Survey with respect to the purposes described in subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>On the basis of the assessment required under subparagraph (D), recommend to the Secretary of Health and Human Services whether American Community Survey estimates should be used in lieu of, or in some combination with, Current Population Survey estimates for the purposes described in subparagraph (B).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/99">123 STAT. 99</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>Continue making the adjustments described in the last sentence of paragraph (1) with respect to expansion of the sample size used in State sampling units, the number of sampling units in a State, and using an appropriate verification element.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority for the secretary of health and human services to transition to the use of all, or some combination of, acs estimates upon recommendation of the secretary of commerce</inline>.—</heading><content>If, on the basis of the assessment required under paragraph (2)(D), the Secretary of Commerce recommends to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that American Community Survey estimates should be used in lieu of, or in some combination with, Current Population Survey estimates for the purposes described in paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the States, may provide for a period during which the Secretary may transition from carrying out such purposes through the use of Current Population Survey estimates to the use of American Community Survey estimates (in lieu of, or in combination with the Current Population Survey estimates, as recommended), provided that any such transition is implemented in a manner that is designed to avoid adverse impacts upon States with approved State child health plans under this title.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="603">SEC. 603. </num><heading>UPDATED FEDERAL EVALUATION OF CHIP.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 2108(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397hh/c">42 U.S.C. 1397hh(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (5) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Subsequent evaluation using updated information</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary, directly or through contracts or interagency agreements, shall conduct an independent subsequent evaluation of 10 States with approved child health plans.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Selection of states and matters included</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to such subsequent evaluation in the same manner as such provisions apply to the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Submission to congress</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than December 31, 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the results of the evaluation conducted under this paragraph.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 for the purpose of conducting the evaluation authorized under this paragraph. Amounts appropriated under this subparagraph shall remain available for expenditure through fiscal year 2012.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="604">SEC. 604. </num><heading>ACCESS TO RECORDS FOR IG AND GAO AUDITS AND EVALUATIONS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 2108(d) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397hh/d">42 U.S.C. 1397hh(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Access to Records for IG and GAO Audits and Evaluations</inline>.—</heading><content>For the purpose of evaluating and auditing the program established under this title, or title XIX, the Secretary, the Office of Inspector General, and the Comptroller General shall have access <page identifier="/us/stat/123/100">123 STAT. 100</page> to any books, accounts, records, correspondence, and other documents that are related to the expenditure of Federal funds under this title and that are in the possession, custody, or control of States receiving Federal funds under this title or political subdivisions thereof, or any grantee or contractor of such States or political subdivisions.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="605">SEC. 605. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396">42 USC 1396 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>NO FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS; DISALLOWANCE FOR UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Nothing in this Act allows Federal payment for individuals who are not legal residents. Titles XI, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act provide for the disallowance of Federal financial participation for erroneous expenditures under Medicaid and under CHIP, respectively.</content></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Miscellaneous Health Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="611">SEC. 611. </num><heading>DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clarification of Requirement To Provide EPSDT Services for All Children in Benchmark Benefit Packages Under Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1937(a)(1) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–7/a/1">42 U.S.C. 1396u–7(a)(1)</ref>), as inserted by section 6044(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/171">Public Law 109–171</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/120/88">120 Stat. 88</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in the matter before clause (i)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Notwithstanding section 1902(a)(1) (relating to statewideness), section 1902(a)(10)(B) (relating to comparability) and any other provision of this title which would be directly contrary to the authority under this section and subject to subsection (E)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>enrollment in coverage that provides</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>coverage that</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>provides</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>(i)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> clause (ii) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for any individual described in section 1905(a)(4)(B) who is eligible under the State plan in accordance with paragraphs (10) and (17) of section 1902(a), consists of the items and services described in section 1905(a)(4)(B) (relating to early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services defined in section 1905(r)) and provided in accordance with the requirements of section 1902(a)(43).”</content></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (C)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><sup>wrap-around</sup></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><sup>additional</sup></quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>wrap-around or</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of construction</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>requiring a State to offer all or any of the items and services required by subparagraph (A)(ii) through an issuer of benchmark coverage described <page identifier="/us/stat/123/101">123 STAT. 101</page> in subsection (b)(1) or benchmark equivalent coverage described in subsection (b)(2);</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>preventing a State from offering all or any of the items and services required by subparagraph (A)(ii) through an issuer of benchmark coverage described in subsection (b)(1) or benchmark equivalent coverage described in subsection (b)(2); or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>affecting a child’s entitlement to care and services described in subsections (a)(4)(B) and (r) of section 1905 and provided in accordance with section 1902(a)(43) whether provided through benchmark coverage, benchmark equivalent coverage, or otherwise.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Correction of Reference to Children in Foster Care Receiving Child Welfare Services</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1937(a)(2)(B)(viii) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–7/a/2/B/viii">42 U.S.C. 1396u–7(a)(2)(B)(viii)</ref>), as inserted by section 6044(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>aid or assistance is made available under part B of title IV to children in foster care and individuals</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>child welfare services are made available under part B of title IV on the basis of being a child in foster care or</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transparency</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–7">42 U.S.C. 1396u–7</ref>), as inserted by section 6044(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web site.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">List.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Publication of Provisions Affected</inline>.—</heading><content>With respect to a State plan amendment to provide benchmark benefits in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) that is approved by the Secretary, the Secretary shall publish on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a list of the provisions of this title that the Secretary has determined do not apply in order to enable the State to carry out the plan amendment and the reason for each such determination on the date such approval is made, and shall publish such list in the Federal Register and not later than 30 days after such date of approval.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–7">42 USC 1396u–7 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall take effect as if included in the amendment made by section 6044(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="612">SEC. 612. </num><heading>REFERENCES TO TITLE XXI.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 704 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, as enacted into law by <ref href="/us/pl/106/113/dB">division B of Public Law 106–113</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/113/1501A–402">113 Stat. 1501A–402</ref>) <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397aa">42 USC 1397aa note</ref>.</p></sidenote>is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="613">SEC. 613. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–8">42 USC 1396u–8 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>PROHIBITING INITIATION OF NEW HEALTH OPPORTUNITY ACCOUNT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  After the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not approve any new demonstration programs under section 1938 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–8">42 U.S.C. 1396u–8</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="614">SEC. 614. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396d">42 USC 1396d note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>ADJUSTMENT IN COMPUTATION OF MEDICAID FMAP TO DISREGARD AN EXTRAORDINARY EMPLOYER PENSION CONTRIBUTION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Only for purposes of computing the FMAP (as defined in subsection (e)) for a State for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2006) and applying the FMAP under title XIX of the Social Security Act, any significantly disproportionate <page identifier="/us/stat/123/102">123 STAT. 102</page> employer pension or insurance fund contribution described in subsection (b) shall be disregarded in computing the per capita income of such State, but shall not be disregarded in computing the per capita income for the continental United States (and Alaska) and Hawaii.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Significantly Disproportionate Employer Pension and Insurance Fund Contribution</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this section, a significantly disproportionate employer pension and insurance fund contribution described in this subsection with respect to a State is any identifiable employer contribution towards pension or other employee insurance funds that is estimated to accrue to residents of such State for a calendar year (beginning with calendar year 2003) if the increase in the amount so estimated exceeds 25 percent of the total increase in personal income in that State for the year involved.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data to be used</inline>.—</heading><content>For estimating and adjustment a FMAP already calculated as of the date of the enactment of this Act for a State with a significantly disproportionate employer pension and insurance fund contribution, the Secretary shall use the personal income data set originally used in calculating such FMAP.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special adjustment for negative growth</inline>.—</heading><content>If in any calendar year the total personal income growth in a State is negative, an employer pension and insurance fund contribution for the purposes of calculating the State’s FMAP for a calendar year shall not exceed 125 percent of the amount of such contribution for the previous calendar year for the State.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Hold Harmless</inline>.—</heading><content>No State shall have its FMAP for a fiscal year reduced as a result of the application of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than May 15, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the problems presented by the current treatment of pension and insurance fund contributions in the use of Bureau of Economic Affairs calculations for the FMAP and for Medicaid and on possible alternative methodologies to mitigate such problems.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">FMAP Defined</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this section, the term “<term>FMAP</term>” means the Federal medical assistance percentage, as defined in section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396/d">42 U.S.C. 1396(d)</ref>).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="615">SEC. 615. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b">42 USC 1396b note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>CLARIFICATION TREATMENT OF REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b/w">42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)</ref>) shall be construed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as prohibiting a State’s use of funds as the non-Federal share of expenditures under title XIX of such Act where such funds are transferred from or certified by a publicly-owned regional medical center located in another State and described in subsection (b), so long as the Secretary determines that such use of funds is proper and in the interest of the program under title XIX.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Center Described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A center described in this subsection is a publicly-owned regional medical center that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>provides level 1 trauma and burn care services;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>provides level 3 neonatal care services;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/103">123 STAT. 103</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>is obligated to serve all patients, regardless of ability to pay;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>is located within a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) that includes at least 3 States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>provides services as a tertiary care provider for patients residing within a 125-mile radius; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>meets the criteria for a disproportionate share hospital under section 1923 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–4">42 U.S.C. 1396r–4</ref>) in at least one State other than the State in which the center is located.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="616">SEC. 616. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS FOR TENNESSEE AND HAWAII.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1923(f)(6) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–4/f/6">42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(6)</ref>), as amended by section 202 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/275">Public Law 110–275</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the paragraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">2009 and the first calendar quarter of fiscal year 2010</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">2011 and the first calendar quarter of fiscal year 2012</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in clause (i)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in the second sentence—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, 2009, 2010, and 2011</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>such portion of</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in the third sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010 for the period ending on December 31, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 for the period ending on December 31, 2011</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or for a period in fiscal year 2010</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010, 2011, or for period in fiscal year 2012</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in clause (iv)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the clause heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">2009 and the first calendar quarter of fiscal year 2010</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">2011 and the first calendar quarter of fiscal year 2012</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in each of subclauses (I) and (II), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText> or for a period in fiscal year 2010</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010, 2011, or for a period in fiscal year 2012</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in clause (i)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2011</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in the second sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010 for the period ending on December 31, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 for the period ending on December 31, 2011</quotedText>”.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="617">SEC. 617. </num><heading>GAO REPORT ON MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PAYMENT RATES.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives analyzing the extent to which State payment rates for medicaid managed care organizations under Medicaid are actuarially sound.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/104">123 STAT. 104</page></content></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="C">Subtitle C—</num><heading>Other Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="621">SEC. 621. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s657p">15 USC 657p</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>OUTREACH REGARDING HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the terms “Administration” and “Administrator” means the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the term “<term>certified development company</term>” means a development company participating in the program under title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s695/etseq">15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the term “<term>Medicaid program</term>” means the program established under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the term “<term>Service Corps of Retired Executives</term>” means the Service Corps of Retired Executives authorized by section 8(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s637/b/1">15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>the term “<term>small business concern</term>” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s632">15 U.S.C. 632</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>the term “<term>small business development center</term>” means a small business development center described in section 21 of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s648">15 U.S.C. 648</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>the term “<term>State</term>” has the meaning given that term for purposes of title XXI of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397aa/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>the term “<term>State Children’s Health Insurance Program</term>” means the State Children’s Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397aa/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>the term “<term>task force</term>” means the task force established under subsection (b)(1); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>the term “<term>women’s business center</term>” means a women’s business center described in section 29 of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s656">15 U.S.C. 656</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment of Task Force</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>There is established a task force to conduct a nationwide campaign of education and outreach for small business concerns regarding the availability of coverage for children through private insurance options, the Medicaid program, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Membership</inline>.—</heading><content>The task force shall consist of the Administrator, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The campaign conducted under this subsection shall include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>efforts to educate the owners of small business concerns about the value of health coverage for children;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>information regarding options available to the owners and employees of small business concerns to make insurance more affordable, including Federal and State tax deductions and credits for health care-related expenses and health insurance expenses and Federal tax exclusion for health insurance options available under employer-<page identifier="/us/stat/123/105">123 STAT. 105</page> sponsored cafeteria plans under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>efforts to educate the owners of small business concerns about assistance available through public programs; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>efforts to educate the owners and employees of small business concerns regarding the availability of the hotline operated as part of the Insure Kids Now program of the Department of Health and Human Services.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Implementation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In carrying out this subsection, the task force may—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>use any business partner of the Administration, including—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>a small business development center;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>a certified development company;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>a women’s business center; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>the Service Corps of Retired Executives;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>enter into—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>a memorandum of understanding with a chamber of commerce; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>a partnership with any appropriate small business concern or health advocacy group; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>designate outreach programs at regional offices of the Department of Health and Human Services to work with district offices of the Administration.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Website</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator shall ensure that links to information on the eligibility and enrollment requirements for the Medicaid program and State Children’s Health Insurance Program of each State are prominently displayed on the website of the Administration.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report on the status of the nationwide campaign conducted under paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contents</inline>.—</heading><content>Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include a status update on all efforts made to educate owners and employees of small business concerns on options for providing health insurance for children through public and private alternatives.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="622">SEC. 622. </num><heading>SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND MEANINGFUL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Senate finds the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>There are approximately 45 million Americans currently without health insurance.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>More than half of uninsured workers are employed by businesses with less than 25 employees or are self-employed.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Health insurance premiums continue to rise at more than twice the rate of inflation for all consumer goods.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Individuals in the small group and individual health insurance markets usually pay more for similar coverage than those in the large group market.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/106">123 STAT. 106</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The rapid growth in health insurance costs over the last few years has forced many employers, particularly small employers, to increase deductibles and co-pays or to drop coverage completely.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of the Senate</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Senate—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>recognizes the necessity to improve affordability and access to health insurance for all Americans;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>acknowledges the value of building upon the existing private health insurance market; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>affirms its intent to enact legislation this year that, with appropriate protection for consumers, improves access to affordable and meaningful health insurance coverage for employees of small businesses and individuals by—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>facilitating pooling mechanisms, including pooling across State lines, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>providing assistance to small businesses and individuals, including financial assistance and tax incentives, for the purchase of private insurance coverage.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <num value="VII">TITLE VII—</num><heading>REVENUE PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="701">SEC. 701. </num><heading>INCREASE IN EXCISE TAX RATE ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cigars</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 5701(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5701">26 USC 5701</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1.828 cents per thousand ($1.594 cents per thousand on cigars removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” in paragraph (1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$50.33 per thousand</quotedText>”,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>20.719 percent (18.063 percent on cigars removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” in paragraph (2) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>52.75 percent</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$48.75 per thousand ($42.50 per thousand on cigars removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” in paragraph (2) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>40.26 cents per cigar</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cigarettes</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 5701(b) of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$19.50 per thousand ($17 per thousand on cigarettes removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” in paragraph (1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$50.33 per thousand</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$40.95 per thousand ($35.70 per thousand on cigarettes removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” in paragraph (2) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$105.69 per thousand</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cigarette Papers</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5701(c) of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1.22 cents (1.06 cents on cigarette papers removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>3.15 cents</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cigarette Tubes</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5701(d) of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2.44 cents (2.13 cents on cigarette tubes removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>6.30 cents</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Smokeless Tobacco</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 5701(e) of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>58.5 cents (51 cents on snuff removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” in paragraph (1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1.51</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>19.5 cents (17 cents on chewing tobacco removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” in paragraph (2) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>50.33 cents</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/107">123 STAT. 107</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Pipe Tobacco</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5701(f) of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1.0969 cents (95.67 cents on pipe tobacco removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$2.8311 cents</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Roll-Your-Own Tobacco</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5701(g) of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1.0969 cents (95.67 cents on roll-your-own tobacco removed during 2000 or 2001)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$24.78</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5701">26 USC 5701 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Floor Stocks Taxes</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Imposition of tax</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>On tobacco products (other than cigars described in section 5701(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and cigarette papers and tubes manufactured in or imported into the United States which are removed before April 1, 2009, and held on such date for sale by any person, there is hereby imposed a tax in an amount equal to the excess of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the tax which would be imposed under section 5701 of such Code on the article if the article had been removed on such date, over</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the prior tax (if any) imposed under section 5701 of such Code on such article.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credit against tax</inline>.—</heading><content>Each person shall be allowed as a credit against the taxes imposed by paragraph (1) an amount equal to $500. Such credit shall not exceed the amount of taxes imposed by paragraph (1) on April 1, 2009, for which such person is liable.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Liability for tax and method of payment</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Liability for tax</inline>.—</heading><content>A person holding tobacco products, cigarette papers, or cigarette tubes on April 1, 2009, to which any tax imposed by paragraph (1) applies shall be liable for such tax.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Method of payment</inline>.—</heading><content>The tax imposed by paragraph (1) shall be paid in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Time for payment</inline>.—</heading><content>The tax imposed by paragraph (1) shall be paid on or before August 1, 2009.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Articles in foreign trade zones</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the Foreign Trade Zone Act, <ref href="/us/stat/48/998">48 Stat. 998</ref>, <ref href="/us/usc/t19/s81a/etseq">19 U.S.C. 81a et seq.</ref>) or any other provision of law, any article which is located in a foreign trade zone on April 1, 2009, shall be subject to the tax imposed by paragraph (1) if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>internal revenue taxes have been determined, or customs duties liquidated, with respect to such article before such date pursuant to a request made under the 1st proviso of section 3(a) of such Act, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>such article is held on such date under the supervision of an officer of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to the 2d proviso of such section 3(a).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Any term used in this subsection which is also used in section 5702 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same meaning as such term has in such section.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/108">123 STAT. 108</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Controlled groups</inline>.—</heading><content>Rules similar to the rules of section 5061(e)(3) of such Code shall apply for purposes of this subsection.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other laws applicable</inline>.—</heading><content>All provisions of law, including penalties, applicable with respect to the taxes imposed by section 5701 of such Code shall, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection, apply to the floor stocks taxes imposed by paragraph (1), to the same extent as if such taxes were imposed by such section 5701. The Secretary may treat any person who bore the ultimate burden of the tax imposed by paragraph (1) as the person to whom a credit or refund under such provisions may be allowed or made.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5701">26 USC 5701 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to articles removed (as defined in section 5702(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) after March 31, 2009.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="702">SEC. 702. </num><heading>ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Permit, Inventories, Reports, and Records Requirements for Manufacturers and Importers of Processed Tobacco</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Permit</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5712 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5712">26 USC 5712</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or processed tobacco</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>tobacco products</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Issuance</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5713(a) of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5713">26 USC 5713</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or processed tobacco</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>tobacco products</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inventories, reports, and packages</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inventories</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5721 of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5721">26 USC 5721</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, processed tobacco,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>tobacco products</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5722 of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5722">26 USC 5722</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, processed tobacco,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>tobacco products</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Packages, marks, labels, and notices</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5723 of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5723">26 USC 5723</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, processed tobacco,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>tobacco products</quotedText>” each place it appears.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Records</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5741 of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5741">26 USC 5741</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, processed tobacco,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>tobacco products</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Manufacturer of processed tobacco</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5702 of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5702">26 USC 5702</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="p">“(p) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Manufacturer of Processed Tobacco</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>manufacturer of processed tobacco</term>’ means any person who processes any tobacco other than tobacco products.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Processed tobacco</inline>.—</heading><content>The processing of tobacco shall not include the farming or growing of tobacco or the handling of tobacco solely for sale, shipment, or delivery to a manufacturer of tobacco products or processed tobacco.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Section 5702(h) of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes or any processed tobacco</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/109">123 STAT. 109</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Sections 5702(j) and 5702(k) of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5702">26 USC 5702</ref>.</p></sidenote>are each amended by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or any processed tobacco,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5702">26 USC 5702 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on April 1, 2009.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Basis for Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Permits</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Denial</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (3) of section 5712 <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5712">26 USC 5712</ref>.</p></sidenote>of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>such person (including, in the case of a corporation, any officer, director, or principal stockholder and, in the case of a partnership, a partner)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is, by reason of his business experience, financial standing, or trade connections or by reason of previous or current legal proceedings involving a felony violation of any other provision of Federal criminal law relating to tobacco products, processed tobacco, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes, not likely to maintain operations in compliance with this chapter,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>has been convicted of a felony violation of any provision of Federal or State criminal law relating to tobacco products, processed tobacco, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>has failed to disclose any material information required or made any material false statement in the application therefor.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Suspension or revocation</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (b) of section 5713 of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5713">26 USC 5713</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Suspension or Revocation</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Order.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Show cause hearing</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If the Secretary has reason to believe that any person holding a permit—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>has not in good faith complied with this chapter, or with any other provision of this title involving intent to defraud,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>has violated the conditions of such permit,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>has failed to disclose any material information required or made any material false statement in the application for such permit,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>has failed to maintain his premises in such manner as to protect the revenue,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>is, by reason of previous or current legal proceedings involving a felony violation of any other provision of Federal criminal law relating to tobacco products, processed tobacco, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes, not likely to maintain operations in compliance with this chapter, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>has been convicted of a felony violation of any provision of Federal or State criminal law relating to tobacco products, processed tobacco, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes,</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">the Secretary shall issue an order, stating the facts charged, citing such person to show cause why his permit should not be suspended or revoked.</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Action following hearing</inline>.—</heading><content>If, after hearing, the Secretary finds that such person has not shown cause why his permit should not be suspended or revoked, such permit <page identifier="/us/stat/123/110">123 STAT. 110</page> shall be suspended for such period as the Secretary deems proper or shall be revoked.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5712">26 USC 5712 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Internal Revenue Code Statute of Limitations for Alcohol and Tobacco Excise Taxes</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 514(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s1514/a">19 U.S.C. 1514(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and section 520 (relating to refunds)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 520 (relating to refunds), and section 6501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (but only with respect to taxes imposed under chapters 51 and 52 of such Code)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s1514">19 USC 1514 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to articles imported after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expansion of Definition of Roll-Your-Own Tobacco</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5702(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5702">26 USC 5702</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or cigars, or for use as wrappers thereof</quotedText>” before the period at the end.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5702">26 USC 5702 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to articles removed (as defined in section 5702(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) after March 31, 2009.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Time of Tax for Unlawfully Manufactured Tobacco Products</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5703(b)(2) of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5703">26 USC 5703</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for unlawfully manufactured tobacco products</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any tobacco products, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes manufactured in the United States at any place other than the premises of a manufacturer of tobacco products, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes that has filed the bond and obtained the permit required under this chapter, tax shall be due and payable immediately upon manufacture.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5703">26 USC 5703 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disclosure</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (1) of section 6103(o) of such Code <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6103">26 USC 6103</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by designating the text as subparagraph (A), moving such text 2 ems to the right, <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Returns</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">(a) in general.—</headingText>Returns</quotedText>”, and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated) the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use in certain proceedings</inline>.—</heading><content>Returns and return information disclosed to a Federal agency under subparagraph (A) may be used in an action or proceeding (or in preparation for such action or proceeding) brought under section 625 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 for the collection of any unpaid assessment or penalty arising under such Act.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 6103(p)(4) of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(o)(1)</quotedText>” both places it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(o)(1)(A)</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/111">123 STAT. 111</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6103">26 USC 6103 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5711">26 USC 5711 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Transitional Rule</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Any person who—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>on April 1, 2009 is engaged in business as a manufacturer of processed tobacco or as an importer of processed tobacco, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>before the end of the 90-day period beginning on such date, submits an application under subchapter B of chapter 52 of such Code to engage in such business, may, notwithstanding such subchapter B, continue to engage in such business pending final action on such application. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>Pending such final action, all provisions of such chapter 52 shall apply to such applicant in the same manner and to the same extent as if such applicant were a holder of a permit under such chapter 52 to engage in such business.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="703">SEC. 703. </num><heading>TREASURY STUDY CONCERNING MAGNITUDE OF TOBACCO SMUGGLING IN THE UNITED STATES.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall conduct a study concerning the magnitude of tobacco smuggling in the United States and submit to Congress recommendations for the most effective steps to reduce tobacco smuggling. Such study shall also include a review of the loss of Federal tax receipts due to illicit tobacco trade in the United States and the role of imported tobacco products in the illicit tobacco trade in the United States.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num value="704">SEC. 704. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6655">26 USC 6655 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED TAXES.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The percentage under subparagraph (C) of section 401(1) of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act is increased by 0.5 percentage point.</content></section> Approved February 4, 2009.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2 (S. 275): CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009):

Jan. 14, considered and passed House.

Jan. 26–29, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Feb. 4, House concurred in Senate amendment.

 DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 44 (2009):

Feb. 4, Presidential remarks.

 Public Law 111–4: To postpone the DTV transition date. Public Law4 Public Law 111–4123 Stat. 112 2009-02-11 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 3.11.8;Stage2.202304032024-03-28 111public 123 STAT. 112 Public Law111–4 111th Congress
An Act To postpone the DTV transition date.

Feb. 11, 2009

[S. 352]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

DTV Delay Act.
SECTION 1.

47 USC 609 note.

SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “DTV Delay Act”.
SEC. 2. POSTPONEMENT OF DTV TRANSITION DATE.(a) In General.—Section 3002(b) of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is amended—(1) by striking “February 18, 2009;” in paragraph (1) and inserting “June 13, 2009;”; and(2) by striking “February 18, 2009,” in paragraph (2) and inserting “that date”.(b) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Section 3008(a)(1) of that Act (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is amended by striking “February 17, 2009.” and inserting “June 12, 2009.”.(2) Section 309(j)(14)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(14)(A)) is amended by striking “February 17, 2009.” and inserting “June 12, 2009.”.(3) Section 337(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 337(e)(1)) is amended by striking “February 17, 2009.” and inserting “June 12, 2009.”.(c) License Terms.—(1) Extension.—The Federal Communications Commission shall extend the terms of the licenses for the recovered spectrum, including the license period and construction requirements associated with those licenses, for a 116-day period.(2) Definition.—In this subsection, the term “recovered spectrum” means—(A) the recovered analog spectrum, as such term is defined in section 309(j)(15)(C)(vi) of the Communications Act of 1934; and(B) the spectrum excluded from the definition of recovered analog spectrum by subclauses (I) and (II) of such section.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER BOX PROGRAM.(a) Extension of Coupon Program.—Section 3005(c)(1)(A) of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 123 STAT. 113 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is amended by striking “March 31, 2009,” and inserting “July 31, 2009,”.(b) Treatment of Expired Coupons.—Section 3005(c)(1) of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(D) Expired coupons.—The Assistant Secretary may issue to a household, upon request by the household, one replacement coupon for each coupon that was issued to such household and that expired without being redeemed.”.(c) Conforming Amendment.—Section 3005(c)(1)(A) of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is amended by striking “receives, via the United States Postal Service,” and inserting “redeems”.(d)

47 USC 309 note.

Condition of Modifications.—The amendments made by this section shall not take effect until the enactment of additional budget authority after the date of enactment of this Act to carry out the analog-to-digital converter box program under section 3005 of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005.
SEC. 4.

47 USC 309 note.

IMPLEMENTATION.(a) Permissive Early Termination Under Existing Requirements.—Nothing in this Act is intended to prevent a licensee of a television broadcast station from terminating the broadcasting of such station’s analog television signal (and continuing to broadcast exclusively in the digital television service) prior to the date established by law under section 3002(b) of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 for termination of all licenses for full-power television stations in the analog television service (as amended by section 2 of this Act) so long as such prior termination is conducted in accordance with the Federal Communications Commission’s requirements in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including the flexible procedures established in the Matter of Third Periodic Review of the Commission’s Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television (FCC 07–228, MB Docket No. 07–91, released December 31, 2007).(b) Public Safety Radio Services.—Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall prevent a public safety service licensee from commencing operations consistent with the terms of its license on spectrum recovered as a result of the voluntary cessation of broadcasting in the analog or digital television service pursuant to subsection (a). Any such public safety use shall be subject to the relevant Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including section 90.545 of the Commission’s rules (47 C.F.R. § 90.545).(c) Expedited Rulemaking.—

Deadline.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration shall, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each adopt or revise its rules, regulations, or orders or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions, and carry out the purposes, of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.123 STAT. 114
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF COMMISSION AUCTION AUTHORITY.  Section 309(j)(11) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) is amended by striking “2011.” and inserting “2012.”.
Approved February 11, 2009.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 352: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009):

Jan. 29, considered and passed Senate.

Feb. 4, considered and passed House.

 Public Law 111–5: Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Public Law5 Public Law 111–5123 Stat. 115 2009-02-17 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 3.11.8;Stage2.202304032024-03-28 111public 123 STAT. 115 Public Law111–5 111th Congress
An Act Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

Feb. 17, 2009

[H.R. 1]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
SECTION 1.

26 USC 1 note.

SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.  The table of contents for this Act is as follows: DIVISION A— TITLE I— TITLE II— TITLE III— TITLE IV— TITLE V— TITLE VI— TITLE VII— TITLE VIII— TITLE IX— TITLE X— TITLE XI— TITLE XII— TITLE XIII— TITLE XIV— TITLE XV— TITLE XVI— DIVISION B— TITLE I— TITLE II— TITLE III— TITLE IV— TITLE V— TITLE VI— TITLE VII—
SEC. 3.

26 USC 1 note.

PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES.(a) Statement of Purposes.—The purposes of this Act include the following:123 STAT. 116(1) To preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery.(2) To assist those most impacted by the recession.(3) To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health.(4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits.(5) To stabilize State and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases.(b) General Principles Concerning Use of Funds.—The President and the heads of Federal departments and agencies shall manage and expend the funds made available in this Act so as to achieve the purposes specified in subsection (a), including commencing expenditures and activities as quickly as possible consistent with prudent management.
SEC. 4.

1 USC 1 note.

REFERENCES.   Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to “this Act” contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.(a) In General.—Each amount in this Act is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.(b) Pay-as-You-Go.—All applicable provisions in this Act are designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles.
DIVISION A—APPROPRIATIONS PROVISIONS
  That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, namely:
<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments”, $24,000,000, for necessary construction, repair, and improvement activities.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General”, $22,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, for <page identifier="/us/stat/123/117">123 STAT. 117</page> oversight and audit of programs, grants, and activities funded by this Act and administered by the Department of Agriculture.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agricultural Research Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">buildings and facilities</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Buildings and Facilities”, $176,000,000, for work on deferred maintenance at Agricultural Research Service facilities: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That priority in the use of such funds shall be given to critical deferred maintenance, to projects that can be completed, and to activities that can commence promptly following enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Farm Service Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses,” $50,000,000, for the purpose of maintaining and modernizing the information technology system.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Natural Resources Conservation Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">watershed and flood prevention operations</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations”, $290,000,000, of which $145,000,000 is for necessary expenses to purchase and restore floodplain easements as authorized by section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s2203">16 U.S.C. 2203</ref>) (except that no more than $30,000,000 of the amount provided for the purchase of floodplain easements may be obligated for projects in any one State): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds shall be allocated to projects that can be fully funded and completed with the funds appropriated in this Act, and to activities that can commence promptly following enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">watershed rehabilitation program</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Watershed Rehabilitation Program”, $50,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such funds shall be allocated to projects that can be fully funded and completed with the funds appropriated in this Act, and to activities that can commence promptly following enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Housing Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">rural housing insurance fund program account</inline></heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 for section 502 direct loans; and $10,472,000,000 for section 502 unsubsidized guaranteed loans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $67,000,000 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/118">123 STAT. 118</page> for section 502 direct loans; and $133,000,000 for section 502 unsubsidized guaranteed loans.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">rural community facilities program account</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans and grants for rural community facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $130,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Business—cooperative Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">rural business program account</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the cost of guaranteed loans and grants as authorized by sections 310B(a)(2)(A) and 310B(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1932">7 U.S.C. 1932</ref>), $150,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Utilities Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">rural water and waste disposal program account</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans and grants for the rural water, waste water, and waste disposal programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $1,380,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for the cost of broadband loans and loan guarantees, as authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s901/etseq">7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.</ref>) and for grants (including for technical assistance), $2,500,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the cost of direct and guaranteed loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Loans.</p></sidenote>That, notwithstanding title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, this amount is available for grants, loans and loan guarantees for broadband infrastructure in any area of the United States: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That at least 75 percent of the area to be served by a project receiving funds from such grants, loans or loan guarantees shall be in a rural area without sufficient access to high speed broadband service to facilitate rural economic development, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That priority for awarding such funds shall be given to project applications for broadband systems that will deliver end users a choice of more than one service provider: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That priority for awarding funds made available under this paragraph shall be given to projects that provide service to the highest proportion of rural residents that do not have access to broadband service: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That priority shall be given for project applications from borrowers or former borrowers under title II of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and for project applications that include such borrowers or former borrowers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That priority for awarding such funds shall be given to project applications that demonstrate that, if the application is approved, all project elements will be fully funded: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That priority for awarding <page identifier="/us/stat/123/119">123 STAT. 119</page> such funds shall be given to project applications for activities that can be completed if the requested funds are provided: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That priority for awarding such funds shall be given to activities that can commence promptly following approval: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no area of a project funded with amounts made available under this paragraph may receive funding to provide broadband service under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary shall submit a report on planned spending and actual obligations describing the use of these funds not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter until all funds are obligated, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1751">42 U.S.C. 1751</ref> et. seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1771">42 U.S.C. 1771</ref> et. seq.), except sections 17 and 21, $100,000,000, to carry out a grant program for National School Lunch Program equipment assistance: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such funds shall be provided to States administering a school lunch program in a manner proportional with each States’ administrative expense allocation: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the States shall provide competitive grants to school food authorities based upon the need for equipment assistance in participating schools with priority given to school in which not less than 50 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced price meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (wic)</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the special supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</ref>), $500,000,000, of which $400,000,000 shall be placed in reserve to be allocated as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or participation exceed budget estimates, and of which $100,000,000 shall be for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That up to one percent of the funding provided for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) may be reserved by the Secretary for Federal administrative activities in support of those purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">commodity assistance program</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the emergency food assistance program as authorized by section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2036/a">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)</ref>) and section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7508/a/1">7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)</ref>), $150,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That of the funds made available, the Secretary may use up to $50,000,000 for costs associated with the distribution of commodities, of which up to $25,000,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 2009.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/120">123 STAT. 120</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline></num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Temporary Increase in Benefits Under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</inline>.</heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Puerto Rico.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">American Samoa.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Maximum Benefit Increase</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Beginning <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote>the first month that begins not less than 25 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the value of benefits determined under section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa determined under section 19(a) of such Act shall be calculated using 113.6 percent of the June 2008 value of the thrifty food plan as specified under section 3(o) of such Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The authority provided by this subsection shall terminate after September 30, 2009.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Agriculture may not reduce the value of the maximum allotments, minimum allotments or consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa below the level in effect for fiscal year 2009 as a result of paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements for the Secretary</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>consider the benefit increases described in subsection (a) to be a “mass change”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>require a simple process for States to notify households of the increase in benefits;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>consider section 16(c)(3)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2025/c/3/A">7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(3)(A)</ref>) to apply to any errors in the implementation of this section, without regard to the 120-day limit described in that section;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>disregard the additional amount of benefits that a household receives as a result of this section in determining the amount of overissuances under section 13 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2022">7 U.S.C. 2022</ref>); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>set the tolerance level for excluding small errors for the purposes of section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2025/c">7 U.S.C. 2025(c)</ref>) at $50 through September 30, 2009.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrative Expenses</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For the costs of State administrative expenses associated with carrying out this section and administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2011/etseq">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</ref>), the Secretary shall make available $145,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 and $150,000,000 in fiscal year 2010, of which $4,500,000 is for necessary expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for management and oversight of the program and for monitoring the integrity and evaluating the effects of the payments made under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Timing for fiscal year 2009</inline>.—</heading><content>Not <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make available to States amounts for fiscal year 2009 under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocation of funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Except <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>as provided for management and oversight, funds described in paragraph (1) shall <page identifier="/us/stat/123/121">123 STAT. 121</page> be made available as grants to State agencies for each fiscal year as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>75 percent of the amounts available for each fiscal year shall be allocated to States based on the share of each State of households that participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of Agriculture for the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of enactment) for participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2014/h">7 U.S.C. 2014(h)</ref>); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>25 percent of the amounts available for each fiscal year shall be allocated to States based on the increase in the number of households that participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of Agriculture over the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of enactment) for participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2014/h">7 U.S.C. 2014(h)</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations</inline>.—</heading><content>For the costs relating to facility improvements and equipment upgrades associated with the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, as established under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2013/b">7 U.S.C. 2013(b)</ref>), the Secretary shall make available $5,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That administrative cost-sharing requirements are not applicable to funds provided in accordance with this provision.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of Jobless Workers</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Remainder of fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2010</inline>.—</heading><content>Beginning with the first month that begins not less than 25 days after the date of enactment of this Act and for each subsequent month through September 30, 2010, eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits shall not be limited under section 6(o)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 unless an individual does not comply with the requirements of a program offered by the State agency that meets the standards of subparagraphs (B) or (C) of that paragraph.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fiscal year 2011 and thereafter</inline>.—</heading><content>Beginning on October 1, 2010, for the purposes of section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2015/o">7 U.S.C. 2015(o)</ref>), a State agency shall disregard any period during which an individual received benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program prior to October 1, 2010.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps"> Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>There are appropriated to the Secretary out of funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline></num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agricultural Disaster Assistance Transition</inline>.</heading><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a"> (a)</num><heading> Federal Crop Insurance Act.</heading><content> Section 531(g) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1531/g">7 U.S.C. 1531(g)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">2008</inline><inline class="smallCaps"> transition assistance</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Eligible producers on a farm described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) that failed to timely pay the appropriate fee described in that subparagraph shall be eligible for assistance under this section <page identifier="/us/stat/123/122">123 STAT. 122</page> in accordance with subparagraph (B) if the eligible producers on the farm—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>pay the appropriate fee described in paragraph (4)(A) not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii)</num><subclause class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>in the case of each insurable commodity of the eligible producers on the farm, excluding grazing land, agree to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under subtitle A (excluding a crop insurance pilot program under that subtitle) for the next insurance year for which crop insurance is available to the eligible producers on the farm at a level of coverage equal to 70 percent or more of the recorded or appraised average yield indemnified at 100 percent of the expected market price, or an equivalent coverage; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>in the case of each noninsurable commodity of the eligible producers on the farm, agree to file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsured crop assistance program for the next year for which a policy is available.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount of assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Eligible producers on a farm that meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall be eligible to receive assistance under this section as if the eligible producers on the farm—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>in the case of each insurable commodity of the eligible producers on the farm, had obtained a policy or plan of insurance for the 2008 crop year at a level of coverage not to exceed 70 percent or more of the recorded or appraised average yield indemnified at 100 percent of the expected market price, or an equivalent coverage; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of each noninsurable commodity of the eligible producers on the farm, had filed the required paperwork, and paid the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsured crop assistance program for the 2008 crop year, except that in determining the level of coverage, the Secretary shall use 70 percent of the applicable yield.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Equitable relief</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Except as provided in subparagraph (D), eligible producers on a farm that met the requirements of paragraph (1) before the deadline described in paragraph (4)(A) and are eligible to receive, a disaster assistance payment under this section for a production loss during the 2008 crop year shall be eligible to receive an amount equal to the greater of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount that would have been calculated under subparagraph (B) if the eligible producers on the farm had paid the appropriate fee under that subparagraph; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>the amount that would have been calculated under subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(3) if—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>in clause (i) of that subparagraph, ‘120 percent’ is substituted for ‘115 percent’; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>in clause (ii) of that subparagraph, ‘125’ is substituted for ‘120 percent’.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/123">123 STAT. 123</page></content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>For amounts made available under this paragraph, the Secretary may make such adjustments as are necessary to ensure that no producer receives a payment under this paragraph for an amount in excess of the assistance received by a similarly situated producer that had purchased the same or higher level of crop insurance prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority of the secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may provide such additional assistance as the Secretary considers appropriate to provide equitable treatment for eligible producers on a farm that suffered production losses in the 2008 crop year that result in multiyear production losses, as determined by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Lack of access</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may provide assistance under this section to eligible producers on a farm that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>suffered a production loss due to a natural cause during the 2008 crop year; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>as determined by the Secretary—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I)</num><item class="inline"><num value="aa">(aa) </num><content>except as provided in item (bb), lack access to a policy or plan of insurance under subtitle A; or</content></item><item class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>do not qualify for a written agreement because 1 or more farming practices, which the Secretary has determined are good farming practices, of the eligible producers on the farm differ significantly from the farming practices used by producers of the same crop in other regions of the United States; and</content></item></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>are not eligible for the noninsured crop disaster assistance program established by section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</ref>).”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Trade Act of 1974</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 901(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2497/g">19 U.S.C. 2497(g)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">2008</inline><inline class="smallCaps"> transition assistance</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Eligible producers on a farm described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) that failed to timely pay the appropriate fee described in that subparagraph shall be eligible for assistance under this section in accordance with subparagraph (B) if the eligible producers on the farm—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>pay the appropriate fee described in paragraph (4)(A) not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii)</num><subclause class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>in the case of each insurable commodity of the eligible producers on the farm, excluding grazing land, agree to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1501/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</ref>) (excluding a crop insurance pilot program under that Act) for the next insurance year for which crop insurance is available to the eligible producers on the farm at a level of coverage equal to 70 percent or more of the recorded or appraised average yield <page identifier="/us/stat/123/124">123 STAT. 124</page> indemnified at 100 percent of the expected market price, or an equivalent coverage; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>in the case of each noninsurable commodity of the eligible producers on the farm, agree to file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsured crop assistance program for the next year for which a policy is available.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount of assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Eligible producers on a farm that meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall be eligible to receive assistance under this section as if the eligible producers on the farm—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>in the case of each insurable commodity of the eligible producers on the farm, had obtained a policy or plan of insurance for the 2008 crop year at a level of coverage not to exceed 70 percent or more of the recorded or appraised average yield indemnified at 100 percent of the expected market price, or an equivalent coverage; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of each noninsurable commodity of the eligible producers on the farm, had filed the required paperwork, and paid the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsured crop assistance program for the 2008 crop year, except that in determining the level of coverage, the Secretary shall use 70 percent of the applicable yield.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Equitable relief</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Except as provided in subparagraph (D), eligible producers on a farm that met the requirements of paragraph (1) before the deadline described in paragraph (4)(A) and are eligible to receive, a disaster assistance payment under this section for a production loss during the 2008 crop year shall be eligible to receive an amount equal to the greater of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount that would have been calculated under subparagraph (B) if the eligible producers on the farm had paid the appropriate fee under that subparagraph; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>the amount that would have been calculated under subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(3) if—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>in clause (i) of that subparagraph, ‘120 percent’ is substituted for ‘115 percent’; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>in clause (ii) of that subparagraph, ‘125’ is substituted for ‘120 percent’.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>For amounts made available under this paragraph, the Secretary may make such adjustments as are necessary to ensure that no producer receives a payment under this paragraph for an amount in excess of the assistance received by a similarly situated producer that had purchased the same or higher level of crop insurance prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority of the secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may provide such additional assistance as the Secretary considers appropriate to provide equitable treatment for eligible producers on a farm that suffered production losses in the 2008 crop year that result in multiyear production losses, as determined by the Secretary.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/125">123 STAT. 125</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Lack of access</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may provide assistance under this section to eligible producers on a farm that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>suffered a production loss due to a natural cause during the 2008 crop year; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>as determined by the Secretary—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I)</num><item class="inline"><num value="aa">(aa) </num><content>except as provided in item (bb), lack access to a policy or plan of insurance under subtitle A; or</content></item><item class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>do not qualify for a written agreement because 1 or more farming practices, which the Secretary has determined are good farming practices, of the eligible producers on the farm differ significantly from the farming practices used by producers of the same crop in other regions of the United States; and</content></item></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>are not eligible for the noninsured crop disaster assistance program established by section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</ref>).”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Farm Operating Loans</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For the principal amount of direct farm operating loans under section 311 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1941">7 U.S.C. 1941</ref>), $173,367,000.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Direct farm operating loans</inline>.—</heading><content>For the cost of direct farm operating loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</ref>), $20,440,000.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">2008 Aquaculture Assistance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible aquaculture producer</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term “<term>eligible aquaculture producer</term>” means an aquaculture producer that during the 2008 calendar year, as determined by the Secretary—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>produced an aquaculture species for which feed costs represented a substantial percentage of the input costs of the aquaculture operation; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>experienced a substantial price increase of feed costs above the previous 5-year average.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of Agriculture.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant program</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use not more than $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, to carry out a program of grants to States to assist eligible aquaculture producers for losses associated with high feed input costs during the 2008 calendar year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notification</inline>.—</heading><content>Not <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall notify the State department of agriculture (or similar entity) in each State of the availability of funds to assist eligible aquaculture producers, including such terms as determined by the Secretary to be necessary for the equitable treatment of eligible aquaculture producers.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Provision of grants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/126">123 STAT. 126</page></chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall make grants to States under this subsection on a pro rata basis based on the amount of aquaculture feed used in each State during the 2007 calendar year, as determined by the Secretary.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Timing</inline>.—</heading><content>Not <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make grants to States to provide assistance under this subsection.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>Secretary shall make grants under this subsection only to States that demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State will—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>use grant funds to assist eligible aquaculture producers;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>provide assistance to eligible aquaculture producers not later than 60 days after the date on which the State receives grant funds; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>not later than 30 days after the date on which the State provides assistance to eligible aquaculture producers, submit to the Secretary a report that describes—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>the manner in which the State provided assistance;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>the amounts of assistance provided per species of aquaculture; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>the process by which the State determined the levels of assistance to eligible aquaculture producers.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reduction in payments</inline>.—</heading><content>An eligible aquaculture producer that receives assistance under this subsection shall not be eligible to receive any other assistance under the supplemental agricultural disaster assistance program established under section 531 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1531">7 U.S.C. 1531</ref>) and section 901 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2497">19 U.S.C. 2497</ref>) for any losses in 2008 relating to the same species of aquaculture.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report to congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>describes in detail the manner in which this subsection has been carried out; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>includes the information reported to the Secretary under paragraph (2)(D)(iii).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103.</inline> </num><chapeau class="inline">For fiscal years 2009 and 2010, in the case of each program established or amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</ref>), other than by title I of such Act, that is authorized or required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>such funds shall be available for the purpose of covering salaries and related administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associated with the implementation of the program, without regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s714i">15 U.S.C. 714i</ref>); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes <page identifier="/us/stat/123/127">123 STAT. 127</page> of applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in such section.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104.</inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to other available funds, of the funds made available to the Rural Development mission area in this title, not more than 3 percent of the funds can be used for administrative costs to carry out loan, loan guarantee and grant activities funded in this title, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of this amount $1,750,000 shall be committed to agency projects associated with maintaining the compliance, safety, and soundness of the portfolio of loans guaranteed through the section 502 guaranteed loan program.</proviso></content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 105.</inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this title to the “Rural Housing Service, Rural Community Facilities Program Account”, the “Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Business Program Account”, and the "Rural Utilities Service, Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account”, at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote>counties: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That for the purposes of this section, the term “<term>persistent poverty counties</term>” means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses.</proviso></content></section> </level> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Economic Development Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">economic development assistance programs</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Economic Development Assistance Programs”, $150,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $50,000,000 shall be for economic adjustment assistance as authorized by section 209 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3149">42 U.S.C. 3149</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in allocating the funds provided in the previous proviso, the Secretary of Commerce shall give priority consideration to areas of the Nation that have experienced sudden and severe economic dislocation and job loss due to corporate restructuring: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Salaries and Expenses” for purposes of program administration and oversight: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to $50,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading may be transferred to federally authorized regional economic development commissions.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of the Census</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">periodic censuses and programs</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Periodic Censuses and Programs”, $1,000,000,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/128">123 STAT. 128</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Telecommunications and Information Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">broadband technology opportunities program</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an amount for “Broadband Technology Opportunities Program”, $4,700,000,000: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the funds provided under this heading, not less than $4,350,000,000 shall be expended pursuant to division B of this Act, of which: not less than $200,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants for expanding public computer center capacity, including at community colleges and public libraries; not less than $250,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants for innovative programs to encourage sustainable adoption of broadband service; and $10,000,000 shall be transferred to “Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General” for the purposes of audits and oversight of funds provided under this heading and such funds shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided under this heading, up to $350,000,000 may be expended pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/110/385">Public Law 110–385</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t47/s1301">47 U.S.C. 1301 note</ref>) and for the purposes of developing and maintaining a broadband inventory map pursuant to division B of this Act: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided under this heading, amounts deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), may be transferred to the FCC for the purposes of developing a national broadband plan or for carrying out any other FCC responsibilities pursuant to division B of this Act, and only if the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate are notified not less than 15 days in advance of the transfer of such funds: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not more than 3 percent of funds provided under this heading may be used for administrative costs, and this limitation shall apply to funds which may be transferred to the FCC.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">digital-to-analog converter box program</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an amount for “Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program”, $650,000,000, for additional coupons and related activities under the program implemented under section 3005 of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amounts provided under this heading, $90,000,000 may be for education and outreach, including grants to organizations for programs to educate vulnerable populations, including senior citizens, minority communities, people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and people living in rural areas, about the transition and to provide one-on-one assistance to vulnerable populations, including help with converter box installation: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the amounts provided in the previous proviso may be transferred to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) if deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with the FCC, and only if the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate are notified not less than 5 days in advance of transfer of such funds.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/129">123 STAT. 129</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institute of Standards and Technology</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">scientific and technical research and services</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Scientific and Technical Research and Services”, $220,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">construction of research facilities</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction of Research Facilities”, $360,000,000, of which $180,000,000 shall be for a competitive construction grant program for research science buildings.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">operations, research, and facilities</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations, Research, and Facilities”, $230,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">procurement, acquisition and construction</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement, Acquisition and Construction”, $600,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General”, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General”, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">State and Local Law Enforcement Activities</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office on Violence Against Women</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">violence against women prevention and </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">prosecution programs</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs”, $225,000,000 for grants to combat violence against women, as authorized by part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3796gg/etseq">42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, $50,000,000 shall be for transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/130">123 STAT. 130</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Justice Programs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">state and local law enforcement assistance</inline></heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, $2,000,000,000, for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of 1968 (“1968 Act”), (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, shall not apply for purposes of this Act).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, $225,000,000, for competitive grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to assist victims of crime (other than compensation), and youth mentoring grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, $40,000,000, for competitive grants to provide assistance and equipment to local law enforcement along the Southern border and in High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas to combat criminal narcotics activity stemming from the Southern border, of which $10,000,000 shall be transferred to “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses” for the ATF Project Gunrunner.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, $225,000,000, for assistance to Indian tribes, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/108/199">Public Law 108–199</ref>, division B, title I, section 112(a)(1) (<ref href="/us/stat/118/62">118 Stat. 62</ref>), which shall be available for grants under section 20109 of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</ref>).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, $100,000,000, to be distributed by the Office for Victims of Crime in accordance with section 1402(d)(4) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/pl/98/473">Public Law 98–473</ref>).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, $125,000,000, for assistance to law enforcement in rural States and rural areas, to prevent and combat crime, especially drug-related crime.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, $50,000,000, for Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) initiatives.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Community Oriented Policing Services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Community Oriented Policing Services”, for grants under section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3796dd">42 U.S.C. 3796dd</ref>) for hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q of such title, notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section, $1,000,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount, not elsewhere specified in this title, for management and administration and oversight of programs within the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Justice Programs, and the Community Oriented Policing Services Office, $10,000,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/131">123 STAT. 131</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SCIENCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">science</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Science”, $400,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">aeronautics</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Aeronautics”, $150,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">exploration</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Exploration”, $400,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">cross agency support</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Cross Agency Support”, $50,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General”, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Science Foundation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">research and related activities</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Research and Related Activities”, $2,500,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $300,000,000 shall be available solely for the Major Research Instrumentation program and $200,000,000 shall be for activities authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/100/570/tII">title II of Public Law 100–570</ref> for academic research facilities modernization.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">education and human resources</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Education and Human Resources”, $100,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">major research equipment and facilities construction</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction”, $400,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General”, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 201. </num><content class="inline">Sections 1701(g) and 1704(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3796dd/g">42 U.S.C. 3796dd(g)</ref> and 3796dd–3(c)) shall not apply with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 or 2010 for Community Oriented Policing Services authorized under part Q of such Act of 1968.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/132">123 STAT. 132</page></content></section> </level> <num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Army”, $1,474,525,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Navy”, $657,051,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps”, $113,865,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $1,095,959,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve”, $98,269,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve”, $55,083,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/133">123 STAT. 133</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve”, $39,909,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve”, $13,187,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard”, $266,304,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard”, $25,848,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army”, $75,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy”, $75,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force”, $75,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/134">123 STAT. 134</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide”, $75,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Health Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Defense Health Program”, $400,000,000 for operation and maintenance, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, to improve, repair and modernize military medical facilities, and invest in the energy efficiency of military medical facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of the Inspector General”, $15,000,000 for operation and maintenance, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2011.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading>ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of the Army</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Corps of Engineers—Civil</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">investigations</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Investigations”, $25,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds provided under this heading in this title shall only be used for programs, projects or activities that heretofore or hereafter receive funds provided in Acts making appropriations available for Energy and Water Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided under this heading in this title shall be used for programs, projects or activities or elements of programs, projects or activities that can be completed within the funds made available in that account and that will not require new budget authority to complete: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for projects that are being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Army shall submit a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation, obligation and expenditures of these funds, beginning not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">construction</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction”, $2,000,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not less than $200,000,000 of the funds provided <page identifier="/us/stat/123/135">123 STAT. 135</page> shall be for water-related environmental infrastructure assistance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <ref href="/us/pl/109/103/s102">section 102 of Public Law 109–103</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2221">33 U.S.C. 2221</ref>) shall not apply to funds provided in this title: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds provided in this paragraph shall not be cost shared with the Inland Waterways Trust Fund as authorized in <ref href="/us/pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided under this heading in this title shall only be used for programs, projects or activities that heretofore or hereafter receive funds provided in Acts making appropriations available for Energy and Water Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided under this heading in this title shall be used for programs, projects or activities or elements of programs, projects or activities that can be completed within the funds made available in that account and that will not require new budget authority to complete: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the limitation concerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2280">33 U.S.C. 2280</ref>), shall not apply during fiscal year 2009 to any project that received funds provided in this title: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds appropriated under this heading may be used by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake work authorized to be carried out in accordance with section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s701r">33 U.S.C. 701r</ref>); section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</ref>); section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2330">33 U.S.C. 2330</ref>); or section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2309a">33 U.S.C. 2309a</ref>), notwithstanding the program cost limitations set forth in those sections: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for projects that are being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Army shall submit a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation, obligation and expenditures of these funds, beginning not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">mississippi river and tributaries</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Mississippi River and Tributaries”, $375,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds provided under this heading in this title shall only be used for programs, projects or activities that heretofore or hereafter receive funds provided in Acts making appropriations available for Energy and Water Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided under this heading in this title shall be used for programs, projects or activities or elements of programs, projects or activities that can be completed within the funds made available in that account and that will not require new budget authority to complete: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the limitation concerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2280">33 U.S.C. 2280</ref>), shall not apply during fiscal year 2009 to any project that received funds provided in this title: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for projects that are being completed with funds appropriated <page identifier="/us/stat/123/136">123 STAT. 136</page> in this Act that would otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Army shall submit a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation, obligation and expenditures of these funds, beginning not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">operation and maintenance</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance”, $2,075,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds provided under this heading in this title shall only be used for programs, projects or activities that heretofore or hereafter receive funds provided in Acts making appropriations available for Energy and Water Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided under this heading in this title shall be used for programs, projects or activities or elements of programs, projects or activities that can be completed within the funds made available in that account and that will not require new budget authority to complete: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <ref href="/us/pl/110/114/s9006">section 9006 of Public Law 110–114</ref> shall not apply to funds provided in this title: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for projects that are being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Army shall submit a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation, obligation and expenditures of these funds, beginning not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">regulatory program</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Regulatory Program”, $25,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">formerly utilized sites remedial action program</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program”, $100,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds provided under this heading in this title shall be used for programs, projects or activities or elements of programs, projects or activities that can be completed within the funds made available in that account and that will not require new budget authority to complete: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for projects that are being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>any: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Army shall submit a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations <page identifier="/us/stat/123/137">123 STAT. 137</page> of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation, obligation and expenditures of these funds, beginning not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Reclamation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">water and related resources</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Water and Related Resources”, $1,000,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less than $126,000,000 shall be used for water reclamation and reuse projects authorized under <ref href="/us/pl/102/575/tXVI">title XVI of Public Law 102–575</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided in this Act shall be used for elements of projects, programs or activities that can be completed within these funding amounts and not create budgetary obligations in future fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $50,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading may be transferred to the Department of the Interior for programs, projects and activities authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act (titles II–V of <ref href="/us/pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $50,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading may be used for programs, projects, and activities authorized by the California Bay-Delta Restoration Act (<ref href="/us/pl/108/361">Public Law 108–361</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not less than $60,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for rural water projects and shall be expended primarily on water intake and treatment facilities of such projects: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not less than $10,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for a bureau-wide inspection of canals program in urbanized areas: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the costs of extraordinary maintenance and replacement activities carried out with funds provided in this Act shall be repaid pursuant to existing authority, except the length of repayment period shall be as determined by the Commissioner, but in no case shall the repayment period exceed 50 years and the repayment shall include interest, at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the work is commenced, on the basis of average market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with the remaining periods of maturity comparable to the applicable reimbursement period of the project adjusted to the nearest one-eighth of 1 percent on the unamortized balance of any portion of the loan: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for projects that are being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>any: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation, obligation and expenditures of these funds, beginning not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/138">123 STAT. 138</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENERGY PROGRAMS</subheading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy”, $16,800,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $3,200,000,000 shall be available for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants for implementation of programs authorized under subtitle E of title V of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s17151/etseq">42 U.S.C. 17151 et seq.</ref>), of which $2,800,000,000 is available through the formula in subtitle E: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may use the most recent and accurate population data available to satisfy the requirements of section 543(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the remaining $400,000,000 shall be awarded on a competitive basis: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $5,000,000,000 shall be for the Weatherization Assistance Program under part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6861/etseq">42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $3,100,000,000 shall be for the State Energy Program authorized under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6321">42 U.S.C. 6321</ref>): <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $2,000,000,000 shall be available for grants for the manufacturing of advanced batteries and components and the Secretary shall provide facility funding awards under this section to manufacturers of advanced battery systems and vehicle batteries that are produced in the United States, including advanced lithium ion batteries, hybrid electrical systems, component manufacturers, and software designers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3304">section 3304 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of such title 5, the Secretary of Energy, upon a determination that there is a severe shortage of candidates or a critical hiring need for particular positions, may from within the funds provided, recruit and directly appoint highly qualified individuals into the competitive service: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such authority shall not apply to positions in the Excepted Service or the Senior Executive Service: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any action authorized herein shall be consistent with the merit principles of section 2301 of such title 5, and the Department shall comply with the public notice requirements of section 3327 of such title 5.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability,” $4,500,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds shall be available for expenses necessary for electricity delivery and energy reliability activities to modernize the electric grid, to include demand responsive equipment, enhance security and reliability of the energy infrastructure, energy storage research, development, demonstration and deployment, and facilitate recovery from disruptions to the energy supply, and for implementation of programs authorized under title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s17381/etseq">42 U.S.C. 17381 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $100,000,000 shall be available for worker training activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3304">section 3304 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/139">123 STAT. 139</page> of such title 5, the Secretary of Energy, upon a determination that there is a severe shortage of candidates or a critical hiring need for particular positions, may from within the funds provided, recruit and directly appoint highly qualified individuals into the competitive service: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such authority shall not apply to positions in the Excepted Service or the Senior Executive Service: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any action authorized herein shall be consistent with the merit principles of section 2301 of such title 5, and the Department shall comply with the public notice requirements of section 3327 of such title 5: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for the purpose of facilitating the development of regional transmission plans, the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability within the Department of Energy is provided $80,000,000 within the available funds to conduct a resource assessment and an analysis of future demand and transmission requirements after consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability in coordination with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will provide technical assistance to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the regional reliability entities, the States, and other transmission owners and operators for the formation of interconnection-based transmission plans for the Eastern and Western Interconnections and ERCOT: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such assistance may include modeling, support to regions and States for the development of coordinated State electricity policies, programs, laws, and regulations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $10,000,000 is provided to implement <ref href="/us/pl/110/140/s1305">section 1305 of Public Law 110–140</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Energy may use or transfer amounts provided under this heading to carry out new authority for transmission improvements, if such authority is enacted in any subsequent Act, consistent with existing fiscal management practices and procedures.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Fossil Energy Research and Development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Fossil Energy Research and Development”, $3,400,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup”, $483,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund”, $390,000,000, of which $70,000,000 shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Science</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Science”, $1,600,000,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/140">123 STAT. 140</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, $400,000,000, as authorized under section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s16538">42 U.S.C. 16538</ref>).</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="17">Title 17—</num><heading>Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><content>  For an additional amount for the cost of guaranteed loans authorized by section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, $6,000,000,000, available until expended, to pay the costs of guarantees made under this section: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amount provided for title XVII, $25,000,000 shall be used for administrative expenses in carrying out the guaranteed loan program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amounts provided for title XVII, $10,000,000 shall be transferred to and available for administrative expenses for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program.</proviso></content></section> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Environmental Cleanup</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Defense Environmental Cleanup,” $5,127,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation, and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7152">42 U.S.C. 7152</ref>), and other related activities including conservation and renewable resources programs as authorized, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Administrator shall establish such personnel staffing levels as he deems necessary to economically and efficiently complete the activities pursued under the authority granted by section 402 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this appropriation is non-reimbursable.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 401. </inline> </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Bonneville Power Administration Borrowing Authority.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> For the purposes of providing funds to assist in financing the construction, acquisition, and replacement of the transmission system of the Bonneville Power Administration and to implement the authority of the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s839/etseq">16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.</ref>), an additional $3,250,000,000 in borrowing authority is made available under the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s838/etseq">16 U.S.C. 838 et seq.</ref>), to remain outstanding at any time.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/141">123 STAT. 141</page></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 402. </inline> </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Western Area Power Administration Borrowing Authority.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> The Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/pl/98/381">Public Law 98–381</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><title style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num class="bold centered" value="III">“TITLE III—</num><heading class="bold centered">BORROWING AUTHORITY</heading><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="301">“SEC. 301. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s16421a">42 USC 16421a</ref>.</p></sidenote>WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION BORROWING AUTHORITY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrator</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Administrator</term>’ means the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Secretary</term>’ means the Secretary of the Treasury.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to paragraphs (2) through (5)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the Western Area Power Administration may borrow funds from the Treasury; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>the Secretary shall, without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, loan to the Western Area Power Administration, on such terms as may be fixed by the Administrator and the Secretary, such sums (not to exceed, in the aggregate (including deferred interest), $3,250,000,000 in outstanding repayable balances at any one time) as, in the judgment of the Administrator, are from time to time required for the purpose of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>constructing, financing, facilitating, planning, operating, maintaining, or studying construction of new or upgraded electric power transmission lines and related facilities with at least one terminus within the area served by the Western Area Power Administration; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>delivering or facilitating the delivery of power generated by renewable energy resources constructed or reasonably expected to be constructed after the date of enactment of this section.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interest</inline>.—</heading><content>The rate of interest to be charged in connection with any loan made pursuant to this subsection shall be fixed by the Secretary, taking into consideration market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities as of the date of the loan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Refinancing</inline>.—</heading><content>The Western Area Power Administration may refinance loans taken pursuant to this section within the Treasury.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Participation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator may permit other entities to participate in the financing, construction and ownership projects financed under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Congressional review of </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">disbursement</inline>.—</heading><content>Effective upon the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall have the authority to have utilized $1,750,000,000 at any one time. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>If the Administrator seeks to borrow funds above $1,750,000,000, the funds will be disbursed unless there is enacted, within 90 calendar days of the first such request, a joint resolution that rescinds the remainder of the balance of the borrowing authority provided in this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transmission Line and Related Facility Projects</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/142">123 STAT. 142</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For repayment purposes, each transmission line and related facility project in which the Western Area Power Administration participates pursuant to this section shall be treated as separate and distinct from—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>each other such project; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>all other Western Area Power Administration power and transmission facilities.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Proceeds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Western Area Power Administration shall apply the proceeds from the use of the transmission capacity from an individual project under this section to the repayment of the principal and interest of the loan from the Treasury attributable to that project, after reserving such funds as the Western Area Power Administration determines are necessary—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>to pay for any ancillary services that are provided; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>to meet the costs of operating and maintaining the new project from which the revenues are derived.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Source of revenue</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Revenue from the use of projects under this section shall be the only source of revenue for—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>repayment of the associated loan for the project; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>payment of expenses for ancillary services and operation and maintenance.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section confers on the Administrator any additional authority or obligation to provide ancillary services to users of transmission facilities developed under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of certain revenues</inline>.—</heading><content>Revenue from ancillary services provided by existing Federal power systems to users of transmission projects funded pursuant to this section shall be treated as revenue to the existing power system that provided the ancillary services.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certification</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For each project in which the Western Area Power Administration participates pursuant to this section, the Administrator shall certify, prior to committing funds for any such project, that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the project is in the public interest;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the project will not adversely impact system reliability or operations, or other statutory obligations; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>it is reasonable to expect that the proceeds from the project shall be adequate to make repayment of the loan.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Forgiveness of balances</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>If, at the end of the useful life of a project, there is a remaining balance owed to the Treasury under this section, the balance shall be forgiven.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Unconstructed projects</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds expended to study projects that are considered pursuant to this section but that are not constructed shall be forgiven.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notification</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator shall notify the Secretary of such amounts as are to be forgiven under this paragraph.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Public Processes</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Policies and practices</inline>.—</heading><content>Prior to requesting any loans under this section, the Administrator shall use a public <page identifier="/us/stat/123/143">123 STAT. 143</page> process to develop practices and policies that implement the authority granted by this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requests for interest</inline>.—</heading><content>In <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p></sidenote>the course of selecting potential projects to be funded under this section, the Administrator shall seek Requests For Interest from entities interested in identifying potential projects through one or more notices published in the Federal Register.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
Sec. 403. Set-aside for Management and Oversight. Up to 0.5 percent of each amount appropriated in this title may be used for the expenses of management and oversight of the programs, grants, and activities funded by such appropriation, and may be transferred by the head of the Federal department or agency involved to any other appropriate account within the department or agency for that purpose:

Reports.

Deadline.

Provided, That the Secretary will provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 30 days prior to the transfer: Provided further, That funds set aside under this section shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012.
Sec. 404. Technical Corrections to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. (a) Section 543(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17153(a)) is amended—(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:“(1) 34 percent to eligible units of local government—alternative 1, in accordance with subsection (b);“(2) 34 percent to eligible units of local government—alternative 2, in accordance with subsection (b);”.(b) Section 543(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17153(b)) is amended by striking “subsection (a)(1)” and inserting “subsection (a)(1) or (2)”.(c) Section 548(a)(1) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17158(a)(1)) is amending by striking “; provided” and all that follows through “541(3)(B)”.
Sec. 405. Amendments to Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 and following) is amended as follows:(1) By amending subparagraph (A) of

42 USC 17384.

section 1304(b)(3) to read as follows:“(A) In general.—In carrying out the initiative, the Secretary shall provide financial support to smart grid demonstration projects in urban, suburban, tribal, and rural areas, including areas where electric system assets are controlled by nonprofit entities and areas where electric system assets are controlled by investor-owned utilities.”.(2) By amending subparagraph (C) of section 1304(b)(3) to read as follows:“(C) Federal share of cost of technology investments.—The Secretary shall provide to an electric utility described in subparagraph (B) or to other parties financial assistance for use in paying an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the cost of qualifying advanced grid technology investments made by the electric utility or other party to carry out a demonstration project.”.123 STAT. 144(3) By inserting after section 1304(b)(3)(D) the following new subparagraphs:“(E) Availability of data.—The

Clearinghouse.

Secretary shall establish and maintain a smart grid information clearinghouse in a timely manner which will make data from smart grid demonstration projects and other sources available to the public. As a condition of receiving financial assistance under this subsection, a utility or other participant in a smart grid demonstration project shall provide such information as the Secretary may require to become available through the smart grid information clearinghouse in the form and within the timeframes as directed by the Secretary. The Secretary shall assure that business proprietary information and individual customer information is not included in the information made available through the clearinghouse.“(F) Open protocols and standards.—The Secretary shall require as a condition of receiving funding under this subsection that demonstration projects utilize open protocols and standards (including Internet-based protocols and standards) if available and appropriate.”.(4) By amending paragraph (2) of

42 USC 17384.

section 1304(c) to read as follows:“(2) to carry out subsection (b), such sums as may be necessary.”.(5) By amending subsection (a) of

42 USC 17386.

section 1306 by striking “reimbursement of one-fifth (20 percent)” and inserting “grants of up to one-half (50 percent)”.(6) By striking the last sentence of subsection (b)(9) of section 1306.(7) By striking “are eligible for” in subsection (c)(1) of section 1306 and inserting “utilize”.(8) By amending subsection (e) of section 1306 to read as follows:“(e) Procedures and

Deadline.

Notice.

Rules.—(1) The Secretary shall, within 60 days after the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, by means of a notice of intent and subsequent solicitation of grant proposals—“(A) establish procedures by which applicants can obtain grants of not more than one-half of their documented costs;“(B) require as a condition of receiving funding under this subsection that demonstration projects utilize open protocols and standards (including Internet-based protocols and standards) if available and appropriate;“(C) establish procedures to ensure that there is no duplication or multiple payment for the same investment or costs, that the grant goes to the party making the actual expenditures for the qualifying Smart Grid investments, and that the grants made have a significant effect in encouraging and facilitating the development of a smart grid;“(D) establish procedures to ensure there will be public records of grants made, recipients, and qualifying Smart Grid investments which have received grants; and“(E) establish procedures to provide advance payment of moneys up to the full amount of the grant award.“(2) The Secretary shall have discretion and exercise reasonable judgment to deny grants for investments that do not qualify.”.123 STAT. 145
Sec. 406. Renewable Energy and Electric Power Transmission Loan Guarantee Program. (a) Amendment.—Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511 et seq.) is amended by adding the following at the end:
“SEC. 1705.

42 USC 16516.

TEMPORARY PROGRAM FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION PROJECTS.“(a) In General.—Notwithstanding section 1703, the Secretary may make guarantees under this section only for the following categories of projects that commence construction not later than September 30, 2011:“(1) Renewable energy systems, including incremental hydropower, that generate electricity or thermal energy, and facilities that manufacture related components.“(2) Electric power transmission systems, including upgrading and reconductoring projects.“(3) Leading edge biofuel projects that will use technologies performing at the pilot or demonstration scale that the Secretary determines are likely to become commercial technologies and will produce transportation fuels that substantially reduce life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to other transportation fuels.“(b) Factors Relating to Electric Power Transmission Systems.—In determining to make guarantees to projects described in subsection (a)(2), the Secretary may consider the following factors:“(1) The viability of the project without guarantees.“(2) The availability of other Federal and State incentives.“(3) The importance of the project in meeting reliability needs.“(4) The effect of the project in meeting a State or region’s environment (including climate change) and energy goals.“(c) Wage Rate Requirements.—The Secretary shall require that each recipient of support under this section provide reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed in the performance of the project for which the assistance is provided, including those employed by contractors or subcontractors, will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Davis-Bacon Act’).“(d) Limitation.—Funding under this section for projects described in subsection (a)(3) shall not exceed $500,000,000.“(e) Sunset.—The authority to enter into guarantees under this section shall expire on September 30, 2011.”
.(b) Table of Contents Amendment.—The table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1704 the following new item: “Sec. 1705. 
Sec. 407. Weatherization Assistance Program Amendments. (a) Income Level.—Section 412(7) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6862(7)) is amended by striking “150 percent” both places it appears and inserting “200 percent”.123 STAT. 146(b) Assistance Level Per Dwelling Unit.—Section 415(c)(1) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)(1)) is amended by striking “$2,500” and inserting “$6,500”.(c) Effective Use of Funds.—In providing funds made available by this Act for the Weatherization Assistance Program, the Secretary may encourage States to give priority to using such funds for the most cost-effective efficiency activities, which may include insulation of attics, if, in the Secretary’s view, such use of funds would increase the effectiveness of the program.(d) Training and Technical Assistance.—Section 416 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6866) is amended by striking “10 percent” and inserting “up to 20 percent”.(e) Assistance for Previously Weatherized Dwelling Units.—Section 415(c)(2) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)(2)) is amended by striking “September 30, 1979” and inserting “September 30, 1994”.
Sec. 408. Technical Corrections to Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. (a) Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by redesignating paragraph (16) relating to consideration of smart grid investments (added by section 1307(a) of Public Law 110–140) as paragraph (18) and by redesignating paragraph (17) relating to smart grid information (added by section 1308(a) of Public Law 110–140) as paragraph (19).(b) Subsections (b) and (d) of section 112 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622) are each amended by striking “(17) through (18)” in each place it appears and inserting “(16) through (19)”.
Sec. 409. Renewable Electricity Transmission Study. In completing the 2009 National Electric Transmission Congestion Study, the Secretary of Energy shall include—(1) an analysis of the significant potential sources of renewable energy that are constrained in accessing appropriate market areas by lack of adequate transmission capacity;(2) an analysis of the reasons for failure to develop the adequate transmission capacity;(3) recommendations for achieving adequate transmission capacity;(4) an analysis of the extent to which legal challenges filed at the State and Federal level are delaying the construction of transmission necessary to access renewable energy; and(5) an explanation of assumptions and projections made in the Study, including—(A) assumptions and projections relating to energy efficiency improvements in each load center;(B) assumptions and projections regarding the location and type of projected new generation capacity; and(C) assumptions and projections regarding projected deployment of distributed generation infrastructure.
Sec. 410. Additional State Energy Grants. (a) In General.—Amounts appropriated under the heading “Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy” in this title shall be available to the Secretary of Energy for making additional grants under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.).

Notification.

The Secretary shall make grants under this section in excess of the base allocation established for a State under regulations issued pursuant to the 123 STAT. 147 authorization provided in section 365(f) of such Act only if the governor of the recipient State notifies the Secretary of Energy in writing that the governor has obtained necessary assurances that each of the following will occur:(1) The applicable State regulatory authority will seek to implement, in appropriate proceedings for each electric and gas utility, with respect to which the State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority, a general policy that ensures that utility financial incentives are aligned with helping their customers use energy more efficiently and that provide timely cost recovery and a timely earnings opportunity for utilities associated with cost-effective measurable and verifiable efficiency savings, in a way that sustains or enhances utility customers’ incentives to use energy more efficiently.(2) The State, or the applicable units of local government that have authority to adopt building codes, will implement the following:(A) A building energy code (or codes) for residential buildings that meets or exceeds the most recently published International Energy Conservation Code, or achieves equivalent or greater energy savings.(B) A building energy code (or codes) for commercial buildings throughout the State that meets or exceeds the ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1–2007, or achieves equivalent or greater energy savings.(C)

Deadline.

A plan for the jurisdiction achieving compliance with the building energy code or codes described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) within 8 years of the date of enactment of this Act in at least 90 percent of new and renovated residential and commercial building space. Such plan shall include active training and enforcement programs and measurement of the rate of compliance each year.(3) The State will to the extent practicable prioritize the grants toward funding energy efficiency and renewable energy programs, including—(A) the expansion of existing energy efficiency programs approved by the State or the appropriate regulatory authority, including energy efficiency retrofits of buildings and industrial facilities, that are funded—(i) by the State; or(ii) through rates under the oversight of the applicable regulatory authority, to the extent applicable;(B) the expansion of existing programs, approved by the State or the appropriate regulatory authority, to support renewable energy projects and deployment activities, including programs operated by entities which have the authority and capability to manage and distribute grants, loans, performance incentives, and other forms of financial assistance; and(C) cooperation and joint activities between States to advance more efficient and effective use of this funding to support the priorities described in this paragraph.(b) State Match.—The State cost share requirement under the item relating to “Department of Energy; Energy Conservation” in title II of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 123 STAT. 148 Appropriations Act, 1985 (42 U.S.C. 6323a; 98 Stat. 1861) shall not apply to assistance provided under this section.(c) Equipment and Materials for Energy Efficiency Measures and Renewable Energy Measures.—No limitation on the percentage of funding that may be used for the purchase and installation of equipment and materials for energy efficiency measures and renewable energy measures under grants provided under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.) shall apply to assistance provided under this section.
<num value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading>FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $7,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, for oversight and audits of the administration of the making work pay tax credit and economic recovery payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account”, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for qualified applicants under the fiscal year 2009 funding round of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program, of which up to $8,000,000 may be for financial assistance, technical assistance, training and outreach programs designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native communities and provided primarily through qualified community development lender organizations with experience and expertise in community development banking and lending in Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations and other suitable providers and up to $2,000,000 may be used for administrative <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver.</p></sidenote>expenses: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That for the purpose of the fiscal year 2009 funding round, the following statutory provisions are hereby waived: <ref href="/us/usc/t12/s4707/e">12 U.S.C. 4707(e)</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t12/s4707/d">12 U.S.C. 4707(d)</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no awardee, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, may be awarded more than 5 percent of the aggregate funds available during fiscal year 2009 from the Community Development Financial Institutions Program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><i>further,</i> That no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Department of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/149">123 STAT. 149</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Internal Revenue Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount to implement the health insurance tax credit under the TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2009, $80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Real Property Activities</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal buildings fund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">limitations on availability of revenue</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount to be deposited in the Federal Buildings Fund, $5,550,000,000, to carry out the purposes of the Fund, of which not less than $750,000,000 shall be available for Federal buildings and United States courthouses, not less than $300,000,000 shall be available for border stations and land ports of entry, and not less than $4,500,000,000 shall be available for measures necessary to convert GSA facilities to High-Performance Green Buildings, as defined in <ref href="/us/pl/110/140/s401">section 401 of Public Law 110–140</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not to exceed $108,000,000 of the amounts provided under this heading may be expended for rental of space, related to leasing of temporary space in connection with projects funded under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $127,000,000 of the amounts provided under this heading may be expended for building operations, for the administrative costs of completing projects funded under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $3,000,000 of the funds provided shall be for on-the-job pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs registered with the Department of Labor, for the construction, repair, and alteration of Federal buildings: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not less than $5,000,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be obligated by September 30, 2010, and the remainder of the funds provided under this heading shall be obligated not later than September 30, 2011: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Administrator of General Services is authorized to initiate design, construction, repair, alteration, and other projects through existing authorities of the Administrator: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the General Services Administration shall submit a detailed plan, by project, regarding the use of funds made available in this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days of enactment of this Act, and shall provide notification to the Committees within 15 days prior to any changes regarding the use of these funds: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, hereafter, the Administrator shall report to the Committees on the obligation of these funds on a quarterly basis beginning on June 30, 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amounts provided, $4,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with “Government-Wide Policy”, for the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings as authorized in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/140">Public Law 110–140</ref>): <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That amounts provided under this heading that are savings or cannot be used for the activity for which originally obligated may <page identifier="/us/stat/123/150">123 STAT. 150</page> be deobligated and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, reobligated for the purposes identified in the plan required under this heading not less than 15 days after notification has been provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Energy-Efficient Federal Motor Vehicle Fleet Procurement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For capital expenditures and necessary expenses of acquiring motor vehicles with higher fuel economy, including: hybrid vehicles; electric vehicles; and commercially-available, plug-in hybrid vehicles, $300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of these funds may be obligated until the Administrator of General Services submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, a plan for expenditure of the funds that details the current inventory of the Federal fleet owned by the General Services Administration, as well as other Federal agencies, and the strategy to expend these funds to replace a portion of the Federal fleet with the goal of substantially increasing energy efficiency over the current status, including increasing fuel efficiency and reducing emissions: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, hereafter, the Administrator shall report to the Committees on the obligation of these funds on a quarterly basis beginning on September 30, 2009.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the Office of the Inspector General, to remain available until September 30, 2013, for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and projects funded under this title, $7,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RECOVERY ACT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Recovery Act Accountability and Transparency Board to carry out the provisions of title XV of this Act, $84,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount, to remain available until September 30, 2010, $69,000,000, of which $24,000,000 is for marketing, management, and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s636/m/4">15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)</ref>) by intermediaries that make microloans under the microloan program, and of which $20,000,000 is for improving, streamlining, and automating information technology systems related to lender processes and lender oversight: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Small Business Administration shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under the heading “<headingText>Small Business Administration</headingText>” in this Act.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/151">123 STAT. 151</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and projects funded under this title.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Business Loans Program Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, and for an additional amount for the cost of guaranteed loans, $630,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amount for the cost of guaranteed loans, $375,000,000 shall be for reimbursements, loan subsidies and loan modifications for loans to small business concerns authorized in section 501 of this title; and $255,000,000 shall be for loan subsidies and loan modifications for loans to small business concerns authorized in section 506 of this title: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions—Small Business Administration</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 501. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fee Reductions.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrative Provisions Small Business Administration</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Until September 30, 2010, and to the extent that the cost of such elimination or reduction of fees is offset by appropriations, with respect to each loan guaranteed under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s636/a">15 U.S.C. 636(a)</ref>) and section 502 of this title, for which the application is approved on or after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in lieu of the fee otherwise applicable under section 7(a)(23)(A) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s636/a/23/A">15 U.S.C. 636(a)(23)(A)</ref>), collect no fee or reduce fees to the maximum extent possible; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in lieu of the fee otherwise applicable under section 7(a)(18)(A) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s636/a/18/A">15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18)(A)</ref>), collect no fee or reduce fees to the maximum extent possible.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Temporary Fee Elimination for the 504 Loan Program</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Until September 30, 2010, and to the extent the cost of such elimination in fees is offset by appropriations, with respect to each project or loan guaranteed by the Administrator pursuant to title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s695/etseq">15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.</ref>) for which an application is approved or pending approval on or after the date of enactment of this Act—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Administrator shall, in lieu of the fee otherwise applicable under section 503(d)(2) of the Small Business <page identifier="/us/stat/123/152">123 STAT. 152</page> Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s697/d/2">15 U.S.C. 697(d)(2)</ref>), collect no fee;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a development company shall, in lieu of the processing fee under <ref href="/us/cfr/t13/s120.971/a/1">section 120.971(a)(1) of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (relating to fees paid by borrowers), or any successor thereto, collect no fee.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reimbursement for waived fees</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent that the cost of such payments is offset by appropriations, the Administrator shall reimburse each development company that does not collect a processing fee pursuant to paragraph (1)(B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount</inline>.—</heading><content>The payment to a development company under subparagraph (A) shall be in an amount equal to 1.5 percent of the net debenture proceeds for which the development company does not collect a processing fee pursuant to paragraph (1)(B).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Fee Eliminations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>To the extent that amounts are made available to the Administrator for the purpose of fee eliminations or reductions under subsection (a), the Administrator shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>first use any amounts provided to eliminate or reduce fees paid by small business borrowers under clauses (i) through (iii) of paragraph (18)(A), to the maximum extent possible; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>then use any amounts provided to eliminate or reduce fees under paragraph (23)(A) paid by small business lenders with assets less than $1,000,000,000 as of the date of enactment; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>then use any remaining amounts appropriated under this title to reduce fees paid by small business lenders other than those with assets less than $1,000,000,000.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Administrator shall eliminate fees under subsections (a) and (b) until the amount provided for such purposes, as applicable, under the heading “<headingText>Business Loans Program Account</headingText>” under the heading “<headingText>Small Business Administration</headingText>” under this Act are expended.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 502. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Economic Stimulus Lending Program for Small Businesses.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>The purpose of this section is to permit the Small Business Administration to guarantee up to 90 percent of qualifying small business loans made by eligible lenders.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The term “<term>Administrator</term>” means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The term “<term>qualifying small business loan</term>” means any loan to a small business concern pursuant to section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s636">15 U.S.C. 636</ref>) or title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s695">15 U.S.C. 695</ref> and following) except for such loans made under section 7(a)(31).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The term “<term>small business concern</term>” has the same meaning as provided by section 3 of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s632">15 U.S.C. 632</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified Borrowers</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Aliens unlawfully present in the united states</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A loan guarantee may not be made under this section for a loan made to a concern if an individual who is an alien unlawfully present in the United States—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/153">123 STAT. 153</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>has an ownership interest in that concern; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>has an ownership interest in another concern that itself has an ownership interest in that concern.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Firms in violation of immigration laws</inline>.—</heading><content>No loan guarantee may be made under this section for a loan to any entity found, based on a determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General to have engaged in a pattern or practice of hiring, recruiting or referring for a fee, for employment in the United States an alien knowing the person is an unauthorized alien.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Criminal Background Checks</inline>.—</heading><content>Prior to the approval of any loan guarantee under this section, the Administrator may verify the applicant’s criminal background, or lack thereof, through the best available means, including, if possible, use of the National Crime Information Center computer system at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Other Law</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any activity of the Administrator under this section from the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (title V of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s661">2 U.S.C. 661</ref> and following).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sunset</inline>.—</heading><content>Loan guarantees may not be issued under this section after the date 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Small Business Act Provisions</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>provisions of the Small Business Act applicable to loan guarantees under section 7 of that Act and regulations promulgated thereunder as of the date of enactment of this Act shall apply to loan guarantees under this section except as otherwise provided in this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization</inline>.—</heading><content>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="503"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 503. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment of SBA Secondary Market Guarantee Authority.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>The purpose of this section is to provide the Administrator with the authority to establish the SBA Secondary Market Guarantee Authority within the SBA to provide a Federal guarantee for pools of first lien 504 loans that are to be sold to third-party investors.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The term “<term>Administrator</term>” means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The term “<term>first lien position 504 loan</term>” means the first mortgage position, non-federally guaranteed loans made by private sector lenders made under title V of the Small Business Investment Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment of Authority</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Organization</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The Administrator shall establish a Secondary Market Guarantee Authority within the Small Business Administration.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The Administrator shall appoint a Director of the Authority who shall report to the Administrator.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>The Administrator is authorized to hire such personnel as are necessary to operate the Authority and may contract such operations of the Authority as necessary to qualified third party companies or individuals.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/154">123 STAT. 154</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>The Administrator is authorized to contract with private sector fiduciary and custom dial agents as necessary to operate the Authority.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Guarantee process</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote>The Administrator shall establish, by rule, a process in which private sector entities may apply to the Administration for a Federal guarantee on pools of first lien position 504 loans that are to be sold to third-party investors.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The Administrator is authorized to contract with private sector fiduciary and custom dial agents as necessary to operate the Authority.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote>The Administrator shall establish, by rule, a process in which private sector entities may apply to the SBA for a Federal guarantee on pools of first lien position 504 loans that are to be sold to third-party investors.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>The rule under this section shall provide for a process for the Administrator to consider and make decisions regarding whether to extend a Federal guarantee referred to in clause (i). Such rule shall also provide that:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>The seller of the pools purchasing a guarantee under this section retains not less than 5 percent of the dollar amount of the pools to be sold to third-party investors.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>The Administrator shall charge fees, upfront or annual, at a specified percentage of the loan amount that is at such a rate that the cost of the program under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (title V of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s661">2 U.S.C. 661</ref>) shall be equal to zero.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>The Administrator may guarantee not more than $3,000,000,000 of pools under this authority.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>The Administrator shall establish documents, legal covenants, and other required documentation to protect the interests of the United States.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>The Administrator shall establish a process to receive and disburse funds to entities under the authority established in this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Administrator shall ensure that entities purchasing a guarantee under this section are using such guarantee for the purpose of selling 504 first lien position pools to third-party investors.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>If the Administrator finds that any such guarantee was used for a purpose other than that specified in paragraph (1), the Administrator shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>prohibit the purchaser of the guarantee or its affiliates (within the meaning of the regulations under <ref href="/us/cfr/t13/s121.103">13 CFR 121.103</ref>) from using the authority of this section in the future; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>take any other actions the Administrator, in consultation with the Attorney General of the United States deems appropriate.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Oversight</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>Administrator shall submit a report to Congress not later than the third business day of each month setting forth each of the following:</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/155">123 STAT. 155</page> <paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The aggregate amount of guarantees extended under this section during the preceding month.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The aggregate amount of guarantees outstanding.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Defaults and payments on defaults made under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The identity of each purchaser of a guarantee found by the Administrator to have misused guarantees under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Any other information the Administrator deems necessary to fully inform Congress of undue risk to the United States associated with the issuance of guarantees under this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Duration of Program</inline>.—</heading><content>The authority of this section shall terminate on the date 2 years after the date of enactment of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>Such sums as necessary are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Budget Treatment</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any activity of the Administrator under this section from the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (title V of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s661">2 U.S.C. 661</ref> and following).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Emergency Rulemaking Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>Administrator shall issue regulations under this section within 15 days after the date of enactment of this section. The notice requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s553/b">section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref> shall not apply to the promulgation of such regulations.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="504"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 504. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Stimulus for Community Development Lending.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Low Interest Refinancing Under the Local Development Business Loan Program</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 502 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s696">15 U.S.C. 696</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Permissible debt refinancing</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Any financing approved under this title may include a limited amount of debt refinancing.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expansions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If the project involves expansion of a small business concern, any amount of existing indebtedness that does not exceed 50 percent of the project cost of the expansion may be refinanced and added to the expansion cost, if—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the proceeds of the indebtedness were used to acquire land, including a building situated thereon, to construct a building thereon, or to purchase equipment;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the existing indebtedness is collateralized by fixed assets;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the existing indebtedness was incurred for the benefit of the small business concern;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>the financing under this title will be used only for refinancing existing indebtedness or costs relating to the project financed under this title;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>the financing under this title will provide a substantial benefit to the borrower when prepayment penalties, financing fees, and other financing costs are accounted for;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/156">123 STAT. 156</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><content>the borrower has been current on all payments due on the existing debt for not less than 1 year preceding the date of refinancing; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">“(vii) </num><content>the financing under section 504 will provide better terms or rate of interest than the existing indebtedness at the time of refinancing.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Job Creation Goals</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 501(e)(1) and section 501(e)(2) of the Small Business Investment Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s695">15 U.S.C. 695</ref>) are each amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$50,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$65,000</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="505"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 505. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increasing Small Business Investment.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Simplified Maximum Leverage Limits</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s683/b">15 U.S.C. 683(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>By <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> so much of paragraph (2) as precedes subparagraphs (C) and (D) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maximum leverage</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The maximum amount of outstanding leverage made available to any one company licensed under section 301(c) of this Act may not exceed the lesser of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>300 percent of such company’s private capital; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>$150,000,000.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Multiple licenses under common control</inline>.—</heading><content>The maximum amount of outstanding leverage made available to two or more companies licensed under section 301(c) of this Act that are commonly controlled (as determined by the Administrator) and not under capital impairment may not exceed $225,000,000.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>By <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (2)(C) by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(i)</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>In calculating</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> the following at the end thereof:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>The maximum amount of outstanding leverage made available to—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>any 1 company described in clause (iii) may not exceed the lesser of 300 percent of private capital of the company, or $175,000,000; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>2 or more companies described in clause (iii) that are under common control (as determined by the Administrator) may not exceed $250,000,000.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>A company described in this clause is a company licensed under section 301(c) in the first fiscal year after the date of enactment of this clause or any fiscal year thereafter that certifies in writing that not less than 50 percent of the dollar amount of investments of that company shall be made in companies that are located in a low-income geographic area (as that term is defined in section 351).”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>By <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (4).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Simplified Aggregate Investment Limitations</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 306(a) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s686/a">15 U.S.C. 686(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Percentage Limitation on Private Capital</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If any small business investment company has obtained financing from the Administrator and such financing remains outstanding, the aggregate amount of securities acquired and for which commitments may be issued by such company under the provisions of this title <page identifier="/us/stat/123/157">123 STAT. 157</page> for any single enterprise shall not, without the approval of the Administrator, exceed 10 percent of the sum of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the private capital of such company; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the total amount of leverage projected by the company in the company’s business plan that was approved by the Administrator at the time of the grant of the company’s license.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Investments in Smaller Enterprises</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 303(d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s683/d">15 U.S.C. 683(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Investments in Smaller Enterprises</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator shall require each licensee, as a condition of approval of an application for leverage, to certify in writing that not less than 25 percent of the aggregate dollar amount of financings of that licensee shall be provided to smaller enterprises.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="506"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 506. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Business Stabilization Program.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall carry out a program to provide loans on a deferred basis to viable (as such term is determined pursuant to regulation by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration) small business concerns that have a qualifying small business loan and are experiencing immediate financial hardship.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible Borrower</inline>.—</heading><content>A small business concern as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s632">15 U.S.C. 632</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifying Small Business Loan</inline>.—</heading><content>A loan made to a small business concern that meets the eligibility standards in section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s636/a">15 U.S.C. 636(a)</ref>) but shall not include loans guarantees (or loan guarantee commitments made) by the Administrator prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Loan Size</inline>.—</heading><content>Loans guaranteed under this section may not exceed $35,000.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>Loans guaranteed under this program shall be used to make periodic payment of principal and interest, either in full or in part, on an existing qualifying small business loan for a period of time not to exceed 6 months.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Loan Terms</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Loans made under this section shall:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>carry a 100 percent guaranty; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>have interest fully subsidized for the period of repayment.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repayment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Repayment for loans made under this section shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>be amortized over a period of time not to exceed 5 years; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote>not begin until 12 months after the final disbursement of funds is made.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Collateral</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator of the Small Business Administration may accept any available collateral, including subordinated liens, to secure loans made under this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fees</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator of the Small Business Administration is prohibited from charging any processing fees, origination fees, application fees, points, brokerage fees, bonus points, prepayment penalties, and other fees that could be charged to a loan applicant for loans under this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sunset</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall not issue loan guarantees under this section after September 30, 2010.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/158">123 STAT. 158</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">(k) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Emergency Rulemaking Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall issue regulations under this section within 15 days after the date of enactment of this section. The notice requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s553/b">section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref> shall not apply to the promulgation of such regulations.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="507">SEC. 507. </num><heading>GAO REPORT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report </inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall report to the Congress on the actions of the    Administrator in implementing the authorities established in the administrative provisions of this title.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)  </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">  Included Item</inline>.—</heading><content>The report under this section shall include a summary of the activity of the Administrator under this title and an analysis of whether he   is accomplishing the purpose of increasing liquidity in the secondary market for Small Busi ness Administration loans.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="508">SEC. 508. </num><heading>SURETY BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maximum Bond Amount </inline>.—</heading><chapeau>    Sec tion  411(a)(1) of the Small Business Investment Act     of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s694b/a/1">15 U.S.C. 694b(a)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(A)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>(1)</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$2,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$5,000,000</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The Administrator may guarantee a surety under s  ubparagraph (A) for a total work order or contract amount that does not exceed $10,000,000, if a contracting officer of a Federal agency certifies that such a guarantee is necessary.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.      </content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)  </num><heading>  Denial of Liability—</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  Section 411 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s694b">15 U.S.C. 694b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsect ion (e) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reimbursement of Surety; Conditions</inline>.—</heading></subsection><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">Pursuant to any such gua rantee or agreement, the Administration shall reimburse the surety    , as provided in subsection (c) of this section, except that the Administration shall be relieved of liability (in whole or in part within the discretion of the Administration) if—</continuation></quotedContent></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the surety obtained such guarantee or agreement, or applied for such reinbursement, by fraud or material misrepresentation,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the total contract amount at the time of execution of the bond or bonds exceeds $5,000,000,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the surety has breached a material term or condition of such guarantee agreement, or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the surety has substantially violated the regulations promulgated by the Administration pursuant to subsection (d).”</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">“(k) </num><content>For bonds made or executed with the prior approval of the Administration, the Administration shall not deny liability to a surety based upon material information that was provided as part of the guaranty application.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Size Standards</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 410 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s694a">15 U.S.C. 694a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any rule, regulation, or order of the Administration, for purposes <page identifier="/us/stat/123/159">123 STAT. 159</page> of sections 410, 411, and 412 the term ‘<term>small business concern</term>’ means a business concern that meets the size standard for the primary industry in which such business concern, and the affiliates of such business concern, is engaged, as determined by the Administrator in accordance with the North American Indust ry Classification System.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>—</heading><chapeau>The     Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall conduct a study of the current funding structure of the surety bond program carried out under part B (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s694a/etseq">15 U.S.C. 694a et seq.</ref>) of title IV of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. The study shall include--</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>an assessment of whether the program’s current funding framework and program fees are inhibiting the program’s growth;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>an assessment of whether surety companies and small business concerns could benefit from an alternative funding structure; and</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>—</heading><content>Not later than 180 days after  the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the results of  the study required under subsection (d).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s694a">15 USC 694a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Sunset</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall remain in effect until September 30, 2010.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="509">SEC. 509. </num><heading>ESTABLISHMENT OF SBA SECONDARY MARKET LENDING AUTHORITY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>The purpose of this section is to provide the Small Business Administration with the authority to establish a Secondary Market Lending Authority within the SBA to make loans to the systemically important SBA secondary market broker-dealers who operate the SBA secondary market.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For  purposes of this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The term “<term>Administrator</term>” means the Administrator of the SBA.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The term “<term>SBA</term>” means the Small Business Administration.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The terms “Secondary Market Lending Authority” and “Authority” mean the office establishedunder subsection (c).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The term “<term>SBA secondary market</term>” meansthe market for the purchase and sale of loans originated, underwritten, and closed under the Small Business Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The term “<term>Systemically Important Secondary Market Broker-Dealers</term>” mean those entities designated under subsection (c)(1) as vital to the continued operation of the SBA secondary market by reason of their purchase and sale of the government guaranteed portion of loans, or pools of loans,originated, underwritten, and closed under the Small Business Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities, Authorities, Organization, and Limitations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Designation of systemically important SBA secondary market broker-dealers</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator shall establish a process to designate, in consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Secretary of the Treasury, Systemically Important Secondary Market Broker-Dealers.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment of SBA secondary market lending authority</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/160">123 STAT. 160</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Organization</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>The Administrator shall establish within the SBA an office to provide loans to Systemically Important Secondary Market Broker-dealers to be used for the purpose of financing the inventory of the government guaranteed portion of loans, originated, underwritten, and closed under the Small Business Act or pools of such loans.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>The Administrator shall appoint a Director of the Authority who shall report to the Administrator.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>The Administrator is authorized to hire such personnel as are necessary to operate the Authority.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>The Administrator may contract such Authority operations as he determines necessary to qualified third-party companies or individuals.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>The Administrator is authorized to contract with private sector fiduciary and custodial agents as necessary to operate the Authority.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Loans</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote>The Administrator shall establish by rule a process under which Systemically Important SBA Secondary Market Broker-Dealers designated under paragraph (1) may apply to the Administrator for loans under this section.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>The rule under clause (i) shall provide a process for the Administrator to consider and make decisions regarding whether or not to extend a loan applied for under this section. Such rule shall include provisions to assure each of the following:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>That loans made under this section are for the sole purpose of financing the inventory of the govern ment guaranteed portion of loans, originated, underwritten, and closed under the Small Business Act or pools of such loans.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>That loans made under this section are fully collateralized to the satisfaction of the Administrator.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>That there is no limit to the frequency in which a borrower may borrow under this section unless the Administrator determines that doing so would create an undue risk of loss to the agency or the United States.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">(IV) </num><content>That there is no limit on the size of a loan, subject to the discretion of the Administrator.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>Interest on loans under this section shall not exceed the Federal Funds target rate as established by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors plus 25 basis points.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>The rule under this section shall provide for such loan documents, legal covenants, collateral requirements and other required documentation as necessary to protect the interests of the agency, the United States, and the taxpayer.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>The Administrator shall establish custodial accounts to safeguard any collateral pledged to the SBA in connection with a loan under this section.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/161">123 STAT. 161</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>The Administrator shall establish a process to disburse and receive funds to and from borrowers under this section.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentDown1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations   on use of Loan Proceeds by Systemically Important Secondary Market Broker-Dealers</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The   Administrator shall ensure that borrowers under this section are using funds provided under this section only for the purpose specified in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I). If the Administrator finds that such funds were used for any other purpose, the Administrator shall—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>require immediate repayment of outstanding loans;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>prohibit the borrower, its affiliates, or any future corporate manifestation of the borrower from using the Authority; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>take any other actions the Administrator, in consultation with the Attorney General of the United States, deemsappropriate.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report to Congress  </inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Administrator shall submit a report to Congress not later than the third business day of each month containing a statement of each of the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The aggregate loan amounts extended during the preceding month under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The aggregate loan amounts repaid under this section during the proceeding month.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The aggregate loan amount outstanding under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The aggregate value of assets held as collateral under this section;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The amount of any defaults or delinquencies on loans made under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>The identity of any borrower found by the Administrator to misuse funds made available under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>Any other information the Administrator deems necessary to fully inform Congress of undue risk of financial loss to the United States in      connection with loans made under this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Duration</inline>.—</heading><content>The authority of this section shall remain in effect for a period of 2 years after the date of enactment of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">F  ees</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator shall charge fees, up front, annual, or both at a specified percentage of the loan amount that is at such a rate that the cost of the program under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 ((title V of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s661">2 U.S.C. 661</ref>) shall be equal to zero.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Budget treatment</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any activity of the Administrator under this section from the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (title V of the Congressional Budget and Im poundment Control Act of 1974; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s661">2 U.S.C. 661</ref> and following).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Emergency Rulemaking Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Administrator shall promulgate regulations under this section within 30 days after the date of enactment of enactment of this section. In promulgating these regulations,the Administrator the notice requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s553/b">section 553(b) of title 5 of the United States Code</ref> shall not apply.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/162">123 STAT. 162</page></content></subsection></section> </level> <num value="VI">TITLE VI—</num><heading>DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Management</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of the Under Secretary for Management”, $200,000,000 for planning, design, construction costs, site security, information technology infrastructure, fixtures, and related costs to consolidate the Department of Homeland Security headquarters: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these funds.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of Inspector General”, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012, for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and projects funded under this title.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses”, $160,000,000, of which $100,000,000 shall be for the procurement and deployment of non-intrusive inspection systems; and of which $60,000,000 shall be for procurement and deployment of tactical communications equipment and radios: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for expenditure of these funds.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology”, $100,000,000 for expedited development and deployment of border security technology on the Southwest border: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for expenditure of these funds.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">construction</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction”, $420,000,000 solely for planning, management, design, alteration, and construction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection owned land border ports of entry: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for expenditure of these funds.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/163">123 STAT. 163</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">automation modernization</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Automation Modernization”, $20,000,000 for the procurement and deployment of tactical communications equipment and radios: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for expenditure of these funds.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Transportation Security Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">aviation security</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Aviation Security”, $1,000,000,000 for procurement and installation of checked baggage explosives detection systems and checkpoint explosives detection equipment: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) shall prioritize the award of these funds to accelerate the installations at locations with completed design plans: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these funds.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Coast Guard</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">acquisition, construction, and improvements</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements”, $98,000,000 for shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities; for priority procurements due to materials and labor cost increases; and for costs to repair, renovate, assess, or improve vessels: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these funds.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">alteration of bridges</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Alteration of Bridges”, $142,000,000 for alteration or removal of obstructive bridges, as authorized by section 6 of the Truman-Hobbs Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s516">33 U.S.C. 516</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Coast Guard shall award these funds to those bridges that are ready to proceed to construction: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these funds.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/164">123 STAT. 164</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Emergency Management Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">state and local programs</inline></heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for grants, $300,000,000, to be allocated as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$150,000,000 for Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance under sections 1406 and 1513 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/53">Public Law 110–53</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t6/s1135">6 U.S.C. 1135</ref> and 1163).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$150,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t46/s70107">46 U.S.C. 70107</ref>, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t46/s70107/c">46 U.S.C. 70107(c)</ref>.</content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">firefighter assistance grants</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for competitive grants, $210,000,000 for modifying, upgrading, or constructing non-Federal fire stations: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That up to 5 percent shall be for program administration: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no grant shall exceed $15,000,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">disaster assistance direct loan program account</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding section 417(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the amount of any such loan issued pursuant to this section for major disasters occurring in calendar year 2008 may exceed $5,000,000, and may be equal to not more than 50 percent of the annual operating budget of the local government in any case in which that local government has suffered a loss of 25 percent or more in tax revenues: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the cost of modifying such loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">emergency food and shelter</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount to carry out the emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s11331/etseq">42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.</ref>), $100,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That total administrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total amount made available under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="601"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 601.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Panel.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall establish an arbitration panel under the Federal Emergency Management Agency public assistance program to expedite the recovery efforts from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita within the Gulf Coast Region. The arbitration panel shall have sufficient authority regarding the award or denial of disputed public assistance applications for covered hurricane damage under section 403, 406, or 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170b">42 U.S.C. 5170b</ref>, 5172, or 5173) for a project the total amount of which is more than $500,000.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="602"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 602. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may not prohibit or restrict the use of funds designated under the hazard mitigation grant program for damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita if the homeowner who is an applicant for assistance under such program commenced work <page identifier="/us/stat/123/165">123 STAT. 165</page> otherwise eligible for hazard mitigation grant program assistance under section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170c">42 U.S.C. 5170c</ref>) without approval in writing from the Administrator.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="603"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 603. </num><content class="inline">Subparagraph (E) of section 34(a)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s2229a/a/1/E">15 U.S.C. 2229a(a)(1)(E)</ref>) shall not apply with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 or 2010 for grants under such section 34.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="604"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 604. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t6/s453b">6 USC 453b</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subsections (c) through (g), funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Homeland Security may not be used for the procurement of an item described in subsection (b) if the item is not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Covered Items</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An item referred to in subsection (a) is any of the following, if the item is directly related to the national security interests of the United States:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>An article or item of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>clothing and the materials and components thereof, other than sensors, electronics, or other items added to, and not normally associated with, clothing (and the materials and components thereof);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>tents, tarpaulins, covers, textile belts, bags, protective equipment (including but not limited to body armor), sleep systems, load carrying equipment (including but not limited to fieldpacks), textile marine equipment, parachutes, or bandages;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>cotton and other natural fiber products, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric (including all textile fibers and yarns that are for use in such fabrics), canvas products, or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>any item of individual equipment manufactured from or containing such fibers, yarns, fabrics, or materials.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability Exception</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (a) does not apply to the extent that the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any such article or item described in subsection (b)(1) grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market prices. This section is not applicable to covered items that are, or include, materials determined to be non-available in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 25.104 Nonavailable Articles.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">De Minimis Exception</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security may accept delivery of an item covered by subsection (b) that contains non-compliant fibers if the total value of non-compliant fibers contained in the end item does not exceed 10 percent of the total purchase price of the end item.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception for Certain Procurements Outside the United States</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subsection (a) does not apply to the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Procurements by vessels in foreign waters.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Emergency procurements.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception for Small Purchases</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (a) does not apply to purchases for amounts not greater than the simplified <page identifier="/us/stat/123/166">123 STAT. 166</page> acquisition threshold referred to in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2304/g">section 2304(g) of title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicability to Contracts and Subcontracts for Procurement of Commercial Items</inline>.—</heading><content>This section is applicable to contracts and subcontracts for the procurement of commercial items not withstanding section 34 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s430">41 U.S.C. 430</ref>), with the exception of commercial items listed under subsections (b)(1)(C) and (b)(1)(D) above. For the purposes of this section, “commercial” shall be as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation—Part 2.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Geographic Coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>In this section, the term “<term>United States</term>” includes the possessions of the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Internet posting.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Notification Required Within 7 Days After Contract Award if Certain Exceptions Applied</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any contract for the procurement of an item described in subsection (b)(1), if the Secretary of Homeland Security applies an exception set forth in subsection (c) with respect to that contract, the Secretary shall, not later than 7 days after the award of the contract, post a notification that the exception has been applied on the Internet site maintained by the General Services Administration known as FedBizOps.gov (or any successor site).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Training During Fiscal Year 2009</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that each member of the acquisition workforce in the Department of Homeland Security who participates personally and substantially in the acquisition of textiles on a regular basis receives training during fiscal year 2009 on the requirements of this section and the regulations implementing this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inclusion of information in new training programs</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall ensure that any training program for the acquisition workforce developed or implemented after the date of the enactment of this Act includes comprehensive information on the requirements described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">(k) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS</inline>.—</heading><content> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">(l) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>This section applies with respect to contracts entered into by the Department of Homeland Security 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> </level> <num value="VII">TITLE VII—</num><heading>INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Land Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">management of lands and resources</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Management of Lands and Resources”, for activities on all Bureau of Land Management lands including maintenance, rehabilitation, and restoration of facilities, property, trails and lands and for remediation of abandoned mines and wells, $125,000,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/167">123 STAT. 167</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">construction</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction”, for activities on all Bureau of Land Management lands including construction, reconstruction, decommissioning and repair of roads, bridges, trails, property, and facilities and for energy efficient retrofits of existing facilities, $180,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">wildland fire management</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Wildland Fire Management”, for hazardous fuels reduction, $15,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Fish and Wildlife Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">resource management</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Resource Management”, for deferred maintenance, construction, and capital improvement projects on national wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries and for high priority habitat restoration projects, $165,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">construction</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction”, for construction, reconstruction, and repair of roads, bridges, property, and facilities and for energy efficient retrofits of existing facilities, $115,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Park Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">operation of the national park system</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation of the National Park System”, for deferred maintenance of facilities and trails and for other critical repair and rehabilitation projects, $146,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Historic Preservation Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Historic Preservation Fund”, for historic preservation projects at historically black colleges and universities as authorized by the Historic Preservation Fund Act of 1996 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Act of 1996, $15,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That any matching requirements otherwise required for such projects are waived.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">construction</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction”, for repair and restoration of roads; construction of facilities, including energy efficient retrofits of existing facilities; equipment replacement; preservation and repair of historical resources within the National Park System; cleanup of abandoned mine sites on park lands; and other critical infrastructure projects, $589,000,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/168">123 STAT. 168</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Geological Survey</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">surveys, investigations, and research</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Surveys, Investigations, and Research”, $140,000,000, for repair, construction and restoration of facilities; equipment replacement and upgrades including stream gages, and seismic and volcano monitoring systems; national map activities; and other critical deferred maintenance and improvement projects.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Indian Affairs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">operation of indian programs</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation of Indian Programs”, for workforce training programs and the housing improvement program, $40,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">construction</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction”, for repair and restoration of roads; replacement school construction; school improvements and repairs; and detention center maintenance and repairs, $450,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That section 1606 of this Act shall not apply to tribal contracts entered into by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">indian guaranteed loan program account</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account”, $10,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General”, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General”, $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Hazardous Substance Superfund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Hazardous Substance Superfund”, $600,000,000, which shall be for the Superfund Remedial program: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator) may retain up to 3 percent of the funds appropriated herein for management and oversight purposes.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/169">123 STAT. 169</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program”, $200,000,000, which shall be for cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of these funds shall be subject to cost share requirements under section 9003(h)(7)(B) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Administrator may retain up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated herein for management and oversight purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">State and Tribal Assistance Grants</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfers of funds)</inline></subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Tribal Assistance Grants”, $6,400,000,000, which shall be allocated as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$4,000,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and $2,000,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Administrator may retain up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated herein for management and oversight purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds appropriated herein shall not be subject to the matching or cost share requirements of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3) or 202 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act nor the matching requirements of section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>That the Administrator shall reallocate funds appropriated herein for the Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (Revolving Funds) where projects are not under contract or construction within 12 months of the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding the priority rankings they would otherwise receive under each program, priority for funds appropriated herein shall be given to projects on a State priority list that are ready to proceed to construction within 12 months of the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding the requirements of section 603(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or section 1452(f) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the funds appropriated herein, each State shall use not less than 50 percent of the amount of its capitalization grants to provide additional subsidization to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans or grants or any combination of these: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project applications, not less than 20 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Revolving Funds shall be for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements or other environmentally innovative activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding the limitation on amounts specified in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds may be reserved by the Administrator for tribal grants under section 518(c) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That up to 4 percent of the funds appropriated herein for tribal set-asides under the Revolving Funds may be transferred to the Indian <page identifier="/us/stat/123/170">123 STAT. 170</page> Health Service to support management and oversight of tribal projects: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available for the purchase of land or easements as authorized by section 603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or for activities authorized by section 1452(k) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding section 603(d)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(f)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds may be used to buy, refinance or restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt was incurred on or after October 1, 2008;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$100,000,000 shall be to carry out Brownfields projects authorized by section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Administrator may reserve up to 3.5 percent of the funds appropriated herein for management and oversight purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be subject to cost share requirements under section 104(k)(9)(B)(iii) of such Act; and</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$300,000,000 shall be for Diesel Emission Reduction Act grants pursuant to title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Administrator may reserve up to 2 percent of the funds appropriated herein for management and oversight purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds appropriated herein for Diesel Emission Reduction Act grants shall be subject to the State Grant and Loan Program Matching Incentive provisions of section 793(c)(3) of such Act.</proviso></content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provision, Environmental Protection Agency</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(Including Transfers of Funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds made available to the Environmental Protection Agency by this Act for management and oversight purposes shall remain available until September 30, 2011, and may be transferred to the “Environmental Programs and Management” account as needed.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Forest Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">capital improvement and maintenance</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Capital Improvement and Maintenance”, $650,000,000, for priority road, bridge and trail maintenance and decommissioning, including related watershed restoration and ecosystem enhancement projects; facilities improvement, maintenance and renovation; remediation of abandoned mine sites; and support costs necessary to carry out this work.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">wildland fire management</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Wildland Fire Management”, $500,000,000, of which $250,000,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction, forest health protection, rehabilitation and hazard mitigation activities on Federal lands and of which $250,000,000 is for State and private forestry activities including hazardous fuels reduction, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/171">123 STAT. 171</page> forest health and ecosystem improvement activities on State and private lands using all authorities available to the Forest Service: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That up to $50,000,000 of the total funding may be used to make wood-to-energy grants to promote increased utilization of biomass from Federal, State and private lands: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided for activities on State and private lands shall not be subject to matching or cost share requirements.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Indian Health Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">indian health services</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Indian Health Services”, for health information technology activities, $85,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such funds may be used for both telehealth services development and related infrastructure requirements that are typically funded through the “Indian Health Facilities” account: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, health information technology funds provided within this title shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">indian health facilities</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Indian Health Facilities”, for facilities construction projects, deferred maintenance and improvement projects, the backlog of sanitation projects and the purchase of equipment, $415,000,000, of which $227,000,000 is provided within the health facilities construction activity for the completion of up to two facilities from the current priority list for which work has already been initiated: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That for the purposes of this Act, spending caps included within the annual appropriation for “Indian Health Facilities” for the purchase of medical equipment shall not apply: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That section 1606 of this Act shall not apply to tribal contracts entered into by the Service with this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OTHER RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Smithsonian Institution</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Facilities Capital</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Facilities Capital”, for repair and revitalization of existing facilities, $25,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Endowment for the Arts</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">grants and administration</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Grants and Administration”, $50,000,000, to be distributed in direct grants to fund arts projects and activities which preserve jobs in the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during <page identifier="/us/stat/123/172">123 STAT. 172</page> the current economic downturn: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That 40 percent of such funds shall be distributed to State arts agencies and regional arts organizations in a manner similar to the agency’s current practice and 60 percent of such funds shall be for competitively selected arts projects and activities according to sections 2 and 5(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s951">20 U.S.C. 951</ref>, 954(c)): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote>That matching requirements under section 5(e) of such Act shall be waived.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="701"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 701.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, each agency receiving funds under this title shall submit a general plan for the expenditure of such funds to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, each agency receiving funds under this title shall submit to the Committees a report containing detailed project level information associated with the general plan submitted pursuant to subsection (a).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="702"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 702. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In carrying out the work for which funds in this title are being made available, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize, where practicable, the Public Lands Corps, Youth Conservation Corps, Student Conservation Association, Job Corps and other related partnerships with Federal, State, local, tribal or non-profit groups that serve young adults.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="703"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 703. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Each agency receiving funds under this title may transfer up to 10 percent of the funds in any account to other appropriation accounts within the agency, if the head of the agency (1) determines that the transfer will enhance the efficiency or effectiveness of the use of the funds without changing the intended purpose; and (2) notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 10 days prior to the transfer.</content></section> </level> <num value="VIII">TITLE VIII—</num><heading>DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF LABOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Employment and Training Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">training and employment </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">services</inline></heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Training and Employment Services” for activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (“WIA”), $3,950,000,000, which shall be available for obligation on the date of enactment of this Act, as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$500,000,000 for grants to the States for adult employment and training activities, including supportive services and needs-related payments described in section 134(e)(2) and (3) of the WIA: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That a priority use of these funds shall be services to individuals described in 134(d)(4)(E) of the WIA;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$1,200,000,000 for grants to the States for youth activities, including summer employment for youth: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no portion of such funds shall be reserved to carry out section 127(b)(1)(A) of the WIA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for purposes <page identifier="/us/stat/123/173">123 STAT. 173</page> of section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv) of the WIA, funds available for youth activities shall be allotted as if the total amount available for youth activities in the fiscal year does not exceed $1,000,000,000: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That with respect to the youth activities provided with such funds, section 101(13)(A) of the WIA shall be applied by substituting “age 24” for “age 21”: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the work readiness performance indicator described in section 136(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the WIA shall be the only measure of performance used to assess the effectiveness of summer employment for youth provided with such funds;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$1,250,000,000 for grants to the States for dislocated worker employment and training activities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$200,000,000 for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$50,000,000 for YouthBuild activities: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That for program years 2008 and 2009, the YouthBuild program may serve an individual who has dropped out of high school and re-enrolled in an alternative school, if that re-enrollment is part of a sequential service strategy; and</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$750,000,000 for a program of competitive grants for worker training and placement in high growth and emerging industry sectors: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $500,000,000 shall be for research, labor exchange and job training projects that prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy as described in section 171(e)(1)(B) of the WIA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in awarding grants from those funds not designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary of Labor shall give priority to projects that prepare workers for careers in the health care sector:</proviso></content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds made available in this paragraph shall remain available through June 30, 2010: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That a local board may award a contract to an institution of higher education or other eligible training provider if the local board determines that it would facilitate the training of multiple individuals in high-demand occupations, if such contract does not limit customer choice.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">community service employment for older americans</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Community Service Employment for Older Americans” to carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, $120,000,000, which shall be available for obligation on the date of enactment of this Act and shall remain available through June 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>That funds shall be allotted within 30 days of such enactment to current grantees in proportion to their allotment in program year 2008: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available under this heading in this Act may, in accordance with section 517(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, be recaptured and reobligated.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">state unemployment insurance and employment service operations</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations” for grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, $400,000,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, and which shall be <page identifier="/us/stat/123/174">123 STAT. 174</page> available for obligation on the date of enactment of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds shall remain available to the States through September 30, 2010: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $250,000,000 of such funds shall be used by States for reemployment services for unemployment insurance claimants (including the integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance information technology required to identify and serve the needs of such claimants): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of Labor shall establish planning and reporting procedures necessary to provide oversight of funds used for reemployment services.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Departmental Management”, $80,000,000, for the enforcement of worker protection laws and regulations, oversight, and coordination activities related to the infrastructure and unemployment insurance investments in this Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Labor may transfer such sums as necessary to “Employment and Standards Administration”, “Employee Benefits Security Administration”, “Occupational Safety and Health Administration”, and “Employment and Training Administration—Program Administration” for enforcement, oversight, and coordination activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plan.</p></sidenote>That prior to obligating any funds proposed to be transferred from this account, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an operating plan describing the planned uses of each amount proposed to be transferred.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of job corps</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Job Corps”, $250,000,000, for construction, rehabilitation and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available upon the date of enactment of this Act and remain available for obligation through June 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1552/a">section 1552(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref> shall not apply if funds are used for a multi-year lease agreement that will result in construction activities that can commence within 120 days of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3324/a">section 3324(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, the funds used for an agreement under the preceding proviso may be used for advance, progress, and other payments: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Labor may transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs of such centers, which may include training for careers in the energy efficiency, renewable energy, and environmental protection industries: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an operating plan describing the allocation of funds, and a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, and unobligated balances for each activity funded under this heading not later than September 30, 2009 and quarterly thereafter as long as funding provided under this heading is available for obligation or expenditure.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/175">123 STAT. 175</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of Inspector General”, $6,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2012, for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and projects funded in this Act.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Health Resources and Services Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">health resources and services</inline></heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Health Resources and Services”, $2,500,000,000 which shall be used as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$500,000,000 shall be for grants to health centers authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$1,500,000,000 shall be available for grants for construction, renovation and equipment, and for the acquisition of health information technology systems, for health centers including health center controlled networks receiving operating grants under section 330 of the PHS Act, notwithstanding the limitation in section 330(e)(3); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$500,000,000 to address health professions workforce shortages, of which $75,000,000 for the National Health Service Corps shall remain available through September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds may be used to provide scholarships, loan repayment, and grants to training programs for equipment as authorized in the PHS Act, and grants authorized in sections 330L, 747, 767 and 768 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That 20 percent of the funds allocated to the National Health Service Corps shall be used for field operations:</proviso></content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That up to 0.5 percent of funds provided in this paragraph may used for administration of such funds: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an operating plan detailing activities to be supported and timelines for expenditure prior to making any Federal obligations of funds provided in this paragraph but not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, and unobligated balances for each activity funded in this paragraph not later than November 1, 2009 and every 6 months thereafter as long as funding provided in this paragraph is available for obligation or expenditure.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institutes of Health</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">national center for research resources</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote>an additional amount for “National Center for Research Resources”, $1,300,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for grants or contracts under section 481A of the Public Health Service Act to construct, renovate or repair existing non-Federal research facilities: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That sections 481A(c)(1)(B)(ii), paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 481A(e), and section 481B of such Act shall <page identifier="/us/stat/123/176">123 STAT. 176</page> not apply to the use of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the references to “20 years” in subsections (c)(1)(B)(i) and (f) of section 481A of such Act are deemed to be references to “10 years” for purposes of using such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the National Center for Research Resources may also use $300,000,000 to provide, under the authority of section 301 and title IV of such Act, shared instrumentation and other capital research equipment to recipients of grants and contracts under section 481A of such Act and other appropriate entities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>That the Director of the Center shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an annual report indicating the number of institutions receiving awards of a grant or contract under section 481A of such Act, the proposed use of the funding, the average award size, a list of grant or contract recipients, and the amount of each award.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of the director</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of the Director”, $8,200,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $7,400,000,000 shall be transferred to the Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) and to the Common Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act in proportion to the appropriations otherwise made to such Institutes, Centers, and Common Fund for fiscal year 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That these funds shall be used to support additional scientific research and shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the NIH: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of these funds may be transferred to “National Institutes of Health—Buildings and Facilities”, the Center for Scientific Review, the Center for Information Technology, the Clinical Center, or the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the funds provided in this Act to the NIH shall not be subject to the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t15/s638/f/1">15 U.S.C. 638(f)(1)</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t15/s638/n/1">15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $400,000,000 may be used to carry out <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dG/s215">section 215 of division G of Public Law 110–161</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">buildings and facilities</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Buildings and Facilities”, $500,000,000, to fund high-priority repair, construction and improvement projects for National Institutes of Health facilities on the Bethesda, Maryland campus and other agency locations.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">healthcare research and quality</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Healthcare Research and Quality” to carry out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service Act, part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section <page identifier="/us/stat/123/177">123 STAT. 177</page> 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, $700,000,000 for comparative effectiveness research: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $400,000,000 shall be transferred to the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (“Office of the Director”) to conduct or support comparative effectiveness research under section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds transferred to the Office of the Director may be transferred to the Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health and to the Common Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the National Institutes of Health: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That within the amount available in this paragraph for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, not more than 1 percent shall be made available for additional full-time equivalents.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $400,000,000 shall be available for comparative effectiveness research to be allocated at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the funding appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to accelerate the development and dissemination of research assessing the comparative effectiveness of health care treatments and strategies, through efforts that: (1) conduct, support, or synthesize research that compares the clinical outcomes, effectiveness, and appropriateness of items, services, and procedures that are used to prevent, diagnose, or treat diseases, disorders, and other health conditions; and (2) encourage the development and use of clinical registries, clinical data networks, and other forms of electronic health data that can be used to generate or obtain outcomes data: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary shall enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine, for which no more than $1,500,000 shall be made available from funds provided in this paragraph, to produce and submit a report to the Congress and the Secretary by not later than June 30, 2009, that includes recommendations on the national priorities for comparative effectiveness research to be conducted or supported with the funds provided in this paragraph and that considers input from stakeholders: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall consider any recommendations of the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research established by section 804 of this Act and any recommendations included in the Institute of Medicine report pursuant to the preceding proviso in designating activities to receive funds provided in this paragraph and may make grants and contracts with appropriate entities, which may include agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services and other governmental agencies, as well as private sector entities, that have demonstrated experience and capacity to achieve the goals of comparative effectiveness research: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall publish information on grants and contracts awarded with the funds provided under this heading within a reasonable time of the obligation of funds for such grants and contracts and shall disseminate research findings from such grants and contracts to clinicians, patients, and the general public, as appropriate: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public comment.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, to the extent feasible, the Secretary shall ensure that the recipients of the funds provided by this paragraph offer an opportunity for public comment on the research: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Research and development.</p></sidenote>That research conducted with funds appropriated under this paragraph <page identifier="/us/stat/123/178">123 STAT. 178</page> shall be consistent with Departmental policies relating to the inclusion of women and minorities in research: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate with an annual report on the research conducted or supported through the funds provided under this <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary, jointly with the Directors of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institutes of Health, shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a fiscal year 2009 operating plan for the funds appropriated under this heading prior to making any Federal obligations of such funds in fiscal year 2009, but not later than July 30, 2009, and a fiscal year 2010 operating plan for such funds prior to making any Federal obligations of such funds in fiscal year 2010, but not later than November 1, 2009, that detail the type of research being conducted or supported, including the priority conditions addressed; and specify the allocation of resources within the Department of Health and Human Services: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary, jointly with the Directors of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institutes of Health, shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, and unobligated balances for each activity funded under this heading not later than November 1, 2009, and every 6 months thereafter as long as funding provided under this heading is available for obligation or expenditure.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration for Children and Families</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">payments to states for the child care and development block grant</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant”, $2,000,000,000, which shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, $255,186,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $93,587,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">children and families services programs</inline></heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Children and Families Services Programs”, $3,150,000,000, which shall be used as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$1,000,000,000 for carrying out activities under the Head Start Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$1,100,000,000 for expansion of Early Head Start programs, as described in section 645A of the Head Start Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds provided in this paragraph, up to 10 percent shall be available for the provision of training <page identifier="/us/stat/123/179">123 STAT. 179</page> and technical assistance to such programs consistent with section 645A(g)(2) of such Act, and up to 3 percent shall be available for monitoring the operation of such programs consistent with section 641A of such Act.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$1,000,000,000 for carrying out activities under sections 674 through 679 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, of which no part shall be subject to section 674(b)(3) of such Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding section 675C(a)(1) and 675C(b) of such Act, 1 percent of the funds made available to each State from this additional amount shall be used for benefits enrollment coordination activities relating to the identification and enrollment of eligible individuals and families in Federal, State, and local benefit programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That all funds remaining available to a State from this additional amount after application of the previous proviso shall be distributed to eligible entities as defined in section 673(1) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for services furnished under such Act during fiscal years 2009 and 2010, States may apply the last sentence of section 673(2) of such Act by substituting “200 percent” for “125 percent”.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$50,000,000 for carrying out activities under section 1110 of the Social Security Act.</content></paragraph></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration on Aging</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">aging services programs</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Aging Services Programs” under subparts 1 and 2 of part C, of title III, and under title VI, of the Older Americans Act of 1965, $100,000,000, of which $65,000,000 shall be for Congregate Nutrition Services, $32,000,000 shall be for Home-Delivered Nutrition Services and $3,000,000 shall be for Nutrition Services for Native Americans.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of the national coordinator for health information technology</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology”, $2,000,000,000, to carry out title XIII of this Act, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of such amount, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall transfer $20,000,000 to the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the Department of Commerce for continued work on advancing health care information enterprise integration through activities such as technical standards analysis and establishment of conformance testing infrastructure, so long as such activities are coordinated with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $300,000,000 is to support regional or sub-national efforts toward health information exchange: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That 0.25 percent of the funds provided in this paragraph may be used for administration of such funds: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds available under this heading shall become available for obligation only upon submission of an annual operating plan by the Secretary <page identifier="/us/stat/123/180">123 STAT. 180</page> to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the fiscal year 2009 operating plan shall be provided not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and that subsequent annual operating plans shall be provided not later than November 1 of each year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these operating plans shall describe how expenditures are aligned with the specific objectives, milestones, and metrics of the Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan, including any subsequent updates to the Plan; the allocation of resources within the Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal agencies; and the identification of programs and activities that are supported: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, and unobligated balances for each major set of activities not later than November 1, 2009, and every 6 months thereafter as long as funding provided under this heading is available for obligation or expenditure.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of Inspector General”, $17,000,000 which shall remain available until September 30, 2012.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">public health and social services emergency fund</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund” to improve information technology security at the Department of Health and Human Services, $50,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">prevention and wellness fund</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for a “Prevention and Wellness Fund” to be administered through the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, $1,000,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amount provided in this paragraph, $300,000,000 shall be transferred to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) as an additional amount to carry out the immunization program (“section 317 immunization program”) authorized by section 317(a), (j), and (k)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amount provided in this paragraph, $650,000,000 shall be to carry out evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies authorized by the PHS Act, as determined by the Secretary, that deliver specific, measurable health outcomes that address chronic disease rates: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated in the preceding proviso may be transferred to other appropriation accounts of the Department of Health and Human Services, as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $50,000,000 shall be provided to States for an additional amount to carry out activities to implement healthcare associated infections reduction strategies: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not more than 0.5 percent of funds made available in this paragraph may be used for management and oversight expenses in the office or division of the Department of Health and Human Services administering the funds: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/181">123 STAT. 181</page> That the Secretary shall, directly or through contracts with public or private entities, provide for annual evaluations of programs carried out with funds provided under this heading in order to determine the quality and effectiveness of the programs: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report summarizing the annual evaluations of programs from the preceding proviso: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an operating plan for the Prevention and Wellness Fund prior to making any Federal obligations of funds provided in this paragraph (excluding funds to carry out the section 317 immunization program), but not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that indicates the prevention priorities to be addressed; provides measurable goals for each prevention priority; details the allocation of resources within the Department of Health and Human Services; and identifies which programs or activities are supported, including descriptions of any new programs or activities: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, and unobligated balances for each activity funded under this heading not later than November 1, 2009, and every 6 months thereafter as long as funding provided under this heading is available for obligation or expenditure.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Education for the <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>Disadvantaged</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Education for the Disadvantaged” to carry out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (“ESEA”), $13,000,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $5,000,000,000 shall be available for targeted grants under section 1125 of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $5,000,000,000 shall be available for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $3,000,000,000 shall be for school improvement grants under section 1003(g) of the ESEA: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditures.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That each local educational agency receiving funds available under this paragraph shall be required to file with the State educational agency, no later than December 1, 2009, a school-by-school listing of per-pupil educational expenditures from State and local sources during the 2008–2009 academic year: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That each State educational agency shall report that information to the Secretary of Education by March 31, 2010.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Impact Aid</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Impact Aid” to carry out section 8007 of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $100,000,000, which shall be expended pursuant to the requirements of section 805.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/182">123 STAT. 182</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">School Improvement <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>Programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “School Improvement Programs” to carry out subpart 1, part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (“ESEA”), and subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, $720,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $650,000,000 shall be available for subpart 1, part D of title II of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall allot $70,000,000 for grants under McKinney-Vento to each State in proportion to the number of homeless students identified by the State during the 2007–2008 school year relative to the number of such children identified nationally during that school year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That State educational agencies shall subgrant the McKinney-Vento funds to local educational agencies on a competitive basis or according to a formula based on the number of homeless students identified by the local educational agencies in the State: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary shall distribute the McKinney-Vento funds to the States not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That each State shall subgrant the McKinney-Vento funds to local educational agencies not later than 120 days after receiving its grant from the Secretary.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Innovation and Improvement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Innovation and Improvement” to carry out subpart 1, part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (“ESEA”), $200,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That these funds shall be expended as directed in the fifth, sixth, and seventh provisos under the heading “<headingText>Innovation and Improvement</headingText>” in the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2008: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p></sidenote>That a portion of these funds shall also be used for a rigorous national evaluation by the Institute of Education Sciences, utilizing randomized controlled methodology to the extent feasible, that assesses the impact of performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems supported by the funds provided in this Act on teacher and principal recruitment and retention in high-need schools and subjects: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may reserve up to 1 percent of the amount made available under this heading for management and oversight of the activities supported with those funds.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Special Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Special Education” for carrying out parts B and C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), $12,200,000,000, of which $11,300,000,000 shall be available for section 611 of the IDEA: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if every State, as defined by section 602(31) of the IDEA, reaches its maximum allocation under section 611(d)(3)(B)(iii) of the IDEA, and there are remaining funds, such funds shall be proportionally allocated to each State subject to the maximum amounts contained in section 611(a)(2) of the IDEA: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That by July 1, 2009, the Secretary of Education shall reserve the amount needed for grants under section 643(e) of the IDEA, with any remaining funds to be allocated in accordance with section 643(c) of the IDEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the total amount for each of sections 611(b)(2) and 643(b)(1) of the IDEA, under this and all other Acts, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/183">123 STAT. 183</page> for fiscal year 2009, whenever enacted, shall be equal to the amounts respectively available for these activities under these sections during fiscal year 2008 increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $400,000,000 shall be available for section 619 of the IDEA and $500,000,000 shall be available for part C of the IDEA.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rehabilitation Services and Disability <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>Research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research” for providing grants to States to carry out the Vocational Rehabilitation Services program under part B of title I and parts B and C of chapter 1 and chapter 2 of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $680,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $540,000,000 shall be available for part B of title I of the Rehabilitation Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided herein shall not be considered in determining the amount required to be appropriated under section 100(b)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in any fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding section 7(14)(A), the Federal share of the costs of vocational rehabilitation services provided with the funds provided herein shall be 100 percent: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $140,000,000 shall be available for parts B and C of chapter 1 and chapter 2 of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $18,200,000 shall be for State Grants, $87,500,000 shall be for independent living centers, and $34,300,000 shall be for services for older blind individuals.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Student Financial Assistance</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Student Financial Assistance” to carry out subpart 1 of part A and part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“HEA”), $15,840,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $15,640,000,000 shall be available for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $200,000,000 shall be available for part C of title IV of the HEA.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1070a">20 USC 1070a note</ref>.</p></sidenote>maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2009–2010 shall be $4,860.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Student Aid Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Student Aid Administration” to carry out part D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $60,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Higher Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Higher Education” to carry out part A of title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $100,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Institute of Education Sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Institute of Education Sciences” to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act, $250,000,000, which may be used for Statewide data systems that include postsecondary and workforce information, of which <page identifier="/us/stat/123/184">123 STAT. 184</page> up to $5,000,000 may be used for State data coordinators and for awards to public or private organizations or agencies to improve data coordination.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of the inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of the Inspector General”, $14,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2012, for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and projects funded in this Act.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Corporation for National and Community Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Operating Expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operating Expenses” to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (“1973 Act”) and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (“1990 Act”), $160,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $89,000,000 of the funds made available in this paragraph shall be used to make additional awards to existing AmeriCorps grantees and may be used to provide adjustments to awards under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act made prior to September 30, 2010 for which the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service (“CEO”) determines that a waiver of the Federal share limitation is warranted under section 2521.70 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t45">title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amount made available in this paragraph, not less than $6,000,000 shall be transferred to “Salaries and Expenses” for necessary expenses relating to information technology upgrades, of which up to $800,000 may be used to administer the funds provided in this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amount provided in this paragraph, not less than $65,000,000 shall be for programs under title I, part A of the 1973 Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided in the previous proviso shall not be made available in connection with cost-share agreements authorized under section 192A(g)(10) of the 1990 Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds available under this heading, up to 20 percent of funds allocated to grants authorized under section 124(b) of title I, subtitle C of the 1990 Act may be used to administer, reimburse, or support any national service program under section 129(d)(2) of the 1990 Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, except as provided herein and in addition to requirements identified herein, funds provided in this paragraph shall be subject to the terms and conditions under which funds were appropriated in fiscal year 2008: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the CEO shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a fiscal year 2009 operating plan for the funds appropriated in this paragraph prior to making any Federal obligations of such funds in fiscal year 2009, but not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and a fiscal year 2010 operating plan for such funds prior to making any Federal obligations of such funds in fiscal year 2010, but not later than <page identifier="/us/stat/123/185">123 STAT. 185</page> November 1, 2009, that detail the allocation of resources and the increased number of members supported by the AmeriCorps programs: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the CEO shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, and unobligated balances for each activity funded under this heading not later than November 1, 2009, and every 6 months thereafter as long as funding provided under this heading is available for obligation or expenditure.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of Inspector General”, $1,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2012.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Service Trust</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “National Service Trust” established under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (“1990 Act”), $40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Corporation for National and Community Service may transfer additional funds from the amount provided within “Operating Expenses” for grants made under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to this appropriation upon determination that such transfer is necessary to support the activities of national service participants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the amount appropriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1513/b">31 U.S.C. 1513(b)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Social Security Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Limitation on Administrative Expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Limitation on Administrative Expenses”, $1,000,000,000 shall be available as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$500,000,000 shall remain available until expended for necessary expenses of the replacement of the National Computer Center and the information technology costs associated with such Center: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 10 days prior to each public notice soliciting bids related to site selection and construction and prior to the lease or purchase of such site: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the construction plan and site selection for such center shall be subject to review and approval by the Office of Management and Budget: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such center shall continue to be a government-operated facility; and</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$500,000,000 for processing disability and retirement workloads, including information technology acquisitions and research in support of such activities: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That up to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/186">123 STAT. 186</page> $40,000,000 may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security for health information technology research and activities to facilitate the adoption of electronic medical records in disability claims, including the transfer of funds to “Supplemental Security Income Program” to carry out activities under section 1110 of the Social Security Act.</proviso></content></paragraph></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of Inspector General”, $2,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2012, for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight and audit of programs, projects, and activities funded in this Act.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="801"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 801. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Up to 1 percent of the funds made available to the Department of Labor in this title may be used for the administration, management, and oversight of the programs, grants, and activities funded by such appropriation, including the evaluation of the use of such funds.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Funds designated for these purposes may be available for obligation through September 30, 2010.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plan.</p></sidenote>Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall provide an operating plan describing the proposed use of funds for the purposes described in (a).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="802"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 802. </inline> </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report on the Impact of Past and Future Minimum Wage Increases.</inline> </heading><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a"> (a)</num><heading class="smallCaps"> In General.—</heading><content>Section 8104 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/28">Public Law 110–28</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/121/189">121 Stat. 189</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="8104">“SEC. 8104. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t29/s206">29 USC 206 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF PAST AND FUTURE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Beginning on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter until the minimum wage in the respective territory is $7.25 per hour, the Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>assess the impact of the minimum wage increases that occurred in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2007 and 2008, as required under <ref href="/us/pl/110/28">Public Law 110–28</ref>, on the rates of employment and the living standards of workers, with full consideration of the other factors that impact rates of employment and the living standards of workers such as inflation in the cost of food, energy, and other commodities; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>estimate the impact of any further wage increases on rates of employment and the living standards of workers in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, with full consideration of the other factors that may impact the rates of employment and the living standards of workers, including assessing how the profitability of major private sector firms may be impacted by wage increases in comparison to other factors such as energy costs and the value of tax benefits.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>No earlier than March 15, 2010, and not later than April 15, 2010, the Government Accountability Office shall transmit its first report to Congress concerning the findings of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/187">123 STAT. 187</page> the study required under subsection (a). The Government Accountability Office shall transmit any subsequent reports to Congress concerning the findings of a study required by subsection (a) between March 15 and April 15 of each year.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Economic Information</inline>.—</heading><content>To provide sufficient economic data for the conduct of the study under subsection (a) the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce shall include and separately report on American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands in its County Business Patterns data with the same regularity and to the same extent as each Bureau collects and reports such data for the 50 States. In the event that the inclusion of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands in such surveys and data compilations requires time to structure and implement, the Bureau of the Census shall in the interim annually report the best available data that can feasibly be secured with respect to such territories. Such interim report shall describe the steps the Bureau will take to improve future data collection in the territories to achieve comparability with the data collected in the United States. The Bureau of the Census, together with the Department of the Interior, shall coordinate their efforts to achieve such improvements.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t29/s206">29 USC 206 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="803"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 803. </inline> </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible Employees in the Recreational Marine Industry.</inline></heading><chapeau class="inline"> Section 2(3)(F) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s902/3/F">33 U.S.C. 902(3)(F)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, repair or dismantle</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the semicolon and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or individuals employed to repair any recreational vessel, or to dismantle any part of a recreational vessel in connection with the repair of such vessel;</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="804"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 804. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>There is hereby established a Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (in this section referred to as the “Council”).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>The Council shall foster optimum coordination of comparative effectiveness and related health services research conducted or supported by relevant Federal departments and agencies, with the goal of reducing duplicative efforts and encouraging coordinated and complementary use of resources.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Duties</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Council shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>assist the offices and agencies of the Federal Government, including the Departments of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and Defense, and other Federal departments or agencies, to coordinate the conduct or support of comparative effectiveness and related health services research; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>advise the President and Congress on—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>strategies with respect to the infrastructure needs of comparative effectiveness research within the Federal Government; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>organizational expenditures for comparative effectiveness research by relevant Federal departments and agencies.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Membership</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/188">123 STAT. 188</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Number and appointment</inline>.—</heading><content>The Council shall be composed of not more than 15 members, all of whom are senior Federal officers or employees with responsibility for health-related programs, appointed by the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”). <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Members shall first be appointed to the Council not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Members</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The members of the Council shall include one senior officer or employee from each of the following agencies:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>The National Institutes of Health.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>The Food and Drug Administration.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>The Veterans Health Administration within the Department of Veterans Affairs.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">(vii) </num><content>The office within the Department of Defense responsible for management of the Department of Defense Military Health Care System.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifications</inline>.—</heading><content>At least half of the members of the Council shall be physicians or other experts with clinical expertise.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Chairman; vice chairman</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall serve as Chairman of the Council and shall designate a member to serve as Vice Chairman.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Initial report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than June 30, 2009, the Council shall submit to the President and the Congress a report containing information describing current Federal activities on comparative effectiveness research and recommendations for such research conducted or supported from funds made available for allotment by the Secretary for comparative effectiveness research in this Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual report</inline>.—</heading><content>The Council shall submit to the President and Congress an annual report regarding its activities and recommendations concerning the infrastructure needs, organizational expenditures and opportunities for better coordination of comparative effectiveness research by relevant Federal departments and agencies.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Staffing; Support</inline>.—</heading><content>From funds made available for allotment by the Secretary for comparative effectiveness research in this Act, the Secretary shall make available not more than 1 percent to the Council for staff and administrative support.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rules of Construction</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the Council to mandate coverage, reimbursement, or other policies for any public or private payer.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports and recommendations</inline>.—</heading><content>None of the reports submitted under this section or recommendations made by the Council shall be construed as mandates or clinical guidelines for payment, coverage, or treatment.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/189">123 STAT. 189</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="805"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 805. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grants for Impact Aid Construction.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reservation for Management and Oversight</inline>.—</heading><content>From the funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary may reserve up to 1 percent for management and oversight of the activities carried out with those funds.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Construction Payments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Formula grants.</inline>—</heading><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">in general</inline>.—</heading><content>From 40 percent of the amount not reserved under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make payments in accordance with section 8007(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7707/a">20 U.S.C. 7707(a)</ref>), except that the amount of such payments shall be determined in accordance with subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount of payments</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall make a payment to each local educational agency eligible for a payment under section 8007(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7707/a">20 U.S.C. 7707(a)</ref>) in an amount that bears the same relationship to the funds made available under subparagraph (A) as the number of children determined under subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)(i) of section 8003(a)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7703/a/1/B">20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)(B)</ref>, (C), and (D)(i)) who were in average daily attendance in the local educational agency for the most recent year for which such information is available bears to the number of such children in all the local educational agencies eligible for a payment under section 8007(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7707/a">20 U.S.C. 7707(a)</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Competitive grants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>From 60 percent of the amount not reserved under subsection (a), the Secretary—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>shall award emergency grants in accordance with section 8007(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7707/b">20 U.S.C. 7707(b)</ref>) to eligible local educational agencies to enable the agencies to carry out emergency repairs of school facilities; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>may award modernization grants in accordance with section 8007(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7707/b">20 U.S.C. 7707(b)</ref>) to eligible local educational agencies to enable the agencies to carry out the modernization of school facilities.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Provisions not to apply</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5)(A)(i), and (5)(A)(vi) of section 8007(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7707/b/2">20 U.S.C. 7707(b)(2)</ref>, (3), (4), (5)(A)(i), and (5)(A)(vi)) shall not apply to grants made under paragraph (2).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A local educational agency is eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (2) if the local educational agency—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>was eligible to receive a payment under section 8002 or 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7702">20 U.S.C. 7702</ref> and 7703) for fiscal year 2008; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>has—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>a total taxable assessed value of real property that may be taxed for school purposes of less than $100,000,000; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>an assessed value of real property per student that may be taxed for school purposes that is less <page identifier="/us/stat/123/190">123 STAT. 190</page> than the average of the assessed value of real property per student that may be taxed for school purposes in the State in which the local educational agency is located.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Criteria for grants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In awarding grants under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall consider the following criteria:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Whether the facility poses a health or safety threat to students and school personnel, including noncompliance with building codes and inaccessibility for persons with disabilities, or whether the existing building capacity meets the needs of the current enrollment and supports the provision of comprehensive educational services to meet current standards in the State in which the local educational agency is located.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The extent to which the new design and proposed construction utilize energy efficient and recyclable materials.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>The extent to which the new design and proposed construction utilizes non-traditional or alternative building methods to expedite construction and project completion and maximize cost efficiency.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>The feasibility of project completion within 24 months from award.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>The availability of other resources for the proposed project.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="806"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 806. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mandatory Pell Grants.</inline></heading><chapeau class="inline"> Section 401(b)(9)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1070a/b/9/A">20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(9)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$2,090,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$2,733,000,000</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in clause (iii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$3,030,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$3,861,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="807"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 807. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in order to begin expenditures and activities under this Act as quickly as possible consistent with prudent management, the Secretary of Education may—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>award fiscal year 2009 funds to States and local educational agencies on the basis of eligibility determinations made for the award of fiscal year 2008 funds; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>require States to make prompt allocations to local educational agencies.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interest Not to Accrue</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>sections 3335 and 6503 of <ref href="/us/usc/t31">title 31, United States Code</ref>, or any other provision of law, the United States shall not be liable to any State or other entity for any interest or fee with respect to any funds under this Act that are allocated by the Secretary of Education to the State or other entity within 30 days of the date on which they are available for obligation.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/191">123 STAT. 191</page></content></subsection></section> </level> <num value="IX">TITLE IX—</num><heading>LEGISLATIVE BRANCH</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses” of the Government Accountability Office, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="901"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 901. </inline> </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Government Accountability Office Reviews and Reports.</inline> </heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a)</num><heading class="smallCaps"> Reviews and Reports.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Comptroller General shall conduct bimonthly reviews and prepare reports on such reviews on the use by selected States and localities of funds made available in this Act. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Internet posting.</p></sidenote>Such reports, along with any audits conducted by the Comptroller General of such funds, shall be posted on the Internet and linked to the website established under this Act by the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Redactions</inline>.—</heading><content>Any portion of a report or audit under this subsection may be redacted when made publicly available, if that portion would disclose information that is not subject to disclosure under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552">section 552 of title 5, United States Code</ref> (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Examination of Records</inline>.—</heading><content>The Comptroller General may examine any records related to obligations and use by any Federal, State, or local government agency of funds made available in this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="902"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 902. </inline> </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Access of Government Accountability Office.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Access</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each contract awarded using funds made available in this Act shall provide that the Comptroller General and his representatives are authorized—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to examine any records of the contractor or any of its subcontractors, or any State or local agency administering such contract, that directly pertain to, and involve transactions relating to, the contract or subcontract; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to interview any officer or employee of the contractor or any of its subcontractors, or of any State or local government agency administering the contract, regarding such transactions.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Relationship to Existing Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit or restrict in any way any existing authority of the Comptroller General.</content></subsection></section> </level> <num value="X">TITLE X—</num><heading>MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Army”, $180,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design <page identifier="/us/stat/123/192">123 STAT. 192</page> and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided under this heading, $80,000,000 shall be for child development centers, and $100,000,000 shall be for warrior transition complexes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps”, $280,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided under this heading, $100,000,000 shall be for troop housing, $80,000,000 shall be for child development centers, and $100,000,000 shall be for energy conservation and alternative energy projects: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Air Force”, $180,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided under this heading, $100,000,000 shall be for troop housing and $80,000,000 shall be for child development centers: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Defense-Wide</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Defense-Wide”, $1,450,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,330,000,000 shall be for the construction of hospitals and $120,000,000 shall be for the Energy Conservation Investment Program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/193">123 STAT. 193</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Army National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Army National Guard”, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Army National Guard, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Air National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Air National Guard”, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Air National Guard, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Construction, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Family Housing Construction, Army”, $34,507,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>That within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army”, $3,932,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended for maintenance and repair and minor construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Construction, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Family Housing Construction, Air Force”, $80,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>That within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/194">123 STAT. 194</page> Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $16,461,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended for maintenance and repair and minor construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Homeowners Assistance Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Homeowners Assistance Fund”, established by section 1013 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3374">42 U.S.C. 3374</ref>), $555,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of Defense shall submit quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the expenditure of funds made available under this heading in this or any other Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provision</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1001"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 1001.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a)</num><heading> Temporary Expansion of Homeowners Assistance Program to Respond to Mortgage Foreclosure and Credit Crisis.</heading><chapeau> Section 1013 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3374">42 U.S.C. 3374</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and indenting such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 6 ems from the left margin;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Notwithstanding any other provision of law</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Acquisition of property at or near military installations that have been ordered to be closed</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>if he determines</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“if—<subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the Secretary determines—”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>in clause (iii), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; or</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>the Secretary determines—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>that the conditions in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) have been met;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>that the closing or realignment of the base or installation resulted from a realignment or closure carried out under the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part XXIX of <ref href="/us/pl/101/510">Public Law 101–510</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2687">10 U.S.C. 2687 note</ref>);</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>that the property was purchased by the owner before July 1, 2006;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>that the property was sold by the owner between July 1, 2006, and September 30, 2012, or an earlier end date designated by the Secretary;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/195">123 STAT. 195</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>that the property is the primary residence of the owner; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><chapeau>that the owner has not previously received benefit payments authorized under this subsection.</chapeau><paragraph class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Homeowner assistance for wounded members of the armed forces, department of defense and united states coast guard civilian employees, and their spouses</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to acquire title to, hold, manage, and dispose of, or, in lieu thereof, to reimburse for certain losses upon private sale of, or foreclosure against, any property improved with a one- or two-family dwelling which was at the time of the relevant wound, injury, or illness, the primary residence of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>any member of the Armed Forces in medical transition who—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>incurred a wound, injury, or illness in the line of duty during a deployment in support of the Armed Forces;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is disabled to a degree of 30 percent or more as a result of such wound, injury, or illness, as determined by the Secretary of Defense; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>is reassigned in furtherance of medical treatment or rehabilitation, or due to medical retirement in connection with such disability;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>any civilian employee of the Department of Defense or the United States Coast Guard who—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>was wounded, injured, or became ill in the performance of his or her duties during a forward deployment occurring on or after September 11, 2001, in support of the Armed Forces; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is reassigned in furtherance of medical treatment, rehabilitation, or due to medical retirement resulting from the sustained disability; or</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense or the United States Coast Guard if—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the member or employee was killed in the line of duty or in the performance of his or her duties during a deployment on or after September 11, 2001, in support of the Armed Forces or died from a wound, injury, or illness incurred in the line of duty during such a deployment; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the spouse relocates from such residence within 2 years after the death of such member or employee.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentDown2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Temporary homeowner assistance for members of the armed forces permanently reassigned during specified mortgage crisis</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to acquire title to, hold, manage, and dispose of, or, in lieu thereof, to reimburse for certain losses upon private sale of, or foreclosure against, any property improved with a one- or two-family dwelling situated at or near a military base or installation, if the Secretary determines—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>that the owner is a member of the Armed Forces serving on permanent assignment;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/196">123 STAT. 196</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>that the owner is permanently reassigned by order of the United States Government to a duty station or home port outside a 50-mile radius of the base or installation;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>that the reassignment was ordered between February 1, 2006, and September 30, 2012, or an earlier end date designated by the Secretary;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>that the property was purchased by the owner before July 1, 2006;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>that the property was sold by the owner between July 1, 2006, and September 30, 2012, or an earlier end date designated by the Secretary;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>that the property is the primary residence of the owner; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>that the owner has not previously received benefit payments authorized under this subsection.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>this section</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(1)</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Such persons</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Homeowner assistance related to closed military installations</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Such persons”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>set forth above shall elect either (1) to receive</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“set forth in subsection (a)(1) shall elect either—<clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>to receive”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>difference between (A) 95 per centum</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>(B) the fair market value</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“difference between—<subclause class="indentUp4 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>95 per centum of the fair market value of their property (as such value is determined by the Secretary of Defense) prior to public announcement of intention to close all or part of the military base or installation; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp4 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the fair market value”</content></subclause></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>time of the sale, or (2) to receive</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“time of the sale; or<subsection class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to receive”</content></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>outstanding mortgages. The Secretary may also pay a person who elects to receive a cash payment under clause (1) of the preceding sentence an amount</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“outstanding mortgages.<subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reimbursement of expenses</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may also pay a person who elects to receive a cash payment under subparagraph (A) an amount”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>best interest of the Federal Government. Cash payment</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“best interest of the United States.<paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Homeowner assistance for wounded individuals and their spouses</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Persons eligible under the criteria set forth in subsection (a)(2) may elect either—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>to receive a cash payment as compensation for losses which may be or have been sustained in <page identifier="/us/stat/123/197">123 STAT. 197</page> a private sale, in an amount not to exceed the difference between—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>95 per centum of prior fair market value of their property (as such value is determined by the Secretary of Defense); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the fair market value of such property (as such value is determined by the Secretary of Defense) at the time of sale; or</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to receive, as purchase price for their property an amount not to exceed 90 per centum of prior fair market value as such value is determined by the Secretary of Defense, or the amount of the outstanding mortgages.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Determination of benefits</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may also pay a person who elects to receive a cash payment under subparagraph (A) an amount that the Secretary determines appropriate to reimburse the person for the costs incurred by the person in the sale of the property if the Secretary determines that such payment will benefit the person and is in the best interest of the United States.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Homeowner assistance for permanently reassigned individuals</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Persons eligible under the criteria set forth in subsection (a)(3) may elect either—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>to receive a cash payment as compensation for losses which may be or have been sustained in a private sale, in an amount not to exceed the difference between—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>95 per centum of prior fair market value of their property (as such value is determined by the Secretary of Defense); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the fair market value of such property (as such value is determined by the Secretary of Defense) at the time of sale; or</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to receive, as purchase price for their property an amount not to exceed 90 per centum of prior fair market value as such value is determined by the Secretary of Defense, or the amount of the outstanding mortgages.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Determination of benefits</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may also pay a person who elects to receive a cash payment under subparagraph (A) an amount that the Secretary determines appropriate to reimburse the person for the costs incurred by the person in the sale of the property if the Secretary determines that such payment will benefit the person and is in the best interest of the United States.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compensation and limitations related to foreclosures and encumbrances</inline>.—</heading><content>Cash payment”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (g);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in subsection (l), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(a)(2)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(a)(1)(A)(ii)</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>in subsection (m), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>this section</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(1)</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><chapeau>in subsection (n)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>this section</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(1)</quotedText>”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/198">123 STAT. 198</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>this section</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(1)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><chapeau>in subsection (o)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>this section</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(1)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>this section</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(1)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (4); and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="p">“(p) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the term ‘<term>Armed Forces</term>’ has the meaning given the term ‘<term>armed forces</term>’ in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s101/a">section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code</ref>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the term ‘<term>civilian employee</term>’ has the meaning given the term ‘<term>employee</term>’ in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s2105/a">section 2105(a) of title 5, United States Code</ref>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>the term ‘<term>medical transition</term>’, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces, means a member who—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is in Medical Holdover status;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>is in Active Duty Medical Extension status;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>is in Medical Hold status;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>is in a status pending an evaluation by a medical evaluation board;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>has a complex medical need requiring six or more months of medical treatment; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>is assigned or attached to an Army Warrior Transition Unit, an Air Force Patient Squadron, a Navy Patient Multidisciplinary Care Team, or a Marine Patient Affairs Team/Wounded Warrior Regiment; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><chapeau>the term ‘<term>nonappropriated fund instrumentality employee</term>’ means a civilian employee who—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is a citizen of the United States; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>is paid from nonappropriated funds of Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Resale and Services Support Office, Marine Corps exchanges, or any other instrumentality of the United States under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces which is conducted for the comfort, pleasure, contentment, or physical or mental improvement of members of the Armed Forces.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Such section is further amended in the section heading by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and certain property owned by members of the Armed Forces, Department of Defense and United States Coast Guard civilian employees, and surviving spouses</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>ordered to be closed</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority to Use Appropriated Funds</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section, amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this title under the heading “<headingText>Homeowners Assistance Fund</headingText>” may be used for the Homeowners Assistance Fund established under such section.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/199">123 STAT. 199</page></content></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Veterans Health Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">medical facilities</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Medical Facilities” for non-recurring maintenance, including energy projects, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Cemetery Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “National Cemetery Administration” for monument and memorial repairs, including energy projects, $50,000,000, to remain available until September <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">general operating expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “General Operating Expenses”, $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for additional expenses related to hiring and training temporary surge claims processors.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">information technology systems</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Information Technology Systems”, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for the Veterans Benefits Administration: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote>not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General”, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, for oversight and audit of programs, grants and projects funded under this title.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">grants for construction of state extended care facilities</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities”, $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/200">123 STAT. 200</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provision</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1002"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 1002.</inline> </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments to Eligible Persons Who Served in the United States Armed Forces in the Far East During World War II.</inline> </heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a)</num><heading class="smallCaps"> Findings.—</heading><chapeau>Congress makes the following findings:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Philippine islands became a United States possession in 1898 when they were ceded from Spain following the Spanish-American War.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>During World War II, Filipinos served in a variety of units, some of which came under the direct control of the United States Armed Forces.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The regular Philippine Scouts, the new Philippine Scouts, the Guerrilla Services, and more than 100,000 members of the Philippine Commonwealth Army were called into the service of the United States Armed Forces of the Far East on July 26, 1941, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Even after hostilities had ceased, wartime service of the new Philippine Scouts continued as a matter of law until the end of 1946, and the force gradually disbanded and was disestablished in 1950.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Filipino veterans who were granted benefits prior to the enactment of the so-called Rescissions Acts of 1946 (Public Laws 79–301 and 79–391) currently receive full benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, but under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s107">section 107 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, the service of certain other Filipino veterans is deemed not to be active service for purposes of such laws.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>These other Filipino veterans only receive certain benefits under <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, and, depending on where they legally reside, are paid such benefit amounts at reduced rates.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>The benefits such veterans receive include service-connected compensation benefits paid under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch11">chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, dependency indemnity compensation survivor benefits paid under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch13">chapter 13 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, and burial benefits under chapters 23 and 24 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, and such benefits are paid to beneficiaries at the rate of $0.50 per dollar authorized, unless they lawfully reside in the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>Dependents’ educational assistance under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch35">chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, is also payable for the dependents of such veterans at the rate of $0.50 per dollar authorized, regardless of the veterans’ residency.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compensation Fund</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>There is in the general fund of the Treasury a fund to be known as the “Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund” (in this section referred to as the “compensation fund”).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of Funds</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, amounts in the fund shall be available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs without fiscal year limitation to make payments to eligible persons in accordance with this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/201">123 STAT. 201</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may make a payment from the compensation fund to an eligible person who, during the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, submits to the Secretary a claim for benefits under this section. The application for the claim shall contain such information and evidence as the Secretary may require.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment to Surviving Spouse</inline>.—</heading><content>If an eligible person who has filed a claim for benefits under this section dies before payment is made under this section, the payment under this section shall be made instead to the surviving spouse, if any, of the eligible person.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible Persons</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An eligible person is any person who—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>served—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, while such forces were in the service of the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to the military order of the President dated July 26, 1941, including among such military forces organized guerrilla forces under commanders appointed, designated, or subsequently recognized by the Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area, or other competent authority in the Army of the United States; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the Philippine Scouts under section 14 of the Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945 (<ref href="/us/stat/59/538">59 Stat. 538</ref>); and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>was discharged or released from service described in paragraph (1) under conditions other than dishonorable.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment Amounts</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each payment under this section shall be—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the case of an eligible person who is not a citizen of the United States, in the amount of $9,000; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in the case of an eligible person who is a citizen of the United States, in the amount of $15,000.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may not make more than one payment under this section for each eligible person described in subsection (d).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clarification of Treatment of Payments Under Certain Laws</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Amounts paid to a person under this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall be treated for purposes of the internal revenue laws of the United States as damages for human suffering; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>shall not be included in income or resources for purposes of determining—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>eligibility of an individual to receive benefits described in <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3803/c/2/C">section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, or the amount of such benefits;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>eligibility of an individual to receive benefits under title VIII of the Social Security Act, or the amount of such benefits; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>eligibility of an individual for, or the amount of benefits under, any other Federal or federally assisted program.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Release</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the acceptance by an eligible person or surviving spouse, as applicable, of a payment under this section shall be final, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/202">123 STAT. 202</page> and shall constitute a complete release of any claim against the United States by reason of any service described in subsection (d).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment of Prior Eligibility Status</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from receiving any benefit (including health care, survivor, or burial benefits) which the person would have been eligible to receive based on laws in effect as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recognition of Service</inline>.—</heading><content>The service of a person as described in subsection (d) is hereby recognized as active military service in the Armed Forces for purposes of, and to the extent provided in, this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administration</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applications.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Instructions.</p></sidenote>The Secretary shall promptly issue application forms and instructions to ensure the prompt and efficient administration of the provisions of this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Secretary shall administer the provisions of this section in a manner consistent with applicable provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, and other provisions of law, and shall apply the definitions in section 101 of such title in the administration of such provisions, except to the extent otherwise provided in this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">(k) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall include, in documents submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of the President’s budget for each fiscal year, detailed information on the operation of the compensation fund, including the number of applicants, the number of eligible persons receiving benefits, the amounts paid out of the compensation fund, and the administration of the compensation fund for the most recent fiscal year for which such data is available.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">(l) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization of Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>There is authorized to be appropriated to the compensation fund $198,000,000, to remain available until expended, to make payments under this section.</content></subsection></section> </level> <num value="XI">TITLE XI—</num><heading>STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF STATE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration of Foreign Affairs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">diplomatic and consular programs</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Diplomatic and Consular Programs” for urgent domestic facilities requirements for passport and training functions, $90,000,000: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of enactment of this Act a detailed spending plan for funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That with respect to the funds made available for passport agencies, such plan shall be developed in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration and shall coordinate and co-locate, to the extent feasible, passport agencies with other Federal facilities.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/203">123 STAT. 203</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">capital investment fund</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Capital Investment Fund”, $290,000,000, for information technology security and upgrades to support mission-critical operations, of which up to $38,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Capital Investment Fund</headingText>” of the United States Agency for International Development: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall coordinate information technology systems, where appropriate, to increase efficiencies and eliminate redundancies, to include co-location of backup information management facilities, and shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of enactment of this Act a detailed spending plan for funds appropriated under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General” for oversight requirements, $2,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Commissions</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">construction</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction” for the water quantity program to meet immediate repair and rehabilitation requirements, $220,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That up to $2,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds available under the heading “<headingText>International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico—Salaries and Expenses</headingText>”: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of enactment of this Act a detailed spending plan for funds appropriated under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="XII">TITLE XII—</num><heading>TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">supplemental discretionary grants for a national surface transportation system</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to State and local governments or transit agencies on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/204">123 STAT. 204</page> or a region: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That projects eligible for funding provided under this heading shall include, but not be limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under <ref href="/us/usc/t23">title 23, United States Code</ref>, including interstate rehabilitation, improvements to the rural collector road system, the reconstruction of overpasses and interchanges, bridge replacements, seismic retrofit projects for bridges, and road realignments; public transportation projects eligible under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/ch53">chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, including investments in projects participating in the New Starts or Small Starts programs that will expedite the completion of those projects and their entry into revenue service; passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and port infrastructure investments, including projects that connect ports to other modes of transportation and improve the efficiency of freight movement: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amount made available under this paragraph, the Secretary may use an amount not to exceed $200,000,000 for the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for federal credit assistance under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/ch6">chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, if the Secretary finds that such use of the funds would advance the purposes of this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in distributing funds provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds and an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural communities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That a grant funded under this heading shall be not less than $20,000,000 and not greater than $300,000,000: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may waive the minimum grant size cited in the preceding proviso for the purpose of funding significant projects in smaller cities, regions, or States: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not more than 20 percent of the funds made available under this paragraph may be awarded to projects in a single State: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading may be up to 100 percent: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall give priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing package, and to projects that are expected to be completed within 3 years of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Criteria.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>the Secretary shall publish criteria on which to base the competition for any grants awarded under this heading not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applications.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall require applications for funding provided under this heading to be submitted not later than 180 days after the publication of such criteria, and announce all projects selected to be funded from such funds not later than 1 year after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That projects conducted using funds provided under this heading must comply with the requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t40/ch31/schIV">subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may retain up to $1,500,000 of the funds provided under this heading, and may transfer portions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administration, to fund the award and oversight of grants made under this heading.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/205">123 STAT. 205</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Aviation Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">supplemental funding for facilities and equipment</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for necessary investments in Federal Aviation Administration infrastructure, $200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funding provided under this heading shall be used to make improvements to power systems, air route traffic control centers, air traffic control towers, terminal radar approach control facilities, and navigation and landing equipment: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That priority be given to such projects or activities that will be completed within 2 years of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That amounts made available under this heading may be provided through grants in addition to the other instruments authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s106/l/6">section 106(l)(6) of title 49, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be 100 percent: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That amounts provided under this heading may be used for expenses the agency incurs in administering this <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote>program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not more than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a process for applying, reviewing and awarding grants and cooperative and other transaction agreements, including the form and content of an application, and requirements for the maintenance of records that are necessary to facilitate an effective audit of the use of the funding provided: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s50101">section 50101 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, shall apply to funds provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Grants-In-Aid for Airports</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Grants-In-Aid for Airports”, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for discretionary projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and <ref href="/us/usc/t49/ch475/sch1">subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, and for the procurement, installation and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at airports of such title, $1,100,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum percentages under chapter 471: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants to airports, with priority given to those projects that demonstrate to his satisfaction their ability to be completed within 2 years of enactment of this Act, and serve to supplement and not supplant planned expenditures from airport-generated revenues or from other State and local sources on such <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall award grants totaling not less than 50 percent of the funds made available under this heading within 120 days of enactment of this Act, and award grants for the remaining amounts not later than 1 year after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Federal share payable of the costs for which a grant is made under this heading shall be 100 percent: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the amount made available under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.2 percent of the funds provided under this <page identifier="/us/stat/123/206">123 STAT. 206</page> heading to fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Highway Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">highway infrastructure investment</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for restoration, repair, construction and other activities eligible under paragraph (b) of <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s133">section 133 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, and for passenger and freight rail transportation and port infrastructure projects eligible for assistance under subsection 601(a)(8) of such title, $27,500,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, after making the set-asides required under this heading, 50 percent of the funds made available under this heading shall be apportioned to States using the formula set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s104/b/3">section 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code</ref>, and the remaining funds shall be apportioned to States in the same ratio as the obligation limitation for fiscal year 2008 was distributed among the States in accordance with the formula specified in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dK/s120/a/6">section 120(a)(6) of division K of Public Law 110–161</ref>: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available under this heading shall be apportioned not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in selecting projects to be carried out with funds apportioned under this heading, priority shall be given to projects that are projected for completion within a 3-year time frame, and are located in economically distressed areas as defined by section 301 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3161">42 U.S.C. 3161</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote>That 120 days following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary of Transportation shall withdraw from each State an amount equal to 50 percent of the funds awarded to that State (excluding funds suballocated within the State) less the amount of funding obligated (excluding funds suballocated within the State), and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other States that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso in the manner described in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dK/s120/c">section 120(c) of division K of Public Law 110–161</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote>That 1 year following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary shall withdraw from each recipient of funds apportioned under this heading any unobligated funds, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to States that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso (excluding funds suballocated within the State) in the manner described in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dK/s120/c">section 120(c) of division K of Public Law 110–161</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That at the request of a State, the Secretary of Transportation may provide an extension of such 1-year period only to the extent that he feels satisfied that the State has encountered extreme conditions that create an unworkable bidding environment or other extenuating <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Submission.</p></sidenote>circumstances: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That before granting such an extension, the Secretary shall send a letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that provides a thorough justification for the extension: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That 3 percent of the funds apportioned to a State under this heading shall be set aside for the purposes described in sub<ref href="/us/usc/t23/s133/d/2">section 133(d)(2) of title 23, United States Code</ref> (without regard to the comparison to fiscal year 2005): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That 30 percent of the funds apportioned to a State under this heading shall be suballocated within the State in the manner and for the purposes described in the first sentence of subsection <page identifier="/us/stat/123/207">123 STAT. 207</page> 133(d)(3)(A), in subsection 133(d)(3)(B), and in subsection 133(d)(3)(D): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such suballocation shall be conducted in every State: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds suballocated within a State to urbanized areas and other areas shall not be subject to the redistribution of amounts required 120 days following the date of apportionment of funds provided under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided under this heading, $105,000,000 shall be for the Puerto Rico highway program authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s165">section 165 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, and $45,000,000 shall be for the territorial highway program authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s215">section 215 of title 23, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided under this heading, $60,000,000 shall be for capital expenditures eligible under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s147">section 147 of title 23, United States Code</ref> (without regard to subsection(d)): <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute such $60,000,000 as competitive discretionary grants to States, with priority given to those projects that demonstrate to his satisfaction their ability to be completed within 2 years of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided under this heading, $550,000,000 shall be for investments in transportation at Indian reservations and Federal lands: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds identified in the preceding proviso, $310,000,000 shall be for the Indian Reservation Roads program, $170,000,000 shall be for the Park Roads and Parkways program, $60,000,000 shall be for the Forest Highway Program, and $10,000,000 shall be for the Refuge Roads program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for investments at Indian reservations and Federal lands, priority shall be given to capital investments, and to projects and activities that can be completed within 2 years of enactment of this Act: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Redistribution authority.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That 1 year following the enactment of this Act, to ensure the prompt use of the $550,000,000 provided for investments at Indian reservations and Federal lands, the Secretary shall have the authority to redistribute unobligated funds within the respective program for which the funds were appropriated: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That up to 4 percent of the funding provided for Indian Reservation Roads may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for program management and oversight and project-related administrative expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s134/f/3/C/ii/II">section 134(f)(3)(C)(ii)(II) of title 23, United States Code</ref>, shall not apply to funds provided under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be for highway surface transportation and technology training under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s140/b">section 140(b) of title 23, United States Code</ref>, and $20,000,000 shall be for disadvantaged business enterprises bonding assistance under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s332/e">section 332(e) of title 49, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available under this heading shall be administered as if apportioned under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/ch1">chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, except for funds made available for investments in transportation at Indian reservations and Federal lands, and for the territorial highway program, which shall be administered in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t23/ch2">chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, and except for funds made available for disadvantaged business enterprises bonding assistance, which shall be administered in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t49/ch3">chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Federal share payable on account of any project or activity carried out with funds made available under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent of the total cost thereof: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/123/208">123 STAT. 208</page> funds made available by this Act shall not be obligated for the purposes authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s115/b">section 115(b) of title 23, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funding provided under this heading shall be in addition to any and all funds provided for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 in any other Act for “Federal-aid Highways” and shall not affect the distribution of funds provided for “Federal-aid Highways” in any other Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the amount made available under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway safety construction programs set forth in any Act: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s1101/b">section 1101(b) of Public Law 109–59</ref> shall apply to funds apportioned under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration may retain up to $40,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund the oversight by the Administrator of projects and activities carried out with funds made available to the Federal Highway Administration in this Act, and such funds shall be available through September 30, 2012.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Railroad Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>and Intercity Passenger Rail Service</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for <ref href="/us/pl/110/432/s501">section 501 of Public Law 110–432</ref> and discretionary grants to States to pay for the cost of projects described in paragraphs (2)(A) and (2)(B) of <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s24401">section 24401 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, subsection (b) of section 24105 of such title, $8,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2012: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of Transportation shall give priority to projects that support the development of intercity high speed rail service: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Strategic plan.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That within 60 days of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a strategic plan that describes how the Secretary will use the funding provided under this heading to improve and deploy high speed passenger rail systems: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Guidance.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That within 120 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue interim guidance to applicants covering grant terms, conditions, and procedures until final regulations are issued: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such interim guidance shall provide separate instructions for the high speed rail corridor program, capital assistance for intercity passenger rail service grants, and congestion grants: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall waive the requirement that a project conducted using funds provided under this heading be in a State rail plan developed under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/ch227">chapter 227 of title 49, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Federal share payable of the costs for which a grant is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Compliance.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That projects conducted using funds provided under this heading must comply with the requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t40/ch31/schIV">subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code</ref>: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s24405">section 24405 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, shall apply to funds provided under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration may retain up to one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this heading, and funds retained for said purposes shall remain available through September 30, 2014.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/209">123 STAT. 209</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">capital grants to the national railroad passenger corporation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make capital grants to Amtrak as authorized by section 101(c) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/432">Public Law 110–432</ref>), $1,300,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, of which $450,000,000 shall be used for capital security grants: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That priority for the use of non-security funds shall be given to projects for the repair, rehabilitation, or upgrade of railroad assets or infrastructure, and for capital projects that expand passenger rail capacity including the rehabilitation of rolling stock: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds under this heading shall be used to subsidize the operating losses of Amtrak: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>That funds provided under this heading shall be awarded not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary shall take measures to ensure that projects funded under this heading shall be completed within 2 years of enactment of this Act, and shall serve to supplement and not supplant planned expenditures for such activities from other Federal, State, local and corporate sources: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall certify to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing compliance with the preceding proviso: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not more than 60 percent of the funds provided for non-security activities under this heading may be used for capital projects along the Northeast Corridor: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funding provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for the Amtrak Office of Inspector General and made available through September 30, 2013.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Transit Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">transit capital <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for transit capital assistance grants authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5302/a/1">section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $6,900,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of Transportation shall provide 80 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading for grants under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5307">section 5307 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, and apportion such funds in accordance with section 5336 of such title (other than subsections (i)(1) and (j)): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall apportion 10 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading in accordance with section 5340 of such title: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall provide 10 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading for grants under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5311">section 5311 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, and apportion such funds in accordance with such section: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds apportioned under this heading shall be apportioned not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote>That 180 days following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary shall withdraw from each urbanized area or State an amount equal to 50 percent of the funds apportioned to such urbanized areas or States less the amount of funding obligated, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other urbanized areas or States that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing whatever method he deems appropriate to ensure that all funds <page identifier="/us/stat/123/210">123 STAT. 210</page> redistributed under this proviso shall be utilized promptly: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That 1 year following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary shall withdraw from each urbanized area or State any unobligated funds, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other urbanized areas or States that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing whatever method he deems appropriate to ensure that all funds redistributed under this proviso shall be utilized promptly: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That at the request of an urbanized area or State, the Secretary of Transportation may provide an extension of such 1-year period if he feels satisfied that the urbanized area or State has encountered an unworkable bidding environment or other extenuating circumstances: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Submission.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That before granting such an extension, the Secretary shall send a letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that provides a thorough justification for the extension: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided for <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5311">section 5311 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, 2.5 percent shall be made available for section 5311(c)(1): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funding provided under this heading, $100,000,000 shall be distributed as discretionary grants to public transit agencies for capital investments that will assist in reducing the energy consumption or greenhouse gas emissions of their public transportation systems: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for such grants on energy-related investments, priority shall be given to projects based on the total energy savings that are projected to result from the investment, and projected energy savings as a percentage of the total energy usage of the public transit agency: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That applicable chapter 53 requirements shall apply to funding provided under this heading, except that the Federal share of the costs for which any grant is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the amount made available under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth in any Act: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s1101/b">section 1101(b) of Public Law 109–59</ref> shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the funds appropriated under this heading shall not be comingled with any prior year funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, three-quarters of 1 percent of the funds provided for grants under section 5307 and section 5340, and one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided for grants under section 5311, shall be available for administrative expenses and program management oversight, and such funds shall be available through September 30, 2012.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">fixed guideway infrastructure investment</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an amount for capital expenditures authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5309/b/2">section 5309(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $750,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Transportation shall apportion funds under this heading pursuant to the formula set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5337">section 5337 of title 49, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the funds appropriated under this heading shall not be commingled with any prior year <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading shall be apportioned not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That 180 days following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary shall <page identifier="/us/stat/123/211">123 STAT. 211</page> withdraw from each urbanized area an amount equal to 50 percent of the funds apportioned to such urbanized area less the amount of funding obligated, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other urbanized areas that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing whatever method he or she deems appropriate to ensure that all funds redistributed under this proviso shall be utilized promptly: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That 1 year following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary shall withdraw from each urbanized area any unobligated funds, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other urbanized areas that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing whatever method he or she deems appropriate to ensure that all funds redistributed under this proviso shall be utilized promptly: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That at the request of an urbanized area, the Secretary of Transportation may provide an extension of such 1-year period if he or she feels satisfied that the urbanized area has encountered an unworkable bidding environment or other extenuating circumstances: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Submission.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That before granting such an extension, the Secretary shall send a letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that provides a thorough justification for the extension: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That applicable chapter 53 requirements shall apply except that the Federal share of the costs for which a grant is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s1101/b">section 1101(b) of Public Law 109–59</ref> shall apply to funds made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 1 percent of the funds under this heading shall be available for administrative expenses and program management oversight and shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">capital investment grants</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For an additional amount for “Capital Investment Grants”, as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5338/c/4">section 5338(c)(4) of title 49, United States Code</ref>, and allocated under section 5309(m)(2)(A) of such title, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make discretionary grants as authorized by section 5309(d) and (e) of such title, $750,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such amount shall be allocated without regard to the limitation under section 5309(m)(2)(A)(i): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in selecting projects to be funded, priority shall be given to projects that are currently in construction or are able to obligate funds within 150 days of enactment of this <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s1101/b">section 1101(b) of Public Law 109–59</ref> shall apply to funds made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading shall not be commingled with any prior year funds: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That applicable chapter 53 requirements shall apply, except that notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be available for administrative expenses and program management oversight, and shall remain available through September 30, 2012.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/212">123 STAT. 212</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Maritime Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">supplemental grants for assistance to small shipyards</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under <ref href="/us/pl/110/417/s3508">section 3508 of Public Law 110–417</ref> or <ref href="/us/usc/t46/s54101">section 54101 of title 46, United States Code</ref>, $100,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of Transportation shall institute measures to ensure that funds provided under this heading shall be obligated within 180 days of the date of their distribution: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Maritime Administrator may retain and transfer to “Maritime Administration, Operations and Training” up to 2 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $20,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Audits.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Investigations.</p></sidenote>That the funding made available under this heading shall be used for conducting audits and investigations of projects and activities carried out with funds made available in this Act to the Department of Transportation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fraud.</p></sidenote>That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app3">5 U.S.C. App. 3</ref>), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the Government (<ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1001">18 U.S.C. 1001</ref>), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the Department.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISION—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1201. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of Effort</inline>.—</heading><content>Not <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote>later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, for each amount that is distributed to a State or agency thereof from an appropriation in this Act for a covered program, the Governor of the State shall certify to the Secretary of Transportation that the State will maintain its effort with regard to State funding for the types of projects that are funded by the appropriation. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Submission.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>As part of this certification, the Governor shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation a statement identifying the amount of funds the State planned to expend from State sources as of the date of enactment of this Act during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act through September 30, 2010, for the types of projects that are funded by the appropriation.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Failure To Maintain Effort</inline>.—</heading><content class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  If a State is unable to maintain the level of effort certified pursuant to subsection (a), the State will be prohibited by the Secretary of Transportation from receiving additional limitation pursuant to the redistribution of the limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs that occurs after August 1 for fiscal year 2011.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Periodic Reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/213">123 STAT. 213</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each grant recipient shall submit to the covered agency from which they received funding periodic reports on the use of the funds appropriated in this Act for covered programs. Such reports shall be collected and compiled by the covered agency and transmitted to Congress. Covered agencies may develop such reports on behalf of grant recipients to ensure the accuracy and consistency of such reports.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contents of Reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For amounts received under each covered program by a grant recipient under this Act, the grant recipient shall include in the periodic reports information tracking-</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the amount of Federal funds appropriated, allocated, obligated, and outlayed under the appropriation;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the number of projects that have been put out to bid under the appropriation and the amount of Federal funds associated with such projects;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the number of projects for which contracts have been awarded under the appropriation and the amount of Federal funds associated with such contracts;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the number of projects for which work has begun under such contracts and the amount of Federal funds associated with such contracts;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>the number of projects for which work has been completed under such contracts and the amount of Federal funds associated with such contracts;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>the number of direct, on-project jobs created or sustained by the Federal funds provided for projects under the appropriation and, to the extent possible, the estimated indirect jobs created or sustained in the associated supplying industries, including the number of job-years created and the total increase in employment since the date of enactment of this Act; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>for each covered program report information tracking the actual aggregate expenditures by each grant recipient from State sources for projects eligible for funding under the program during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act through September 30, 2010, as compared to the level of such expenditures that were planned to occur during such period as of the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Timing of Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>Each grant recipient shall submit the first of the periodic reports required under this subsection not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act and shall submit updated reports not later than 180 days, 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years after such date of enactment.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section, the following definitions apply:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Covered Agency</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>covered agency</term>” means the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Transit Administration and the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Covered Program</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>covered program</term>” means funds appropriated in this Act for “Supplemental Discretionary Grants for a National Surface Transportation System” <page identifier="/us/stat/123/214">123 STAT. 214</page> to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, for “<term>Supplemental Funding for Facilities and Equipment</term>” and “<term>Grants-in-Aid for Airports</term>” to the Federal Aviation Administration; for “<term>Highway Infrastructure Investment</term>” to the Federal Highway Administration; for “<term>Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service</term>” and “<term>Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation</term>” to the Federal Railroad Administration; for “<term>Transit Capital Assistance</term>”, “<term>Fixed Guideway Infrastructure Investment</term>”, and “<term>Capital Investment Grants</term>” to the Federal Transit Administration; and “<term>Supplemental Grants for Assistance to Small Shipyards</term>” to the Maritime Administration.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant recipient</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>grant recipient</term>” means a State or other recipient of assistance provided under a covered program in this Act. Such term does not include a Federal department or agency.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sections 3501–3521 of <ref href="/us/usc/t44">title 44, United States Code</ref>, shall not apply to the provisions of this section.</content></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Public and Indian Housing</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">public housing capital fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Public Housing Capital Fund” to carry out capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1437g">42 U.S.C. 1437g</ref>) (the “Act”), $4,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall distribute $3,000,000,000 of this amount by the same formula used for amounts made available in fiscal year 2008, except that the Secretary may determine not to allocate funding to public housing agencies currently designated as troubled or to public housing agencies that elect not to accept such funding: <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote></proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall obligate funds allocated by formula within 30 days of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall make available $1,000,000,000 by competition for priority investments, including investments that leverage private sector funding or financing for renovations and energy conservation retrofit investments: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><i>further,</i> That the Secretary shall obligate competitive funding by September 30, 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote>public housing authorities shall give priority to capital projects that can award contracts based on bids within 120 days from the date the funds are made available to the public housing authorities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That public housing agencies shall give priority consideration to the rehabilitation of vacant rental units: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That public housing agencies shall prioritize capital projects that are already underway or included in the 5-year capital fund plans required by the Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1437c–1/a">42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(a)</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, (1) funding provided under this heading may not be used for operating or rental assistance activities, and (2) any restriction of funding to replacement housing uses shall be inapplicable: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall institute measures to ensure that funds provided under this heading <page identifier="/us/stat/123/215">123 STAT. 215</page> shall serve to supplement and not supplant expenditures from other Federal, State, or local sources or funds independently generated by the <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>grantee: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding section 9(j), public housing agencies shall obligate 100 percent of the funds within 1 year of the date on which funds become available to the agency for obligation, shall expend at least 60 percent of funds within 2 years of the date on which funds become available to the agency for obligation, and shall expend 100 percent of the funds within 3 years of such date: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if a public housing agency fails to comply with the 1-year obligation requirement, the Secretary shall recapture all remaining unobligated funds awarded to the public housing agency and reallocate such funds to agencies that are in compliance with those requirements: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if a public housing agency fails to comply with either the 2-year or the 3-year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall recapture the balance of the funds awarded to the public housing agency and reallocate such funds to agencies that are in compliance with those <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote>requirements: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in administering funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading, the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use of these funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding that such a waiver is necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, in addition to waivers authorized under the previous proviso, the Secretary may direct that requirements relating to the procurement of goods and services arising under state and local laws and regulations shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available under this heading, up to .5 percent shall be available for staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, travel, enforcement, research and evaluation activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds set aside in the previous proviso shall remain available until September 30, 2012: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for personnel expenses related to administering funding under this heading shall be transferred to “Personnel Compensation and Benefits, Office of Public and Indian Housing” and shall retain the terms and conditions of this account, including reprogramming provisions, except that the period of availability set forth in the previous proviso shall govern such transferred funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for training or other administrative expenses shall be transferred to “Administration, Operations, and Management”, for non-personnel expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for technology shall be transferred to “Working Capital Fund”.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Native American Housing Block Grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Native American Housing Block Grants”, as authorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (“NAHASDA”) (25 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/216">123 STAT. 216</page> U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $510,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $255,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading shall be distributed according to the same funding formula used in fiscal year 2008:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall obligate funds allocated by formula within 30 days of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the amounts distributed through the formula shall be used for new construction, acquisition, rehabilitation including energy efficiency and conservation, and infrastructure development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in selecting projects to be funded, recipients shall give priority to projects for which contracts can be awarded within 180 days from the date that funds are available to the recipients: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> that the Secretary may obligate $255,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading for competitive grants to eligible entities that apply for funds authorized under <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>NAHASDA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall obligate competitive funding by September 30, 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in awarding competitive funds, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that will spur construction and rehabilitation and will create employment opportunities for low-income and unemployed <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>persons: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That recipients of funds under this heading shall obligate 100 percent of such funds within 1 year of the date funds are made available to a recipient, expend at least 50 percent of such funds within 2 years of the date on which funds become available to such recipients for obligation and expend 100 percent of such funds within 3 years of such date: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if a recipient fails to comply with the 2-year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall recapture all remaining funds awarded to the recipient and reallocate such funds through the funding formula to recipients that are in compliance with these requirements: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if a recipient fails to comply with the 3-year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall recapture the balance of the funds originally awarded to the recipient: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may set aside up to 2 percent of funds made available under this paragraph for a housing entity eligible to receive funding under title VIII of NAHASDA (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s4221/etseq">25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.</ref>):<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in administering funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading, the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use of these funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding that such a waiver is necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available under this heading, up to .5 percent shall be available for staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, travel, enforcement, research and evaluation activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds set aside in the previous proviso shall remain available until September 30, 2012: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for personnel expenses related to administering funding under this heading shall be transferred to “Personnel Compensation and Benefits, Office of Public and Indian Housing” and shall retain the terms and conditions of this account, including reprogramming provisions, except that the period of availability set forth in the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/217">123 STAT. 217</page> previous proviso shall govern such transferred funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for training or other administrative expenses shall be transferred to “Administration, Operations, and Management”, for non-personnel expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for technology shall be transferred to “Working Capital Fund”.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Community Planning and Development</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">community development fund</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Community Development Fund” $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010 to carry out the community development block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5301/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the amount appropriated in this paragraph shall be distributed pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5306">42 U.S.C. 5306</ref> to grantees that received funding in fiscal year <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Requirements.</p></sidenote>2008: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in administering the funds appropriated in this paragraph, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish requirements to expedite the use of the funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in selecting projects to be funded, recipients shall give priority to projects that can award contracts based on bids within 120 days from the date the funds are made available to the <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote>recipients: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in administering funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading, the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding that such waiver is necessary to expedite or facilitate the timely use of such funds and would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of the statute.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the provision of emergency assistance for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes, as authorized under division B, title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (“the Act”) (<ref href="/us/pl/110/289">Public Law 110–289</ref>) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5301">42 U.S.C. 5301 note</ref>), $2,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That grantees shall expend at least 50 percent of allocated funds within 2 years of the date funds become available to the grantee for obligation, and 100 percent of such funds within 3 years of such date: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That unless otherwise noted herein, the provisions of the Act govern the use of the additional funds made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding the provisions of sections 2301(b) and (c)(1) and section 2302 of the Act, funding under this paragraph shall be allocated by competitions for which eligible entities shall be States, units of general local government, and nonprofit entities or consortia of nonprofit entities, which may submit proposals in partnership with for profit entities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in selecting grantees, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall ensure that the grantees are in areas with the greatest number and percentage of foreclosures and can expend funding within the period allowed under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Award criteria.</p></sidenote>That additional award criteria for such competitions shall include demonstrated grantee <page identifier="/us/stat/123/218">123 STAT. 218</page> capacity to execute projects, leveraging potential, concentration of investment to achieve neighborhood stabilization, and any additional factors determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may establish a minimum grant <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Criteria.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>size: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall publish criteria on which to base competition for any grants awarded under this heading not later than 75 days after the enactment of this Act and applications shall be due to HUD not later than 150 days after the enactment of this <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall obligate all funding within 1 year of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That section 2301(d)(4) of the Act <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5301">42 USC 5301 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That section 2301(c)(3)(C) of the Act <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read “<quotedText>establish and operate land banks for homes and residential properties that have been foreclosed upon</quotedText>”: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funding used for section 2301(c)(3)(E) of the Act shall be available only for the redevelopment of demolished or vacant properties as housing: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no amounts made available from a grant under this heading may be used to demolish any public housing (as such term is defined in section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1437a">42 U.S.C. 1437a</ref>)): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That a grantee may not use more than 10 percent of its grant under this heading for demolition activities under section 2301(c)(3)(C) and (D) unless the Secretary determines that such use represents an appropriate response to local market conditions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5301">42 USC 5301 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><i>further,</i> That the recipient of any grant or loan from amounts made available under this heading or, after the date of enactment under division B, title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, may not refuse to lease a dwelling unit in housing with such loan or grant to a participant under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1437f">42 U.S.C 1437f</ref>) because of the status of the prospective tenant as such a participant: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in addition to the eligible uses in section 2301, the Secretary may also use up to 10 percent of the funds provided under this heading for grantees for the provision of capacity building of and support for local communities receiving funding under section 2301 of the Act or under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote><i>further,</i> That in administering funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this section, the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use of funds except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards and the environment, upon a finding that such a waiver is necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Foreclosure.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5301">42 USC 5301 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>in the case of any acquisition of a foreclosed upon dwelling or residential real property acquired after the date of enactment with any amounts made available under this heading or under division B, title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/289">Public Law 110–289</ref>), the initial successor in interest in such property pursuant to the foreclosure shall assume such interest subject to: (1) the provision by such successor in interest of a notice to vacate to any bona fide tenant at least 90 days before the effective date of such notice; and (2) the rights of any bona fide tenant, as of the date of such notice of foreclosure: (A) under any bona fide lease entered into before the notice of foreclosure to occupy the premises until the end of the remaining term of the lease, except that a successor in interest may terminate a lease effective on <page identifier="/us/stat/123/219">123 STAT. 219</page> the date of sale of the unit to a purchaser who will occupy the unit as a primary residence, subject to the receipt by the tenant of the 90-day notice under this paragraph; or (B) without a lease or with a lease terminable at will under State law, subject to the receipt by the tenant of the 90-day notice under this paragraph, except that nothing in this paragraph shall affect the requirements for termination of any Federal- or State-subsidized tenancy or of any State or local law that provides longer time periods or other additional protections for tenants: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><i>further</i>, That, for purposes of this paragraph, a lease or tenancy shall be considered bona fide only if: (1) the mortgagor under the contract is not the tenant; (2) the lease or tenancy was the result of an arms-length transaction; and (3) the lease or tenancy requires the receipt of rent that is not substantially less than fair market rent for the property: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5301">42 USC 5301 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><i>further</i>, That the recipient of any grant or loan from amounts made available under this heading or, after the date of enactment, under division B, title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/289">Public Law 110–289</ref>) may not refuse to lease a dwelling unit in housing assisted with such loan or grant to a holder of a voucher or certificate of eligibility under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</ref>) because of the status of the prospective tenant as such a holder: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in the case of any qualified foreclosed housing for which funds made available under this heading or, after the date of enactment, under division B, title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/289">Public Law 110–289</ref>) are used and in which a recipient of assistance under section 8(o) of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 resides at the time of foreclosure, the initial successor in interest shall be subject to the lease and to the housing assistance payments contract for the occupied unit: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That vacating the property prior to sale shall not constitute good cause for termination of the tenancy unless the property is unmarketable while occupied or unless the owner or subsequent purchaser desires the unit for personal or family use: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That if a public housing agency is unable to make payments under the contract to the immediate successor in interest after foreclosures, due to (1) an action or inaction by the successor in interest, including the rejection of payments or the failure of the successor to maintain the unit in compliance with section 8(o)(8) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.1437f) or (2) an inability to identify the successor, the agency may use funds that would have been used to pay the rental amount on behalf of the family—(i) to pay for utilities that are the responsibility of the owner under the lease or applicable law, after taking reasonable steps to notify the owner that it intends to make payments to a utility provider in lieu of payments to the owner, except prior notification shall not be required in any case in which the unit will be or has been rendered uninhabitable due to the termination or threat of termination of service, in which case the public housing agency shall notify the owner within a reasonable time after making such payment; or (ii) for the family’s reasonable moving costs, including security deposit costs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this paragraph shall not preempt any Federal, State or local law that provides more protections for tenants: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available under this heading, up to 1 percent shall be available for staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, travel, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/220">123 STAT. 220</page> enforcement, research and evaluation activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds set aside in the previous proviso shall remain available until September 30, 2012: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for personnel expenses related to administering funding under this heading shall be transferred to “<quotedText>Personnel Compensation and Benefits, Community Planning and Development</quotedText>” and shall retain the terms and conditions of this account, including reprogramming provisions, except that the period of availability set forth in the previous proviso shall govern such transferred funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for training or other administrative expenses shall be transferred to “<quotedText>Administration, Operations, and Management</quotedText>” for non-personnel expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for technology shall be transferred to “<quotedText>Working Capital Fund</quotedText>”.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">home investment partnerships program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for capital investments in low-income housing tax credit projects, $2,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such funds shall be made available to State housing credit agencies, as defined in section 42(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and shall be apportioned among the States based on the percentage of HOME funds apportioned to each State and the participating jurisdictions therein for Fiscal Year 2008: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the housing credit agencies in each State shall distribute these funds competitively under this heading and pursuant to their qualified allocation plan (as defined in section 42(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) to owners of projects who have received or receive simultaneously an award of low-income housing tax credits under section 42(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That housing credit agencies in each State shall commit not less than 75 percent of such funds within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, and shall demonstrate that the project owners shall have expended 75 percent of the funds made available under this heading within two years of the date of enactment of this Act, and shall have expended 100 percent of the funds within 3 years of the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That failure by an owner to expend funds within the parameters required within the previous proviso shall result in a redistribution of these funds by a housing credit agency to a more deserving project in such State, except any funds not expended after 3 years from enactment shall be redistributed by the Secretary to other States that have fully utilized the funds made available to them: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That projects awarded low income housing tax credits under section 42(h) of the IRC of 1986 in fiscal years 2007, 2008, or 2009 shall be eligible for funding under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That housing credit agencies shall give priority to projects that are expected to be completed within 3 years of enactment: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any assistance provided to an eligible low income housing tax credit project under this heading shall be made in the same manner and be subject to the same limitations (including rent, income, and use restrictions, in lieu of corresponding limitations under the HOME program) as required by the state housing <page identifier="/us/stat/123/221">123 STAT. 221</page> credit agency with respect to an award of low income housing credits under section 42 of the IRC of <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote>1986: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the housing credit agency shall perform asset management functions, or shall contract for the performance of such services, in either case, at the owner’s expense, to ensure compliance with section 42 of the IRC of 1986, and the long term viability of buildings funded by assistance under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the term eligible basis (as such term is defined in such section 42) of a qualified low-income housing tax credit building receiving assistance under this heading shall not be reduced by the amount of any grant described under this <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web site.</p></sidenote>heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall be given access upon reasonable notice to a State housing credit agency to information related to the award of Federal funds from such housing credit agency pursuant to this heading and shall establish an Internet site that shall identify all projects selected for an award, including the amount of the award and such site shall provide linkage to the housing credit agency allocation plan which describes the process that was used to make the award <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote>decision: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in administering funds under this heading, the Secretary may waive any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds except for requirements imposed by this heading and requirements related to fair housing, non-discrimination, labor standards and the environment, upon a finding that such waiver is required to expedite the use of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for purposes of environmental compliance review, funds under this heading that are made available to State housing credit agencies for distribution to projects awarded low income housing tax credits shall be treated as funds under the HOME program and shall be subject to Section 288 of the HOME Investment Partnership Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">homelessness prevention fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing activities, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds provided under this heading shall be used for the provision of short-term or medium-term rental assistance; housing relocation and stabilization services including housing search, mediation or outreach to property owners, credit repair, security or utility deposits, utility payments, rental assistance for a final month at a location, moving cost assistance, and case management; or other appropriate activities for homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing of persons who have become homeless: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That grantees receiving such assistance shall collect data on the use of the funds awarded and persons served with this assistance in the HUD Homeless Management Information System (“HMIS”) or other comparable database: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That grantees may use up to 5 percent of any grant for administrative costs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funding made available under this heading shall be allocated to eligible grantees (as defined and designated in sections 411 and 412 of subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, (the “Act”)) pursuant to the formula authorized by section 413 of the Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may establish a minimum grant size: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>That grantees shall expend at least 60 percent <page identifier="/us/stat/123/222">123 STAT. 222</page> of funds within 2 years of the date that funds became available to them for obligation, and 100 percent of funds within 3 years of such date, and the Secretary may recapture unexpended funds in violation of the 2-year expenditure requirement and reallocate such funds to grantees in compliance with that <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote>requirement: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may waive statutory or regulatory provisions (except provisions for fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment) necessary to facilitate the timely expenditure of funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication. Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline. Effective date.</p></sidenote><i>further,</i> That the Secretary shall publish a notice to establish such requirements as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section within 30 days of enactment of this Act and that this notice shall take effect upon issuance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided under this heading, up to .5 percent shall be available for staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, research and evaluation activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds set aside under the previous proviso shall remain available until September 30, 2012: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for personnel expenses related to administering funding under this heading shall be transferred to “Community Planning and Development Personnel Compensation and Benefits” and shall retain the terms and conditions of this account including reprogramming provisions except that the period of availability set forth in the previous proviso shall govern such transferred funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for training or other administrative expenses shall be transferred to “Administration, Operations, and Management” for non-personnel expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funding made available under this heading used by the Secretary for technology shall be transferred to “Working Capital Fund.”</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Housing Programs</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">assisted housing stability and energy and green retrofit investments</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For assistance to owners of properties receiving project-based assistance pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s17012">12 U.S.C. 17012</ref>), section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s8013">42 U.S.C. 8013</ref>), or section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</ref>), $2,250,000,000, of which $2,000,000,000 shall be for an additional amount for paragraph (1) under the heading “<headingText>Project-Based Rental Assistance</headingText>” in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref> for payments to owners for 12-month periods, and of which $250,000,000 shall be for grants or loans for energy retrofit and green investments in such assisted housing: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That projects funded with grants or loans provided under this heading must comply with the requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t40/ch31/schIV">subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such grants or loans shall be provided through the policies, procedures, contracts, and transactional infrastructure of the authorized programs administered by the Office of Affordable Housing Preservation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development deems appropriate to ensure the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/223">123 STAT. 223</page> maintenance and preservation of the property, the continued operation and maintenance of energy efficiency technologies, and the timely expenditure of funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may provide incentives to owners to undertake energy or green retrofits as a part of such grant or loan terms, including, but not limited to, fees to cover investment oversight and implementation by said owner, or to encourage job creation for low-income or very low-income individuals: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may share in a portion of future property utility savings resulting from improvements made by grants or loans made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the grants or loans shall include a financial assessment and physical inspection of such property: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That eligible owners must have at least a satisfactory management review rating, be in substantial compliance with applicable performance standards and legal requirements, and commit to an additional period of affordability determined by the Secretary, but of not fewer than 15 years: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall undertake appropriate underwriting and oversight with respect to grant and loan transactions and may set aside up to 5 percent of the funds made available under this heading for grants or loans for such purpose: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall take steps necessary to ensure that owners receiving funding for energy and green retrofit investments under this heading shall expend such funding within 2 years of the date they received the funding: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote><i>further,</i> That in administering funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading, the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use of these funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding that such a waiver is necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided under this heading for grants and loans, up to 1 percent shall be available for staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, research and evaluation activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds set aside in the previous proviso shall remain available until September 30, 2012: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funding made available under this heading and used by the Secretary for personnel expenses related to administering funding under this heading shall be transferred to “Housing Personnel Compensation and Benefits” and shall retain the terms and conditions of this account including reprogramming provisos except that the period of availability set forth in the previous proviso shall govern such transferred funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funding made available under this heading used by the Secretary for training and other administrative expenses shall be transferred to “Administration, Operations and Management” for non-personnel expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funding made available under this heading used by the Secretary for technology shall be transferred to “Working Capital Fund.”</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Lead Hazard Reduction Program”, as authorized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, and by sections 501 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/224">123 STAT. 224</page> and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1974, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4321/etseq">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</ref>) and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(e) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds shall be awarded first to applicants which had applied under the Lead Hazard Reduction Program Notices of Funding Availability for fiscal year 2008, and were found in the application review to be qualified for award, but were not awarded because of funding limitations, and that any funds which remain after reservation of funds for such grants shall be added to the amount of funds to be awarded under the Lead Hazard Reduction Program Notices of Funding Availability for fiscal year 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Strategy.</p></sidenote><i>further,</i> That each applicant for the Lead Hazard Program Notices of Funding Availability for fiscal year 2009 shall submit a detailed plan and strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><i>further,</i> That recipients of funds under this heading shall expend at least 50 percent of such funds within 2 years of the date on which funds become available to such jurisdictions for obligation, and expend 100 percent of such funds within 3 years of such date: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if a recipient fails to comply with the 2-year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall recapture all remaining funds awarded to the recipient and reallocate such funds to recipients that are in compliance with those requirements: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if a recipient fails to comply with the 3-year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall recapture the balance of the funds awarded to the recipient: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote><i>further,</i> That in administering funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading, the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use of these funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards and the environment), upon a finding that such a waiver is necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available under this heading, up to .5 percent shall be available for staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, travel, enforcement, research and evaluation activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds set aside in the previous proviso shall remain available until September 30, 2012: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for personnel expenses related to administering funding under this heading shall be transferred to “Personnel Compensation and Benefits, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes” and shall retain the terms and conditions of this account, including reprogramming provisions, except that the period of availability set forth in the previous proviso shall govern such transferred funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for training or other administrative expenses shall be transferred <page identifier="/us/stat/123/225">123 STAT. 225</page> to “Administration, Operations, and Management”, for non-personnel expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for technology shall be transferred to “Working Capital Fund”.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Management and Administration</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Inspector General shall have independent authority over all personnel issues within this office.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 1202. </inline></num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">FHA Loan Limits for 2009</inline>.</heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels</inline>.—</heading><content>For mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during calendar year 2009, if the dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation of a mortgage determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1709/b/2">12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)</ref>) for any size residence for any area is less than such dollar amount limitation that was in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 202 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/185">Public Law 110–185</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/620">122 Stat. 620</ref>), notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation of a mortgage for such size residence for such area for purposes of such section 203(b)(2) shall be considered (except for purposes of section 255(g) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1715z–20/g">12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)</ref>)) to be such dollar amount limitation in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Discretionary Authority for Sub-Areas</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines, for any geographic area that is smaller than an area for which dollar amount limitations on the principal obligation of a mortgage are determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act, that a higher such maximum dollar amount limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the Secretary may, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during calendar year 2009, increase the maximum dollar amount limitation for such size or sizes of residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section), but in no case to an amount that exceeds the amount specified in section 202(a)(2) of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1203. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">GSE Conforming Loan Limits for 2009</inline>.</heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels</inline>.—</heading><content>For mortgages originated during calendar year 2009, if the limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation determined under section 302(b)(2) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12">12 U.S.C. </ref><page identifier="/us/stat/123/226">123 STAT. 226</page> 1717(b)(2)) or section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1754/a/2">12 U.S.C. 1754(a)(2)</ref>), respectively, for any size residence for any area is less than such maximum original principal obligation limitation that was in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 201 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/185">Public Law 110–185</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/619">122 Stat. 619</ref>), notwithstanding any other provision of law, the limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage for such Association and Corporation for such size residence for such area shall be such maximum limitation in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Discretionary Authority for Sub-Areas</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency determines, for any geographic area that is smaller than an area for which limitations on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage are determined for the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, that a higher such maximum original principal obligation limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the Director may, for mortgages originated during 2009, increase the maximum original principal obligation limitation for such size or sizes of residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) for such Association and Corporation, but in no case to an amount that exceeds the amount specified in the matter following the comma in section 201(a)(1)(B) of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 1204. </inline></num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">FHA Reverse Mortgage Loan Limits for 2009</inline>.</heading><content class="inline"> For mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during calendar year 2009, the second sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1715z–20/g">12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)</ref>) shall be considered to require that in no case may the benefits of insurance under such section 255 exceed 150 percent of the maximum dollar amount in effect under the sixth sentence of section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1454/a/2">12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)</ref>).</content></section> </level> <num value="XIII">TITLE XIII—</num><heading>HEALTH <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.</p></sidenote>INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="13001">SEC. 13001. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TITLE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s201">42 USC 201 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>title (and title IV of division B) may be cited as the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act” or the “HITECH Act”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Table of Contents of Title</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of this title is as follows:<toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13001. </designator> <label>Short title; table of contents of title.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle A—</designator> <label>Promotion of Health Information Technology</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Part 1—</designator> <label>Improving Health Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13101. </designator> <label>ONCHIT; standards development and adoption.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="title" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>“TITLE XXX—</designator> <label>HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3000. </designator> <label>Definitions.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/227">123 STAT. 227</page></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>“Subtitle A—</designator> <label>Promotion of Health Information Technology</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3001. </designator> <label>Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3002. </designator> <label>HIT Policy Committee.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3003. </designator> <label>HIT Standards Committee.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3004. </designator> <label>Process for adoption of endorsed recommendations; adoption of initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3005. </designator> <label>Application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by Federal agencies.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3006. </designator> <label>Voluntary application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by private entities.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3007. </designator> <label>Federal health information technology.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3008. </designator> <label>Transitions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3009. </designator> <label>Miscellaneous provisions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13102. </designator> <label>Technical amendment.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Part 2—</designator> <label>Application and Use of Adopted Health Information Technology Standards; Reports</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13111. </designator> <label>Coordination of Federal activities with adopted standards and implementation specifications.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13112. </designator> <label>Application to private entities.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13113. </designator> <label>Study and reports.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle B—</designator> <label>Testing of Health Information Technology</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13201. </designator> <label>National Institute for Standards and Technology testing.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13202. </designator> <label>Research and development programs.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle C—</designator> <label>Grants and Loans Funding</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13301. </designator> <label>Grant, loan, and demonstration programs.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>“Subtitle B—</designator> <label>Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3011. </designator> <label>Immediate funding to strengthen the health information technology infrastructure.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3012. </designator> <label>Health information technology implementation assistance.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3013. </designator> <label>State grants to promote health information technology.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3014. </designator> <label>Competitive grants to States and Indian tribes for the development of loan programs to facilitate the widespread adoption of certified EHR technology.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3015. </designator> <label>Demonstration program to integrate information technology into clinical education.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3016. </designator> <label>Information technology professionals in health care.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3017. </designator> <label>General grant and loan provisions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658243"> <designator>“Sec. 3018. </designator> <label>Authorization for appropriations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle D—</designator> <label>Privacy</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13400. </designator> <label>Definitions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Part 1—</designator> <label>Improved Privacy Provisions and Security Provisions</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13401. </designator> <label>Application of security provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities; annual guidance on security provisions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13402. </designator> <label>Notification in the case of breach.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13403. </designator> <label>Education on health information privacy.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13404. </designator> <label>Application of privacy provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13405. </designator> <label>Restrictions on certain disclosures and sales of health information; accounting of certain protected health information disclosures; access to certain information in electronic format.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13406. </designator> <label>Conditions on certain contacts as part of health care operations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13407. </designator> <label>Temporary breach notification requirement for vendors of personal health records and other non-HIPAA covered entities.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13408. </designator> <label>Business associate contracts required for certain entities.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13409. </designator> <label>Clarification of application of wrongful disclosures criminal penalties.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13410. </designator> <label>Improved enforcement.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13411. </designator> <label>Audits.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Part 2—</designator> <label>Relationship to Other Laws; Regulatory References; Effective Date; Reports</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13421. </designator> <label>Relationship to other laws.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/228">123 STAT. 228</page></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13422. </designator> <label>Regulatory references.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13423. </designator> <label>Effective date.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 13424. </designator> <label>Studies, reports, guidance.</label> </referenceItem></toc></content></subsection></section> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Promotion of Health Information Technology</heading> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="1">PART 1—</num><heading>IMPROVING HEALTH CARE QUALITY, SAFETY, AND EFFICIENCY</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="13101">SEC. 13101. </num><heading>ONCHIT; STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s201/etseq">42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><title style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num class="bold centered" value="XXX">“TITLE XXX—</num><heading class="bold centered">HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY</heading><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="3000">“SEC. 3000. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300jj">42 USC 300jj</ref>.</p></sidenote>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “In this title:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certified ehr technology</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>certified EHR technology</term>’ means a qualified electronic health record that is certified pursuant to section 3001(c)(5) as meeting standards adopted under section 3004 that are applicable to the type of record involved (as determined by the Secretary, such as an ambulatory electronic health record for office-based physicians or an inpatient hospital electronic health record for hospitals).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enterprise integration</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>enterprise integration</term>’ means the electronic linkage of health care providers, health plans, the government, and other interested parties, to enable the electronic exchange and use of health information among all the components in the health care infrastructure in accordance with applicable law, and such term includes related application protocols and other related standards.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Health care provider</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>health care provider</term>’ includes a hospital, skilled nursing facility, nursing facility, home health entity or other long term care facility, health care clinic, community mental health center (as defined in section 1913(b)(1)), renal dialysis facility, blood center, ambulatory surgical center described in section 1833(i) of the Social Security Act, emergency medical services provider, Federally qualified health center, group practice, a pharmacist, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a physician (as defined in section 1861(r) of the Social Security Act), a practitioner (as described in section 1842(b)(18)(C) of the Social Security Act), a provider operated by, or under contract with, the Indian Health Service or by an Indian tribe (as defined in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act), tribal organization, or urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), a rural health clinic, a covered entity under section 340B, an ambulatory surgical center described in section 1833(i) of the Social Security Act, a therapist (as defined in section 1848(k)(3)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act), and any other category of health care facility, entity, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/229">123 STAT. 229</page> practitioner, or clinician determined appropriate by the Secretary.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Health information</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>health information</term>’ has the meaning given such term in section 1171(4) of the Social Security Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Health information technology</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>health information technology</term>’ means hardware, software, integrated technologies or related licenses, intellectual property, upgrades, or packaged solutions sold as services that are designed for or support the use by health care entities or patients for the electronic creation, maintenance, access, or exchange of health information</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Health plan</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>health plan</term>’ has the meaning given such term in section 1171(5) of the Social Security Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">HIT policy committee</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>HIT Policy Committee</term>’ means such Committee established under section 3002(a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">HIT standards committee</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>HIT Standards Committee</term>’ means such Committee established under section 3003(a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Individually identifiable health information</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>individually identifiable health information</term>’ has the meaning given such term in section 1171(6) of the Social Security Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Laboratory</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>laboratory</term>’ has the meaning given such term in section 353(a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National coordinator</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>National Coordinator</term>’ means the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology established under section 3001(a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">“(12) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Pharmacist</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>pharmacist</term>’ has the meaning given such term in section 804(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">“(13) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified electronic health record</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>qualified electronic health record</term>’ means an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>includes patient demographic and clinical health information, such as medical history and problem lists; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>has the capacity—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>to provide clinical decision support;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to support physician order entry;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>to capture and query information relevant to health care quality; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>to exchange electronic health information with, and integrate such information from other sources.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">“(14) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>State</term>’ means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/230">123 STAT. 230</page></content></paragraph></section> “Subtitle A—Promotion of Health Information Technology
“SEC. 3001. OFFICE

42 USC 300jj–11.

OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.“(a) Establishment.—There is established within the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (referred to in this section as the ‘Office’). The Office shall be headed by a National Coordinator who shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall report directly to the Secretary.“(b) Purpose.—The National Coordinator shall perform the duties under subsection (c) in a manner consistent with the development of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure that allows for the electronic use and exchange of information and that—“(1) ensures that each patient’s health information is secure and protected, in accordance with applicable law;“(2) improves health care quality, reduces medical errors, reduces health disparities, and advances the delivery of patient-centered medical care;“(3) reduces health care costs resulting from inefficiency, medical errors, inappropriate care, duplicative care, and incomplete information;“(4) provides appropriate information to help guide medical decisions at the time and place of care;“(5) ensures the inclusion of meaningful public input in such development of such infrastructure;“(6) improves the coordination of care and information among hospitals, laboratories, physician offices, and other entities through an effective infrastructure for the secure and authorized exchange of health care information;“(7) improves public health activities and facilitates the early identification and rapid response to public health threats and emergencies, including bioterror events and infectious disease outbreaks;“(8) facilitates health and clinical research and health care quality;“(9) promotes early detection, prevention, and management of chronic diseases;“(10) promotes a more effective marketplace, greater competition, greater systems analysis, increased consumer choice, and improved outcomes in health care services; and“(11) improves efforts to reduce health disparities.“(c) Duties of the National Coordinator.—“(1) Standards.—The National Coordinator shall—“(A) review and determine whether to endorse each standard, implementation specification, and certification criterion for the electronic exchange and use of health information that is recommended by the HIT Standards Committee under section 3003 for purposes of adoption under section 3004;“(B) make

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such determinations under subparagraph (A), and report to the Secretary such determinations, not later than 45 days after the date the recommendation is received by the Coordinator; and123 STAT. 231“(C) review Federal health information technology investments to ensure that Federal health information technology programs are meeting the objectives of the strategic plan published under paragraph (3).“(2) HIT policy coordination.—“(A) In general.—The National Coordinator shall coordinate health information technology policy and programs of the Department with those of other relevant executive branch agencies with a goal of avoiding duplication of efforts and of helping to ensure that each agency undertakes health information technology activities primarily within the areas of its greatest expertise and technical capability and in a manner towards a coordinated national goal.“(B) HIT policy and standards committees.—The National Coordinator shall be a leading member in the establishment and operations of the HIT Policy Committee and the HIT Standards Committee and shall serve as a liaison among those two Committees and the Federal Government.“(3) Strategic plan.—“(A) In general.—The National Coordinator shall, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies (including the National Institute of Standards and Technology), update the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (developed as of June 3, 2008) to include specific objectives, milestones, and metrics with respect to the following:“(i) The electronic exchange and use of health information and the enterprise integration of such information.“(ii) The utilization of an electronic health record for each person in the United States by 2014.“(iii) The incorporation of privacy and security protections for the electronic exchange of an individual’s individually identifiable health information.“(iv) Ensuring security methods to ensure appropriate authorization and electronic authentication of health information and specifying technologies or methodologies for rendering health information unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable.“(v) Specifying a framework for coordination and flow of recommendations and policies under this subtitle among the Secretary, the National Coordinator, the HIT Policy Committee, the HIT Standards Committee, and other health information exchanges and other relevant entities.“(vi) Methods to foster the public understanding of health information technology.“(vii) Strategies to enhance the use of health information technology in improving the quality of health care, reducing medical errors, reducing health disparities, improving public health, increasing prevention and coordination with community resources, and improving the continuity of care among health care settings.“(viii) Specific plans for ensuring that populations with unique needs, such as children, are appropriately 123 STAT. 232 addressed in the technology design, as appropriate, which may include technology that automates enrollment and retention for eligible individuals.“(B) Collaboration.—The strategic plan shall be updated through collaboration of public and private entities.“(C) Measurable outcome goals.—The strategic plan update shall include measurable outcome goals.“(D) Publication.—The National Coordinator shall republish the strategic plan, including all updates.“(4) Website.—The National Coordinator shall maintain and frequently update an Internet website on which there is posted information on the work, schedules, reports, recommendations, and other information to ensure transparency in promotion of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure.“(5) Certification.—“(A) In general.—The National Coordinator, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall keep or recognize a program or programs for the voluntary certification of health information technology as being in compliance with applicable certification criteria adopted under this subtitle. Such program shall include, as appropriate, testing of the technology in accordance with section 13201(b) of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.“(B) Certification criteria described.—In this title, the term ‘certification criteria’ means, with respect to standards and implementation specifications for health information technology, criteria to establish that the technology meets such standards and implementation specifications.“(6) Reports and publications.—“(A) Report on additional funding or authority needed.—Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this title, the National Coordinator shall submit to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on any additional funding or authority the Coordinator or the HIT Policy Committee or HIT Standards Committee requires to evaluate and develop standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria, or to achieve full participation of stakeholders in the adoption of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure that allows for the electronic use and exchange of health information.“(B) Implementation report.—The National Coordinator shall prepare a report that identifies lessons learned from major public and private health care systems in their implementation of health information technology, including information on whether the technologies and practices developed by such systems may be applicable to and usable in whole or in part by other health care providers.“(C) Assessment of impact of hit on communities with health disparities and uninsured, underinsured, and medically underserved areas.—The National Coordinator shall assess and publish the impact of health 123 STAT. 233 information technology in communities with health disparities and in areas with a high proportion of individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, and medically underserved individuals (including urban and rural areas) and identify practices to increase the adoption of such technology by health care providers in such communities, and the use of health information technology to reduce and better manage chronic diseases.“(D) Evaluation of benefits and costs of the electronic use and exchange of health information.—The National Coordinator shall evaluate and publish evidence on the benefits and costs of the electronic use and exchange of health information and assess to whom these benefits and costs accrue.“(E) Resource requirements.—The National Coordinator shall estimate and publish resources required annually to reach the goal of utilization of an electronic health record for each person in the United States by 2014, including—“(i) the required level of Federal funding;“(ii) expectations for regional, State, and private investment;“(iii) the expected contributions by volunteers to activities for the utilization of such records; and“(iv) the resources needed to establish a health information technology workforce sufficient to support this effort (including education programs in medical informatics and health information management).“(7) Assistance.—The National Coordinator may provide financial assistance to consumer advocacy groups and not-for-profit entities that work in the public interest for purposes of defraying the cost to such groups and entities to participate under, whether in whole or in part, the National Technology Transfer Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note).“(8) Governance for nationwide health information network.—The

Establishment.

National Coordinator shall establish a governance mechanism for the nationwide health information network.“(d) Detail of Federal Employees.—“(1) In general.—Upon the request of the National Coordinator, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to detail, with or without reimbursement from the Office, any of the personnel of such agency to the Office to assist it in carrying out its duties under this section.“(2) Effect of detail.—Any detail of personnel under paragraph (1) shall—“(A) not interrupt or otherwise affect the civil service status or privileges of the Federal employee; and“(B) be in addition to any other staff of the Department employed by the National Coordinator.“(3) Acceptance of detailees.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office may accept detailed personnel from other Federal agencies without regard to whether the agency described under paragraph (1) is reimbursed.“(e) Chief Privacy Officer of the Office of the National Coordinator.—Not

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later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall appoint a Chief Privacy Officer of the Office of the National Coordinator, whose duty it 123 STAT. 234 shall be to advise the National Coordinator on privacy, security, and data stewardship of electronic health information and to coordinate with other Federal agencies (and similar privacy officers in such agencies), with State and regional efforts, and with foreign countries with regard to the privacy, security, and data stewardship of electronic individually identifiable health information.
“SEC. 3002. HIT

42 USC 300jj–12.

POLICY COMMITTEE.“(a) Establishment.—There is established a HIT Policy Committee to make policy recommendations to the National Coordinator relating to the implementation of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure, including implementation of the strategic plan described in section 3001(c)(3).“(b) Duties.—“(1) Recommendations on health information technology infrastructure.—The HIT Policy Committee shall recommend a policy framework for the development and adoption of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure that permits the electronic exchange and use of health information as is consistent with the strategic plan under section 3001(c)(3) and that includes the recommendations under paragraph (2). The Committee shall update such recommendations and make new recommendations as appropriate.“(2) Specific

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areas of standard development.—“(A) In general.—The HIT Policy Committee shall recommend the areas in which standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria are needed for the electronic exchange and use of health information for purposes of adoption under section 3004 and shall recommend an order of priority for the development, harmonization, and recognition of such standards, specifications, and certification criteria among the areas so recommended. Such standards and implementation specifications shall include named standards, architectures, and software schemes for the authentication and security of individually identifiable health information and other information as needed to ensure the reproducible development of common solutions across disparate entities.“(B) Areas required for consideration.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the HIT Policy Committee shall make recommendations for at least the following areas:“(i) Technologies that protect the privacy of health information and promote security in a qualified electronic health record, including for the segmentation and protection from disclosure of specific and sensitive individually identifiable health information with the goal of minimizing the reluctance of patients to seek care (or disclose information about a condition) because of privacy concerns, in accordance with applicable law, and for the use and disclosure of limited data sets of such information.“(ii) A nationwide health information technology infrastructure that allows for the electronic use and accurate exchange of health information.“(iii) The utilization of a certified electronic health record for each person in the United States by 2014.123 STAT. 235“(iv) Technologies that as a part of a qualified electronic health record allow for an accounting of disclosures made by a covered entity (as defined for purposes of regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) for purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations (as such terms are defined for purposes of such regulations).“(v) The use of certified electronic health records to improve the quality of health care, such as by promoting the coordination of health care and improving continuity of health care among health care providers, by reducing medical errors, by improving population health, by reducing health disparities, by reducing chronic disease, and by advancing research and education.“(vi) Technologies that allow individually identifiable health information to be rendered unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals when such information is transmitted in the nationwide health information network or physically transported outside of the secured, physical perimeter of a health care provider, health plan, or health care clearinghouse.“(vii) The use of electronic systems to ensure the comprehensive collection of patient demographic data, including, at a minimum, race, ethnicity, primary language, and gender information.“(viii) Technologies that address the needs of children and other vulnerable populations.“(C) Other areas for consideration.—In making recommendations under subparagraph (A), the HIT Policy Committee may consider the following additional areas:“(i) The appropriate uses of a nationwide health information infrastructure, including for purposes of—“(I) the collection of quality data and public reporting;“(II) biosurveillance and public health;“(III) medical and clinical research; and“(IV) drug safety.“(ii) Self-service technologies that facilitate the use and exchange of patient information and reduce wait times.“(iii) Telemedicine technologies, in order to reduce travel requirements for patients in remote areas.“(iv) Technologies that facilitate home health care and the monitoring of patients recuperating at home.“(v) Technologies that help reduce medical errors.“(vi) Technologies that facilitate the continuity of care among health settings.“(vii) Technologies that meet the needs of diverse populations.“(viii) Methods to facilitate secure access by an individual to such individual’s protected health information.“(ix) Methods, guidelines, and safeguards to facilitate secure access to patient information by a family 123 STAT. 236 member, caregiver, or guardian acting on behalf of a patient due to age-related and other disability, cognitive impairment, or dementia.“(x) Any other technology that the HIT Policy Committee finds to be among the technologies with the greatest potential to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.“(3) Forum.—The HIT Policy Committee shall serve as a forum for broad stakeholder input with specific expertise in policies relating to the matters described in paragraphs (1) and (2).“(4) Consistency with evaluation conducted under mippa.—“(A) Requirement for consistency.—The HIT Policy Committee shall ensure that recommendations made under paragraph (2)(B)(vi) are consistent with the evaluation conducted under section 1809(a) of the Social Security Act.“(B) Scope.—Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to limit the recommendations under paragraph (2)(B)(vi) to the elements described in section 1809(a)(3) of the Social Security Act.“(C) Timing.—The

Applicability.

requirement under subparagraph (A) shall be applicable to the extent that evaluations have been conducted under section 1809(a) of the Social Security Act, regardless of whether the report described in subsection (b) of such section has been submitted.“(c) Membership and Operations.—“(1) In general.—The National Coordinator shall take a leading position in the establishment and operations of the HIT Policy Committee.“(2) Membership.—The HIT Policy Committee shall be composed of members to be appointed as follows:“(A) 3 members shall be appointed by the Secretary, 1 of whom shall be appointed to represent the Department of Health and Human Services and 1 of whom shall be a public health official.“(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate.“(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.“(D) 1 member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.“(E) 1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives.“(F) Such

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other members as shall be appointed by the President as representatives of other relevant Federal agencies.“(G) 13 members shall be appointed by the Comptroller General of the United States of whom—“(i) 3 members shall advocates for patients or consumers;“(ii) 2 members shall represent health care providers, one of which shall be a physician;“(iii) 1 member shall be from a labor organization representing health care workers;“(iv) 1 member shall have expertise in health information privacy and security;123 STAT. 237“(v) 1 member shall have expertise in improving the health of vulnerable populations;“(vi) 1 member shall be from the research community;“(vii) 1 member shall represent health plans or other third-party payers;“(viii) 1 member shall represent information technology vendors;“(ix) 1 member shall represent purchasers or employers; and“(x) 1 member shall have expertise in health care quality measurement and reporting.“(3) Participation.—The members of the HIT Policy Committee appointed under paragraph (2) shall represent a balance among various sectors of the health care system so that no single sector unduly influences the recommendations of the Policy Committee.“(4) Terms.—“(A) In general.—The terms of the members of the HIT Policy Committee shall be for 3 years, except that the Comptroller General shall designate staggered terms for the members first appointed.“(B) Vacancies.—Any member appointed to fill a vacancy in the membership of the HIT Policy Committee that occurs prior to the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A member may serve after the expiration of that member’s term until a successor has been appointed. A vacancy in the HIT Policy Committee shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.“(5) Outside involvement.—The HIT Policy Committee shall ensure an opportunity for the participation in activities of the Committee of outside advisors, including individuals with expertise in the development of policies for the electronic exchange and use of health information, including in the areas of health information privacy and security.“(6) Quorum.—A majority of the member of the HIT Policy Committee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of voting, but a lesser number of members may meet and hold hearings.“(7) Failure of initial appointment.—If, on

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the date that is 45 days after the date of enactment of this title, an official authorized under paragraph (2) to appoint one or more members of the HIT Policy Committee has not appointed the full number of members that such paragraph authorizes such official to appoint, the Secretary is authorized to appoint such members.“(8) Consideration.—The National Coordinator shall ensure that the relevant and available recommendations and comments from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics are considered in the development of policies.“(d) Application of FACA.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), other than section 14 of such Act, shall apply to the HIT Policy Committee.“(e) Publication.—The

Federal Register, publication.

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Secretary shall provide for publication in the Federal Register and the posting on the Internet website of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 123 STAT. 238 Technology of all policy recommendations made by the HIT Policy Committee under this section.
“SEC. 3003. HIT

42 USC 300jj–13.

STANDARDS COMMITTEE.“(a) Establishment.—There is established a committee to be known as the HIT Standards Committee to recommend to the National Coordinator standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of health information for purposes of adoption under section 3004, consistent with the implementation of the strategic plan described in section 3001(c)(3) and beginning with the areas listed in section 3002(b)(2)(B) in accordance with policies developed by the HIT Policy Committee.“(b) Duties.—“(1) Standards development.—“(A) In general.—The

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HIT Standards Committee shall recommend to the National Coordinator standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria described in subsection (a) that have been developed, harmonized, or recognized by the HIT Standards Committee. The HIT Standards Committee shall update such recommendations and make new recommendations as appropriate, including in response to a notification sent under section 3004(a)(2)(B). Such recommendations shall be consistent with the latest recommendations made by the HIT Policy Committee.“(B) Harmonization.—The HIT Standards Committee recognize harmonized or updated standards from an entity or entities for the purpose of harmonizing or updating standards and implementation specifications in order to achieve uniform and consistent implementation of the standards and implementation specifications.“(C) Pilot testing of standards and implementation specifications.—In the development, harmonization, or recognition of standards and implementation specifications, the HIT Standards Committee shall, as appropriate, provide for the testing of such standards and specifications by the National Institute for Standards and Technology under section 13201(a) of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.“(D) Consistency.—The standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria recommended under this subsection shall be consistent with the standards for information transactions and data elements adopted pursuant to section 1173 of the Social Security Act.“(2) Forum.—The HIT Standards Committee shall serve as a forum for the participation of a broad range of stakeholders to provide input on the development, harmonization, and recognition of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria necessary for the development and adoption of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure that allows for the electronic use and exchange of health information.“(3) Schedule.—Not

Deadline.

later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this title, the HIT Standards Committee shall develop a schedule for the assessment of policy recommendations developed by the HIT Policy Committee under 123 STAT. 239 section 3002. The

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HIT Standards Committee shall update such schedule annually. The

Federal Register, publication.

Secretary shall publish such schedule in the Federal Register.“(4) Public input.—The HIT Standards Committee shall conduct open public meetings and develop a process to allow for public comment on the schedule described in paragraph (3) and recommendations described in this subsection. Under such process comments shall be submitted in a timely manner after the date of publication of a recommendation under this subsection.“(5) Consideration.—The National Coordinator shall ensure that the relevant and available recommendations and comments from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics are considered in the development of standards.“(c) Membership and Operations.—“(1) In general.—The National Coordinator shall take a leading position in the establishment and operations of the HIT Standards Committee.“(2) Membership.—The membership of the HIT Standards Committee shall at least reflect providers, ancillary healthcare workers, consumers, purchasers, health plans, technology vendors, researchers, relevant Federal agencies, and individuals with technical expertise on health care quality, privacy and security, and on the electronic exchange and use of health information.“(3) Participation.—The members of the HIT Standards Committee appointed under this subsection shall represent a balance among various sectors of the health care system so that no single sector unduly influences the recommendations of such Committee.“(4) Outside involvement.—The HIT Policy Committee shall ensure an opportunity for the participation in activities of the Committee of outside advisors, including individuals with expertise in the development of standards for the electronic exchange and use of health information, including in the areas of health information privacy and security.“(5) Balance among sectors.—In developing the procedures for conducting the activities of the HIT Standards Committee, the HIT Standards Committee shall act to ensure a balance among various sectors of the health care system so that no single sector unduly influences the actions of the HIT Standards Committee.“(6) Assistance.—For the purposes of carrying out this section, the Secretary may provide or ensure that financial assistance is provided by the HIT Standards Committee to defray in whole or in part any membership fees or dues charged by such Committee to those consumer advocacy groups and not for profit entities that work in the public interest as a part of their mission.“(d) Application of FACA.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), other than section 14, shall apply to the HIT Standards Committee.“(e) Publication.—The

Federal Register, publication.

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Secretary shall provide for publication in the Federal Register and the posting on the Internet website of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of all recommendations made by the HIT Standards Committee under this section.123 STAT. 240
“SEC. 3004. PROCESS

42 USC 300jj–14.

FOR ADOPTION OF ENDORSED RECOMMENDATIONS; ADOPTION OF INITIAL SET OF STANDARDS, IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATIONS, AND CERTIFICATION CRITERIA.“(a) Process for Adoption of Endorsed Recommendations.—“(1) Review of endorsed standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria.—Not

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later than 90 days after the date of receipt of standards, implementation specifications, or certification criteria endorsed under section 3001(c), the Secretary, in consultation with representatives of other relevant Federal agencies, shall jointly review such standards, implementation specifications, or certification criteria and shall determine whether or not to propose adoption of such standards, implementation specifications, or certification criteria.“(2) Determination to adopt standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria.—If the Secretary determines—“(A) to propose adoption of any grouping of such standards, implementation specifications, or certification criteria, the Secretary shall, by regulation under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, determine whether or not to adopt such grouping of standards, implementation specifications, or certification criteria; or“(B)

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not to propose adoption of any grouping of standards, implementation specifications, or certification criteria, the Secretary shall notify the National Coordinator and the HIT Standards Committee in writing of such determination and the reasons for not proposing the adoption of such recommendation.“(3) Publication.—The

Federal Register, publication.

Secretary shall provide for publication in the Federal Register of all determinations made by the Secretary under paragraph (1).“(b) Adoption of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria.—“(1) In general.—Not

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later than December 31, 2009, the Secretary shall, through the rulemaking process consistent with subsection (a)(2)(A), adopt an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the areas required for consideration under section 3002(b)(2)(B). The rulemaking for the initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria may be issued on an interim, final basis.“(2) Application of current standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria.—The standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria adopted before the date of the enactment of this title through the process existing through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology may be applied towards meeting the requirement of paragraph (1).“(3) Subsequent standards activity.—The Secretary shall adopt additional standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria as necessary and consistent with the schedule published under section 3003(b)(2).123 STAT. 241
“SEC. 3005. APPLICATION

42 USC 300jj–15.

AND USE OF ADOPTED STANDARDS AND IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATIONS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.  “For requirements relating to the application and use by Federal agencies of the standards and implementation specifications adopted under section 3004, see section 13111 of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
“SEC. 3006. VOLUNTARY

42 USC 300jj–16.

APPLICATION AND USE OF ADOPTED STANDARDS AND IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATIONS BY PRIVATE ENTITIES.“(a) In General.—Except as provided under section 13112 of the HITECH Act, nothing in such Act or in the amendments made by such Act shall be construed—“(1) to require a private entity to adopt or comply with a standard or implementation specification adopted under section 3004; or“(2) to provide a Federal agency authority, other than the authority such agency may have under other provisions of law, to require a private entity to comply with such a standard or implementation specification.“(b) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to require that a private entity that enters into a contract with the Federal Government apply or use the standards and implementation specifications adopted under section 3004 with respect to activities not related to the contract.
“SEC. 3007. FEDERAL

42 USC 300jj–17.

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.“(a) In General.—The National Coordinator shall support the development and routine updating of qualified electronic health record technology (as defined in section 3000) consistent with subsections (b) and (c) and make available such qualified electronic health record technology unless the Secretary determines through an assessment that the needs and demands of providers are being substantially and adequately met through the marketplace.“(b) Certification.—In making such electronic health record technology publicly available, the National Coordinator shall ensure that the qualified electronic health record technology described in subsection (a) is certified under the program developed under section 3001(c)(3) to be in compliance with applicable standards adopted under section 3003(a).“(c) Authorization To Charge a Nominal Fee.—The National Coordinator may impose a nominal fee for the adoption by a health care provider of the health information technology system developed or approved under subsection (a) and (b). Such fee shall take into account the financial circumstances of smaller providers, low income providers, and providers located in rural or other medically underserved areas.“(d) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that a private or government entity adopt or use the technology provided under this section.
“SEC. 3008.

42 USC 300jj–18.

TRANSITIONS.“(a) ONCHIT.—To the extent consistent with section 3001, all functions, personnel, assets, liabilities, and administrative actions applicable to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology appointed under Executive Order No. 13335 or the Office of such National Coordinator on the date before the 123 STAT. 242 date of the enactment of this title shall be transferred to the National Coordinator appointed under section 3001(a) and the Office of such National Coordinator as of the date of the enactment of this title.“(b) National EHealth Collaborative.—Nothing in sections 3002 or 3003 or this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the AHIC Successor, Inc. doing business as the National eHealth Collaborative from modifying its charter, duties, membership, and any other structure or function required to be consistent with section 3002 and 3003 so as to allow the Secretary to recognize such AHIC Successor, Inc. as the HIT Policy Committee or the HIT Standards Committee.“(c) Consistency of Recommendations.—In carrying out section 3003(b)(1)(A), until recommendations are made by the HIT Policy Committee, recommendations of the HIT Standards Committee shall be consistent with the most recent recommendations made by such AHIC Successor, Inc.
“SEC. 3009. MISCELLANEOUS

42 USC 300jj–19.

PROVISIONS.“(a) Relation to HIPAA Privacy and Security Law.—“(1) In general.—With respect to the relation of this title to HIPAA privacy and security law:“(A) This title may not be construed as having any effect on the authorities of the Secretary under HIPAA privacy and security law.“(B) The purposes of this title include ensuring that the health information technology standards and implementation specifications adopted under section 3004 take into account the requirements of HIPAA privacy and security law.“(2) Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘HIPAA privacy and security law’ means—“(A) the provisions of part C of title XI of the Social Security Act, section 264 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and subtitle D of title IV of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; and“(B) regulations under such provisions.“(b) Flexibility.—In administering the provisions of this title, the Secretary shall have flexibility in applying the definition of health care provider under section 3000(3), including the authority to omit certain entities listed in such definition when applying such definition under this title, where appropriate.”
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SEC. 13102. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.  Section 1171(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d) is amended by striking “or C” and inserting “C, or D”.
PART 2—APPLICATION AND USE OF ADOPTED HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS; REPORTS
SEC. 13111. COORDINATION

42 USC 17901.

OF FEDERAL ACTIVITIES WITH ADOPTED STANDARDS AND IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATIONS.(a) Spending on Health Information Technology Systems.—As each agency (as defined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary 123 STAT. 243 of Health and Human Services) implements, acquires, or upgrades health information technology systems used for the direct exchange of individually identifiable health information between agencies and with non-Federal entities, it shall utilize, where available, health information technology systems and products that meet standards and implementation specifications adopted under section 3004 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101.(b) Federal Information Collection Activities.—With respect to a standard or implementation specification adopted under section 3004 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101, the President shall take measures to ensure that Federal activities involving the broad collection and submission of health information are consistent with such standard or implementation specification, respectively, within three years after the date of such adoption.(c) Application of Definitions.—The definitions contained in section 3000 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101, shall apply for purposes of this part.
SEC. 13112. APPLICATION

42 USC 17902.

TO PRIVATE ENTITIES.  Each agency (as defined in such Executive Order issued on August 22, 2006, relating to promoting quality and efficient health care in Federal government administered or sponsored health care programs) shall require in contracts or agreements with health care providers, health plans, or health insurance issuers that as each provider, plan, or issuer implements, acquires, or upgrades health information technology systems, it shall utilize, where available, health information technology systems and products that meet standards and implementation specifications adopted under section 3004 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101.
SEC. 13113. STUDY

42 USC 17903.

AND REPORTS.(a) Report on Adoption of Nationwide System.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report that—(1) describes the specific actions that have been taken by the Federal Government and private entities to facilitate the adoption of a nationwide system for the electronic use and exchange of health information;(2) describes barriers to the adoption of such a nationwide system; and(3) contains recommendations to achieve full implementation of such a nationwide system.(b) Reimbursement Incentive Study and Report.—(1) Study.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall carry out, or contract with a private entity to carry out, a study that examines methods to create efficient reimbursement incentives for improving health care quality in Federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and free clinics.(2) Report.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the study carried out under paragraph (1).(c) Aging Services Technology Study and Report.—123 STAT. 244(1) In

Contracts.

general.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall carry out, or contract with a private entity to carry out, a study of matters relating to the potential use of new aging services technology to assist seniors, individuals with disabilities, and their caregivers throughout the aging process.(2) Matters to be studied.—The study under paragraph (1) shall include—(A) an evaluation of—(i) methods for identifying current, emerging, and future health technology that can be used to meet the needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities and their caregivers across all aging services settings, as specified by the Secretary;(ii) methods for fostering scientific innovation with respect to aging services technology within the business and academic communities; and(iii) developments in aging services technology in other countries that may be applied in the United States; and(B) identification of—(i) barriers to innovation in aging services technology and devising strategies for removing such barriers; and(ii) barriers to the adoption of aging services technology by health care providers and consumers and devising strategies to removing such barriers.(3) Report.—Not later than 24 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and of the Senate a report on the study carried out under paragraph (1).(4) Definitions.—For purposes of this subsection:(A) Aging services technology.—The term “aging services technology” means health technology that meets the health care needs of seniors, individuals with disabilities, and the caregivers of such seniors and individuals.(B) Senior.—The term “senior” has such meaning as specified by the Secretary.
 Subtitle B—Testing of Health Information Technology
SEC. 13201. NATIONAL

42 USC 17911.

INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY TESTING.(a) Pilot Testing of Standards and Implementation Specifications.—In coordination with the HIT Standards Committee established under section 3003 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101, with respect to the development of standards and implementation specifications under such section, the Director of the National Institute for Standards and Technology shall test such standards and implementation specifications, as appropriate, in order to assure the efficient implementation and use of such standards and implementation specifications.(b) Voluntary Testing Program.—In coordination with the HIT Standards Committee established under section 3003 of the 123 STAT. 245 Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101, with respect to the development of standards and implementation specifications under such section, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall support the establishment of a conformance testing infrastructure, including the development of technical test beds. The development of this conformance testing infrastructure may include a program to accredit independent, non-Federal laboratories to perform testing.
SEC. 13202. RESEARCH

42 USC 17912.

AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.(a) Health Care Information Enterprise Integration Research Centers.—(1) In general.—The

Establishment.

Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall establish a program of assistance to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof which may include nonprofit entities and Federal Government laboratories) to establish multidisciplinary Centers for Health Care Information Enterprise Integration.(2) Review; competition.—Grants

Grants.

shall be awarded under this subsection on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis.(3) Purpose.—The purposes of the Centers described in paragraph (1) shall be—(A) to generate innovative approaches to health care information enterprise integration by conducting cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on the systems challenges to health care delivery; and(B) the development and use of health information technologies and other complementary fields.(4) Research areas.—Research areas may include—(A) interfaces between human information and communications technology systems;(B) voice-recognition systems;(C) software that improves interoperability and connectivity among health information systems;(D) software dependability in systems critical to health care delivery;(E) measurement of the impact of information technologies on the quality and productivity of health care;(F) health information enterprise management;(G) health information technology security and integrity; and(H) relevant health information technology to reduce medical errors.(5) Applications.—An institution of higher education (or a consortium thereof) seeking funding under this subsection shall submit an application to the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require. The application shall include, at a minimum, a description of—(A) the research projects that will be undertaken by the Center established pursuant to assistance under paragraph (1) and the respective contributions of the participating entities;123 STAT. 246(B) how the Center will promote active collaboration among scientists and engineers from different disciplines, such as information technology, biologic sciences, management, social sciences, and other appropriate disciplines;(C) technology transfer activities to demonstrate and diffuse the research results, technologies, and knowledge; and(D) how the Center will contribute to the education and training of researchers and other professionals in fields relevant to health information enterprise integration.(b) National Information Technology Research and Development Program.—The National High-Performance Computing Program established by section 101 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511) shall include Federal research and development programs related to health information technology.
 Subtitle C—Grants and Loans Funding
SEC. 13301. GRANT, LOAN, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.  Title XXX of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101, is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:“Subtitle B—Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology
“SEC. 3011. IMMEDIATE

42 USC 300jj–31.

FUNDING TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE.“(a) In General.—The Secretary shall, using amounts appropriated under section 3018, invest in the infrastructure necessary to allow for and promote the electronic exchange and use of health information for each individual in the United States consistent with the goals outlined in the strategic plan developed by the National Coordinator (and as available) under section 3001. The Secretary shall invest funds through the different agencies with expertise in such goals, such as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Indian Health Service to support the following:“(1) Health information technology architecture that will support the nationwide electronic exchange and use of health information in a secure, private, and accurate manner, including connecting health information exchanges, and which may include updating and implementing the infrastructure necessary within different agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services to support the electronic use and exchange of health information.“(2) Development and adoption of appropriate certified electronic health records for categories of health care providers not eligible for support under title XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act for the adoption of such records.“(3) Training on and dissemination of information on best practices to integrate health information technology, including 123 STAT. 247 electronic health records, into a provider’s delivery of care, consistent with best practices learned from the Health Information Technology Research Center developed under section 3012(b), including community health centers receiving assistance under section 330, covered entities under section 340B, and providers participating in one or more of the programs under titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act (relating to Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program).“(4) Infrastructure and tools for the promotion of telemedicine, including coordination among Federal agencies in the promotion of telemedicine.“(5) Promotion of the interoperability of clinical data repositories or registries.“(6) Promotion of technologies and best practices that enhance the protection of health information by all holders of individually identifiable health information.“(7) Improvement and expansion of the use of health information technology by public health departments.“(b) Coordination.—The Secretary shall ensure funds under this section are used in a coordinated manner with other health information promotion activities.“(c) Additional Use of Funds.—In addition to using funds as provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may use amounts appropriated under section 3018 to carry out health information technology activities that are provided for under laws in effect on the date of the enactment of this title.“(d) Standards for Acquisition of Health Information Technology.—To the greatest extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that where funds are expended under this section for the acquisition of health information technology, such funds shall be used to acquire health information technology that meets applicable standards adopted under section 3004. Where it is not practicable to expend funds on health information technology that meets such applicable standards, the Secretary shall ensure that such health information technology meets applicable standards otherwise adopted by the Secretary.
“SEC. 3012. HEALTH

42 USC 300jj–32.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE.“(a) Health Information Technology Extension Program.—To assist health care providers to adopt, implement, and effectively use certified EHR technology that allows for the electronic exchange and use of health information, the Secretary, acting through the Office of the National Coordinator, shall establish a health information technology extension program to provide health information technology assistance services to be carried out through the Department of Health and Human Services.

Consultation.

The National Coordinator shall consult with other Federal agencies with demonstrated experience and expertise in information technology services, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in developing and implementing this program.“(b) Health Information Technology Research Center.—“(1) In general.—The

Establishment.

Secretary shall create a Health Information Technology Research Center (in this section referred to as the ‘Center’) to provide technical assistance and develop or recognize best practices to support and accelerate 123 STAT. 248 efforts to adopt, implement, and effectively utilize health information technology that allows for the electronic exchange and use of information in compliance with standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria adopted under section 3004.“(2) Input.—The Center shall incorporate input from—“(A) other Federal agencies with demonstrated experience and expertise in information technology services such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology;“(B) users of health information technology, such as providers and their support and clerical staff and others involved in the care and care coordination of patients, from the health care and health information technology industry; and“(C) others as appropriate.“(3) Purposes.—The purposes of the Center are to—“(A) provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience;“(B) accelerate the transfer of lessons learned from existing public and private sector initiatives, including those currently receiving Federal financial support;“(C) assemble, analyze, and widely disseminate evidence and experience related to the adoption, implementation, and effective use of health information technology that allows for the electronic exchange and use of information including through the regional centers described in subsection (c);“(D) provide technical assistance for the establishment and evaluation of regional and local health information networks to facilitate the electronic exchange of information across health care settings and improve the quality of health care;“(E) provide technical assistance for the development and dissemination of solutions to barriers to the exchange of electronic health information; and“(F) learn about effective strategies to adopt and utilize health information technology in medically underserved communities.“(c) Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers.—“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall provide assistance for the creation and support of regional centers (in this subsection referred to as ‘regional centers’) to provide technical assistance and disseminate best practices and other information learned from the Center to support and accelerate efforts to adopt, implement, and effectively utilize health information technology that allows for the electronic exchange and use of information in compliance with standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria adopted under section 3004. Activities conducted under this subsection shall be consistent with the strategic plan developed by the National Coordinator, (and, as available) under section 3001.“(2) Affiliation.—Regional centers shall be affiliated with any United States-based nonprofit institution or organization, or group thereof, that applies and is awarded financial assistance under this section. Individual awards shall be decided on the basis of merit.123 STAT. 249“(3) Objective.—The objective of the regional centers is to enhance and promote the adoption of health information technology through—“(A) assistance with the implementation, effective use, upgrading, and ongoing maintenance of health information technology, including electronic health records, to healthcare providers nationwide;“(B) broad participation of individuals from industry, universities, and State governments;“(C) active dissemination of best practices and research on the implementation, effective use, upgrading, and ongoing maintenance of health information technology, including electronic health records, to health care providers in order to improve the quality of healthcare and protect the privacy and security of health information;“(D) participation, to the extent practicable, in health information exchanges;“(E) utilization, when appropriate, of the expertise and capability that exists in Federal agencies other than the Department; and“(F) integration of health information technology, including electronic health records, into the initial and ongoing training of health professionals and others in the healthcare industry that would be instrumental to improving the quality of healthcare through the smooth and accurate electronic use and exchange of health information.“(4) Regional assistance.—Each regional center shall aim to provide assistance and education to all providers in a region, but shall prioritize any direct assistance first to the following:“(A) Public or not-for-profit hospitals or critical access hospitals.“(B) Federally qualified health centers (as defined in section 1861(aa)(4) of the Social Security Act).“(C) Entities that are located in rural and other areas that serve uninsured, underinsured, and medically underserved individuals (regardless of whether such area is urban or rural).“(D) Individual or small group practices (or a consortium thereof) that are primarily focused on primary care.“(5) Financial support.—The Secretary may provide financial support to any regional center created under this subsection for a period not to exceed four years. The Secretary may not provide more than 50 percent of the capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to create and maintain such a center, except in an instance of national economic conditions which would render this cost-share requirement detrimental to the program and upon notification to Congress as to the justification to waive the cost-share requirement.“(6) Notice of program description and availability of funds.—The Secretary

Federal Register, publication.

Deadline.

shall publish in the Federal Register, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this title, a draft description of the program for establishing regional centers under this subsection. Such description shall include the following:“(A) A detailed explanation of the program and the programs goals.123 STAT. 250“(B) Procedures

Procedures.

to be followed by the applicants.“(C) Criteria

Criteria.

for determining qualified applicants.“(D) Maximum support levels expected to be available to centers under the program.“(7) Application review.—The Secretary shall subject each application under this subsection to merit review. In making a decision whether to approve such application and provide financial support, the Secretary shall consider at a minimum the merits of the application, including those portions of the application regarding—“(A) the ability of the applicant to provide assistance under this subsection and utilization of health information technology appropriate to the needs of particular categories of health care providers;“(B) the types of service to be provided to health care providers;“(C) geographical diversity and extent of service area; and“(D) the percentage of funding and amount of in-kind commitment from other sources.“(8) Biennial evaluation.—Each regional center which receives financial assistance under this subsection shall be evaluated biennially by an evaluation panel appointed by the Secretary. Each evaluation panel shall be composed of private experts, none of whom shall be connected with the center involved, and of Federal officials. Each evaluation panel shall measure the involved center’s performance against the objective specified in paragraph (3). The Secretary shall not continue to provide funding to a regional center unless its evaluation is overall positive.“(9) Continuing support.—After the second year of assistance under this subsection, a regional center may receive additional support under this subsection if it has received positive evaluations and a finding by the Secretary that continuation of Federal funding to the center was in the best interest of provision of health information technology extension services.
“SEC. 3013. STATE

42 USC 300jj–33.

GRANTS TO PROMOTE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.“(a) In General.—The Secretary, acting through the National Coordinator, shall establish a program in accordance with this section to facilitate and expand the electronic movement and use of health information among organizations according to nationally recognized standards.“(b) Planning Grants.—The Secretary may award a grant to a State or qualified State-designated entity (as described in subsection (f)) that submits an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may specify, for the purpose of planning activities described in subsection (d).“(c) Implementation Grants.—The Secretary may award a grant to a State or qualified State designated entity that—“(1) has submitted, and the Secretary has approved, a plan described in subsection (e) (regardless of whether such plan was prepared using amounts awarded under subsection (b); and123 STAT. 251“(2) submits an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may specify.“(d) Use of Funds.—Amounts received under a grant under subsection (c) shall be used to conduct activities to facilitate and expand the electronic movement and use of health information among organizations according to nationally recognized standards through activities that include—“(1) enhancing broad and varied participation in the authorized and secure nationwide electronic use and exchange of health information;“(2) identifying State or local resources available towards a nationwide effort to promote health information technology;“(3) complementing other Federal grants, programs, and efforts towards the promotion of health information technology;“(4) providing technical assistance for the development and dissemination of solutions to barriers to the exchange of electronic health information;“(5) promoting effective strategies to adopt and utilize health information technology in medically underserved communities;“(6) assisting patients in utilizing health information technology;“(7) encouraging clinicians to work with Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers as described in section 3012, to the extent they are available and valuable;“(8) supporting public health agencies’ authorized use of and access to electronic health information;“(9) promoting the use of electronic health records for quality improvement including through quality measures reporting; and“(10) such other activities as the Secretary may specify.“(e) Plan.—“(1) In general.—A plan described in this subsection is a plan that describes the activities to be carried out by a State or by the qualified State-designated entity within such State to facilitate and expand the electronic movement and use of health information among organizations according to nationally recognized standards and implementation specifications.“(2) Required elements.—A plan described in paragraph (1) shall—“(A) be pursued in the public interest;“(B) be consistent with the strategic plan developed by the National Coordinator, (and, as available) under section 3001;“(C) include a description of the ways the State or qualified State-designated entity will carry out the activities described in subsection (b); and“(D) contain such elements as the Secretary may require.“(f) Qualified State-Designated Entity.—For purposes of this section, to be a qualified State-designated entity, with respect to a State, an entity shall—“(1) be designated by the State as eligible to receive awards under this section;“(2) be a not-for-profit entity with broad stakeholder representation on its governing board;123 STAT. 252“(3) demonstrate that one of its principal goals is to use information technology to improve health care quality and efficiency through the authorized and secure electronic exchange and use of health information;“(4) adopt nondiscrimination and conflict of interest policies that demonstrate a commitment to open, fair, and nondiscriminatory participation by stakeholders; and“(5) conform to such other requirements as the Secretary may establish.“(g) Required Consultation.—In carrying out activities described in subsections (b) and (c), a State or qualified State-designated entity shall consult with and consider the recommendations of—“(1) health care providers (including providers that provide services to low income and underserved populations);“(2) health plans;“(3) patient or consumer organizations that represent the population to be served;“(4) health information technology vendors;“(5) health care purchasers and employers;“(6) public health agencies;“(7) health professions schools, universities and colleges;“(8) clinical researchers;“(9) other users of health information technology such as the support and clerical staff of providers and others involved in the care and care coordination of patients; and“(10) such other entities, as may be determined appropriate by the Secretary.“(h) Continuous Improvement.—The

Deadline.

Evaluation.

Secretary shall annually evaluate the activities conducted under this section and shall, in awarding grants under this section, implement the lessons learned from such evaluation in a manner so that awards made subsequent to each such evaluation are made in a manner that, in the determination of the Secretary, will lead towards the greatest improvement in quality of care, decrease in costs, and the most effective authorized and secure electronic exchange of health information.“(i) Required Match.—“(1) In general.—For a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2011), the Secretary may not make a grant under this section to a State unless the State agrees to make available non-Federal contributions (which may include in-kind contributions) toward the costs of a grant awarded under subsection (c) in an amount equal to—“(A) for fiscal year 2011, not less than $1 for each $10 of Federal funds provided under the grant;“(B) for fiscal year 2012, not less than $1 for each $7 of Federal funds provided under the grant; and“(C) for fiscal year 2013 and each subsequent fiscal year, not less than $1 for each $3 of Federal funds provided under the grant.“(2) Authority to require state match for fiscal years before fiscal year 2011.—For any fiscal year during the grant program under this section before fiscal year 2011, the Secretary may determine the extent to which there shall be required a non-Federal contribution from a State receiving a grant under this section.123 STAT. 253
“SEC. 3014. COMPETITIVE

42 USC 300jj–34.

GRANTS TO STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOAN PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE THE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF CERTIFIED EHR TECHNOLOGY.“(a) In General.—The National Coordinator may award competitive grants to eligible entities for the establishment of programs for loans to health care providers to conduct the activities described in subsection (e).“(b) Eligible Entity Defined.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State or Indian tribe (as defined in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act) that—“(1) submits to the National Coordinator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the National Coordinator may require;“(2) submits to the National Coordinator a strategic plan in accordance with subsection (d) and provides to the National Coordinator assurances that the entity will update such plan annually in accordance with such subsection;“(3) provides assurances to the National Coordinator that the entity will establish a Loan Fund in accordance with subsection (c);“(4) provides assurances to the National Coordinator that the entity will not provide a loan from the Loan Fund to a health care provider unless the provider agrees to—“(A) submit

Reports.

Deadline.

reports on quality measures adopted by the Federal Government (by not later than 90 days after the date on which such measures are adopted), to—“(i) the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (or his or her designee), in the case of an entity participating in the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act or the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act; or“(ii) the Secretary in the case of other entities;“(B) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary (through criteria established by the Secretary) that any certified EHR technology purchased, improved, or otherwise financially supported under a loan under this section is used to exchange health information in a manner that, in accordance with law and standards (as adopted under section 3004) applicable to the exchange of information, improves the quality of health care, such as promoting care coordination; and“(C) comply with such other requirements as the entity or the Secretary may require;“(D) include a plan on how health care providers involved intend to maintain and support the certified EHR technology over time;“(E) include a plan on how the health care providers involved intend to maintain and support the certified EHR technology that would be purchased with such loan, including the type of resources expected to be involved and any such other information as the State or Indian Tribe, respectively, may require; and“(5) agrees to provide matching funds in accordance with subsection (h).123 STAT. 254“(c) Establishment of Fund.—For purposes of subsection (b)(3), an eligible entity shall establish a certified EHR technology loan fund (referred to in this subsection as a ‘Loan Fund’) and comply with the other requirements contained in this section. A grant to an eligible entity under this section shall be deposited in the Loan Fund established by the eligible entity. No funds authorized by other provisions of this title to be used for other purposes specified in this title shall be deposited in any Loan Fund.“(d) Strategic Plan.—“(1) In general.—For purposes of subsection (b)(2), a strategic plan of an eligible entity under this subsection shall identify the intended uses of amounts available to the Loan Fund of such entity.“(2) Contents.—A strategic plan under paragraph (1), with respect to a Loan Fund of an eligible entity, shall include for a year the following:“(A) A list of the projects to be assisted through the Loan Fund during such year.“(B) A description of the criteria and methods established for the distribution of funds from the Loan Fund during the year.“(C) A description of the financial status of the Loan Fund as of the date of submission of the plan.“(D) The short-term and long-term goals of the Loan Fund.“(e) Use of Funds.—Amounts deposited in a Loan Fund, including loan repayments and interest earned on such amounts, shall be used only for awarding loans or loan guarantees, making reimbursements described in subsection (g)(4)(A), or as a source of reserve and security for leveraged loans, the proceeds of which are deposited in the Loan Fund established under subsection (c). Loans under this section may be used by a health care provider to—“(1) facilitate the purchase of certified EHR technology;“(2) enhance the utilization of certified EHR technology (which may include costs associated with upgrading health information technology so that it meets criteria necessary to be a certified EHR technology);“(3) train personnel in the use of such technology; or“(4) improve the secure electronic exchange of health information.“(f) Types of Assistance.—Except as otherwise limited by applicable State law, amounts deposited into a Loan Fund under this section may only be used for the following:“(1) To award loans that comply with the following:“(A) The interest rate for each loan shall not exceed the market interest rate.“(B) The principal and interest payments on each loan shall commence not later than 1 year after the date the loan was awarded, and each loan shall be fully amortized not later than 10 years after the date of the loan.“(C) The Loan Fund shall be credited with all payments of principal and interest on each loan awarded from the Loan Fund.“(2) To guarantee, or purchase insurance for, a local obligation (all of the proceeds of which finance a project eligible 123 STAT. 255 for assistance under this subsection) if the guarantee or purchase would improve credit market access or reduce the interest rate applicable to the obligation involved.“(3) As a source of revenue or security for the payment of principal and interest on revenue or general obligation bonds issued by the eligible entity if the proceeds of the sale of the bonds will be deposited into the Loan Fund.“(4) To earn interest on the amounts deposited into the Loan Fund.“(5) To make reimbursements described in subsection (g)(4)(A).“(g) Administration of Loan Funds.—“(1) Combined financial administration.—An eligible entity may (as a convenience and to avoid unnecessary administrative costs) combine, in accordance with applicable State law, the financial administration of a Loan Fund established under this subsection with the financial administration of any other revolving fund established by the entity if otherwise not prohibited by the law under which the Loan Fund was established.“(2) Cost of administering fund.—Each eligible entity may annually use not to exceed 4 percent of the funds provided to the entity under a grant under this section to pay the reasonable costs of the administration of the programs under this section, including the recovery of reasonable costs expended to establish a Loan Fund which are incurred after the date of the enactment of this title.“(3) Guidance and regulations.—The

Publication.

National Coordinator shall publish guidance and promulgate regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including—“(A) provisions to ensure that each eligible entity commits and expends funds allotted to the entity under this section as efficiently as possible in accordance with this title and applicable State laws; and“(B) guidance to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.“(4) Private sector contributions.—“(A) In general.—A Loan Fund established under this section may accept contributions from private sector entities, except that such entities may not specify the recipient or recipients of any loan issued under this subsection. An eligible entity may agree to reimburse a private sector entity for any contribution made under this subparagraph, except that the amount of such reimbursement may not be greater than the principal amount of the contribution made.“(B) Availability of information.—An eligible entity shall make publicly available the identity of, and amount contributed by, any private sector entity under subparagraph (A) and may issue letters of commendation or make other awards (that have no financial value) to any such entity.“(h) Matching Requirements.—“(1) In general.—The National Coordinator may not make a grant under subsection (a) to an eligible entity unless the entity agrees to make available (directly or through donations from public or private entities) non-Federal contributions in cash to the costs of carrying out the activities for which the 123 STAT. 256 grant is awarded in an amount equal to not less than $1 for each $5 of Federal funds provided under the grant.“(2) Determination of amount of non-federal contribution.—In determining the amount of non-Federal contributions that an eligible entity has provided pursuant to subparagraph (A), the National Coordinator may not include any amounts provided to the entity by the Federal Government.“(i) Effective Date.—The Secretary may not make an award under this section prior to January 1, 2010.
“SEC. 3015. DEMONSTRATION

42 USC 300jj–35.

PROGRAM TO INTEGRATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTO CLINICAL EDUCATION.“(a) In General.—The Secretary may award grants under this section to carry out demonstration projects to develop academic curricula integrating certified EHR technology in the clinical education of health professionals. Such awards shall be made on a competitive basis and pursuant to peer review.“(b) Eligibility.—To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), an entity shall—“(1) submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require;“(2) submit

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to the Secretary a strategic plan for integrating certified EHR technology in the clinical education of health professionals to reduce medical errors, increase access to prevention, reduce chronic diseases, and enhance health care quality;“(3) be—“(A) a school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy, a graduate program in behavioral or mental health, or any other graduate health professions school;“(B) a graduate school of nursing or physician assistant studies;“(C) a consortium of two or more schools described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or“(D) an institution with a graduate medical education program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, or physician assistance studies;“(4) provide for the collection of data regarding the effectiveness of the demonstration project to be funded under the grant in improving the safety of patients, the efficiency of health care delivery, and in increasing the likelihood that graduates of the grantee will adopt and incorporate certified EHR technology, in the delivery of health care services; and“(5) provide matching funds in accordance with subsection (d).“(c) Use of Funds.—“(1) In general.—With respect to a grant under subsection (a), an eligible entity shall—“(A) use grant funds in collaboration with 2 or more disciplines; and“(B) use grant funds to integrate certified EHR technology into community-based clinical education.“(2) Limitation.—An eligible entity shall not use amounts received under a grant under subsection (a) to purchase hardware, software, or services.123 STAT. 257“(d) Financial Support.—The Secretary may not provide more than 50 percent of the costs of any activity for which assistance is provided under subsection (a), except in an instance of national economic conditions which would render the cost-share requirement under this subsection detrimental to the program and upon notification to Congress as to the justification to waive the cost-share requirement.“(e) Evaluation.—The

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Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to evaluate the projects funded under this section and publish, make available, and disseminate the results of such evaluations on as wide a basis as is practicable.“(f) Reports.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this title, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that—“(1) describes the specific projects established under this section; and“(2) contains recommendations for Congress based on the evaluation conducted under subsection (e).
“SEC. 3016. INFORMATION

42 USC 300jj–36.

TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS IN HEALTH CARE.“(a) In General.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, shall provide assistance to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to establish or expand medical health informatics education programs, including certification, undergraduate, and masters degree programs, for both health care and information technology students to ensure the rapid and effective utilization and development of health information technologies (in the United States health care infrastructure).“(b) Activities.—Activities for which assistance may be provided under subsection (a) may include the following:“(1) Developing and revising curricula in medical health informatics and related disciplines.“(2) Recruiting and retaining students to the program involved.“(3) Acquiring equipment necessary for student instruction in these programs, including the installation of testbed networks for student use.“(4) Establishing or enhancing bridge programs in the health informatics fields between community colleges and universities.“(c) Priority.—In providing assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to the following:“(1) Existing education and training programs.“(2) Programs designed to be completed in less than six months.
“SEC. 3017. GENERAL

42 USC 300jj–37.

GRANT AND LOAN PROVISIONS.“(a) Reports.—The Secretary may require that an entity receiving assistance under this subtitle shall submit to the Secretary, not later than the date that is 1 year after the date of receipt of such assistance, a report that includes—123 STAT. 258“(1) an analysis of the effectiveness of the activities for which the entity receives such assistance, as compared to the goals for such activities; and“(2) an analysis of the impact of the project on health care quality and safety.“(b) Requirement to Improve Quality of Care and Decrease in Costs.—The

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National Coordinator shall annually evaluate the activities conducted under this subtitle and shall, in awarding grants, implement the lessons learned from such evaluation in a manner so that awards made subsequent to each such evaluation are made in a manner that, in the determination of the National Coordinator, will result in the greatest improvement in the quality and efficiency of health care.
“SEC. 3018. AUTHORIZATION

42 USC 300jj–38.

FOR APPROPRIATIONS.  “For the purposes of carrying out this subtitle, there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013.”
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 Subtitle D—Privacy
SEC. 13400.

42 USC 17921.

DEFINITIONS.  In this subtitle, except as specified otherwise:(1) Breach.—(A) In general.—The term “breach” means the unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of protected health information which compromises the security or privacy of such information, except where an unauthorized person to whom such information is disclosed would not reasonably have been able to retain such information.(B) Exceptions.—The term “breach” does not include—(i) any unintentional acquisition, access, or use of protected health information by an employee or individual acting under the authority of a covered entity or business associate if—(I) such acquisition, access, or use was made in good faith and within the course and scope of the employment or other professional relationship of such employee or individual, respectively, with the covered entity or business associate; and(II) such information is not further acquired, accessed, used, or disclosed by any person; or(ii) any inadvertent disclosure from an individual who is otherwise authorized to access protected health information at a facility operated by a covered entity or business associate to another similarly situated individual at same facility; and(iii) any such information received as a result of such disclosure is not further acquired, accessed, used, or disclosed without authorization by any person.(2) Business associate.—The term “business associate” has the meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(3) Covered entity.—The term “covered entity” has the meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.123 STAT. 259(4) Disclose.—The terms “disclose” and “disclosure” have the meaning given the term “disclosure” in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(5) Electronic health record.—The term “electronic health record” means an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that is created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized health care clinicians and staff.(6) Health care operations.—The term “health care operation” has the meaning given such term in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(7) Health care provider.—The term “health care provider” has the meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(8) Health plan.—The term “health plan” has the meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(9) National coordinator.—The term “National Coordinator” means the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology established under section 3001(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101.(10) Payment.—The term “payment” has the meaning given such term in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(11) Personal health record.—The term “personal health record” means an electronic record of PHR identifiable health information (as defined in section 13407(f)(2)) on an individual that can be drawn from multiple sources and that is managed, shared, and controlled by or primarily for the individual.(12) Protected health information.—The term “protected health information” has the meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(13) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.(14) Security.—The term “security” has the meaning given such term in section 164.304 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(15) State.—The term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.(16) Treatment.—The term “treatment” has the meaning given such term in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(17) Use.—The term “use” has the meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(18) Vendor of personal health records.—The term “vendor of personal health records” means an entity, other than a covered entity (as defined in paragraph (3)), that offers or maintains a personal health record.123 STAT. 260
PART 1—IMPROVED PRIVACY PROVISIONS AND SECURITY PROVISIONS
SEC. 13401. APPLICATION

42 USC 17931.

OF SECURITY PROVISIONS AND PENALTIES TO BUSINESS ASSOCIATES OF COVERED ENTITIES; ANNUAL GUIDANCE ON SECURITY PROVISIONS.(a) Application of Security Provisions.—Sections 164.308, 164.310, 164.312, and 164.316 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, shall apply to a business associate of a covered entity in the same manner that such sections apply to the covered entity. The additional requirements of this title that relate to security and that are made applicable with respect to covered entities shall also be applicable to such a business associate and shall be incorporated into the business associate agreement between the business associate and the covered entity.(b) Application of Civil and Criminal Penalties.—In the case of a business associate that violates any security provision specified in subsection (a), sections 1176 and 1177 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–5, 1320d–6) shall apply to the business associate with respect to such violation in the same manner such sections apply to a covered entity that violates such security provision.(c) Annual Guidance.—For the first year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, after consultation with stakeholders, annually issue guidance on the most effective and appropriate technical safeguards for use in carrying out the sections referred to in subsection (a) and the security standards in subpart C of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, including the use of standards developed under section 3002(b)(2)(B)(vi) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101 of this Act, as such provisions are in effect as of the date before the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 13402. NOTIFICATION

42 USC 17932.

IN THE CASE OF BREACH.(a) In General.—A covered entity that accesses, maintains, retains, modifies, records, stores, destroys, or otherwise holds, uses, or discloses unsecured protected health information (as defined in subsection (h)(1)) shall, in the case of a breach of such information that is discovered by the covered entity, notify each individual whose unsecured protected health information has been, or is reasonably believed by the covered entity to have been, accessed, acquired, or disclosed as a result of such breach.(b) Notification of Covered Entity by Business Associate.—A business associate of a covered entity that accesses, maintains, retains, modifies, records, stores, destroys, or otherwise holds, uses, or discloses unsecured protected health information shall, following the discovery of a breach of such information, notify the covered entity of such breach. Such notice shall include the identification of each individual whose unsecured protected health information has been, or is reasonably believed by the business associate to have been, accessed, acquired, or disclosed during such breach.(c) Breaches Treated as Discovered.—For purposes of this section, a breach shall be treated as discovered by a covered entity or by a business associate as of the first day on which such breach is known to such entity or associate, respectively, (including any 123 STAT. 261 person, other than the individual committing the breach, that is an employee, officer, or other agent of such entity or associate, respectively) or should reasonably have been known to such entity or associate (or person) to have occurred.(d) Timeliness of Notification.—(1) In general.—Subject

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to subsection (g), all notifications required under this section shall be made without unreasonable delay and in no case later than 60 calendar days after the discovery of a breach by the covered entity involved (or business associate involved in the case of a notification required under subsection (b)).(2) Burden of proof.—The covered entity involved (or business associate involved in the case of a notification required under subsection (b)), shall have the burden of demonstrating that all notifications were made as required under this part, including evidence demonstrating the necessity of any delay.(e) Methods of Notice.—(1) Individual notice.—Notice required under this section to be provided to an individual, with respect to a breach, shall be provided promptly and in the following form:(A) Written notification by first-class mail to the individual (or the next of kin of the individual if the individual is deceased) at the last known address of the individual or the next of kin, respectively, or, if specified as a preference by the individual, by electronic mail. The notification may be provided in one or more mailings as information is available.(B) In

Web posting.

the case in which there is insufficient, or out-of-date contact information (including a phone number, email address, or any other form of appropriate communication) that precludes direct written (or, if specified by the individual under subparagraph (A), electronic) notification to the individual, a substitute form of notice shall be provided, including, in the case that there are 10 or more individuals for which there is insufficient or out-of-date contact information, a conspicuous posting for a period determined by the Secretary on the home page of the Web site of the covered entity involved or notice in major print or broadcast media, including major media in geographic areas where the individuals affected by the breach likely reside. Such a notice in media or web posting will include a toll-free phone number where an individual can learn whether or not the individual’s unsecured protected health information is possibly included in the breach.(C) In any case deemed by the covered entity involved to require urgency because of possible imminent misuse of unsecured protected health information, the covered entity, in addition to notice provided under subparagraph (A), may provide information to individuals by telephone or other means, as appropriate.(2) Media notice.—Notice shall be provided to prominent media outlets serving a State or jurisdiction, following the discovery of a breach described in subsection (a), if the unsecured protected health information of more than 500 residents of such State or jurisdiction is, or is reasonably believed to have been, accessed, acquired, or disclosed during such breach.123 STAT. 262(3) Notice to secretary.—Notice shall be provided to the Secretary by covered entities of unsecured protected health information that has been acquired or disclosed in a breach. If the breach was with respect to 500 or more individuals than such notice must be provided immediately. If the breach was with respect to less than 500 individuals, the covered entity may maintain a log of any such breach occurring and annually submit such a log to the Secretary documenting such breaches occurring during the year involved.(4) Posting

List.

on hhs public website.—The Secretary shall make available to the public on the Internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services a list that identifies each covered entity involved in a breach described in subsection (a) in which the unsecured protected health information of more than 500 individuals is acquired or disclosed.(f) Content of Notification.—Regardless of the method by which notice is provided to individuals under this section, notice of a breach shall include, to the extent possible, the following:(1) A brief description of what happened, including the date of the breach and the date of the discovery of the breach, if known.(2) A description of the types of unsecured protected health information that were involved in the breach (such as full name, Social Security number, date of birth, home address, account number, or disability code).(3) The steps individuals should take to protect themselves from potential harm resulting from the breach.(4) A brief description of what the covered entity involved is doing to investigate the breach, to mitigate losses, and to protect against any further breaches.(5) Contact procedures for individuals to ask questions or learn additional information, which shall include a toll-free telephone number, an e-mail address, Web site, or postal address.(g) Delay of Notification Authorized for Law Enforcement Purposes.—If a law enforcement official determines that a notification, notice, or posting required under this section would impede a criminal investigation or cause damage to national security, such notification, notice, or posting shall be delayed in the same manner as provided under section 164.528(a)(2) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, in the case of a disclosure covered under such section.(h) Unsecured Protected Health Information.—(1) Definition.—(A) In general.—Subject to subparagraph (B), for purposes of this section, the term “unsecured protected health information” means protected health information that is not secured through the use of a technology or methodology specified by the Secretary in the guidance issued under paragraph (2).(B) Exception in case timely guidance not issued.—In the case that the Secretary does not issue guidance under paragraph (2) by the date specified in such paragraph, for purposes of this section, the term “unsecured protected health information” shall mean protected health information that is not secured by a technology standard that renders protected health information unusable, 123 STAT. 263 unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals and is developed or endorsed by a standards developing organization that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute.(2) Guidance.—For

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purposes of paragraph (1) and section 13407(f)(3), not later than the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, after consultation with stakeholders, issue (and annually update) guidance specifying the technologies and methodologies that render protected health information unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals, including the use of standards developed under section 3002(b)(2)(B)(vi) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101 of this Act.(i) Report to Congress on Breaches.—(1) In general.—Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report containing the information described in paragraph (2) regarding breaches for which notice was provided to the Secretary under subsection (e)(3).(2) Information.—The information described in this paragraph regarding breaches specified in paragraph (1) shall include—(A) the number and nature of such breaches; and(B) actions taken in response to such breaches.(j) Regulations; Effective Date.—To carry out this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate interim final regulations by not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this title.

Applicability.

The provisions of this section shall apply to breaches that are discovered on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of publication of such interim final regulations.
SEC. 13403. EDUCATION

42 USC 17933.

ON HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY.(a) Regional Office Privacy Advisors.—Not

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later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate an individual in each regional office of the Department of Health and Human Services to offer guidance and education to covered entities, business associates, and individuals on their rights and responsibilities related to Federal privacy and security requirements for protected health information.(b) Education Initiative on Uses of Health Information.—Not

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later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services shall develop and maintain a multi-faceted national education initiative to enhance public transparency regarding the uses of protected health information, including programs to educate individuals about the potential uses of their protected health information, the effects of such uses, and the rights of individuals with respect to such uses. Such programs shall be conducted in a variety of languages and present information in a clear and understandable manner.123 STAT. 264
SEC. 13404. APPLICATION

42 USC 17934.

OF PRIVACY PROVISIONS AND PENALTIES TO BUSINESS ASSOCIATES OF COVERED ENTITIES.(a) Application of Contract Requirements.—In the case of a business associate of a covered entity that obtains or creates protected health information pursuant to a written contract (or other written arrangement) described in section 164.502(e)(2) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, with such covered entity, the business associate may use and disclose such protected health information only if such use or disclosure, respectively, is in compliance with each applicable requirement of section 164.504(e) of such title. The additional requirements of this subtitle that relate to privacy and that are made applicable with respect to covered entities shall also be applicable to such a business associate and shall be incorporated into the business associate agreement between the business associate and the covered entity.(b) Application of Knowledge Elements Associated With Contracts.—Section 164.504(e)(1)(ii) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, shall apply to a business associate described in subsection (a), with respect to compliance with such subsection, in the same manner that such section applies to a covered entity, with respect to compliance with the standards in sections 164.502(e) and 164.504(e) of such title, except that in applying such section 164.504(e)(1)(ii) each reference to the business associate, with respect to a contract, shall be treated as a reference to the covered entity involved in such contract.(c) Application of Civil and Criminal Penalties.—In the case of a business associate that violates any provision of subsection (a) or (b), the provisions of sections 1176 and 1177 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–5, 1320d–6) shall apply to the business associate with respect to such violation in the same manner as such provisions apply to a person who violates a provision of part C of title XI of such Act.
SEC. 13405. RESTRICTIONS

42 USC 17935.

ON CERTAIN DISCLOSURES AND SALES OF HEALTH INFORMATION; ACCOUNTING OF CERTAIN PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION DISCLOSURES; ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT.(a) Requested Restrictions on Certain Disclosures of Health Information.—In the case that an individual requests under paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of section 164.522 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, that a covered entity restrict the disclosure of the protected health information of the individual, notwithstanding paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of such section, the covered entity must comply with the requested restriction if—(1) except as otherwise required by law, the disclosure is to a health plan for purposes of carrying out payment or health care operations (and is not for purposes of carrying out treatment); and(2) the protected health information pertains solely to a health care item or service for which the health care provider involved has been paid out of pocket in full.(b) Disclosures Required to Be Limited to the Limited Data Set or the Minimum Necessary.—(1) In general.—(A) In general.—Subject to subparagraph (B), a covered entity shall be treated as being in compliance with 123 STAT. 265 section 164.502(b)(1) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to the use, disclosure, or request of protected health information described in such section, only if the covered entity limits such protected health information, to the extent practicable, to the limited data set (as defined in section 164.514(e)(2) of such title) or, if needed by such entity, to the minimum necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of such use, disclosure, or request, respectively.(B) Guidance.—Not

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later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue guidance on what constitutes “minimum necessary” for purposes of subpart E of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulation. In issuing such guidance the Secretary shall take into consideration the guidance under section 13424(c) and the information necessary to improve patient outcomes and to detect, prevent, and manage chronic disease.(C) Sunset.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply on and after the effective date on which the Secretary issues the guidance under subparagraph (B).(2) Determination of minimum necessary.—For purposes of paragraph (1), in the case of the disclosure of protected health information, the covered entity or business associate disclosing such information shall determine what constitutes the minimum necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of such disclosure.(3) Application of exceptions.—The exceptions described in section 164.502(b)(2) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, shall apply to the requirement under paragraph (1) as of the effective date described in section 13423 in the same manner that such exceptions apply to section 164.502(b)(1) of such title before such date.(4) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as affecting the use, disclosure, or request of protected health information that has been de-identified.(c) Accounting of Certain Protected Health Information Disclosures Required if Covered Entity Uses Electronic Health Record.—“(1) In general.—In applying section 164.528 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, in the case that a covered entity uses or maintains an electronic health record with respect to protected health information—“(A) the exception under paragraph (a)(1)(i) of such section shall not apply to disclosures through an electronic health record made by such entity of such information; and“(B) an individual shall have a right to receive an accounting of disclosures described in such paragraph of such information made by such covered entity during only the three years prior to the date on which the accounting is requested.“(2) Regulations.—The

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Secretary shall promulgate regulations on what information shall be collected about each disclosure referred to in paragraph (1), not later than 6 months after the date on which the Secretary adopts standards on accounting for disclosure described in the section 123 STAT. 266 3002(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101. Such regulations shall only require such information to be collected through an electronic health record in a manner that takes into account the interests of the individuals in learning the circumstances under which their protected health information is being disclosed and takes into account the administrative burden of accounting for such disclosures.“(3) Process.—In response to an request from an individual for an accounting, a covered entity shall elect to provide either an—“(A) accounting, as specified under paragraph (1), for disclosures of protected health information that are made by such covered entity and by a business associate acting on behalf of the covered entity; or“(B) accounting, as specified under paragraph (1), for disclosures that are made by such covered entity and provide a list of all business associates acting on behalf of the covered entity, including contact information for such associates (such as mailing address, phone, and email address).A business associate included on a list under subparagraph (B) shall provide an accounting of disclosures (as required under paragraph (1) for a covered entity) made by the business associate upon a request made by an individual directly to the business associate for such an accounting.“(4) Effective

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date.—“(A) Current users of electronic records.—In the case of a covered entity insofar as it acquired an electronic health record as of January 1, 2009, paragraph (1) shall apply to disclosures, with respect to protected health information, made by the covered entity from such a record on and after January 1, 2014.“(B) Others.—In the case of a covered entity insofar as it acquires an electronic health record after January 1, 2009, paragraph (1) shall apply to disclosures, with respect to protected health information, made by the covered entity from such record on and after the later of the following:“(i) January 1, 2011; or“(ii) the date that it acquires an electronic health record.“(C) Later date.—The Secretary may set an effective date that is later that the date specified under subparagraph (A) or (B) if the Secretary determines that such later date is necessary, but in no case may the date specified under—“(i) subparagraph (A) be later than 2016; or“(ii) subparagraph (B) be later than 2013.”(d) Prohibition on Sale of Electronic Health Records or Protected Health Information.—(1) In general.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), a covered entity or business associate shall not directly or indirectly receive remuneration in exchange for any protected health information of an individual unless the covered entity obtained from the individual, in accordance with section 164.508 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, a valid authorization that includes, in accordance with such section, a specification 123 STAT. 267 of whether the protected health information can be further exchanged for remuneration by the entity receiving protected health information of that individual.(2) Exceptions.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the following cases:(A) The purpose of the exchange is for public health activities (as described in section 164.512(b) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations).(B) The purpose of the exchange is for research (as described in sections 164.501 and 164.512(i) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations) and the price charged reflects the costs of preparation and transmittal of the data for such purpose.(C) The purpose of the exchange is for the treatment of the individual, subject to any regulation that the Secretary may promulgate to prevent protected health information from inappropriate access, use, or disclosure.(D) The purpose of the exchange is the health care operation specifically described in subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (6) of the definition of healthcare operations in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(E) The purpose of the exchange is for remuneration that is provided by a covered entity to a business associate for activities involving the exchange of protected health information that the business associate undertakes on behalf of and at the specific request of the covered entity pursuant to a business associate agreement.(F) The purpose of the exchange is to provide an individual with a copy of the individual’s protected health information pursuant to section 164.524 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(G) The purpose of the exchange is otherwise determined by the Secretary in regulations to be similarly necessary and appropriate as the exceptions provided in subparagraphs (A) through (F).(3) Regulations.—Not

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later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. In promulgating such regulations, the Secretary—(A) shall evaluate the impact of restricting the exception described in paragraph (2)(A) to require that the price charged for the purposes described in such paragraph reflects the costs of the preparation and transmittal of the data for such purpose, on research or public health activities, including those conducted by or for the use of the Food and Drug Administration; and(B) may further restrict the exception described in paragraph (2)(A) to require that the price charged for the purposes described in such paragraph reflects the costs of the preparation and transmittal of the data for such purpose, if the Secretary finds that such further restriction will not impede such research or public health activities.(4) Effective date.—Paragraph (1) shall apply to exchanges occurring on or after the date that is 6 months after the date of the promulgation of final regulations implementing this subsection.123 STAT. 268(e) Access to Certain Information in Electronic Format.—In applying section 164.524 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, in the case that a covered entity uses or maintains an electronic health record with respect to protected health information of an individual—(1) the individual shall have a right to obtain from such covered entity a copy of such information in an electronic format and, if the individual chooses, to direct the covered entity to transmit such copy directly to an entity or person designated by the individual, provided that any such choice is clear, conspicuous, and specific; and(2) notwithstanding paragraph (c)(4) of such section, any fee that the covered entity may impose for providing such individual with a copy of such information (or a summary or explanation of such information) if such copy (or summary or explanation) is in an electronic form shall not be greater than the entity’s labor costs in responding to the request for the copy (or summary or explanation).
SEC. 13406. CONDITIONS

42 USC 17936.

ON CERTAIN CONTACTS AS PART OF HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS.(a) Marketing.—(1) In general.—A communication by a covered entity or business associate that is about a product or service and that encourages recipients of the communication to purchase or use the product or service shall not be considered a health care operation for purposes of subpart E of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, unless the communication is made as described in subparagraph (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (1) of the definition of marketing in section 164.501 of such title.(2) Payment for certain communications.—A communication by a covered entity or business associate that is described in subparagraph (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (1) of the definition of marketing in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not be considered a health care operation for purposes of subpart E of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations if the covered entity receives or has received direct or indirect payment in exchange for making such communication, except where—(A)(i) such communication describes only a drug or biologic that is currently being prescribed for the recipient of the communication; and(ii) any payment received by such covered entity in exchange for making a communication described in clause (i) is reasonable in amount;(B) each of the following conditions apply—(i) the communication is made by the covered entity; and(ii) the covered entity making such communication obtains from the recipient of the communication, in accordance with section 164.508 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, a valid authorization (as described in paragraph (b) of such section) with respect to such communication; or(C) each of the following conditions apply—123 STAT. 269(i) the communication is made by a business associate on behalf of the covered entity; and(ii) the communication is consistent with the written contract (or other written arrangement described in section 164.502(e)(2) of such title) between such business associate and covered entity.(3) Reasonable in amount defined.—For purposes of paragraph (2), the term “reasonable in amount” shall have the meaning given such term by the Secretary by regulation.(4) Direct or indirect payment.—For purposes of paragraph (2), the term “direct or indirect payment” shall not include any payment for treatment (as defined in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations) of an individual.(b) Opportunity

Regulations.

to Opt Out of Fundraising.—The Secretary shall by rule provide that any written fundraising communication that is a healthcare operation as defined under section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, shall, in a clear and conspicuous manner, provide an opportunity for the recipient of the communications to elect not to receive any further such communication. When an individual elects not to receive any further such communication, such election shall be treated as a revocation of authorization under section 164.508 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(c) Effective Date.—This section shall apply to written communications occurring on or after the effective date specified under section 13423.
SEC. 13407. TEMPORARY

42 USC 17937.

BREACH NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR VENDORS OF PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS AND OTHER NON-HIPAA COVERED ENTITIES.(a) In General.—In accordance with subsection (c), each vendor of personal health records, following the discovery of a breach of security of unsecured PHR identifiable health information that is in a personal health record maintained or offered by such vendor, and each entity described in clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 13424(b)(1)(A), following the discovery of a breach of security of such information that is obtained through a product or service provided by such entity, shall—(1) notify each individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States whose unsecured PHR identifiable health information was acquired by an unauthorized person as a result of such a breach of security; and(2) notify the Federal Trade Commission.(b) Notification by Third Party Service Providers.—A third party service provider that provides services to a vendor of personal health records or to an entity described in clause (ii), (iii). or (iv) of section 13424(b)(1)(A) in connection with the offering or maintenance of a personal health record or a related product or service and that accesses, maintains, retains, modifies, records, stores, destroys, or otherwise holds, uses, or discloses unsecured PHR identifiable health information in such a record as a result of such services shall, following the discovery of a breach of security of such information, notify such vendor or entity, respectively, of such breach. Such notice shall include the identification of each individual whose unsecured PHR identifiable health information 123 STAT. 270 has been, or is reasonably believed to have been, accessed, acquired, or disclosed during such breach.(c) Application of Requirements for Timeliness, Method, and Content of Notifications.—Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 13402 shall apply to a notification required under subsection (a) and a vendor of personal health records, an entity described in subsection (a) and a third party service provider described in subsection (b), with respect to a breach of security under subsection (a) of unsecured PHR identifiable health information in such records maintained or offered by such vendor, in a manner specified by the Federal Trade Commission.(d) Notification of the Secretary.—Upon receipt of a notification of a breach of security under subsection (a)(2), the Federal Trade Commission shall notify the Secretary of such breach.(e) Enforcement.—A violation of subsection (a) or (b) shall be treated as an unfair and deceptive act or practice in violation of a regulation under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices.(f) Definitions.—For purposes of this section:(1) Breach of security.—The term “breach of security” means, with respect to unsecured PHR identifiable health information of an individual in a personal health record, acquisition of such information without the authorization of the individual.(2) PHR identifiable health information.—The term “PHR identifiable health information” means individually identifiable health information, as defined in section 1171(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d(6)), and includes, with respect to an individual, information—(A) that is provided by or on behalf of the individual; and(B) that identifies the individual or with respect to which there is a reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to identify the individual.(3) Unsecured phr identifiable health information.—(A) In general.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the term “unsecured PHR identifiable health information” means PHR identifiable health information that is not protected through the use of a technology or methodology specified by the Secretary in the guidance issued under section 13402(h)(2).(B) Exception in case timely guidance not issued.—In the case that the Secretary does not issue guidance under section 13402(h)(2) by the date specified in such section, for purposes of this section, the term “unsecured PHR identifiable health information” shall mean PHR identifiable health information that is not secured by a technology standard that renders protected health information unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals and that is developed or endorsed by a standards developing organization that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute.(g) Regulations; Effective Date; Sunset.—(1) Regulations; effective date.—To carry out this section, the Federal Trade Commission shall promulgate interim final regulations by not later than the date that is 180 days 123 STAT. 271 after the date of the enactment of this section. The

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provisions of this section shall apply to breaches of security that are discovered on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of publication of such interim final regulations.(2) Sunset.—If Congress enacts new legislation establishing requirements for notification in the case of a breach of security, that apply to entities that are not covered entities or business associates, the provisions of this section shall not apply to breaches of security discovered on or after the effective date of regulations implementing such legislation.
SEC. 13408. BUSINESS

42 USC 17938.

ASSOCIATE CONTRACTS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ENTITIES.  Each organization, with respect to a covered entity, that provides data transmission of protected health information to such entity (or its business associate) and that requires access on a routine basis to such protected health information, such as a Health Information Exchange Organization, Regional Health Information Organization, E-prescribing Gateway, or each vendor that contracts with a covered entity to allow that covered entity to offer a personal health record to patients as part of its electronic health record, is required to enter into a written contract (or other written arrangement) described in section 164.502(e)(2) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations and a written contract (or other arrangement) described in section 164.308(b) of such title, with such entity and shall be treated as a business associate of the covered entity for purposes of the provisions of this subtitle and subparts C and E of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as such provisions are in effect as of the date of enactment of this title.
SEC. 13409. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF WRONGFUL DISCLOSURES CRIMINAL PENALTIES.  Section 1177(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–6(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “For purposes of the previous sentence, a person (including an employee or other individual) shall be considered to have obtained or disclosed individually identifiable health information in violation of this part if the information is maintained by a covered entity (as defined in the HIPAA privacy regulation described in section 1180(b)(3)) and the individual obtained or disclosed such information without authorization.”.
SEC. 13410. IMPROVED

42 USC 17939.

ENFORCEMENT.(a) In General.—(1) Noncompliance due to willful neglect.—Section 1176 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–5) is amended—(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking “the act constitutes an offense punishable under section 1177” and inserting “a penalty has been imposed under section 1177 with respect to such act”; and(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(c) Noncompliance Due to Willful Neglect.—“(1) In general.—A violation of a provision of this part due to willful neglect is a violation for which the Secretary is required to impose a penalty under subsection (a)(1).“(2) Required investigation.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall formally investigate any complaint of 123 STAT. 272 a violation of a provision of this part if a preliminary investigation of the facts of the complaint indicate such a possible violation due to willful neglect.”.(2) Enforcement under social security act.—Any violation by a covered entity under thus subtitle is subject to enforcement and penalties under section 1176 and 1177 of the Social Security Act.(b) Effective Date; Regulations.—(1) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to penalties imposed on or after the date that is 24 months after the date of the enactment of this title.(2) Not

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later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate regulations to implement such amendments.(c) Distribution of Certain Civil Monetary Penalties Collected.—(1) In general.—Subject to the regulation promulgated pursuant to paragraph (3), any civil monetary penalty or monetary settlement collected with respect to an offense punishable under this subtitle or section 1176 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–5) insofar as such section relates to privacy or security shall be transferred to the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services to be used for purposes of enforcing the provisions of this subtitle and subparts C and E of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as such provisions are in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act.(2) GAO report.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this title, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Secretary a report including recommendations for a methodology under which an individual who is harmed by an act that constitutes an offense referred to in paragraph (1) may receive a percentage of any civil monetary penalty or monetary settlement collected with respect to such offense.(3) Establishment of methodology to distribute percentage of cmps collected to harmed individuals.—Not later than

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3 years after the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall establish by regulation and based on the recommendations submitted under paragraph (2), a methodology under which an individual who is harmed by an act that constitutes an offense referred to in paragraph (1) may receive a percentage of any civil monetary penalty or monetary settlement collected with respect to such offense.(4) Application of methodology.—The methodology under paragraph (3) shall be applied with respect to civil monetary penalties or monetary settlements imposed on or after the effective date of the regulation.(d) Tiered Increase in Amount of Civil Monetary Penalties.—(1) In general.—Section 1176(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–5(a)(1)) is amended by striking “who violates a provision of this part a penalty of not more than” and all that follows and inserting the following: “who violates a provision of this part—“(A) in the case of a violation of such provision in which it is established that the person did not know (and 123 STAT. 273 by exercising reasonable diligence would not have known) that such person violated such provision, a penalty for each such violation of an amount that is at least the amount described in paragraph (3)(A) but not to exceed the amount described in paragraph (3)(D);“(B) in the case of a violation of such provision in which it is established that the violation was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect, a penalty for each such violation of an amount that is at least the amount described in paragraph (3)(B) but not to exceed the amount described in paragraph (3)(D); and“(C) in the case of a violation of such provision in which it is established that the violation was due to willful neglect—“(i) if the violation is corrected as described in subsection (b)(3)(A), a penalty in an amount that is at least the amount described in paragraph (3)(C) but not to exceed the amount described in paragraph (3)(D); and“(ii) if the violation is not corrected as described in such subsection, a penalty in an amount that is at least the amount described in paragraph (3)(D).In determining the amount of a penalty under this section for a violation, the Secretary shall base such determination on the nature and extent of the violation and the nature and extent of the harm resulting from such violation.”.(2) Tiers of penalties described.—Section 1176(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–5(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(3) Tiers of penalties described.—For purposes of paragraph (1), with respect to a violation by a person of a provision of this part—“(A) the amount described in this subparagraph is $100 for each such violation, except that the total amount imposed on the person for all such violations of an identical requirement or prohibition during a calendar year may not exceed $25,000;“(B) the amount described in this subparagraph is $1,000 for each such violation, except that the total amount imposed on the person for all such violations of an identical requirement or prohibition during a calendar year may not exceed $100,000;“(C) the amount described in this subparagraph is $10,000 for each such violation, except that the total amount imposed on the person for all such violations of an identical requirement or prohibition during a calendar year may not exceed $250,000; and“(D) the amount described in this subparagraph is $50,000 for each such violation, except that the total amount imposed on the person for all such violations of an identical requirement or prohibition during a calendar year may not exceed $1,500,000.”.(3) Conforming amendments.—Section 1176(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–5(b)) is amended—(A) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and123 STAT. 274(B) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated—(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking “in subparagraph (B), a penalty may not be imposed under subsection (a) if” and all that follows through “the failure to comply is corrected” and inserting “in subparagraph (B) or subsection (a)(1)(C), a penalty may not be imposed under subsection (a) if the failure to comply is corrected”; and(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking “(A)(ii)” and inserting “(A)” each place it appears.(4) Effective date.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to violations occurring after the date of the enactment of this title.(e) Enforcement Through State Attorneys General.—(1) In general.—Section 1176 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–5) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(d) Enforcement by State Attorneys General.—“(1) Civil action.—Except as provided in subsection (b), in any case in which the attorney general of a State has reason to believe that an interest of one or more of the residents of that State has been or is threatened or adversely affected by any person who violates a provision of this part, the attorney general of the State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of such residents of the State in a district court of the United States of appropriate jurisdiction—“(A) to enjoin further such violation by the defendant; or“(B) to obtain damages on behalf of such residents of the State, in an amount equal to the amount determined under paragraph (2).“(2) Statutory damages.—“(A) In general.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the amount determined under this paragraph is the amount calculated by multiplying the number of violations by up to $100. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of a continuing violation, the number of violations shall be determined consistent with the HIPAA privacy regulations (as defined in section 1180(b)(3)) for violations of subsection (a).“(B) Limitation.—The total amount of damages imposed on the person for all violations of an identical requirement or prohibition during a calendar year may not exceed $25,000.“(C) Reduction of damages.—In assessing damages under subparagraph (A), the court may consider the factors the Secretary may consider in determining the amount of a civil money penalty under subsection (a) under the HIPAA privacy regulations.“(3) Attorney fees.—In the case of any successful action under paragraph (1), the court, in its discretion, may award the costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees to the State.“(4) Notice

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to secretary.—The State shall serve prior written notice of any action under paragraph (1) upon the Secretary and provide the Secretary with a copy of its complaint, except in any case in which such prior notice is not 123 STAT. 275 feasible, in which case the State shall serve such notice immediately upon instituting such action. The Secretary shall have the right—“(A) to intervene in the action;“(B) upon so intervening, to be heard on all matters arising therein; and“(C) to file petitions for appeal.“(5) Construction.—For purposes of bringing any civil action under paragraph (1), nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an attorney general of a State from exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general by the laws of that State.“(6) Venue; service of process.—“(A) Venue.—Any action brought under paragraph (1) may be brought in the district court of the United States that meets applicable requirements relating to venue under section 1391 of title 28, United States Code.“(B) Service of process.—In an action brought under paragraph (1), process may be served in any district in which the defendant—“(i) is an inhabitant; or“(ii) maintains a physical place of business.“(7) Limitation on state action while federal action is pending.—If the Secretary has instituted an action against a person under subsection (a) with respect to a specific violation of this part, no State attorney general may bring an action under this subsection against the person with respect to such violation during the pendency of that action.“(8) Application of cmp statute of limitation.—A civil action may not be instituted with respect to a violation of this part unless an action to impose a civil money penalty may be instituted under subsection (a) with respect to such violation consistent with the second sentence of section 1128A(c)(1).”.(2) Conforming amendments.—Subsection (b) of such section, as amended by subsection (d)(3), is amended—(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “A penalty may not be imposed under subsection (a)” and inserting “No penalty may be imposed under subsection (a) and no damages obtained under subsection (d)”;(B) in paragraph (2)(A)—(i) after “subsection (a)(1)(C),”, by striking “a penalty may not be imposed under subsection (a)” and inserting “no penalty may be imposed under subsection (a) and no damages obtained under subsection (d)”; and(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting “or damages” after “the penalty”;(C) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking “The period” and inserting “With respect to the imposition of a penalty by the Secretary under subsection (a), the period”; and(D) in paragraph (3), by inserting “and any damages under subsection (d)” after “any penalty under subsection (a)”.(3) Effective date.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to violations occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.123 STAT. 276(f) Allowing Continued Use of Corrective Action.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(e) Allowing Continued Use of Corrective Action.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services from continuing, in its discretion, to use corrective action without a penalty in cases where the person did not know (and by exercising reasonable diligence would not have known) of the violation involved.”.
SEC. 13411.

42 USC 17940.

AUDITS.  The Secretary shall provide for periodic audits to ensure that covered entities and business associates that are subject to the requirements of this subtitle and subparts C and E of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as such provisions are in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act, comply with such requirements.
 PART 2—RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS; REGULATORY REFERENCES; EFFECTIVE DATE; REPORTS
SEC. 13421. RELATIONSHIP

42 USC 17951.

TO OTHER LAWS.(a) Application of Hipaa State Preemption.—Section 1178 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–7) shall apply to a provision or requirement under this subtitle in the same manner that such section applies to a provision or requirement under part C of title XI of such Act or a standard or implementation specification adopted or established under sections 1172 through 1174 of such Act.(b) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.—The standards governing the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information promulgated by the Secretary under sections 262(a) and 264 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 shall remain in effect to the extent that they are consistent with this subtitle. The Secretary shall by rule amend such Federal regulations as required to make such regulations consistent with this subtitle.(c) Construction.—Nothing in this subtitle shall constitute a waiver of any privilege otherwise applicable to an individual with respect to the protected health information of such individual.
SEC. 13422. REGULATORY

42 USC 17952.

REFERENCES.  Each reference in this subtitle to a provision of the Code of Federal Regulations refers to such provision as in effect on the date of the enactment of this title (or to the most recent update of such provision).
SEC. 13423. EFFECTIVE

42 USC 17953.

DATE.  Except as otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of part I shall take effect on the date that is 12 months after the date of the enactment of this title.
SEC. 13424. STUDIES,

42 USC 17954.

REPORTS, GUIDANCE.(a) Report on Compliance.—123 STAT. 277(1) In general.—For the first year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report concerning complaints of alleged violations of law, including the provisions of this subtitle as well as the provisions of subparts C and E of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, (as such provisions are in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act) relating to privacy and security of health information that are received by the Secretary during the year for which the report is being prepared. Each such report shall include, with respect to such complaints received during the year—(A) the number of such complaints;(B) the number of such complaints resolved informally, a summary of the types of such complaints so resolved, and the number of covered entities that received technical assistance from the Secretary during such year in order to achieve compliance with such provisions and the types of such technical assistance provided;(C) the number of such complaints that have resulted in the imposition of civil monetary penalties or have been resolved through monetary settlements, including the nature of the complaints involved and the amount paid in each penalty or settlement;(D) the number of compliance reviews conducted and the outcome of each such review;(E) the number of subpoenas or inquiries issued;(F) the Secretary’s plan for improving compliance with and enforcement of such provisions for the following year; and(G) the number of audits performed and a summary of audit findings pursuant to section 13411.(2) Availability to public.—Each

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report under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public on the Internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services.(b) Study and Report on Application of Privacy and Security Requirements to Non-Hipaa Covered Entities.—(1) Study.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission, shall conduct a study, and submit a report under paragraph (2), on privacy and security requirements for entities that are not covered entities or business associates as of the date of the enactment of this title, including—(A) requirements relating to security, privacy, and notification in the case of a breach of security or privacy (including the applicability of an exemption to notification in the case of individually identifiable health information that has been rendered unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable through technologies or methodologies recognized by appropriate professional organization or standard setting bodies to provide effective security for the information) that should be applied to—(i) vendors of personal health records;123 STAT. 278(ii) entities that offer products or services through the website of a vendor of personal health records;(iii) entities that are not covered entities and that offer products or services through the websites of covered entities that offer individuals personal health records;(iv) entities that are not covered entities and that access information in a personal health record or send information to a personal health record; and(v) third party service providers used by a vendor or entity described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) to assist in providing personal health record products or services;(B) a determination of which Federal government agency is best equipped to enforce such requirements recommended to be applied to such vendors, entities, and service providers under subparagraph (A); and(C) a timeframe for implementing regulations based on such findings.(2) Report.—The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Commerce of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the study under paragraph (1) and shall include in such report recommendations on the privacy and security requirements described in such paragraph.(c) Guidance on Implementation Specification to De-Identify Protected Health Information.—Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall, in consultation with stakeholders, issue guidance on how best to implement the requirements for the de-identification of protected health information under section 164.514(b) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.(d) GAO Report on Treatment Disclosures.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this title, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the best practices related to the disclosure among health care providers of protected health information of an individual for purposes of treatment of such individual. Such report shall include an examination of the best practices implemented by States and by other entities, such as health information exchanges and regional health information organizations, an examination of the extent to which such best practices are successful with respect to the quality of the resulting health care provided to the individual and with respect to the ability of the health care provider to manage such best practices, and an examination of the use of electronic informed consent for disclosing protected health information for treatment, payment, and health care operations.(e) Report Required.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services a report on the impact of any of the provisions of this 123 STAT. 279 Act on health insurance premiums, overall health care costs, adoption of electronic health records by providers, and reduction in medical errors and other quality improvements.(f) Study.—The Secretary shall study the definition of “psychotherapy notes” in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, with regard to including test data that is related to direct responses, scores, items, forms, protocols, manuals, or other materials that are part of a mental health evaluation, as determined by the mental health professional providing treatment or evaluation in such definitions and may, based on such study, issue regulations to revise such definition.
 <num value="XIV">TITLE XIV—</num><heading>STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">State Fiscal Stabilization Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for a State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, $53,600,000,000, which shall be administered by the Department of Education.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> </appropriations> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14001">SEC. 14001. </num><heading>ALLOCATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Outlying Areas</inline>.—</heading><content>From the amount appropriated to carry out this title, the Secretary of Education shall first allocate up to one-half of 1 percent to the outlying areas on the basis of their respective needs, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, for activities consistent with this title under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administration and Oversight</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may, in addition, reserve up to $14,000,000 for administration and oversight of this title, including for program evaluation.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reservation for Additional Programs</inline>.—</heading><content>After <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>reserving funds under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall reserve $5,000,000,000 for grants under sections 14006 and 14007.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State Allocations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>After carrying out subsections (a), (b), and (c), the Secretary shall allocate the remaining funds made available to carry out this title to the States as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>61 percent on the basis of their relative population of individuals aged 5 through 24.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>39 percent on the basis of their relative total population.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State Grants</inline>.—</heading><content>From funds allocated under subsection (d), the Secretary shall make grants to the Governor of each State.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reallocation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Governor shall return to the Secretary any funds received under subsection (e) that the Governor does not award as subgrants or otherwise commit within two years of receiving such funds, and the Secretary shall reallocate such funds to the remaining States in accordance with subsection (d).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14002">SEC. 14002. </num><heading>STATE USES OF FUNDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Education Fund</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/280">123 STAT. 280</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For each fiscal year, the Governor shall use 81.8 percent of the State’s allocation under section 14001(d) for the support of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as applicable, early childhood education programs and services.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Restoring state support for education</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Governor shall first use the funds described in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>to provide the amount of funds, through the State’s primary elementary and secondary funding formulae, that is needed—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>to restore, in each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011, the level of State support provided through such formulae to the greater of the fiscal year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 level; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>where applicable, to allow existing State formulae increases to support elementary and secondary education for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to be implemented and allow funding for phasing in State equity and adequacy adjustments, if such increases were enacted pursuant to State law prior to October 1, 2008.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>to provide, in each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011, the amount of funds to public institutions of higher education in the State that is needed to restore State support for such institutions (excluding tuition and fees paid by students) to the greater of the fiscal year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 level.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Shortfall</inline>.—</heading><content>If the Governor determines that the amount of funds available under paragraph (1) is insufficient to support, in each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011, public elementary, secondary, and higher education at the levels described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the Governor shall allocate those funds between those clauses in proportion to the relative shortfall in State support for the education sectors described in those clauses.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fiscal year</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this paragraph, the term “<term>fiscal year</term>” shall have the meaning given such term under State law.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Subgrants to improve basic programs operated by local educational agencies</inline>.—</heading><content>After carrying out paragraph (2), the Governor shall use any funds remaining under paragraph (1) to provide local educational agencies in the State with subgrants based on their relative shares of funding under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6311/etseq">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</ref>) for the most recent year for which data are available.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other Government Services</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general.</inline>—</heading><content>The Governor shall use 18.2 percent of the State’s allocation under section 14001 for public safety and other government services, which may include assistance for elementary and secondary education and public institutions of higher education, and for modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities and institutions of higher education facilities, including modernization, renovation, and repairs that are consistent with a recognized green building rating system.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/281">123 STAT. 281</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability to all institutions of higher education</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A Governor shall not consider the type or mission of an institution of higher education, and shall consider any institution for funding for modernization, renovation, and repairs within the State that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>qualifies as an institution of higher education, as defined in subsection 14013(3); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>continues to be eligible to participate in the programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall allow a local educational agency to engage in school modernization, renovation, or repair that is inconsistent with State law.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14003">SEC. 14003. </num><heading>USES OF FUNDS BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>A local educational agency that receives funds under this title may use the funds for any activity authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6301/etseq">20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</ref>) (“ESEA”), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1400/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.</ref>) (“IDEA”), the Adult and Family Literacy Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1400/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.</ref>), or the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s2301/etseq">20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.</ref>) (“the Perkins Act”) or for modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, including modernization, renovation, and repairs that are consistent with a recognized green building rating system.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A local educational agency may not use funds received under this title for—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>payment of maintenance costs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>stadiums or other facilities primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events for which admission is charged to the general public;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>purchase or upgrade of vehicles; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>improvement of stand-alone facilities whose purpose is not the education of children, including central office administration or operations or logistical support facilities.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall allow a local educational agency to engage in school modernization, renovation, or repair that is inconsistent with State law.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14004">SEC. 14004. </num><heading>USES OF FUNDS BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>A public institution of higher education that receives funds under this title shall use the funds for education and general expenditures, and in such a way as to mitigate the need to raise tuition and fees for in-State students, or for modernization, renovation, or repair of institution of higher education facilities that are primarily used for instruction, research, or student housing, including modernization, renovation, and repairs that are consistent with a recognized green building rating system.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition</inline>.—</heading><content>An institution of higher education may not use funds received under this title to increase its endowment.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional Prohibition</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>No funds awarded under this title may be used for—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the maintenance of systems, equipment, or facilities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>modernization, renovation, or repair of stadiums or other facilities primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events for which admission is charged to the general public; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/282">123 STAT. 282</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>used for sectarian instruction or religious worship; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in which a substantial portion of the functions of the facilities are subsumed in a religious mission.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14005">SEC. 14005. </num><heading>STATE APPLICATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Governor of a State desiring to receive an allocation under section 14001 shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In such application, the Governor shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>include the assurances described in subsection (d);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>provide baseline data that demonstrates the State’s current status in each of the areas described in such assurances; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>describe how the State intends to use its allocation, including whether the State will use such allocation to meet maintenance of effort requirements under the ESEA and IDEA and, in such cases, what amount will be used to meet such requirements.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentive Grant Application</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Governor of a State seeking a grant under section 14006 shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>submit an application for consideration;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>describe the status of the State’s progress in each of the areas described in subsection (d), and the strategies the State is employing to help ensure that students in the subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the ESEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6311/b/2/C/v/II">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)</ref>) who have not met the State’s proficiency targets continue making progress toward meeting the State’s student academic achievement standards;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>describe the achievement and graduation rates (as described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the ESEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6311/b/2/C/vi">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)</ref>) and as clarified in <ref href="/us/cfr/t34/s200.19/b/1">section 200.19(b)(1) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>) of public elementary and secondary school students in the State, and the strategies the State is employing to help ensure that all subgroups of students identified in section 1111(b)(2) of the ESEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6311/b/2">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)</ref>) in the State continue making progress toward meeting the State’s student academic achievement standards;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>describe how the State would use its grant funding to improve student academic achievement in the State, including how it will allocate the funds to give priority to high-need local educational agencies; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>include a plan for evaluating the State’s progress in closing achievement gaps.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assurances</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An application under subsection (b) shall include the following assurances:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of effort</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Elementary and secondary education</inline>.—</heading><content>The State will, in each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011, maintain State support for elementary and secondary education at least at the level of such support in fiscal year 2006.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Higher education</inline>.—</heading><content>The State will, in each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011, maintain State support for public institutions of higher education (not including support for capital projects or for research and development <page identifier="/us/stat/123/283">123 STAT. 283</page> or tuition and fees paid by students) at least at the level of such support in fiscal year 2006.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Achieving equity in teacher distribution</inline>.—</heading><content>The State will take actions to improve teacher effectiveness and comply with section 1111(b)(8)(C) of the ESEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6311/b/8/C">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(8)(C)</ref>) in order to address inequities in the distribution of highly qualified teachers between high- and low-poverty schools, and to ensure that low-income and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Improving collection and use of data</inline>.—</heading><content>The State will establish a longitudinal data system that includes the elements described in section 6401(e)(2)(D) of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s9871">20 U.S.C. 9871</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Standards and assessments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The State—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>will enhance the quality of the academic assessments it administers pursuant to section 1111(b)(3) of the ESEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6311/b/3">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)</ref>) through activities such as those described in section 6112(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7301a/a">20 U.S.C. 7301a(a)</ref>);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>will comply with the requirements of paragraphs (3)(C)(ix) and (6) of section 1111(b) of the ESEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6311/b">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)</ref>) and section 612(a)(16) of the IDEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1412/a/16">20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(16)</ref>) related to the inclusion of children with disabilities and limited English proficient students in State assessments, the development of valid and reliable assessments for those students, and the provision of accommodations that enable their participation in State assessments; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>will take steps to improve State academic content standards and student academic achievement standards consistent with section 6401(e)(1)(9)(A)(ii) of the America COMPETES Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Supporting struggling schools</inline>.—</heading><content>The State will ensure compliance with the requirements of section 1116(a)(7)(C)(iv) and section 1116(a)(8)(B) of the ESEA with respect to schools identified under such sections.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14006">SEC. 14006. </num><heading>STATE INCENTIVE GRANTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reservation</inline>.—</heading><content>From the total amount reserved under section 14001(c) that is not used for section 14007, the Secretary may reserve up to 1 percent for technical assistance to States to assist them in meeting the objectives of paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of section 14005(d).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Remainder.</inline>—</heading><content>Of the remaining funds, the Secretary shall, in fiscal year 2010, make grants to States that have made significant progress in meeting the objectives of paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of section 14005(d).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Basis for Grants</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall determine which States receive grants under this section, and the amount of those grants, on the basis of information provided in State applications under section 14005 and such other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate, which may include a State’s need for assistance to help meet the objective of paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of section 14005(d).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/284">123 STAT. 284</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies</inline>.—</heading><content>Each State receiving a grant under this section shall use at least 50 percent of the grant to provide local educational agencies in the State with subgrants based on their relative shares of funding under part A of title I of the ESEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6311/etseq">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</ref>) for the most recent year.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14007">SEC. 14007. </num><heading>INNOVATION FUND.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible entities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For the purposes of this section, the term “<term>eligible entity</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>a local educational agency; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>a partnership between a nonprofit organization and—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>one or more local educational agencies; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>a consortium of schools.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Program established</inline>.—</heading><content>From the total amount reserved under section 14001(c), the Secretary may reserve up to $650,000,000 to establish an Innovation Fund, which shall consist of academic achievement awards that recognize eligible entities that meet the requirements described in subsection (b).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Basis for awards</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall make awards to eligible entities that have made significant gains in closing the achievement gap as described in subsection (b)(1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>to allow such eligible entities to expand their work and serve as models for best practices;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>to allow such eligible entities to work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>to identify and document best practices that can be shared, and taken to scale based on demonstrated success.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>To be eligible for such an award, an eligible entity shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>have significantly closed the achievement gaps between groups of students described in section 1111(b)(2) of the ESEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6311/b/2">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>have exceeded the State’s annual measurable objectives consistent with such section 1111(b)(2) for 2 or more consecutive years or have demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students described in such section through another measure, such as measures described in section 1111(c)(2) of the ESEA;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>have made significant improvement in other areas, such as graduation rates or increased recruitment and placement of high-quality teachers and school leaders, as demonstrated with meaningful data; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>demonstrate that they have established partnerships with the private sector, which may include philanthropic organizations, and that the private sector will provide matching funds in order to help bring results to scale.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of an eligible entity that includes a nonprofit organization, the eligible entity shall be considered to have met the eligibility requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) of subsection (b) if such nonprofit organization has a record of meeting such requirements.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/285">123 STAT. 285</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14008">SEC. 14008. </num><heading>STATE REPORTS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For each year of the program under this title, a State receiving funds under this title shall submit a report to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, that describes—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the uses of funds provided under this title within the State;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>how the State distributed the funds it received under this title;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the number of jobs that the Governor estimates were saved or created with funds the State received under this title;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>tax increases that the Governor estimates were averted because of the availability of funds from this title;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>the State’s progress in reducing inequities in the distribution of highly qualified teachers, in implementing a State longitudinal data system, and in developing and implementing valid and reliable assessments for limited English proficient students and children with disabilities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>the tuition and fee increases for in-State students imposed by public institutions of higher education in the State during the period of availability of funds under this title, and a description of any actions taken by the State to limit those increases;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>the extent to which public institutions of higher education maintained, increased, or decreased enrollment of in-State students, including students eligible for Pell Grants or other need-based financial assistance; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>a description of each modernization, renovation and repair project funded, which shall include the amounts awarded and project costs.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14009">SEC. 14009. </num><heading>EVALUATION.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct evaluations of the programs under sections 14006 and 14007 which shall include, but not be limited to, the criteria used for the awards made, the States selected for awards, award amounts, how each State used the award received, and the impact of this funding on the progress made toward closing achievement gaps.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14010">SEC. 14010. </num><heading>SECRETARY’S REPORT TO CONGRESS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, not less than 6 months following the submission of State reports, that evaluates the information provided in the State reports under section 14008 and the information required by section 14005(b)(3) including State-by-State information.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14011">SEC. 14011. </num><heading>PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF CERTAIN ASSISTANCE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  No recipient of funds under this title shall use such funds to provide financial assistance to students to attend private elementary or secondary schools.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14012">SEC. 14012. </num><heading>FISCAL RELIEF.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>For <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote>the purpose of relieving fiscal burdens on States and local educational agencies that have experienced <page identifier="/us/stat/123/286">123 STAT. 286</page> a precipitous decline in financial resources, the Secretary of Education may waive or modify any requirement of this title relating to maintaining fiscal effort.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Duration</inline>.—</heading><content>A waiver or modification under this section shall be for any of fiscal year 2009, fiscal year 2010, or fiscal year 2011, as determined by the Secretary.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Criteria</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall not grant a waiver or modification under this section unless the Secretary determines that the State or local educational agency receiving such waiver or modification will not provide for elementary and secondary education, for the fiscal year under consideration, a smaller percentage of the total revenues available to the State or local educational agency than the amount provided for such purpose in the preceding fiscal year.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of Effort</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon prior approval from the Secretary, a State or local educational agency that receives funds under this title may treat any portion of such funds that is used for elementary, secondary, or postsecondary education as non-Federal funds for the purpose of any requirement to maintain fiscal effort under any other program, including part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1431/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.</ref>), administered by the Secretary.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Subsequent Level of Effort</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding (d), the level of effort required by a State or local educational agency for the following fiscal year shall not be reduced.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="14013">SEC. 14013. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Except as otherwise provided in this title, as used in this title—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the terms “elementary education” and “secondary education” have the meaning given such terms under State law;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>the term “<term>high-need local educational agency</term>” means a local educational agency—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>that serves not fewer than 10,000 children from families with incomes below the poverty line; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>for which not less than 20 percent of the children served by the agency are from families with incomes below the poverty line;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the term “<term>institution of higher education</term>” has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of Education;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>the term “<term>State</term>” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>any other term used that is defined in section 9101 of the ESEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</ref>) shall have the meaning given the term in such section.</content></paragraph></section> <num value="XV">TITLE XV—</num><heading>ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1501">SEC. 1501. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In this title:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agency</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>agency</term>” has the meaning given under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s551">section 551 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/287">123 STAT. 287</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Board</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>Board</term>” means the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board established in section 1521.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Chairperson</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>Chairperson</term>” means the Chairperson of the Board.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Covered funds</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>covered funds</term>” means any funds that are expended or obligated from appropriations made under this Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Panel</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>Panel</term>” means the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel established in section 1541.</content></paragraph></section> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Transparency and Oversight Requirements</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1511">SEC. 1511. </num><heading>CERTIFICATIONS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  With respect to covered funds made available to State or local governments for infrastructure investments, the Governor, mayor, or other chief executive, as appropriate, shall certify that the infrastructure investment has received the full review and vetting required by law and that the chief executive accepts responsibility that the infrastructure investment is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars. Such <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote>certification shall include a description of the investment, the estimated total cost, and the amount of covered funds to be used, and shall be posted on a website and linked to the website established by section 1526. A State or local agency may not receive infrastructure investment funding from funds made available in this Act unless this certification is made and posted.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1512">SEC. 1512. </num><heading>REPORTS ON <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Jobs Accountability Act.</p></sidenote>USE OF FUNDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This section may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="section">Jobs Accountability Act</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recipient</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term “<term>recipient</term>”—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>means any entity that receives recovery funds directly from the Federal Government (including recovery funds received through grant, loan, or contract) other than an individual; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>includes a State that receives recovery funds.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recovery funds</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>recovery funds</term>” means any funds that are made available from appropriations made under this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recipient Reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter, each recipient that received recovery funds from a Federal agency shall submit a report to that agency that contains—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the total amount of recovery funds received from that agency;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the amount of recovery funds received that were expended or obligated to projects or activities; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>a detailed list of all projects or activities for which recovery funds were expended or obligated, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the name of the project or activity;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a description of the project or activity;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>an evaluation of the completion status of the project or activity;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/288">123 STAT. 288</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>an estimate of the number of jobs created and the number of jobs retained by the project or activity; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>for infrastructure investments made by State and local governments, the purpose, total cost, and rationale of the agency for funding the infrastructure investment with funds made available under this Act, and name of the person to contact at the agency if there are concerns with the infrastructure investment.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Detailed information on any subcontracts or subgrants awarded by the recipient to include the data elements required to comply with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/282">Public Law 109–282</ref>), allowing aggregate reporting on awards below $25,000 or to individuals, as prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agency Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, each agency that made recovery funds available to any recipient shall make the information in reports submitted under subsection (c) publicly available by posting the information on a website.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>The Congressional Budget Office and the Government Accountability Office shall comment on the information described in subsection (c)(3)(D) for any reports submitted under subsection (c). Such comments shall be due within 45 days after such reports are submitted.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compliance</inline>.—</heading><content>Within 180 days of enactment, as a condition of receipt of funds under this Act, Federal agencies shall require any recipient of such funds to provide the information required under subsection (c).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Guidance</inline>.—</heading><content>Federal agencies, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall provide for user-friendly means for recipients of covered funds to meet the requirements of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Registration</inline>.—</heading><content>Funding recipients required to report information per subsection (c)(4) must register with the Central Contractor Registration database or complete other registration requirements as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1513">SEC. 1513. </num><heading>REPORTS OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>In consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers shall submit quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives that detail the impact of programs funded through covered funds on employment, estimated economic growth, and other key economic indicators.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Submission of Reports</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">First report</inline>.—</heading><content>The first report submitted under subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than 45 days after the end of the first full quarter following the date of enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Last </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">report</inline>.—</heading><content>The last report required to be submitted under subsection (a) shall apply to the quarter in which the Board terminates under section 1530.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/289">123 STAT. 289</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1514">SEC. 1514. </num><heading>INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEWS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reviews</inline>.—</heading><content>Any inspector general of a Federal department or executive agency shall review, as appropriate, any concerns raised by the public about specific investments using funds made available in this Act. Any findings of such reviews not related to an ongoing criminal proceeding shall be relayed immediately to the head of the department or agency concerned. In <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote>addition, the findings of such reviews, along with any audits conducted by any inspector general of funds made available in this Act, shall be posted on the inspector general’s website and linked to the website established by section 1526, except that portions of reports may be redacted to the extent the portions would disclose information that is protected from public disclosure under sections 552 and 552a of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1515">SEC. 1515. </num><heading>ACCESS OF OFFICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL TO CERTAIN RECORDS AND EMPLOYEES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Access</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>With respect to each contract or grant awarded using covered funds, any representative of an appropriate inspector general appointed under section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>), is authorized—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to examine any records of the contractor or grantee, any of its subcontractors or subgrantees, or any State or local agency administering such contract, that pertain to, and involve transactions relating to, the contract, subcontract, grant, or subgrant; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to interview any officer or employee of the contractor, grantee, subgrantee, or agency regarding such transactions.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Relationship to Existing Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit or restrict in any way any existing authority of an inspector general.</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1521">SEC. 1521. </num><heading>ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  There is established the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board to coordinate and conduct oversight of covered funds to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1522">SEC. 1522. </num><heading>COMPOSITION OF BOARD.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Chairperson</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Designation </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">or appointment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The President shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>designate the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget to serve as Chairperson of the Board;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>designate another Federal officer who was appointed by the President to a position that required the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve as Chairperson of the Board; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>appoint an individual as the Chairperson of the Board, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compensation</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Designation of federal officer</inline>.—</heading><content>If the President designates a Federal officer under paragraph (1)(A) <page identifier="/us/stat/123/290">123 STAT. 290</page> or (B) to serve as Chairperson, that Federal officer may not receive additional compensation for services performed as Chairperson.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appointment of non-federal officer</inline>.—</heading><content>If the President appoints an individual as Chairperson under paragraph (1)(C), that individual shall be compensated at the rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5315">section 5315 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Members</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The members of the Board shall include—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Inspectors General of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation, Treasury, and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any other Inspector General as designated by the President from any agency that expends or obligates covered funds.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1523">SEC. 1523. </num><heading>FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Functions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board shall coordinate and conduct oversight of covered funds in order to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Specific functions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The functions of the Board shall include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>reviewing whether the reporting of contracts and grants using covered funds meets applicable standards and specifies the purpose of the contract or grant and measures of performance;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>reviewing whether competition requirements applicable to contracts and grants using covered funds have been satisfied;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>auditing or reviewing covered funds to determine whether wasteful spending, poor contract or grant management, or other abuses are occurring and referring matters it considers appropriate for investigation to the inspector general for the agency that disbursed the covered funds;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>reviewing whether there are sufficient qualified acquisition and grant personnel overseeing covered funds;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>reviewing whether personnel whose duties involve acquisitions or grants made with covered funds receive adequate training; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>reviewing whether there are appropriate mechanisms for interagency collaboration relating to covered funds, including coordinating and collaborating to the extent practicable with the Inspectors General Council on Integrity and Efficiency established by the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/409">Public Law 110–409</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Flash and other reports</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board shall submit to the President and Congress, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, reports, to be known as “flash reports”, on potential management and funding problems that require immediate attention. The Board also shall submit to Congress such other reports as the Board considers appropriate on the use and benefits of funds made available in this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/291">123 STAT. 291</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Quarterly reports</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board shall submit quarterly reports to the President and Congress, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, summarizing the findings of the Board and the findings of inspectors general of agencies. The Board may submit additional reports as appropriate.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual reports</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board shall submit annual reports to the President and Congress, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, consolidating applicable quarterly reports on the use of covered funds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Public availability</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>All <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote>reports submitted under this subsection shall be made publicly available and posted on the website established by section 1526.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Redactions</inline>.—</heading><content>Any portion of a report submitted under this subsection may be redacted when made publicly available, if that portion would disclose information that is not subject to disclosure under sections 552 and 552a of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recommendations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board shall make recommendations to agencies on measures to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse relating to covered funds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsive reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 30 days after receipt of a recommendation under paragraph (1), an agency shall submit a report to the President, the congressional committees of jurisdiction, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Board on—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>whether the agency agrees or disagrees with the recommendations; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>any actions the agency will take to implement the recommendations.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1524">SEC. 1524. </num><heading>POWERS OF THE BOARD.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Audits.</p></sidenote>Board shall conduct audits and reviews of spending of covered funds and coordinate on such activities with the inspectors general of the relevant agency to avoid duplication and overlap of work.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Audits and Reviews</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Board may—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>conduct its own independent audits and reviews relating to covered funds; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>collaborate on audits and reviews relating to covered funds with any inspector general of an agency.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorities</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Audits and reviews</inline>.—</heading><content>In conducting audits and reviews, the Board shall have the authorities provided under section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>). Additionally, the Board may issue subpoenas to compel the testimony of persons who are not Federal officers or employees and may enforce such subpoenas in the same manner as provided for inspector general subpoenas under section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Standards and guidelines</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board shall carry out the powers under subsections (a) and (b) in accordance <page identifier="/us/stat/123/292">123 STAT. 292</page> with section 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Public Hearings</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board may hold public hearings and Board personnel may conduct necessary inquiries. The head of each agency shall make all officers and employees of that agency available to provide testimony to the Board and Board personnel. The Board may issue subpoenas to compel the testimony of persons who are not Federal officers or employees at such public hearings. Any such subpoenas may be enforced in the same manner as provided for inspector general subpoenas under section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contracts</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board may enter into contracts to enable the Board to discharge its duties under this subtitle, including contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private persons, and make such payments as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the Board.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfer of Funds</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board may transfer funds appropriated to the Board for expenses to support administrative support services and audits, reviews, or other activities related to oversight by the Board of covered funds to any office of inspector general, the Office of Management and Budget, the General Services Administration, and the Panel.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1525">SEC. 1525. </num><heading>EMPLOYMENT, PERSONNEL, AND RELATED AUTHORITIES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Employment and Personnel Authorities</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorities</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to paragraph (2), the Board may exercise the authorities of subsections (b) through (i) of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3161">section 3161 of title 5, United States Code</ref> (without regard to subsection (a) of that section).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of exercising the authorities described under subparagraph (A), the term “<term>Chairperson of the Board</term>” shall be substituted for the term “<term>head of a temporary organization</term>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultation</inline>.—</heading><content>In exercising the authorities described under subparagraph (A), the Chairperson shall consult with members of the Board.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Employment authorities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In exercising the employment authorities under subsection (b) of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3161">section 3161 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 3161 of that title (relating to periods of appointments) shall not apply; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>no period of appointment may exceed the date on which the Board terminates under section 1530.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information and Assistance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon request of the Board for information or assistance from any agency or other entity of the Federal Government, the head of such entity shall, insofar as is practicable and not in contravention of any existing law, furnish such information or assistance to the Board, or an authorized designee.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report of refusals</inline>.—</heading><content>Whenever information or assistance requested by the Board is, in the judgment of the Board, unreasonably refused or not provided, the Board shall report <page identifier="/us/stat/123/293">123 STAT. 293</page> the circumstances to the congressional committees of jurisdiction, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, without delay.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrative Support</inline>.—</heading><content>The General Services Administration shall provide the Board with administrative support services, including the provision of office space and facilities.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1526">SEC. 1526. </num><heading>BOARD WEBSITE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote>Board shall establish and maintain, no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, a user-friendly, public-facing website to foster greater accountability and transparency in the use of covered funds.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>The website established and maintained under subsection (a) shall be a portal or gateway to key information relating to this Act and provide connections to other Government websites with related information.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Content and Function</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>establishing the website established and maintained under subsection (a), the Board shall ensure the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The website shall provide materials explaining what this Act means for citizens. The materials shall be easy to understand and regularly updated.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The website shall provide accountability information, including findings from audits, inspectors general, and the Government Accountability Office.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The website shall provide data on relevant economic, financial, grant, and contract information in user-friendly visual presentations to enhance public awareness of the use of covered funds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The website shall provide detailed data on contracts awarded by the Federal Government that expend covered funds, including information about the competitiveness of the contracting process, information about the process that was used for the award of contracts, and for contracts over $500,000 a summary of the contract.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The website shall include printable reports on covered funds obligated by month to each State and congressional district.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>The website shall provide a means for the public to give feedback on the performance of contracts that expend covered funds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>The website shall include detailed information on Federal Government contracts and grants that expend covered funds, to include the data elements required to comply with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/282">Public Law 109–282</ref>), allowing aggregate reporting on awards below $25,000 or to individuals, as prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>The website shall provide a link to estimates of the jobs sustained or created by the Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>The website shall provide a link to information about announcements of grant competitions and solicitations for contracts to be awarded.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>The website shall include appropriate links to other government websites with information concerning covered funds, including Federal agency and State websites.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/294">123 STAT. 294</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p></sidenote>website shall include a plan from each Federal agency for using funds made available in this Act to the agency.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>The website shall provide information on Federal allocations of formula grants and awards of competitive grants using covered funds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>The website shall provide information on Federal allocations of mandatory and other entitlement programs by State, county, or other appropriate geographical unit.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>To the extent practical, the website shall provide, organized by the location of the job opportunities involved, links to and information about how to access job opportunities, including, if possible, links to or information about local employment agencies, job banks operated by State workforce agencies, the Department of Labor’s CareerOneStop website, State, local and other public agencies receiving Federal funding, and private firms contracted to perform work with Federal funding, in order to direct job seekers to job opportunities created by this Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>The website shall be enhanced and updated as necessary to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board may exclude posting contractual or other information on the website on a case-by-case basis when necessary to protect national security or to protect information that is not subject to disclosure under sections 552 and 552a of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1527">SEC. 1527. </num><heading>INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Independent Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the independent authority of an inspector general to determine whether to conduct an audit or investigation of covered funds.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requests by Board</inline>.—</heading><content>If <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>the Board requests that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation and the inspector general rejects the request in whole or in part, the inspector general shall, not later than 30 days after rejecting the request, submit a report to the Board, the head of the applicable agency, and the congressional committees of jurisdiction, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall state the reasons that the inspector general has rejected the request in whole or in part. The inspector general’s decision shall be final.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1528">SEC. 1528. </num><heading>COORDINATION WITH THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL AND STATE AUDITORS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Board shall coordinate its oversight activities with the Comptroller General of the United States and State auditors.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1529">SEC. 1529. </num><heading>AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this subtitle.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1530">SEC. 1530. </num><heading>TERMINATION OF THE BOARD.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Board shall terminate on September 30, 2013.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/295">123 STAT. 295</page></content></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="C">Subtitle C—</num><heading>Recovery Independent Advisory Panel</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1541">SEC. 1541. </num><heading>ESTABLISHMENT OF RECOVERY INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>There is established the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Membership</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote>Panel shall be composed of 5 members who shall be appointed by the President.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifications</inline>.—</heading><content>Members shall be appointed on the basis of expertise in economics, public finance, contracting, accounting, or any other relevant field.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Initial Meeting</inline>.—</heading><content>Not <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>later than 30 days after the date on which all members of the Panel have been appointed, the Panel shall hold its first meeting.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Meetings</inline>.—</heading><content>The Panel shall meet at the call of the Chairperson of the Panel.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Quorum</inline>.—</heading><content>A majority of the members of the Panel shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Chairperson and Vice Chairperson</inline>.—</heading><content>The Panel shall select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among its members.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1542">SEC. 1542. </num><heading>DUTIES OF THE PANEL.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>Panel shall make recommendations to the Board on actions the Board could take to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse relating to covered funds.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1543">SEC. 1543. </num><heading>POWERS OF THE PANEL.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Hearings</inline>.—</heading><content>The Panel may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Panel considers advisable to carry out this subtitle.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information From Federal Agencies</inline>.—</heading><content>The Panel may secure directly from any agency such information as the Panel considers necessary to carry out this subtitle. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Panel, the head of such agency shall furnish such information to the Panel.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Postal Services</inline>.—</heading><content>The Panel may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as agencies of the Federal Government.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Gifts</inline>.—</heading><content>The Panel may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or property.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1544">SEC. 1544. </num><heading>PANEL PERSONNEL MATTERS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compensation of Members</inline>.—</heading><content>Each member of the Panel who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5315">section 5315 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, for each day (including travel time) during which such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Panel. All members of the Panel who are officers or employees of the United States shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as officers or employees of the United States.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/296">123 STAT. 296</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Travel Expenses</inline>.—</heading><content>The members of the Panel shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch57/schI">subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Panel.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Staff</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Chairperson of the Panel may, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an executive director and such other additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the Panel to perform its duties. The employment of an executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the Panel.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compensation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Chairperson of the Panel may fix the compensation of the executive director and other personnel without regard to chapter 51 and <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch53/schIII">subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, relating to classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the executive director and other personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Personnel as federal employees</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The executive director and any personnel of the Panel who are employees shall be employees under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s2105">section 2105 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 89A, 89B, and 90 of that title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Members of panel</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to apply to members of the Panel.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Detail of Government Employees</inline>.—</heading><content>Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Panel without reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services</inline>.—</heading><content>The Chairperson of the Panel may procure temporary and intermittent services under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109/b">section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, at rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrative Support</inline>.—</heading><content>The General Services Administration shall provide the Panel with administrative support services, including the provision of office space and facilities.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1545">SEC. 1545. </num><heading>TERMINATION OF THE PANEL.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Panel shall terminate on September 30, 2013.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1546">SEC. 1546. </num><heading>AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this subtitle.</content></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="D">Subtitle D—</num><heading>Additional Accountability and Transparency Requirements</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1551">SEC. 1551. </num><heading>AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH SEPARATE FUNDING ACCOUNTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Although <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote>this Act provides supplemental appropriations for programs, projects, and activities in existing Treasury accounts, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/297">123 STAT. 297</page> to facilitate tracking these funds through Treasury and agency accounting systems, the Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that all funds appropriated in this Act shall be established in separate Treasury accounts, unless a waiver from this provision is approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1552">SEC. 1552. </num><heading>SET-ASIDE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Federal agencies receiving funds under this Act, may, after following the notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative Procedures Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s500">5 U.S.C. 500</ref>), reasonably adjust applicable limits on administrative expenditures for Federal awards to help award recipients defray the costs of data collection requirements initiated pursuant to this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1553">SEC. 1553. </num><heading>PROTECTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CONTRACTOR WHISTLEBLOWERS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition of Reprisals</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee’s duties, to the Board, an inspector general, the Comptroller General, a member of Congress, a State or Federal regulatory or law enforcement agency, a person with supervisory authority over the employee (or such other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover, or terminate misconduct), a court or grand jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives, information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>gross mismanagement of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a gross waste of covered funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Investigation of Complaints</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>A person who believes that the person has been subjected to a reprisal prohibited by subsection (a) may submit a complaint regarding the reprisal to the appropriate inspector general. Except as provided under paragraph (3), unless the inspector general determines that the complaint is frivolous, does not relate to covered funds, or another Federal or State judicial or administrative proceeding has previously been invoked to resolve such complaint, the inspector general shall investigate the complaint and, upon completion of such investigation, submit a report of the findings of the investigation to the person, the person’s employer, the head of the appropriate agency, and the Board.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Time limitations for actions</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Except <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>as provided under subparagraph (B), the inspector general shall, not later than 180 days after receiving a complaint under paragraph (1)—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/298">123 STAT. 298</page> <clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>make <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>a determination that the complaint is frivolous, does not relate to covered funds, or another Federal or State judicial or administrative proceeding has previously been invoked to resolve such complaint; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>submit <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>a report under paragraph (1).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extensions</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Voluntary extension agreed to between inspector general and complainant</inline>.—</heading><content>If the inspector general is unable to complete an investigation under this section in time to submit a report within the 180-day period specified under subparagraph (A) and the person submitting the complaint agrees to an extension of time, the inspector general shall submit a report under paragraph (1) within such additional period of time as shall be agreed upon between the inspector general and the person submitting the complaint.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension granted by inspector general</inline>.—</heading><content>If the inspector general is unable to complete an investigation under this section in time to submit a report within the 180-day period specified under subparagraph (A), the inspector general may extend the period for not more than 180 days without agreeing with the person submitting the complaint to such extension, provided that the inspector general provides a written explanation (subject to the authority to exclude information under paragraph (4)(C)) for the decision, which shall be provided to both the person submitting the complaint and the non-Federal employer.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Semi-annual report on extensions</inline>.—</heading><content>The inspector general shall include in semi-annual reports to Congress a list of those investigations for which the inspector general received an extension.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Discretion not to investigate complaints</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The inspector general may decide not to conduct or continue an investigation under this section upon providing to the person submitting the complaint and the non-Federal employer a written explanation (subject to the authority to exclude information under paragraph (4)(C)) for such decision.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assumption of rights to civil remedy</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon receipt of an explanation of a decision not to conduct or continue an investigation under subparagraph (A), the person submitting a complaint shall immediately assume the right to a civil remedy under subsection (c)(3) as if the 210-day period specified under such subsection has already passed.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Semi-annual report</inline>.—</heading><content>The inspector general shall include in semi-annual reports to Congress a list of those investigations the inspector general decided not to conduct or continue under this paragraph.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Access to investigative file of inspector general</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The person alleging a reprisal under this section shall have access to the investigation file of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/299">123 STAT. 299</page> the appropriate inspector general in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552a">section 552a of title 5, United States Code</ref> (commonly referred to as the “Privacy Act”). The investigation of the inspector general shall be deemed closed for purposes of disclosure under such section when an employee files an appeal to an agency head or a court of competent jurisdiction.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Civil action</inline>.—</heading><content>In the event the person alleging the reprisal brings suit under subsection (c)(3), the person alleging the reprisal and the non-Federal employer shall have access to the investigative file of the inspector general in accordance with the Privacy Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The inspector general may exclude from disclosure—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>information protected from disclosure by a provision of law; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>any additional information the inspector general determines disclosure of which would impede a continuing investigation, provided that such information is disclosed once such disclosure would no longer impede such investigation, unless the inspector general determines that disclosure of law enforcement techniques, procedures, or information could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law or disclose the identity of a confidential source.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Privacy of information</inline>.—</heading><content>An inspector general investigating an alleged reprisal under this section may not respond to any inquiry or disclose any information from or about any person alleging such reprisal, except in accordance with the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552a">section 552a of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or as required by any other applicable Federal law.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Remedy and Enforcement Authority</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Burden of proof</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disclosure as contributing factor in reprisal</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>A person alleging a reprisal under this section shall be deemed to have affirmatively established the occurrence of the reprisal if the person demonstrates that a disclosure described in subsection (a) was a contributing factor in the reprisal.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of circumstantial evidence</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A disclosure may be demonstrated as a contributing factor in a reprisal for purposes of this paragraph by circumstantial evidence, including—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>evidence that the official undertaking the reprisal knew of the disclosure; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>evidence that the reprisal occurred within a period of time after the disclosure such that a reasonable person could conclude that the disclosure was a contributing factor in the reprisal.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Opportunity for rebuttal</inline>.—</heading><content>The head of an agency may not find the occurrence of a reprisal with respect to a reprisal that is affirmatively established under subparagraph (A) if the non-Federal employer demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the non-Federal employer would have taken the action constituting the reprisal in the absence of the disclosure.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/300">123 STAT. 300</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agency action</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Relief orders.</p></sidenote>later than 30 days after receiving an inspector general report under subsection (b), the head of the agency concerned shall determine whether there is sufficient basis to conclude that the non-Federal employer has subjected the complainant to a reprisal prohibited by subsection (a) and shall either issue an order denying relief in whole or in part or shall take 1 or more of the following actions:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Order the employer to take affirmative action to abate the reprisal.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Order the employer to reinstate the person to the position that the person held before the reprisal, together with the compensation (including back pay), compensatory damages, employment benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment that would apply to the person in that position if the reprisal had not been taken.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Order the employer to pay the complainant an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expert witnesses’ fees) that were reasonably incurred by the complainant for, or in connection with, bringing the complaint regarding the reprisal, as determined by the head of the agency or a court of competent jurisdiction.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Civil action</inline>.—</heading><content>If <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>the head of an agency issues an order denying relief in whole or in part under paragraph (1), has not issued an order within 210 days after the submission of a complaint under subsection (b), or in the case of an extension of time under subsection (b)(2)(B)(i), within 30 days after the expiration of the extension of time, or decides under subsection (b)(3) not to investigate or to discontinue an investigation, and there is no showing that such delay or decision is due to the bad faith of the complainant, the complainant shall be deemed to have exhausted all administrative remedies with respect to the complaint, and the complainant may bring a de novo action at law or equity against the employer to seek compensatory damages and other relief available under this section in the appropriate district court of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction over such an action without regard to the amount in controversy. Such an action shall, at the request of either party to the action, be tried by the court with a jury.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Judicial enforcement of order</inline>.—</heading><content>Whenever a person fails to comply with an order issued under paragraph (2), the head of the agency shall file an action for enforcement of such order in the United States district court for a district in which the reprisal was found to have occurred. In any action brought under this paragraph, the court may grant appropriate relief, including injunctive relief, compensatory and exemplary damages, and attorneys fees and costs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Judicial review</inline>.—</heading><content>Any person adversely affected or aggrieved by an order issued under paragraph (2) may obtain review of the order’s conformance with this subsection, and any regulations issued to carry out this section, in the United States court of appeals for a circuit in which the reprisal is alleged in the order to have occurred. No <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>petition seeking such review may be filed more than 60 days after issuance of the order by the head of the agency. Review shall conform to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch7">chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/301">123 STAT. 301</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonenforceability of Certain Provisions Waiving Rights and Remedies or Requiring Arbitration of Disputes</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver of rights and remedies</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided under paragraph (3), the rights and remedies provided for in this section may not be waived by any agreement, policy, form, or condition of employment, including by any predispute arbitration agreement.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Predispute arbitration agreements</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided under paragraph (3), no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a dispute arising under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception for collective bargaining agreements</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), an arbitration provision in a collective bargaining agreement shall be enforceable as to disputes arising under the collective bargaining agreement.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement to Post Notice of Rights and Remedies</inline>.—</heading><content>Any employer receiving covered funds shall post notice of the rights and remedies provided under this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rules of Construction</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No implied authority to retaliate for non-protected disclosures</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the discharge of, demotion of, or discrimination against an employee for a disclosure other than a disclosure protected by subsection (a) or to modify or derogate from a right or remedy otherwise available to the employee.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Relationship to state laws</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section may be construed to preempt, preclude, or limit the protections provided for public or private employees under State whistleblower laws.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Abuse of authority</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>abuse of authority</term>” means an arbitrary and capricious exercise of authority by a contracting official or employee that adversely affects the rights of any person, or that results in personal gain or advantage to the official or employee or to preferred other persons.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Covered funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term “<term>covered funds</term>” means any contract, grant, or other payment received by any non-Federal employer if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Federal Government provides any portion of the money or property that is provided, requested, or demanded; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>at least some of the funds are appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Employee</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term “<term>employee</term>”—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>except as provided under subparagraph (B), means an individual performing services on behalf of an employer; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>does not include any Federal employee or member of the uniformed services (as that term is defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s101/a/5">section 101(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Non-federal employer</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term “<term>non-Federal employer</term>”—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>means any employer—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>with respect to covered funds—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>the contractor, subcontractor, grantee, or recipient, as the case may be, if the contractor, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/302">123 STAT. 302</page> subcontractor, grantee, or recipient is an employer; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>any professional membership organization, certification or other professional body, any agent or licensee of the Federal government, or any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer receiving covered funds; or</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>with respect to covered funds received by a State or local government, the State or local government receiving the funds and any contractor or subcontractor of the State or local government; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>does not mean any department, agency, or other entity of the Federal Government.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State or local government</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term “<term>State or local government</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the government of each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United States; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the government of any political subdivision of a government listed in subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1554">SEC. 1554. </num><heading>SPECIAL CONTRACTING PROVISIONS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To the maximum extent possible, contracts funded under this Act shall be awarded as fixed-price contracts through the use of competitive procedures. A summary of any contract awarded with such funds that is not fixed-price and not awarded using competitive procedures shall be posted in a special section of the website established in section 1526.</content></section> </subtitle> <num value="XVI">TITLE XVI—</num><heading>GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT</heading> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER APPROPRIATIONS</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1601"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 1601. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Each amount appropriated or made available in this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year involved. Enactment of this Act shall have no effect on the availability of amounts under the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/329/dA">division A of Public Law 110–329</ref>).</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">PREFERENCE FOR QUICK-START ACTIVITIES</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1602"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1602. </num><content class="inline">In using funds made available in this Act for infrastructure investment, recipients shall give preference to activities that can be started and completed expeditiously, including a goal of using at least 50 percent of the funds for activities that can be initiated not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Recipients shall also use grant funds in a manner that maximizes job creation and economic benefit.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1603"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1603. </num><content class="inline">All funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, unless expressly provided otherwise in this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/303">123 STAT. 303</page></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">LIMIT ON FUNDS</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1604"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1604. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used by any State or local government, or any private entity, for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, or swimming pool.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">BUY AMERICAN</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1605"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 1605. </inline> </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote>not apply in any case or category of cases in which the head of the Federal department or agency involved finds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>If <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p></sidenote>the head of a Federal department or agency determines that it is necessary to waive the application of subsection (a) based on a finding under subsection (b), the head of the department or agency shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed written justification as to why the provision is being waived.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>This <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1606"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1606. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote>any other provision of law and in a manner consistent with other provisions in this Act, all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on projects funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part by and through the Federal Government pursuant to this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t40/ch31/schIV">subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code</ref>. With respect to the labor standards specified in this section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (<ref href="/us/stat/64/1267">64 Stat. 1267</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>) and <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3145">section 3145 of title 40, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">ADDITIONAL FUNDING DISTRIBUTION AND ASSURANCE OF APPROPRIATE USE OF FUNDS</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1607"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1607. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certification </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">by Governor</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, for funds provided to any State or agency thereof, the Governor of the State shall certify that: (1) the State will request and use funds provided by this Act; and (2) the funds will be used to create jobs and promote economic growth.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/304">123 STAT. 304</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Acceptance by State Legislature</inline>.—</heading><content>If funds provided to any State in any division of this Act are not accepted for use by the Governor, then acceptance by the State legislature, by means of the adoption of a concurrent resolution, shall be sufficient to provide funding to such State.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Distribution</inline>.—</heading><content>After the adoption of a State legislature’s concurrent resolution, funding to the State will be for distribution to local governments, councils of government, public entities, and public-private entities within the State either by formula or at the State’s discretion.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">economic stabilization contracting</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1608"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1608. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reform of Contracting Procedures Under EESA.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> Section 107(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s5217/b">12 U.S.C. 5217(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and individuals with disabilities and businesses owned by individuals with disabilities (for purposes of this subsection the term ‘<term>individual with disability</term>’ has the same meaning as the term ‘<term>handicapped individual</term>’ as that term is defined in section 3(f) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s632/f">15 U.S.C. 632(f)</ref>),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>(<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1441a/r/4">12 U.S.C. 1441a(r)(4)</ref>),</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1609"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1609. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Findings.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The National Environmental Policy Act protects public health, safety and environmental quality: by ensuring transparency, accountability and public involvement in federal actions and in the use of public funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>When President Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act into law on January 1, 1970, he said that the Act provided the “direction” for the country to “regain a productive harmony between man and nature”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The National Environmental Policy Act helps to provide an orderly process for considering federal actions and funding decisions and prevents ligation and delay that would otherwise be inevitable and existed prior to the establishment of the National Environmental Policy Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Adequate resources within this bill must be devoted to ensuring that applicable environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act are completed on an expeditious basis and that the shortest existing applicable process under the National Environmental Policy Act shall be utilized.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>President shall report to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee every 90 days following the date of enactment until September 30, 2011 on the status and progress of projects and activities funded by this Act with respect to compliance with National Environmental Policy Act requirements and documentation.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1610"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1610. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for projects initiated after the effective date of this Act, may be used by an executive agency to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s253">41 U.S.C. 253</ref>) or <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch137">chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard to the above referenced statutes.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>All projects to be conducted under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the Tribally-Controlled Schools Act, the Sanitation and Facilities Act, the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/305">123 STAT. 305</page> Native American Housing and Self-Determination Assistance Act and the Buy-Indian Act shall be identified by the appropriate Secretary and the appropriate Secretary shall incorporate provisions to ensure that the agreement conforms with the provisions of this Act regarding the timing for use of funds and transparency, oversight, reporting, and accountability, including review by the Inspectors General, the Accountability and Transparency Board, and Government Accountability Office, consistent with the objectives of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1611"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 1611. </inline></num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Hiring </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Employ American Workers Act.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">American Workers in Companies Receiving TARP Funding.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This section may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="section">Employ American Workers Act</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be unlawful for any recipient of funding under title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/343">Public Law 110–343</ref>) or section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s342/etseq">12 U.S.C. 342 et seq.</ref>) to hire any nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(h)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/15/h/i/b">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(h)(i)(b)</ref>) unless the recipient is in compliance with the requirements for an H–1B dependent employer (as defined in section 212(n)(3) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1182/n/3">8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(3)</ref>)), except that the second sentence of section 212(n)(1)(E)(ii) of such Act shall not apply.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Defined term</inline>.—</heading><content>In this subsection, the term “<term>hire</term>” means to permit a new employee to commence a period of employment.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sunset Provision</inline>.—</heading><content>This section shall be effective during the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1612"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1612. </num><content class="inline">During the current fiscal year not to exceed 1 percent of any appropriation made available by this Act may be transferred by an agency head between such appropriations funded in this Act of that department or agency: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such appropriations shall be merged with and available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>the agency head shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives of the transfer 15 days in advance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>notice of any transfer made pursuant to this authority be posted on the website established by the Recovery Act Accountability and Transparency Board 15 days following such transfer: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the authority contained in this section is in addition to transfer authorities otherwise available under current law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the authority provided in this section shall not apply to any appropriation that is subject to transfer provisions included elsewhere in this Act.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/306">123 STAT. 306</page></content></section> DIVISION B—TAX, UNEMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, STATE FISCAL RELIEF, AND OTHER PROVISIONS <num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>TAX <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009.</p></sidenote>PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1000">SEC. 1000. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE, ETC.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1">26 USC 1 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>title may be cited as the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reference</inline>.—</heading><content>Except <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1">26 USC 1</ref> <i>et seq</i>.</p></sidenote>as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Table of Contents</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents for this title is as follows:<toc> <referenceItem role="title" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>TITLE I—</designator> <label>TAX PROVISIONS</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1000. </designator> <label>Short title, etc.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle A—</designator> <label>Tax Relief for Individuals and Families</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART I—</designator> <label>General Tax Relief</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1001. </designator> <label>Making work pay credit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1002. </designator> <label>Temporary increase in earned income tax credit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1003. </designator> <label>Temporary increase of refundable portion of child credit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1004. </designator> <label>American opportunity tax credit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1005. </designator> <label>Computer technology and equipment allowed as a qualified higher education expense for section 529 accounts in 2009 and 2010.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1006. </designator> <label>Extension of and increase in first-time homebuyer credit; waiver of requirement to repay.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1007. </designator> <label>Suspension of tax on portion of unemployment compensation.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1008. </designator> <label>Additional deduction for State sales tax and excise tax on the purchase of certain motor vehicles.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART II—</designator> <label>Alternative Minimum Tax Relief</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1011. </designator> <label>Extension of alternative minimum tax relief for nonrefundable personal credits.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1012. </designator> <label>Extension of increased alternative minimum tax exemption amount.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle B—</designator> <label>Energy Incentives</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART I—</designator> <label>Renewable Energy Incentives</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1101. </designator> <label>Extension of credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1102. </designator> <label>Election of investment credit in lieu of production credit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1103. </designator> <label>Repeal of certain limitations on credit for renewable energy property.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1104. </designator> <label>Coordination with renewable energy grants.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART II—</designator> <label>Increased Allocations of New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds and Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1111. </designator> <label>Increased limitation on issuance of new clean renewable energy bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1112. </designator> <label>Increased limitation on issuance of qualified energy conservation bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART III—</designator> <label>Energy Conservation Incentives</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1121. </designator> <label>Extension and modification of credit for nonbusiness energy property.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1122. </designator> <label>Modification of credit for residential energy efficient property.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1123. </designator> <label>Temporary increase in credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART IV—</designator> <label>Modification of Credit for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1131. </designator> <label>Application of monitoring requirements to carbon dioxide used as a tertiary injectant.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/307">123 STAT. 307</page></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART V—</designator> <label>Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicles</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1141. </designator> <label>Credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1142. </designator> <label>Credit for certain plug-in electric vehicles.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1143. </designator> <label>Conversion kits.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1144. </designator> <label>Treatment of alternative motor vehicle credit as a personal credit allowed against AMT.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART VI—</designator> <label>Parity for Transportation Fringe Benefits</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1151. </designator> <label>Increased exclusion amount for commuter transit benefits and transit passes.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle C—</designator> <label>Tax Incentives for Business</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART I—</designator> <label>Temporary Investment Incentives</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1201. </designator> <label>Special allowance for certain property acquired during 2009.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1202. </designator> <label>Temporary increase in limitations on expensing of certain depreciable business assets.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART II—</designator> <label>Small Business Provisions</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1211. </designator> <label>5-year carryback of operating losses of small businesses.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1212. </designator> <label>Decreased required estimated tax payments in 2009 for certain small businesses.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART III—</designator> <label>Incentives for New Jobs</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1221. </designator> <label>Incentives to hire unemployed veterans and disconnected youth.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART IV—</designator> <label>Rules Relating to Debt Instruments</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1231. </designator> <label>Deferral and ratable inclusion of income arising from business indebtedness discharged by the reacquisition of a debt instrument.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1232. </designator> <label>Modifications of rules for original issue discount on certain high yield obligations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART V—</designator> <label>Qualified Small Business Stock</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1241. </designator> <label>Special rules applicable to qualified small business stock for 2009 and 2010.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART VI—</designator> <label>S Corporations</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1251. </designator> <label>Temporary reduction in recognition period for built-in gains tax.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART VII—</designator> <label>Rules Relating to Ownership Changes</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1261. </designator> <label>Clarification of regulations related to limitations on certain built-in losses following an ownership change.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1262. </designator> <label>Treatment of certain ownership changes for purposes of limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle D—</designator> <label>Manufacturing Recovery Provisions</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1301. </designator> <label>Temporary expansion of availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1302. </designator> <label>Credit for investment in advanced energy facilities.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle E—</designator> <label>Economic Recovery Tools</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1401. </designator> <label>Recovery zone bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1402. </designator> <label>Tribal economic development bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1403. </designator> <label>Increase in new markets tax credit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1404. </designator> <label>Coordination of low-income housing credit and low-income housing grants.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle F—</designator> <label>Infrastructure Financing Tools</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART I—</designator> <label>Improved Marketability for Tax-Exempt Bonds</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1501. </designator> <label>De minimis safe harbor exception for tax-exempt interest expense of financial institutions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1502. </designator> <label>Modification of small issuer exception to tax-exempt interest expense allocation rules for financial institutions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1503. </designator> <label>Temporary modification of alternative minimum tax limitations on tax-exempt bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1504. </designator> <label>Modification to high speed intercity rail facility bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART II—</designator> <label>Delay in Application of Withholding Tax on Government Contractors</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1511. </designator> <label>Delay in application of withholding tax on government contractors.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/308">123 STAT. 308</page></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART III—</designator> <label>Tax Credit Bonds for Schools</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1521. </designator> <label>Qualified school construction bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1522. </designator> <label>Extension and expansion of qualified zone academy bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART IV—</designator> <label>Build America Bonds</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1531. </designator> <label>Build America bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART V—</designator> <label>Regulated Investment Companies Allowed to Pass-Thru Tax Credit Bond Credits</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1541. </designator> <label>Regulated investment companies allowed to pass-thru tax credit bond credits.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle G—</designator> <label>Other Provisions</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1601. </designator> <label>Application of certain labor standards to projects financed with certain tax-favored bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1602. </designator> <label>Grants to States for low-income housing projects in lieu of low-income housing credit allocations for 2009.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1603. </designator> <label>Grants for specified energy property in lieu of tax credits.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1604. </designator> <label>Increase in public debt limit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle H—</designator> <label>Prohibition on Collection of Certain Payments Made Under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1701. </designator> <label>Prohibition on collection of certain payments made under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle I—</designator> <label>Trade Adjustment Assistance</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1800. </designator> <label>Short title.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART I—</designator> <label>Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subpart" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator><inline class="smallCaps">subpart a—</inline></designator> <label><inline class="smallCaps">trade adjustment assistance for service sector workers</inline></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1801. </designator> <label>Extension of trade adjustment assistance to service sector and public agency workers; shifts in production.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1802. </designator> <label>Separate basis for certification.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1803. </designator> <label>Determinations by Secretary of Labor.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1804. </designator> <label>Monitoring and reporting relating to service sector.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subpart" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator><inline class="smallCaps">subpart b—</inline></designator> <label><inline class="smallCaps">industry notifications following certain affirmative determinations</inline></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1811. </designator> <label>Notifications following certain affirmative determinations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1812. </designator> <label>Notification to Secretary of Commerce.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subpart" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator><inline class="smallCaps">subpart c—</inline></designator> <label><inline class="smallCaps">program benefits</inline></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1821. </designator> <label>Qualifying Requirements for Workers.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1822. </designator> <label>Weekly amounts.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1823. </designator> <label>Limitations on trade readjustment allowances; allowances for extended training and breaks in training.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1824. </designator> <label>Special rules for calculation of eligibility period.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1825. </designator> <label>Application of State laws and regulations on good cause for waiver of time limits or late filing of claims.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1826. </designator> <label>Employment and case management services.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1827. </designator> <label>Administrative expenses and employment and case management services.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1828. </designator> <label>Training funding.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1829. </designator> <label>Prerequisite education; approved training programs.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1830. </designator> <label>Pre-layoff and part-time training.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1831. </designator> <label>On-the-job training.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1832. </designator> <label>Eligibility for unemployment insurance and program benefits while in training.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1833. </designator> <label>Job search and relocation allowances.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subpart" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator><inline class="smallCaps">subpart d—</inline></designator> <label><inline class="smallCaps">reemployment trade adjustment assistance program</inline></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1841. </designator> <label>Reemployment trade adjustment assistance program.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subpart" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator><inline class="smallCaps">subpart e—</inline></designator> <label><inline class="smallCaps">other matters</inline></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1851. </designator> <label>Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1852. </designator> <label>Accountability of State agencies; collection and publication of program data; agreements with States.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/309">123 STAT. 309</page></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1853. </designator> <label>Verification of eligibility for program benefits.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1854. </designator> <label>Collection of data and reports; information to workers.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1855. </designator> <label>Fraud and recovery of overpayments.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1856. </designator> <label>Sense of Congress on application of trade adjustment assistance.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1857. </designator> <label>Consultations in promulgation of regulations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1858. </designator> <label>Technical corrections.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART II—</designator> <label>Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1861. </designator> <label>Expansion to service sector firms.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1862. </designator> <label>Modification of requirements for certification.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1863. </designator> <label>Basis for determinations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1864. </designator> <label>Oversight and administration; authorization of appropriations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1865. </designator> <label>Increased penalties for false statements.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1866. </designator> <label>Annual report on trade adjustment assistance for firms.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1867. </designator> <label>Technical corrections.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART III—</designator> <label>Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1871. </designator> <label>Purpose.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1872. </designator> <label>Trade adjustment assistance for communities.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1873. </designator> <label>Conforming amendments.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART IV—</designator> <label>Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1881. </designator> <label>Definitions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1882. </designator> <label>Eligibility.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1883. </designator> <label>Benefits.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1884. </designator> <label>Report.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1885. </designator> <label>Fraud and recovery of overpayments.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1886. </designator> <label>Determination of increases of imports for certain fishermen.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1887. </designator> <label>Extension of trade adjustment assistance for farmers.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART V—</designator> <label>General Provisions</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1891. </designator> <label>Effective date.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1892. </designator> <label>Extension of trade adjustment assistance programs.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1893. </designator> <label>Termination; related provisions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1894. </designator> <label>Government Accountability Office report.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1895. </designator> <label>Emergency designation.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="part" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>PART VI—</designator> <label>Health Coverage Improvement</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899. </designator> <label>Short title.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899A. </designator> <label>Improvement of the affordability of the credit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899B. </designator> <label>Payment for monthly premiums paid prior to commencement of advance payments of credit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899C. </designator> <label>TAA recipients not enrolled in training programs eligible for credit.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899D. </designator> <label>TAA pre-certification period rule for purposes of determining whether there is a 63-day lapse in creditable coverage.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899E. </designator> <label>Continued qualification of family members after certain events.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899F. </designator> <label>Extension of COBRA benefits for certain TAA-eligible individuals and PBGC recipients.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899G. </designator> <label>Addition of coverage through voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899H. </designator> <label>Notice requirements.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899I. </designator> <label>Survey and report on enhanced health coverage tax credit program.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899J. </designator> <label>Authorization of appropriations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899K. </designator> <label>Extension of national emergency grants.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 1899L. </designator> <label>GAO study and report.</label> </referenceItem></toc></content></subsection></section> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Tax Relief for Individuals and Families</heading> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="I">PART I—</num><heading>GENERAL TAX RELIEF</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1001">SEC. 1001. </num><heading>MAKING WORK PAY CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 36 the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="36A">“SEC. 36A. </num><heading class="bold ">MAKING WORK PAY CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allowance of Credit</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed <page identifier="/us/stat/123/310">123 STAT. 310</page> by this subtitle for the taxable year an amount equal to the lesser of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>6.2 percent of earned income of the taxpayer, or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>$400 ($800 in the case of a joint return).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation Based on Modified Adjusted Gross Income</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount allowable as a credit under subsection (a) (determined without regard to this paragraph and subsection (c)) for the taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 2 percent of so much of the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income as exceeds $75,000 ($150,000 in the case of a joint return).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Modified adjusted gross income</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘<term>modified adjusted gross income</term>’ means the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year increased by any amount excluded from gross income under section 911, 931, or 933.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reduction for Certain Other Payments</inline>.—</heading><content>The credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall be reduced by the amount of any payments received by the taxpayer during such taxable year under section 2201, and any credit allowed to the taxpayer under section 2202, of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions and Special Rules</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible individual</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>eligible individual</term>’ means any individual other than—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>any nonresident alien individual,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>any individual with respect to whom a deduction under section 151 is allowable to another taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which the individual’s taxable year begins, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>an estate or trust.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Identification number requirement</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Such term shall not include any individual who does not include on the return of tax for the taxable year—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>such individual’s social security account number, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of a joint return, the social security account number of one of the taxpayers on such return.</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">For purposes of the preceding sentence, the social security account number shall not include a TIN issued by the Internal Revenue Service.</continuation></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Earned income</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>earned income</term>’ has the meaning given such term by section 32(c)(2), except that such term shall not include net earnings from self-employment which are not taken into account in computing taxable income. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any amount excluded from gross income by reason of section 112 shall be treated as earned income which is taken into account in computing taxable income for the taxable year.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>This section shall not apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s36A">26 USC 36A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">of Possessions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments to possessions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/311">123 STAT. 311</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mirror code possession</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote>Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss to that possession by reason of the amendments made by this section with respect to taxable years beginning in 2009 and 2010. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other possessions</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote>Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which does not have a mirror code tax system amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to residents of such possession by reason of the amendments made by this section for taxable years beginning in 2009 and 2010 if a mirror code tax system had been in effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to any possession of the United States unless such possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which such possession will promptly distribute such payments to the residents of such possession.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>No credit shall be allowed against United States income taxes for any taxable year under section 36A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) to any person—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>to whom a credit is allowed against taxes imposed by the possession by reason of the amendments made by this section for such taxable year, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>who is eligible for a payment under a plan described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to such taxable year.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions and special rules</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Possession of the united states</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>possession of the United States</term>” includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mirror code tax system</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>mirror code tax system</term>” means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of payments</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1324/b/2">section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, the payments under this subsection shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from the credit allowed under section 36A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Refunds </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s36A">26 USC 36A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Disregarded in the Administration of Federal Programs and Federally Assisted Programs</inline>.—</heading><content>Any credit or refund allowed or made to any individual by reason of section 36A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) or by reason of subsection (b) of this section shall not be taken into account as income and shall not be taken into account as resources for the month of receipt and the following 2 months, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/312">123 STAT. 312</page> for purposes of determining the eligibility of such individual or any other individual for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any Federal program or under any State or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority Relating to Clerical Errors</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 6213(g)(2) is <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6213">26 USC 6213</ref>.</p></sidenote>amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (L)(ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of subparagraph (M) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and</quotedText>”, and by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="N">“(N) </num><content>an omission of the reduction required under section 36A(c) with respect to the credit allowed under section 36A or an omission of the correct social security account number required under section 36A(d)(1)(B).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Section 6211(b)(4)(A) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>36A,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>36,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1324/b/2">Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>36A,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>36,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The table of sections for subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 36 the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 36A. </designator> <label>Making work pay credit.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s36A">26 USC 36A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Date</inline>.—</heading><content>This section, and the amendments made by this section, shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1002">SEC. 1002. </num><heading>TEMPORARY INCREASE IN EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (b) of section 32 <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s32">26 USC 32</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any taxable year beginning in 2009 or 2010—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increased credit percentage for 3 or more qualifying children</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a taxpayer with 3 or more qualifying children, the credit percentage is 45 percent.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reduction of marriage penalty</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The dollar amount in effect under paragraph (2)(B) shall be $5,000.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inflation adjustment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any taxable year beginning in 2010, the $5,000 amount in clause (i) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>such dollar amount, multiplied by</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the cost of living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins determined by substituting ‘calendar year 2008’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rounding</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>(A) of subsection (j)(2) shall apply after taking into account any increase under clause (ii).”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s32">26 USC 32 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/313">123 STAT. 313</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1003">SEC. 1003. </num><heading>TEMPORARY INCREASE OF REFUNDABLE PORTION OF CHILD CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (4) of section 24(d) <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding paragraph (3), in the case of any taxable year beginning in 2009 or 2010, the dollar amount in effect for such taxable year under paragraph (1)(B)(i) shall be $3,000.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1004">SEC. 1004. </num><heading>AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 25A (relating to Hope scholarship credit) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsection (i) as subsection (j) and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (h) the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">American Opportunity Tax Credit</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any taxable year beginning in 2009 or 2010—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increase in credit</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Hope Scholarship Credit shall be an amount equal to the sum of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>100 percent of so much of the qualified tuition and related expenses paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year (for education furnished to the eligible student during any academic period beginning in such taxable year) as does not exceed $2,000, plus</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>25 percent of such expenses so paid as exceeds $2,000 but does not exceed $4,000.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credit allowed for first 4 years of post-secondary education</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraphs (A) and <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>(C) of subsection (b)(2) shall be applied by substituting ‘4’ for ‘2’.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified tuition and related expenses to include required course materials</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (f)(1)(A) shall be applied by substituting ‘tuition, fees, and course materials’ for ‘tuition and fees’.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increase in agi limits for hope scholarship credit</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In lieu of applying subsection (d) with respect to the Hope Scholarship Credit, such credit (determined without regard to this paragraph) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the same ratio to such credit (as so determined) as—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>the excess of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (d)(3)) for such taxable year, over</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>$80,000 ($160,000 in the case of a joint return), bears to</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>$10,000 ($20,000 in the case of a joint return).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credit allowed against alternative minimum tax</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a taxable year to which section 26(a)(2) does not apply, so much of the credit allowed under subsection (a) as is attributable to the Hope Scholarship Credit shall not exceed the excess of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the sum of the regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the sum of the credits allowable under this subpart (other than this subsection and sections 23, 25D, and 30D) and section 27 for the taxable year.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/314">123 STAT. 314</page></content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">Any reference in this section or section 24, 25, 26, 25B, 904, or 1400C to a credit allowable under this subsection shall be treated as a reference to so much of the credit allowable under subsection (a) as is attributable to the Hope Scholarship Credit.</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Portion of credit made refundable</inline>.—</heading><content>40 percent of so much of the credit allowed under subsection (a) as is attributable to the Hope Scholarship Credit (determined after application of paragraph (4) and without regard to this paragraph and section 26(a)(2) or paragraph (5), as the case may be) shall be treated as a credit allowable under subpart C (and not allowed under subsection (a)). The preceding sentence shall not apply to any taxpayer for any taxable year if such taxpayer is a child to whom subsection (g) of section 1 applies for such taxable year.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with midwestern disaster area benefits</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a taxpayer with respect to whom section 702(a)(1)(B) of the Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 applies for any taxable year, such taxpayer may elect to waive the application of this subsection to such taxpayer for such taxable year.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Section <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24</ref>.</p></sidenote>24(b)(3)(B) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25A(i),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>23,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 25(e)(1)(C)(ii) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25A(i),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>24,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Section 26(a)(1) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25A(i),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>24,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Section 25B(g)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25A(i),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>23,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Section 904(i) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25A(i),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>24,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>Section 1400C(d)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25A(i),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>24,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>Section 6211(b)(4)(A) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25A by reason of subsection (i)(6) thereof,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>24(d),</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1324/b/2">Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25A,</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>35</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s25A">26 USC 25A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">of Possessions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments to possessions</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mirror </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">code possession</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss to that possession by reason of the application of section 25A(i)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) with respect to taxable years beginning in 2009 and 2010. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other </inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">possessions</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which does not have a mirror code tax system amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to residents of such possession by reason of the application of section 25A(i)(6) of such Code (as so added) for taxable years beginning in 2009 and 2010 if a mirror code tax <page identifier="/us/stat/123/315">123 STAT. 315</page> system had been in effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to any possession of the United States unless such possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which such possession will promptly distribute such payments to the residents of such possession.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 25A(i)(6) of such Code (as added by this section) shall not apply to a bona fide resident of any possession of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions and special rules</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Possession of the united states</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>possession of the United States</term>” includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mirror code tax system</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>mirror code tax system</term>” means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of payments</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1324/b/2">section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, the payments under this subsection shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from the credit allowed under section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by reason of subsection (i)(6) of such section (as added by this section).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of EGTRRA Sunset</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (b)(1) shall be subject to title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 in the same manner as the provision of such Act to which such amendment relates.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treasury Studies Regarding Education Incentives</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study regarding coordination with non-tax student financial assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Education, or their delegates, shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>study how to coordinate the credit allowed under section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with the Federal Pell Grant program under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to maximize their effectiveness at promoting college affordability, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>examine ways to expedite the delivery of the tax credit.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study regarding inclusion of community service requirements</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Education, or their delegates, shall study the feasibility of requiring including community service as a condition of taking their tuition and related expenses into account under section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s delegate, shall report to Congress on the results of the studies conducted under this paragraph.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/316">123 STAT. 316</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1005">SEC. 1005. </num><heading>COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT ALLOWED AS A QUALIFIED HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSE FOR SECTION 529 ACCOUNTS IN 2009 AND 2010.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 529(e)(3)(A)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s529">26 USC 529</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of clause (ii), and by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii)</num><content> expenses paid or incurred in 2009 or 2010 for the purchase of any computer technology or equipment (as defined in section 170(e)(6)(F)(i)) or Internet access and related services, if such technology, equipment, or services are to be used by the beneficiary and the beneficiary’s family during any of the years the beneficiary is enrolled at an eligible educational institution.</content></subsection><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">Clause (iii) shall not include expenses for computer software designed for sports, games, or hobbies unless the software is predominantly educational in nature.”</continuation></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s529">26 USC 529 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to expenses paid or incurred after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1006">SEC. 1006. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF AND INCREASE IN FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER CREDIT; WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT TO REPAY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 36(h) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>July 1, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 1, 2009</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 36(g) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>July 1, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 1, 2009</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increase</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 36(b) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$7,500</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$8,000</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 36(b)(1)(B) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$3,750</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$4,000</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver of Recapture</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (4) of section 36(f) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver of recapture for purchases in 2009</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> of any credit allowed with respect to the purchase of a principal residence after December 31, 2008, and before December 1, 2009—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>paragraph (1) shall not apply, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><content>paragraph (2) shall apply only if the disposition or cessation described in paragraph (2) with respect to such residence occurs during the 36-month period beginning on the date of the purchase of such residence by the taxpayer.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (g) of section 36 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (c)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsections (c) and (f)(4)(D)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination With First-Time Homebuyer Credit for District of Columbia</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (e) of section 1400C <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with national first-time homebuyers credit</inline>.—</heading><content>No credit shall<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> be allowed under this section to any taxpayer with respect to the purchase of a residence after December 31, 2008, and before December 1, 2009, if a credit <page identifier="/us/stat/123/317">123 STAT. 317</page> under section 36 is allowable to such taxpayer (or the taxpayer’s spouse) with respect to such purchase.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 36(d)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s36">26 USC 36</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Removal of Prohibition on Financing by Mortgage Revenue Bonds</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 36(d), as amended by subsection (c)(2), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (2) and by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s36">26 USC 36 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to residences purchased after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1007">SEC. 1007. </num><heading>SUSPENSION OF TAX ON PORTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 85 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to unemployment compensation) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule for 2009</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any taxable year beginning in 2009, gross income shall not include so much of the unemployment compensation received by an individual as does not exceed $2,400.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s85">26 USC 85 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1008">SEC. 1008. </num><heading>ADDITIONAL DEDUCTION FOR STATE SALES TAX AND EXCISE TAX ON THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (a) of section 164 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>Qualified motor vehicle taxes.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified Motor Vehicle Taxes</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (b) of section 164 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified motor vehicle taxes</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>qualified motor vehicle taxes</term>’ means any State or local sales or excise tax imposed on the purchase of a qualified motor vehicle.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation based on vehicle price</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount of any State or local sales or excise tax imposed on the purchase of a qualified motor vehicle taken into account under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed the portion of such tax attributable to so much of the purchase price as does not exceed $49,500.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Income limitation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The amount otherwise taken into account under subparagraph (A) (after the application of subparagraph (B)) for any taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the same ratio to the amount which is so treated as—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>the excess (if any) of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year, over</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>$125,000 ($250,000 in the case of a joint return), bears to</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>$10,000.</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ‘<term>modified adjusted gross income</term>’ means the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year (determined without regard to sections 911, 931, and 933).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/318">123 STAT. 318</page></continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified motor vehicle</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>qualified motor vehicle</term>’ means—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>a passenger automobile or light truck which is treated as a motor vehicle for purposes of title II of the Clean Air Act, the gross vehicle weight rating of which is not more than 8,500 pounds, and the original use of which commences with the taxpayer,</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>a motorcycle the gross vehicle weight rating of which is not more than 8,500 pounds and the original use of which commences with the taxpayer, and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>a motor home the original use of which commences with the taxpayer.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other terms</inline>.—</heading><content>The terms ‘motorcycle’ and ‘motor home’ have the meanings given such terms under <ref href="/us/cfr/t49/s571.3">section 571.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this paragraph).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified motor vehicle taxes not included in cost of acquired property</inline>.—</heading><content>The last sentence of subsection (a) shall not apply to any qualified motor vehicle taxes.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with general sales tax</inline>.—</heading><content>This paragraph shall not apply in the case of a taxpayer who makes an election under paragraph (5) for the taxable year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>This paragraph shall not apply to purchases after December 31, 2009.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deduction Allowed to Nonitemizers</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (1) of section 63(c)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s63">26 USC 63</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and</quotedText>”, and by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>the motor vehicle sales tax deduction.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 63(c) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Motor vehicle sales tax deduction</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘<term>motor vehicle sales tax deduction</term>’ means the amount allowable as a deduction under section 164(a)(6). Such term shall not include any amount taken into account under section 62(a).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of Deduction Under Alternative Minimum Tax</inline>.—</heading><content>The last sentence of section 56(b)(1)(E) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 63(c)(1)(D)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraphs (D) and (E) of section 63(c)(1)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s56">26 USC 56 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to purchases on or after the date of the enactment of this Act in taxable years ending after such date.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/319">123 STAT. 319</page></content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="II">PART II—</num><heading>ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX RELIEF</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1011">SEC. 1011. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX RELIEF FOR NONREFUNDABLE PERSONAL CREDITS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Paragraph (2) of section 26(a)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s26">26 USC 26</ref>.</p></sidenote> (relating to special rule for taxable years 2000 through 2008) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 2008</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008, or 2009</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008</quotedText>” in the heading thereof and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2009</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s26">26 USC 26 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1012">SEC. 1012. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF INCREASED ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX EXEMPTION AMOUNT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Paragraph (1) of section 55(d) (relating to exemption amount) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>($69,950 in the case of taxable years beginning in 2008)</quotedText>” in subparagraph (A) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>($70,950 in the case of taxable years beginning in 2009)</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>($46,200 in the case of taxable years beginning in 2008)</quotedText>” in subparagraph (B) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>($46,700 in the case of taxable years beginning in 2009)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s55">26 USC 55 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> </part> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Energy Incentives</heading> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="I">PART I—</num><heading>RENEWABLE ENERGY INCENTIVES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1101">SEC. 1101. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN RENEWABLE RESOURCES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subsection (d) of section 45 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010</quotedText>” in paragraph (1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2013</quotedText>”,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2011</quotedText>” each place it appears in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), (7) and (9) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2014</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012</quotedText>” in paragraph (11)(B) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2014</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (5) of section 45(d) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and before</quotedText>” and all that follows and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText> and before October 3, 2008.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45">26 USC 45 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in section 102 of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1102">SEC. 1102. </num><heading>ELECTION OF INVESTMENT CREDIT IN LIEU OF PRODUCTION CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (a) of section 48 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Election to treat qualified facilities as energy property</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any qualified property which is part of a qualified investment credit facility—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/320">123 STAT. 320</page></chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>such property shall be treated as energy property for purposes of this section, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the energy percentage with respect to such property shall be 30 percent.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Denial of production credit</inline>.—</heading><content>No credit shall be allowed under section 45 for any taxable year with respect to any qualified investment credit facility.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified investment credit facility</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘<term>qualified investment credit facility</term>’ means any of the following facilities if no credit has been allowed under section 45 with respect to such facility and the taxpayer makes an irrevocable election to have this paragraph apply to such facility:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Wind facilities</inline>.—</heading><content>Any qualified facility (within the meaning of section 45) described in paragraph (1) of section 45(d) if such facility is placed in service in 2009, 2010, 2011, or 2012.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other facilities</inline>.—</heading><content>Any qualified facility (within the meaning of section 45) described in paragraph (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), or (11) of section 45(d) if such facility is placed in service in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, or 2013.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified property</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘<term>qualified property</term>’ means property—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>which is—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>tangible personal property, or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>other tangible property (not including a building or its structural components), but only if such property is used as an integral part of the qualified investment credit facility, and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>with respect to which depreciation (or amortization in lieu of depreciation) is allowable.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s48">26 USC 48 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to facilities placed in service after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1103">SEC. 1103. </num><heading>REPEAL OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON CREDIT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal of Limitation on Credit for Qualified Small Wind Energy Property</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (4) of section 48(c)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s48">26 USC 48</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraph (B) and by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal of Limitation on Property Financed by Subsidized Energy Financing</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 48(a)(4) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>This paragraph shall not apply to periods after December 31, 2008, under rules similar to the rules of section 48(m) (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Section 25C(e)(1) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(8), and (9)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and (8)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Section 25D(e) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (9).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/321">123 STAT. 321</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Section 48A(b)(2)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s48A">26 USC 48A</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(without regard to subparagraph (D) thereof)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>section 48(a)(4)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>Section 48B(b)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(without regard to subparagraph (D) thereof)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>section 48(a)(4)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s25C">26 USC 25C</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by this section shall apply to periods after December 31, 2008, under rules similar to the rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendments</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(2) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1104">SEC. 1104. </num><heading>COORDINATION WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY GRANTS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 48 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination With Department of Treasury Grants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any property with respect to which the Secretary makes a grant under section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Denial of production and investment credits</inline>.—</heading><content>No credit shall be determined under this section or section 45 with respect to such property for the taxable year in which such grant is made or any subsequent taxable year.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recapture of credits for progress expenditures made before grant</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If a credit was determined under this section with respect to such property for any taxable year ending before such grant is made—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the tax imposed under subtitle A on the taxpayer for the taxable year in which such grant is made shall be increased by so much of such credit as was allowed under section 38,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the general business carryforwards under section 39 shall be adjusted so as to recapture the portion of such credit which was not so allowed, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the amount of such grant shall be determined without regard to any reduction in the basis of such property by reason of such credit.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of grants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Any such grant shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>not be includible in the gross income of the taxpayer, but</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>shall be taken into account in determining the basis of the property to which such grant relates, except that the basis of such property shall be reduced under section 50(c) in the same manner as a credit allowed under subsection (a).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/322">123 STAT. 322</page></content></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="II">PART II—</num><heading>INCREASED ALLOCATIONS OF NEW CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BONDS AND QUALIFIED ENERGY CONSERVATION BONDS</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1111">SEC. 1111. </num><heading>INCREASED LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF NEW CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BONDS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Subsection (c) of section 54C<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54C">26 USC 54C</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The national new clean renewable energy bond limitation shall be increased by $1,600,000,000. Such increase shall be allocated by the Secretary consistent with the rules of paragraphs (2) and (3).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1112">SEC. 1112. </num><heading>INCREASED LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF QUALIFIED ENERGY CONSERVATION BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 54D(d) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$800,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$3,200,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clarification With Respect to Green Community Programs</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Clause (ii) of section 54D(f)(1)(A) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(including the use of loans, grants, or other repayment mechanisms to implement such programs)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>green community programs</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for bonds for implementing green community programs</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (e) of section 54D <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for bonds to implement green community programs</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any bond issued for the purpose of providing loans, grants, or other repayment mechanisms for capital expenditures to implement green community programs, such bond shall not be treated as a private activity bond for purposes of paragraph (3).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="III">PART III—</num><heading>ENERGY CONSERVATION INCENTIVES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1121">SEC. 1121. </num><heading>EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 25C <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsections (a) and (b) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new subsections:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allowance of Credit</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to 30 percent of the sum of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the amount paid or incurred by the taxpayer during such taxable year for qualified energy efficiency improvements, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the amount of the residential energy property expenditures paid or incurred by the taxpayer during such taxable year.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The aggregate amount of the credits allowed under this section for taxable years beginning in 2009 and 2010 with respect to any taxpayer shall not exceed $1,500.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Modifications of Standards for Energy-Efficient Building Property</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/323">123 STAT. 323</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Electric heat pumps</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (B) of section 25C(d)(3)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s25C">26 USC 25C</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>an electric heat pump which achieves the highest efficiency tier established by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency, as in effect on January 1, 2009.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Central air conditioners</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (C) of section 25C(d)(3) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2006</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2009</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Water heaters</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (D) of section 25C(d)(3) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>a natural gas, propane, or oil water heater which has either an energy factor of at least 0.82 or a thermal efficiency of at least 90 percent.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Wood stoves</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (E) of section 25C(d)(3) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, as measured using a lower heating value</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>75 percent</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Modifications of Standards for Oil Furnaces and Hot Water Boilers</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (4) of section 25C(d) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified natural gas, propane, and oil furnaces and hot water boilers</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified natural gas furnace</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>qualified natural gas furnace</term>’ means any natural gas furnace which achieves an annual fuel utilization efficiency rate of not less than 95.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified natural gas hot water boiler</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>qualified natural gas hot water boiler</term>’ means any natural gas hot water boiler which achieves an annual fuel utilization efficiency rate of not less than 90.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified propane furnace</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>qualified propane furnace</term>’ means any propane furnace which achieves an annual fuel utilization efficiency rate of not less than 95.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified propane hot water boiler</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>qualified propane hot water boiler</term>’ means any propane hot water boiler which achieves an annual fuel utilization efficiency rate of not less than 90.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified oil furnaces</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>qualified oil furnace</term>’ means any oil furnace which achieves an annual fuel utilization efficiency rate of not less than 90.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified oil hot water boiler</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>qualified oil hot water boiler</term>’ means any oil hot water boiler which achieves an annual fuel utilization efficiency rate of not less than 90.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Clause (ii) of section 25C(d)(2)(A) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>any qualified natural gas furnace, qualified propane furnace, qualified oil furnace, qualified natural gas hot water boiler, qualified propane hot water boiler, or qualified oil hot water boiler, or”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Modifications of Standards for Qualified Energy Efficiency Improvements</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifications for exterior windows, doors, and skylights</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (c) of section 25C <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/324">123 STAT. 324</page> <quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifications for exterior windows, doors, and skylights</inline>.—</heading><content>Such term shall not include any component described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (2) unless such component is equal to or below a U factor of 0.30 and SHGC of 0.30.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional qualification for insulation</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (A) of section 25C(c)(2)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s25C">26 USC 25C</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and meets the prescriptive criteria for such material or system established by the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code, as such Code (including supplements) is in effect on the date of the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>such dwelling unit</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 25C(g)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s25C">26 USC 25C note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Dates</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Efficiency standards</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) and subsections (c) and (d) shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1122">SEC. 1122. </num><heading>MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENT PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Removal of Credit Limitation for Property Placed in Service</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (1) of section 25D(b) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maximum credit for fuel cells</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any qualified fuel cell property expenditure, the credit allowed under subsection (a) (determined without regard to subsection (c)) for any taxable year shall not exceed $500 with respect to each half kilowatt of capacity of the qualified fuel cell property (as defined in section 48(c)(1)) to which such expenditure relates.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Paragraph (4) of section 25D(e) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> all that precedes subparagraph (B) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fuel cell expenditure limitations in case of joint occupancy</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any dwelling unit with respect to which qualified fuel cell property expenditures are made and which is jointly occupied and used during any calendar year as a residence by two or more individuals, the following rules shall apply:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maximum expenditures for fuel cells</inline>.—</heading><content>The maximum amount of such expenditures which may be taken into account under subsection (a) by all such individuals with respect to such dwelling unit during such calendar year shall be $1,667 in the case of each half kilowatt of capacity of qualified fuel cell property (as defined in section 48(c)(1)) with respect to which such expenditures relate.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraph (C).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s25D">26 USC 25D note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/325">123 STAT. 325</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1123">SEC. 1123. </num><heading>TEMPORARY INCREASE IN CREDIT FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE REFUELING PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 30C(e)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30C">26 USC 30C</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for property placed in service during 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of property placed in service in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><chapeau>in the case of any such property which does not relate to hydrogen—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘30 percent’,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by substituting ‘$50,000’ for ‘$30,000’, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>subsection (b)(2) shall be applied by substituting ‘$2,000’ for ‘$1,000’, and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of any such property which relates to hydrogen, subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by substituting ‘$200,000’ for ‘$30,000’.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30C">26 USC 30C note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="IV">PART IV—</num><heading>MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1131">SEC. 1131. </num><heading>APPLICATION OF MONITORING REQUIREMENTS TO CARBON DIOXIDE USED AS A TERTIARY INJECTANT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 45Q(a)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and</quotedText>”, and by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>disposed of by the taxpayer in secure geological storage.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Section 45Q(d)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(1)(B)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(C) of subsection (a)</quotedText>”,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and unminable coal seems</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, oil and gas reservoirs, and unminable coal seams</quotedText>”, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Interior,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Environmental Protection Agency</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 45Q(a)(1)(B) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and not used by the taxpayer as described in paragraph (2)(B)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>storage</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Section 45Q(e) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>captured and disposed of or used as a tertiary injectant</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>taken into account in accordance with subsection (a)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45Q">26 USC 45Q note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to carbon dioxide captured after the date of the enactment of this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/326">123 STAT. 326</page></content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="V">PART V—</num><heading>PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1141">SEC. 1141. </num><heading>CREDIT FOR NEW QUALIFIED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 30D<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30D">26 USC 30D</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="30D">“SEC. 30D. </num><heading class="bold ">NEW QUALIFIED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allowance of Credit</inline>.—</heading><content>There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of the credit amounts determined under subsection (b) with respect to each new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle placed in service by the taxpayer during the taxable year.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Per Vehicle Dollar Limitation</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount determined under this subsection with respect to any new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle is the sum of the amounts determined under paragraphs (2) and (3) with respect to such vehicle.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Base amount</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount determined under this paragraph is $2,500.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Battery capacity</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a vehicle which draws propulsion energy from a battery with not less than 5 kilowatt hours of capacity, the amount determined under this paragraph is $417, plus $417 for each kilowatt hour of capacity in excess of 5 kilowatt hours. The amount determined under this paragraph shall not exceed $5,000.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application With Other Credits</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Business credit treated as part of general business credit</inline>.—</heading><content>So much of the credit which would be allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined without regard to this subsection) that is attributable to property of a character subject to an allowance for depreciation shall be treated as a credit listed in section 38(b) for such taxable year (and not allowed under subsection (a)).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Personal credit</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this title, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall be treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation based on amount of tax</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a taxable year to which section 26(a)(2) does not apply, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall not exceed the excess of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the sum of the regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the sum of the credits allowable under subpart A (other than this section and sections 23 and 25D) and section 27 for the taxable year.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">New Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle</term>’ means a motor vehicle—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/327">123 STAT. 327</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the original use of which commences with the taxpayer,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>which is acquired for use or lease by the taxpayer and not for resale,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>which is made by a manufacturer,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>which is treated as a motor vehicle for purposes of title II of the Clean Air Act,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>which has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 14,000 pounds, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><chapeau>which is propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor which draws electricity from a battery which—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>has a capacity of not less than 4 kilowatt hours, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is capable of being recharged from an external source of electricity.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Motor vehicle</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>motor vehicle</term>’ means any vehicle which is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways (not including a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails) and which has at least 4 wheels.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Manufacturer</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>manufacturer</term>’ has the meaning given such term in regulations prescribed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for purposes of the administration of title II of the Clean Air Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7521/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Battery capacity</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>capacity</term>’ means, with respect to any battery, the quantity of electricity which the battery is capable of storing, expressed in kilowatt hours, as measured from a 100 percent state of charge to a 0 percent state of charge.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on Number of New Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicles Eligible for Credit</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle sold during the phaseout period, only the applicable percentage of the credit otherwise allowable under subsection (a) shall be allowed.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Phaseout period</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the phaseout period is the period beginning with the second calendar quarter following the calendar quarter which includes the first date on which the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles manufactured by the manufacturer of the vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) sold for use in the United States after December 31, 2009, is at least 200,000.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable percentage</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable percentage is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>50 percent for the first 2 calendar quarters of the phaseout period,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>25 percent for the 3d and 4th calendar quarters of the phaseout period, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>0 percent for each calendar quarter thereafter.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Controlled groups</inline>.—</heading><content>Rules similar to the rules of section 30B(f)(4) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rules</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Basis reduction</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subtitle, the basis of any property for which a credit is allowable under <page identifier="/us/stat/123/328">123 STAT. 328</page> subsection (a) shall be reduced by the amount of such credit so allowed.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No double benefit</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount of any deduction or other credit allowable under this chapter for a new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle shall be reduced by the amount of credit allowed under subsection (a) for such vehicle.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Property used by tax-exempt entity</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a vehicle the use of which is described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 50(b) and which is not subject to a lease, the person who sold such vehicle to the person or entity using such vehicle shall be treated as the taxpayer that placed such vehicle in service, but only if such person clearly discloses to such person or entity in a document the amount of any credit allowable under subsection (a) with respect to such vehicle (determined without regard to subsection (c)).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Property used outside united states not qualified</inline>.—</heading><content>No credit shall be allowable under subsection (a) with respect to any property referred to in section 50(b)(1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recapture</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall, by regulations, provide for recapturing the benefit of any credit allowable under subsection (a) with respect to any property which ceases to be property eligible for such credit.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Election not to take credit</inline>.—</heading><content>No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) for any vehicle if the taxpayer elects to not have this section apply to such vehicle.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interaction with air quality and motor vehicle safety standards</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A motor vehicle shall not be considered eligible for a credit under this section unless such vehicle is in compliance with—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the applicable provisions of the Clean Air Act for the applicable make and model year of the vehicle (or applicable air quality provisions of State law in the case of a State which has adopted such provision under a waiver under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act), and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the motor vehicle safety provisions of sections 30101 through 30169 of <ref href="/us/usc/t49">title 49, United States Code</ref>.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Section 30B(d)(3)(D)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30B">26 USC 30B</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (d) thereof</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (c) thereof</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 38(b)(35) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30D(d)(1)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30D(c)(1)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Section 1016(a)(25) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 30D(e)(4)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 30D(f)(1)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Section 6501(m) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 30D(e)(9)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 30D(e)(4)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30B">26 USC 30B note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to vehicles acquired after December 31, 2009.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1142">SEC. 1142. </num><heading>CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 30 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="30">“SEC. 30. </num><heading class="bold ">CERTAIN PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allowance of Credit</inline>.—</heading><content>There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to 10 percent of the cost of any qualified plug-in electric vehicle placed in service by the taxpayer during the taxable year.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/329">123 STAT. 329</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Per Vehicle Dollar Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount of the credit allowed under subsection (a) with respect to any vehicle shall not exceed $2,500.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application With Other Credits</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Business credit treated as part of general business credit</inline>.—</heading><content>So much of the credit which would be allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined without regard to this subsection) that is attributable to property of a character subject to an allowance for depreciation shall be treated as a credit listed in section 38(b) for such taxable year (and not allowed under subsection (a)).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Personal credit</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this title, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall be treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation based on amount of tax</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a taxable year to which section 26(a)(2) does not apply, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall not exceed the excess of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the sum of the regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the sum of the credits allowable under subpart A (other than this section and sections 23, 25D, and 30D) and section 27 for the taxable year.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified Plug-in Electric Vehicle</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>qualified plug-in electric vehicle</term>’ means a specified vehicle—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the original use of which commences with the taxpayer,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>which is acquired for use or lease by the taxpayer and not for resale,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>which is made by a manufacturer,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>which is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>which has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 14,000 pounds, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><chapeau>which is propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor which draws electricity from a battery which—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>has a capacity of not less than 4 kilowatt hours (2.5 kilowatt hours in the case of a vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels), and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is capable of being recharged from an external source of electricity.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Specified vehicle</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>specified vehicle</term>’ means any vehicle which—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is a low speed vehicle within the meaning of <ref href="/us/cfr/t49/s571.3">section 571.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009), or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>has 2 or 3 wheels.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/330">123 STAT. 330</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Manufacturer</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>manufacturer</term>’ has the meaning given such term in regulations prescribed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for purposes of the administration of title II of the Clean Air Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7521/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Battery capacity</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>capacity</term>’ means, with respect to any battery, the quantity of electricity which the battery is capable of storing, expressed in kilowatt hours, as measured from a 100 percent state of charge to a 0 percent state of charge.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rules</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Basis reduction</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subtitle, the basis of any property for which a credit is allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced by the amount of such credit so allowed.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No double benefit</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount of any deduction or other credit allowable under this chapter for a new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle shall be reduced by the amount of credit allowable under subsection (a) for such vehicle.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Property used by tax-exempt entity</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a vehicle the use of which is described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 50(b) and which is not subject to a lease, the person who sold such vehicle to the person or entity using such vehicle shall be treated as the taxpayer that placed such vehicle in service, but only if such person clearly discloses to such person or entity in a document the amount of any credit allowable under subsection (a) with respect to such vehicle (determined without regard to subsection (c)).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Property used outside united states not qualified</inline>.—</heading><content>No credit shall be allowable under subsection (a) with respect to any property referred to in section 50(b)(1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recapture</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall, by regulations, provide for recapturing the benefit of any credit allowable under subsection (a) with respect to any property which ceases to be property eligible for such credit.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Election not to take credit</inline>.—</heading><content>No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) for any vehicle if the taxpayer elects to not have this section apply to such vehicle.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>This section shall not apply to any vehicle acquired after December 31, 2011.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1)</num><subparagraph class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>Section 24(b)(3)(B)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>25D,</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Section 25(e)(1)(C)(ii) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>25D,</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Section 25B(g)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>25D,</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>Section 26(a)(1) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>25D,</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>Section 904(i) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 25B</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25B, 30, and 30D</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>Section 1400C(d)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 25D</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25D, and 30</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Paragraph (1) of section 30B(h) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Motor vehicle</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>motor vehicle</term>’ means any vehicle which is manufactured primarily for use on public <page identifier="/us/stat/123/331">123 STAT. 331</page> streets, roads, and highways (not including a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails) and which has at least 4 wheels.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Section 30C(d)(2)(A)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30C">26 USC 30C</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, 30,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4)</num><subparagraph class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>Section 53(d)(1)(B) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> clause (iii) and <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clause (iv) as clause (iii).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Subclause (II) of section 53(d)(1)(B)(iii), as so redesignated, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>increased in the manner provided in clause (iii)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Section 55(c)(3) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30(b)(3),</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>Section 1016(a)(25) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 30(d)(1)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 30(e)(1)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>Section 6501(m) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 30(d)(4)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 30(e)(6)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>The item in the table of sections for subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 30. </designator> <label>Certain plug-in electric vehicles.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to vehicles acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transitional Rule</inline>.—</heading><content>In the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30">26 USC 30 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> case of a vehicle acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act and before January 1, 2010, no credit shall be allowed under section 30 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section, if credit is allowable under section 30D of such Code with respect to such vehicle.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of EGTRRA Sunset</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be subject to title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 in the same manner as the provision of such Act to which such amendment relates.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1143">SEC. 1143. </num><heading>CONVERSION KITS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 30B (relating to alternative motor vehicle credit) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) and (k), respectively, and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (h) the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Plug-in Conversion Credit</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subsection (a), the plug-in conversion credit determined under this subsection with respect to any motor vehicle which is converted to a qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle is 10 percent of so much of the cost of the converting such vehicle as does not exceed $40,000.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘<term>qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle</term>’ means any new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle (as defined in section 30D, determined without regard to whether such vehicle is made by a manufacturer or whether the original use of such vehicle commences with the taxpayer).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credit allowed in addition to other credits</inline>.—</heading><content>The credit allowed under this subsection shall be allowed with respect to a motor vehicle notwithstanding whether a credit has been allowed with respect to such motor vehicle under this section (other than this subsection) in any preceding taxable year.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/332">123 STAT. 332</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>This subsection shall not apply to conversions made after December 31, 2011.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credit Treated as Part of Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 30B(a)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30B">26 USC 30B</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of paragraph (4) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and</quotedText>”, and by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>the plug-in conversion credit determined under subsection (i).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No Recapture for Vehicles Converted to Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicles</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (8) of section 30B(h) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>, except that no benefit shall be recaptured if such property ceases to be eligible for such credit by reason of conversion to a qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30B">26 USC 30B note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1144">SEC. 1144. </num><heading>TREATMENT OF ALTERNATIVE MOTOR VEHICLE CREDIT AS A PERSONAL CREDIT ALLOWED AGAINST AMT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (2) of section 30B(g) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Personal credit</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this title, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall be treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation based on amount of tax</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a taxable year to which section 26(a)(2) does not apply, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall not exceed the excess of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the sum of the regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the sum of the credits allowable under subpart A (other than this section and sections 23, 25D, 30, and 30D) and section 27 for the taxable year.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1)</num><subparagraph class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>Section 24(b)(3)(B), as amended by this Act, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30B,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>30,</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Section 25(e)(1)(C)(ii), as amended by this Act, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30B,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>30,</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Section 25B(g)(2), as amended by this Act, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30B,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>30,</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>Section 26(a)(1), as amended by this Act, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30B,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>30,</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>Section 904(i), as amended by this Act, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30B,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>30</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>Section 1400C(d)(2), as amended by this Act, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 30</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30, and 30B</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 30C(d)(2)(A), as amended by this Act, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>sections 27 and 30B</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 27</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Section 55(c)(3) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30B(g)(2),</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/333">123 STAT. 333</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s24">26 USC 24 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of EGTRRA Sunset</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be subject to title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 in the same manner as the provision of such Act to which such amendment relates.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="VI">PART VI—</num><heading>PARITY FOR TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFITS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1151">SEC. 1151. </num><heading>INCREASED EXCLUSION AMOUNT FOR COMMUTER TRANSIT BENEFITS AND TRANSIT PASSES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (2) of section 132(f)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s132">26 USC 132</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following flush sentence:<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">“In<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> the case of any month beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this sentence and before January 1, 2011, subparagraph (A) shall be applied as if the dollar amount therein were the same as the dollar amount in effect for such month under subparagraph (B).”</p></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s132">26 USC 132 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this section.</content></subsection></section> </part> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="C">Subtitle C—</num><heading>Tax Incentives for Business</heading> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="I">PART I—</num><heading>TEMPORARY INVESTMENT INCENTIVES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1201">SEC. 1201. </num><heading>SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY ACQUIRED DURING 2009.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension of Special Allowance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Paragraph (2) of section 168(k) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2010</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2011</quotedText>”, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2009</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The heading for subsection (k) of section 168 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">January 1, 2009</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">January 1, 2010</headingText></quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The heading for clause (ii) of section 168(k)(2)(B) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">pre-january 1, 2009</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">pre-january 1, 2010</headingText></quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Subparagraph (B) of section 168(l)(5) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>Subparagraph (C) of section 168(n)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>Subparagraph (B) of section 1400N(d)(3) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical amendments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>Subparagraph (D) of section 168(k)(4) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/334">123 STAT. 334</page> <clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of clause (i),</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clause (ii) as clause (iii), and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (i) the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>‘April 1, 2008’ shall be substituted for ‘January 1, 2008’ in subparagraph (A)(iii)(I) thereof, and”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Subparagraph (A) of section 6211(b)(4)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6211">26 USC 6211</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>168(k)(4),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>53(e),</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension of Election to Accelerate the Amt and Research Credits in Lieu of Bonus Depreciation</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 168(k)(4) (relating to election to accelerate the AMT and research credits in lieu of bonus depreciation) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010</quotedText>”in subparagraph (D)(iii) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(3)), and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for extension property</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Taxpayers previously electing acceleration</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a taxpayer who made the election under subparagraph (A) for its first taxable year ending after March 31, 2008—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the taxpayer may elect not to have this paragraph apply to extension property, but</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>if the taxpayer does not make the election under subclause (I), in applying this paragraph to the taxpayer a separate bonus depreciation amount, maximum amount, and maximum increase amount shall be computed and applied to eligible qualified property which is extension property and to eligible qualified property which is not extension property.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Taxpayers not previously electing acceleration</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a taxpayer who did not make the election under subparagraph (A) for its first taxable year ending after March 31, 2008—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the taxpayer may elect to have this paragraph apply to its first taxable year ending after December 31, 2008, and each subsequent taxable year, and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>if the taxpayer makes the election under subclause (I), this paragraph shall only apply to eligible qualified property which is extension property.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension property</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>extension property</term>’ means property which is eligible qualified property solely by reason of the extension of the application of the special allowance under paragraph (1) pursuant to the amendments made by section 1201(a) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 (and the application of such extension to this paragraph pursuant to the amendment made by section 1201(b)(1) of such Act).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 6211(b)(4)(A) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>168(k)(4),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>53(e),</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s168">26 USC 168 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Dates</inline>.—</heading><page identifier="/us/stat/123/335">123 STAT. 335</page> <paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2008, in taxable years ending after such date.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical amendments</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsections (a)(3) and (b)(2) shall apply to taxable years ending after March 31, 2008.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1202">SEC. 1202. </num><heading>TEMPORARY INCREASE IN LIMITATIONS ON EXPENSING OF CERTAIN DEPRECIABLE BUSINESS ASSETS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Paragraph (7) of section 179(b)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s179">26 USC 179</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008, or 2009</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">2008</headingText></quotedText>” in the heading thereof and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">2008, and 2009</headingText></quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s179">26 USC 179 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="II">PART II—</num><heading>SMALL BUSINESS PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1211">SEC. 1211. </num><heading>5-YEAR CARRYBACK OF OPERATING LOSSES OF SMALL BUSINESSES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (H) of section 172(b)(1) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Carryback for 2008 net operating losses of small businesses</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If an eligible small business elects the application of this subparagraph with respect to an applicable 2008 net operating loss—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>subparagraph (A)(i) shall be applied by substituting any whole number elected by the taxpayer which is more than 2 and less than 6 for ‘2’,</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>subparagraph (E)(ii) shall be applied by substituting the whole number which is one less than the whole number substituted under subclause (I) for ‘2’, and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>subparagraph (F) shall not apply.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable 2008 net operating loss</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>applicable 2008 net operating loss</term>’ means—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the taxpayer’s net operating loss for any taxable year ending in 2008, or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>if the taxpayer elects to have this subclause apply in lieu of subclause (I), the taxpayer’s net operating loss for any taxable year beginning in 2008.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Election</inline>.—</heading><content>Any election under this subparagraph shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary, and shall be made by the due date (including extension of time) for filing the taxpayer’s return for the taxable year of the net operating loss. Any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable. Any election under this subparagraph may be made only with respect to 1 taxable year.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible small business</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>eligible small business</term>’ has the meaning given such term by subparagraph <page identifier="/us/stat/123/336">123 STAT. 336</page> (F)(iii), except that in applying such subparagraph, section 448(c) shall be applied by substituting ‘<term>$15,000,000</term>’ for ‘<term>$5,000,000</term>’ each place it appears.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 172<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s172">26 USC 172</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (k) and by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsection (l) as subsection (k).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s172">26 USC 172 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Anti-Abuse Rules</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Treasury or the Secretary’s designee shall prescribe such rules as are necessary to prevent the abuse of the purposes of the amendments made by this section, including anti-stuffing rules, anti-churning rules (including rules relating to sale-leasebacks), and rules similar to the rules under section 1091 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating to losses from wash sales.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s172">26 USC 172 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to net operating losses arising in taxable years ending after December 31, 2007.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transitional rule</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a net operating loss for a taxable year ending before the date of the enactment of this Act—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>any election made under section 172(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to such loss may (notwithstanding such section) be revoked before the applicable date,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>any election made under section 172(b)(1)(H) of such Code with respect to such loss shall (notwithstanding such section) be treated as timely made if made before the applicable date, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>any application under section 6411(a) of such Code with respect to such loss shall be treated as timely filed if filed before the applicable date.</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> purposes of this paragraph, the term “<term>applicable date</term>” means the date which is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</continuation></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1212">SEC. 1212. </num><heading>DECREASED REQUIRED ESTIMATED TAX PAYMENTS IN 2009 FOR CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Paragraph (1) of section 6654(d) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for 2009</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), in the case of any taxable year beginning in 2009, clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) shall be applied to any qualified individual by substituting ‘90 percent’ for ‘100 percent’.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified individual</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>qualified individual</term>’ means any individual if—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the adjusted gross income shown on the return of such individual for the preceding taxable year is less than $500,000, and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><content>such individual certifies that more than 50 percent of the gross income shown on the return of such individual for the preceding taxable year was income from a small business.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/337">123 STAT. 337</page> <?removedLocator I658126?> A certification under subclause (II) shall be in such form and manner and filed at such time as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Income from a small business</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of clause (ii), income from a small business means, with respect to any individual, income from a trade or business the average number of employees of which was less than 500 employees for the calendar year ending with or within the preceding taxable year of the individual.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Separate returns</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a married individual (within the meaning of section 7703) who files a separate return for the taxable year for which the amount of the installment is being determined, clause (ii)(I) shall be applied by substituting ‘$250,000’ for ‘$500,000’.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Estates and trusts</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of an estate or trust, adjusted gross income shall be determined as provided in section 67(e).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="III">PART III—</num><heading>INCENTIVES FOR NEW JOBS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1221">SEC. 1221. </num><heading>INCENTIVES TO HIRE UNEMPLOYED VETERANS AND DISCONNECTED YOUTH.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (d) of section 51<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s51">26 USC 51</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">“(14) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credit allowed for unemployed veterans and disconnected youth hired in 2009 or 2010</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Any unemployed veteran or disconnected youth who begins work for the employer during 2009 or 2010 shall be treated as a member of a targeted group for purposes of this subpart.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Unemployed veteran</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>unemployed veteran</term>’ means any veteran (as defined in paragraph (3)(B), determined without regard to clause (ii) thereof) who is certified by the designated local agency as—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>having been discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces at any time during the 5-year period ending on the hiring date, and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>being in receipt of unemployment compensation under State or Federal law for not less than 4 weeks during the 1-year period ending on the hiring date.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disconnected youth</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>disconnected youth</term>’ means any individual who is certified by the designated local agency—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>as having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date,</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>as not regularly attending any secondary, technical, or post-secondary school during the 6-month period preceding the hiring date,</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>as not regularly employed during such 6-month period, and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>as not readily employable by reason of lacking a sufficient number of basic skills.”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/338">123 STAT. 338</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="IV">PART IV—</num><heading>RULES RELATING TO DEBT INSTRUMENTS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1231">SEC. 1231. </num><heading>DEFERRAL AND RATABLE INCLUSION OF INCOME ARISING FROM BUSINESS INDEBTEDNESS DISCHARGED BY THE REACQUISITION OF A DEBT INSTRUMENT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 108<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s108">26 USC 108</ref>.</p></sidenote> (relating to income from discharge of indebtedness) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deferral and Ratable Inclusion of Income Arising From Business Indebtedness Discharged by the Reacquisition of a Debt Instrument</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>At the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote> election of the taxpayer, income from the discharge of indebtedness in connection with the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable debt instrument shall be includible in gross income ratably over the 5-taxable-year period beginning with—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>in the case of a reacquisition occurring in 2009, the fifth taxable year following the taxable year in which the reacquisition occurs, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of a reacquisition occurring in 2010, the fourth taxable year following the taxable year in which the reacquisition occurs.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deferral of deduction for original issue discount in debt for debt exchanges</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If, as part of a reacquisition to which paragraph (1) applies, any debt instrument is issued for the applicable debt instrument being reacquired (or is treated as so issued under subsection (e)(4) and the regulations thereunder) and there is any original issue discount determined under subpart A of part V of subchapter P of this chapter with respect to the debt instrument so issued—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>except as provided in clause (ii), no deduction otherwise allowable under this chapter shall be allowed to the issuer of such debt instrument with respect to the portion of such original issue discount which—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>accrues before the 1st taxable year in the 5-taxable-year period in which income from the discharge of indebtedness attributable to the reacquisition of the debt instrument is includible under paragraph (1), and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>does not exceed the income from the discharge of indebtedness with respect to the debt instrument being reacquired, and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the aggregate amount of deductions disallowed under clause (i) shall be allowed as a deduction ratably over the 5-taxable-year period described in clause (i)(I).</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">If the amount of the original issue discount accruing before such 1st taxable year exceeds the income from the discharge of indebtedness with respect to the applicable debt <page identifier="/us/stat/123/339">123 STAT. 339</page> instrument being reacquired, the deductions shall be disallowed in the order in which the original issue discount is accrued.</continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deemed debt for debt exchanges</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A), if any debt instrument is issued by an issuer and the proceeds of such debt instrument are used directly or indirectly by the issuer to reacquire an applicable debt instrument of the issuer, the debt instrument so issued shall be treated as issued for the debt instrument being reacquired.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> If only a portion of the proceeds from a debt instrument are so used, the rules of subparagraph (A) shall apply to the portion of any original issue discount on the newly issued debt instrument which is equal to the portion of the proceeds from such instrument used to reacquire the outstanding instrument.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable debt instrument</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable debt instrument</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>applicable debt instrument</term>’ means any debt instrument which was issued by—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>a C corporation, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>any other person in connection with the conduct of a trade or business by such person.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Debt instrument</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>debt instrument</term>’ means a bond, debenture, note, certificate, or any other instrument or contractual arrangement constituting indebtedness (within the meaning of section 1275(a)(1)).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reacquisition</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>reacquisition</term>’ means, with respect to any applicable debt instrument, any acquisition of the debt instrument by—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the debtor which issued (or is otherwise the obligor under) the debt instrument, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>a related person to such debtor.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Acquisition</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>acquisition</term>’ shall, with respect to any applicable debt instrument, include an acquisition of the debt instrument for cash, the exchange of the debt instrument for another debt instrument (including an exchange resulting from a modification of the debt instrument), the exchange of the debt instrument for corporate stock or a partnership interest, and the contribution of the debt instrument to capital. Such term shall also include the complete forgiveness of the indebtedness by the holder of the debt instrument.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other definitions and rules</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Related person</inline>.—</heading><content>The determination of whether a person is related to another person shall be made in the same manner as under subsection (e)(4).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Election</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An election under this subsection with respect to any applicable debt instrument shall be made by including with the return of tax imposed by chapter 1 for the taxable year in which the reacquisition of the debt instrument occurs a statement which—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>clearly identifies such instrument, and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/340">123 STAT. 340</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>includes the amount of income to which paragraph (1) applies and such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Election irrevocable</inline>.—</heading><content>Such election, once made, is irrevocable.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Pass-thru entities</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a partnership, S corporation, or other pass-thru entity, the election under this subsection shall be made by the partnership, the S corporation, or other entity involved.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with other exclusions</inline>.—</heading><content>If a taxpayer elects to have this subsection apply to an applicable debt instrument, subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to the income from the discharge of such indebtedness for the taxable year of the election or any subsequent taxable year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Acceleration of deferred items</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of the death of the taxpayer, the liquidation or sale of substantially all the assets of the taxpayer (including in a title 11 or similar case), the cessation of business by the taxpayer, or similar circumstances, any item of income or deduction which is deferred under this subsection (and has not previously been taken into account) shall be taken into account in the taxable year in which such event occurs (or in the case of a title 11 or similar case, the day before the petition is filed).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for pass-thru entities</inline>.—</heading><content>The rule of clause (i) shall also apply in the case of the sale or exchange or redemption of an interest in a partnership, S corporation, or other pass- thru entity by a partner, shareholder, or other person holding an ownership interest in such entity.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for partnerships</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a partnership, any income deferred under this subsection shall be allocated to the partners in the partnership immediately before the discharge in the manner such amounts would have been included in the distributive shares of such partners under section 704 if such income were recognized at such time. Any decrease in a partner’s share of partnership liabilities as a result of such discharge shall not be taken into account for purposes of section 752 at the time of the discharge to the extent it would cause the partner to recognize gain under section 731. Any decrease in partnership liabilities deferred under the preceding sentence shall be taken into account by such partner at the same time, and to the extent remaining in the same amount, as income deferred under this subsection is recognized.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretarial authority</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary may prescribe such regulations, rules, or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate for purposes of applying this subsection, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>extending the application of the rules of paragraph (5)(D) to other circumstances where appropriate,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>requiring reporting of the election (and such other information as the Secretary may require) on returns of tax for subsequent taxable years, and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/341">123 STAT. 341</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>rules for the application of this subsection to partnerships, S corporations, and other pass-thru entities, including for the allocation of deferred deductions.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s108">26 USC 108 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to discharges in taxable years ending after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1232">SEC. 1232. </num><heading>MODIFICATIONS OF RULES FOR ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON CERTAIN HIGH YIELD OBLIGATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Suspension of Special Rules</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 163(e)(5)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s163">26 USC 163</ref>.</p></sidenote> (relating to special rules for original issue discount on certain high yield obligations) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G) and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Suspension of application of paragraph</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Temporary suspension</inline>.—</heading><content>This<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> paragraph shall not apply to any applicable high yield discount obligation issued during the period beginning on September 1, 2008, and ending on December 31, 2009, in exchange (including an exchange resulting from a modification of the debt instrument) for an obligation which is not an applicable high yield discount obligation and the issuer (or obligor) of which is the same as the issuer (or obligor) of such applicable high yield discount obligation. The preceding sentence shall not apply to any obligation the interest on which is interest described in section 871(h)(4) (without regard to subparagraph (D) thereof) or to any obligation issued to a related person (within the meaning of section 108(e)(4)).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Successive application</inline>.—</heading><content>Any obligation to which clause (i) applies shall not be treated as an applicable high yield discount obligation for purposes of applying this subparagraph to any other obligation issued in exchange for such obligation.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretarial authority to suspend application</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may apply this paragraph with respect to debt instruments issued in periods following the period described in clause (i) if the Secretary determines that such application is appropriate in light of distressed conditions in the debt capital markets.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interest Rate Used in Determining High Yield Obligations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The last sentence of section 163(i)(1) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(i)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>regulation</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or (ii) permit, on a temporary basis, a rate to be used with respect to any debt instrument which is higher than the applicable Federal rate if the Secretary determines that such rate is appropriate in light of distressed conditions in the debt capital markets</quotedText>” before the period at the end.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s163">26 USC 163 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Suspension</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to obligations issued after August 31, 2008, in taxable years ending after such date.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interest rate authority</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2009, in taxable years ending after such date.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/342">123 STAT. 342</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="V">PART V—</num><heading>QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS STOCK</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1241">SEC. 1241. </num><heading>SPECIAL RULES APPLICABLE TO QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS STOCK FOR 2009 AND 2010.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1202(a) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of qualified small business stock acquired after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and before January 1, 2011—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting ‘75 percent’ for ‘50 percent’, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>paragraph (2) shall not apply.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1202">26 USC 1202 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to stock acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="VI">PART VI—</num><heading>S CORPORATIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1251">SEC. 1251. </num><heading>TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN RECOGNITION PERIOD FOR BUILT-IN GAINS TAX.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (7) of section 1374(d)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1374">26 USC 1374</ref>.</p></sidenote> (relating to definitions and special rules) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recognition period</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>recognition period</term>’ means the 10-year period beginning with the 1st day of the 1st taxable year for which the corporation was an S corporation.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any taxable year beginning in 2009 or 2010, no tax shall be imposed on the net recognized built-in gain of an S corporation if the 7th taxable year in the recognition period preceded such taxable year.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> The preceding sentence shall be applied separately with respect to any asset to which paragraph (8) applies.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for distributions to shareholders</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of applying this section to any amount includible in income by reason of distributions to shareholders pursuant to section 593(e)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><content>subparagraph (A) shall be applied without regard to the phrase ‘10-year’, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>subparagraph (B) shall not apply.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1374">26 USC 1374 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="VII">PART VII—</num><heading>RULES RELATING TO OWNERSHIP CHANGES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1261">SEC. 1261. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s382">26 USC 382 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>CLARIFICATION OF REGULATIONS RELATED TO LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN BUILT-IN LOSSES FOLLOWING AN OWNERSHIP CHANGE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Congress finds as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The delegation of authority to the Secretary of the Treasury under section 382(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 does not authorize the Secretary to provide exemptions or special rules that are restricted to particular industries or classes of taxpayers.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/343">123 STAT. 343</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Internal Revenue Service Notice 2008–83 is inconsistent with the congressional intent in enacting such section 382(m).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The legal authority to prescribe Internal Revenue Service Notice 2008–83 is doubtful.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>However, as taxpayers should generally be able to rely on guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury legislation is necessary to clarify the force and effect of Internal Revenue Service Notice 2008–83 and restore the proper application under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of the limitation on built-in losses following an ownership change of a bank.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Determination of Force and Effect of Internal Revenue Service Notice 2008–83 Exempting Banks From Limitation on Certain Built–in Losses Following Ownership Change</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Internal Revenue Service Notice 2008–83—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>shall be deemed to have the force and effect of law with respect to any ownership change (as defined in section 382(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) occurring on or before January 16, 2009, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>shall have no force or effect with respect to any ownership change after such date.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Binding contracts</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), Internal Revenue Service Notice 2008–83 shall have the force and effect of law with respect to any ownership change (as so defined) which occurs after January 16, 2009, if such change—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>is pursuant to a written binding contract entered into on or before such date, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>is pursuant to a written agreement entered into on or before such date and such agreement was described on or before such date in a public announcement or in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission required by reason of such ownership change.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1262">SEC. 1262. </num><heading>TREATMENT OF CERTAIN OWNERSHIP CHANGES FOR PURPOSES OF LIMITATIONS ON NET OPERATING LOSS CARRYFORWARDS AND CERTAIN BUILT-IN LOSSES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 382<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s382">26 USC 382</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="n">“(n) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule for Certain Ownership Changes</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The limitation contained in subsection (a) shall not apply in the case of an ownership change which is pursuant to a restructuring plan of a taxpayer which—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is required under a loan agreement or a commitment for a line of credit entered into with the Department of the Treasury under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>is intended to result in a rationalization of the costs, capitalization, and capacity with respect to the manufacturing workforce of, and suppliers to, the taxpayer and its subsidiaries.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Subsequent acquisitions</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of any subsequent ownership change unless such ownership change is described in such paragraph.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation based on control in corporation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/344">123 STAT. 344</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of any ownership change if, immediately after such ownership change, any person (other than a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association under section 501(c)(9)) owns stock of the new loss corporation possessing 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, or of the total value of the stock of such corporation.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of related persons</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Related persons shall be treated as a single person for purposes of this paragraph.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Related persons</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of clause (i), a person shall be treated as related to another person if—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>such person bears a relationship to such other person described in section 267(b) or 707(b), or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>such persons are members of a group of persons acting in concert.”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s382">26 USC 382 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to ownership changes after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> </part> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="D">Subtitle D—</num><heading>Manufacturing Recovery Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1301">SEC. 1301. </num><heading>TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BONDS TO FACILITIES MANUFACTURING INTANGIBLE PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subparagraph (C) of section 144(a)(12)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s144">26 USC 144</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>For purposes of this paragraph, the term</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“For purposes of this paragraph—<clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The term”</content></clause></quotedContent>, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the last sentence and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new clauses:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certain facilities included</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Such term includes facilities which are directly related and ancillary to a manufacturing facility (determined without regard to this clause) if—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>such facilities are located on the same site as the manufacturing facility, and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>not more than 25 percent of the net proceeds of the issue are used to provide such facilities.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for bonds issued in 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any issue made after the date of enactment of this clause and before January 1, 2011, clause (ii) shall not apply and the net proceeds from a bond shall be considered to be used to provide a manufacturing facility if such proceeds are used to provide—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>a facility which is used in the creation or production of intangible property which is described in section 197(d)(1)(C)(iii), or<page identifier="/us/stat/123/345">123 STAT. 345</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>a facility which is functionally related and subordinate to a manufacturing facility (determined without regard to this subclause) if such facility is located on the same site as the manufacturing facility.”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s144">26 USC 144 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1302">SEC. 1302. </num><heading>CREDIT FOR INVESTMENT IN ADVANCED ENERGY FACILITIES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 46<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s46">26 USC 46</ref>.</p></sidenote> (relating to amount of credit) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of paragraph (4), and by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>the qualifying advanced energy project credit.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount of Credit</inline>.—</heading><content>Subpart E of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 (relating to rules for computing investment credit) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 48B the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="48C">“SEC. 48C. </num><heading class="bold ">QUALIFYING ADVANCED ENERGY PROJECT CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of section 46, the qualifying advanced energy project credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to 30 percent of the qualified investment for such taxable year with respect to any qualifying advanced energy project of the taxpayer.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified Investment</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subsection (a), the qualified investment for any taxable year is the basis of eligible property placed in service by the taxpayer during such taxable year which is part of a qualifying advanced energy project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certain qualified progress expenditures rules made applicable</inline>.—</heading><content>Rules similar to the rules of subsections (c)(4) and (d) of section 46 (as in effect on the day before the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990) shall apply for purposes of this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount which is treated for all taxable years with respect to any qualifying advanced energy project shall not exceed the amount designated by the Secretary as eligible for the credit under this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifying advanced energy project</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>qualifying advanced energy project</term>’ means a project—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>which re-equips, expands, or establishes a manufacturing facility for the production of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>property designed to be used to produce energy from the sun, wind, geothermal deposits (within the meaning of section 613(e)(2)), or other renewable resources,</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>fuel cells, microturbines, or an energy storage system for use with electric or hybrid-electric motor vehicles,</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>electric grids to support the transmission of intermittent sources of renewable energy, including storage of such energy,</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>property designed to capture and sequester carbon dioxide emissions,<page identifier="/us/stat/123/346">123 STAT. 346</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>property designed to refine or blend renewable fuels or to produce energy conservation technologies (including energy-conserving lighting technologies and smart grid technologies),</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VI">“(VI) </num><content>new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (as defined by section 30D), qualified plug-in electric vehicles (as defined by section 30(d)), or components which are designed specifically for use with such vehicles, including electric motors, generators, and power control units, or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VII">“(VII) </num><content>other advanced energy property designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as may be determined by the Secretary, and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>any portion of the qualified investment of which is certified by the Secretary under subsection (d) as eligible for a credit under this section.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><content>Such term shall not include any portion of a project for the production of any property which is used in the refining or blending of any transportation fuel (other than renewable fuels).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible property</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>eligible property</term>’ means any property—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>which is necessary for the production of property described in paragraph (1)(A)(i),</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>which is—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>tangible personal property, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>other tangible property (not including a building or its structural components), but only if such property is used as an integral part of the qualified investment credit facility, and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>with respect to which depreciation (or amortization in lieu of depreciation) is allowable.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Program</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall establish a qualifying advanced energy project program to consider and award certifications for qualified investments eligible for credits under this section to qualifying advanced energy project sponsors.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The total amount of credits that may be allocated under the program shall not exceed $2,300,000,000.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certification</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application period</inline>.—</heading><content>Each applicant for certification under this paragraph shall submit an application containing such information as the Secretary may require during the 2-year period beginning on the date the Secretary establishes the program under paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Time to meet criteria for certification</inline>.—</heading><content>Each applicant for certification shall have 1 year from the date of acceptance by the Secretary of the application during which to provide to the Secretary evidence that the requirements of the certification have been met.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Period of issuance</inline>.—</heading><content>An applicant which receives a certification shall have 3 years from the date of issuance <page identifier="/us/stat/123/347">123 STAT. 347</page> of the certification in order to place the project in service and if such project is not placed in service by that time period, then the certification shall no longer be valid.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Selection criteria</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In determining which qualifying advanced energy projects to certify under this section, the Secretary—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>shall take into consideration only those projects where there is a reasonable expectation of commercial viability, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>shall take into consideration which projects—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>will provide the greatest domestic job creation (both direct and indirect) during the credit period,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>will provide the greatest net impact in avoiding or reducing air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>have the greatest potential for technological innovation and commercial deployment,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>have the lowest levelized cost of generated or stored energy, or of measured reduction in energy consumption or greenhouse gas emission (based on costs of the full supply chain), and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>have the shortest project time from certification to completion.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Review and redistribution</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Review</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall review the credits allocated under this section as of such date.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Redistribution</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary may reallocate credits awarded under this section if the Secretary determines that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>there is an insufficient quantity of qualifying applications for certification pending at the time of the review, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>any certification made pursuant to paragraph (2) has been revoked pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) because the project subject to the certification has been delayed as a result of third party opposition or litigation to the proposed project.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reallocation</inline>.—</heading><content>If the Secretary determines that credits under this section are available for reallocation pursuant to the requirements set forth in paragraph (2), the Secretary is authorized to conduct an additional program for applications for certification.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disclosure of allocations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall, upon making a certification under this subsection, publicly disclose the identity of the applicant and the amount of the credit with respect to such applicant.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Denial of Double Benefit</inline>.—</heading><content>A credit shall not be allowed under this section for any qualified investment for which a credit is allowed under section 48, 48A, or 48B.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Section 49(a)(1)(C)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s49">26 USC 49</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of clause (iii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of clause (iv) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and</quotedText>”, and by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> after clause (iv) the following new clause:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/348">123 STAT. 348</page> <quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>the basis of any property which is part of a qualifying advanced energy project under section 48C.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The table of sections for subpart E of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 48B the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“48C. </designator> <label>Qualifying advanced energy project credit.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s46">26 USC 46 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to periods after the date of the enactment of this Act, under rules similar to the rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990).</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="E">Subtitle E—</num><heading>Economic Recovery Tools</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1401">SEC. 1401. </num><heading>RECOVERY ZONE BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subchapter Y of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new part:<quotedContent><part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num class="bold " value="III">“PART III—</num><heading class="bold ">RECOVERY ZONE BONDS</heading><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 1400U–1. </designator> <label>Allocation of recovery zone bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 1400U–2. </designator> <label>Recovery zone economic development bonds.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 1400U–3. </designator> <label>Recovery zone facility bonds.</label> </referenceItem></toc> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="1400U–1">“SEC. 1400U–1. </num><heading class="bold ">ALLOCATION OF RECOVERY ZONE BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">General allocation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall allocate the national recovery zone economic development bond limitation and the national recovery zone facility bond limitation among the States in the proportion that each such State’s 2008 State employment decline bears to the aggregate of the 2008 State employment declines for all of the States.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Minimum allocation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall adjust the allocations under subparagraph (A) for any calendar year for each State to the extent necessary to ensure that no State receives less than 0.9 percent of the national recovery zone economic development bond limitation and 0.9 percent of the national recovery zone facility bond limitation.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">2008</inline><inline class="smallCaps"> state employment decline</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘<term>2008 State employment decline</term>’ means, with respect to any State, the excess (if any) of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the number of individuals employed in such State determined for December 2007, over</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the number of individuals employed in such State determined for December 2008.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocations by states</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Each State with respect to which an allocation is made under paragraph (1) shall reallocate such allocation among the counties and large municipalities in such State in the proportion to each such county’s or municipality’s 2008 employment decline bears to the aggregate of the 2008 employment declines for all the counties and municipalities in such State.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote> A county or municipality <page identifier="/us/stat/123/349">123 STAT. 349</page> may waive any portion of an allocation made under this subparagraph.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Large municipalities</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘<term>large municipality</term>’ means a municipality with a population of more than 100,000.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Determination of local employment declines</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this paragraph, the employment decline of any municipality or county shall be determined in the same manner as determining the State employment decline under paragraph (2), except that in the case of a municipality any portion of which is in a county, such portion shall be treated as part of such municipality and not part of such county.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National limitations</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recovery zone economic development bonds</inline>.—</heading><content>There is a national recovery zone economic development bond limitation of $10,000,000,000.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recovery zone facility bonds</inline>.—</heading><content>There is a national recovery zone facility bond limitation of $15,000,000,000.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recovery Zone</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this part, the term ‘<term>recovery zone</term>’ means—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>any area designated by the issuer as having significant poverty, unemployment, rate of home foreclosures, or general distress,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>any area designated by the issuer as economically distressed by reason of the closure or realignment of a military installation pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>any area for which a designation as an empowerment zone or renewal community is in effect.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="1400U–2">“SEC. 1400U–2. </num><heading class="bold ">RECOVERY ZONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a recovery zone economic development bond—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>such bond shall be treated as a qualified bond for purposes of section 6431, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><content>subsection (b) of such section shall be applied by substituting ‘45 percent’ for ‘35 percent’.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recovery Zone Economic Development Bond</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>recovery zone economic development bond</term>’ means any build America bond (as defined in section 54AA(d)) issued before January 1, 2011, as part of issue if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>100 percent of the excess of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the available project proceeds (as defined in section 54A) of such issue, over</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the amounts in a reasonably required reserve (within the meaning of section 150(a)(3)) with respect to such issue,</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">are to be used for one or more qualified economic development purposes, and</continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the issuer designates such bond for purposes of this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on amount of bonds designated</inline>.—</heading><content>The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds which may be designated by any issuer under paragraph (1) shall not exceed <page identifier="/us/stat/123/350">123 STAT. 350</page> the amount of the recovery zone economic development bond limitation allocated to such issuer under section 1400U–1.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified Economic Development Purpose</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>qualified economic development purpose</term>’ means expenditures for purposes of promoting development or other economic activity in a recovery zone, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>capital expenditures paid or incurred with respect to property located in such zone,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>expenditures for public infrastructure and construction of public facilities, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>expenditures for job training and educational programs.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="1400U–3">“SEC. 1400U–3. </num><heading class="bold ">RECOVERY ZONE FACILITY BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of part IV of subchapter B (relating to tax exemption requirements for State and local bonds), the term ‘<term>exempt facility bond</term>’ includes any recovery zone facility bond.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recovery Zone Facility Bond</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>recovery zone facility bond</term>’ means any bond issued as part of an issue if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>95 percent or more of the net proceeds (as defined in section 150(a)(3)) of such issue are to be used for recovery zone property,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>such bond is issued before January 1, 2011, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the issuer designates such bond for purposes of this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on amount of bonds designated</inline>.—</heading><content>The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds which may be designated by any issuer under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the amount of recovery zone facility bond limitation allocated to such issuer under section 1400U–1.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recovery Zone Property</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>recovery zone property</term>’ means any property to which section 168 applies (or would apply but for section 179) if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>such property was constructed, reconstructed, renovated, or acquired by purchase (as defined in section 179(d)(2)) by the taxpayer after the date on which the designation of the recovery zone took effect,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the original use of which in the recovery zone commences with the taxpayer, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>substantially all of the use of which is in the recovery zone and is in the active conduct of a qualified business by the taxpayer in such zone.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified business</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>qualified business</term>’ means any trade or business except that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the rental to others of real property located in a recovery zone shall be treated as a qualified business only if the property is not residential rental property (as defined in section 168(e)(2)), and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>such term shall not include any trade or business consisting of the operation of any facility described in section 144(c)(6)(B).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for substantial renovations and sale-leaseback</inline>.—</heading><content>Rules similar<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> to the rules of subsections <page identifier="/us/stat/123/351">123 STAT. 351</page> (a)(2) and (b) of section 1397D shall apply for purposes of this subsection.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonapplication of Certain Rules</inline>.—</heading><content>Sections 146 (relating to volume cap) and 147(d) (relating to acquisition of existing property not permitted) shall not apply to any recovery zone facility bond.”</content></subsection></section> </part></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of parts for subchapter Y of chapter 1 of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <headingItem role="group" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>“Part III. </designator> <label>Recovery Zone Bonds.”.</label> </headingItem> </toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1400U–1">26 USC 1400U–1 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1402">SEC. 1402. </num><heading>TRIBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 7871<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7871">26 USC 7871</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Tribal Economic Development Bonds</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocation of limitation</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall allocate the national tribal economic development bond limitation among the Indian tribal governments in such manner as the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines appropriate.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>There is a national tribal economic development bond limitation of $2,000,000,000.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Bonds treated as exempt from tax</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a tribal economic development bond—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>notwithstanding subsection (c), such bond shall be treated for purposes of this title in the same manner as if such bond were issued by a State,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the Indian tribal government issuing such bond and any instrumentality of such Indian tribal government shall be treated as a State for purposes of section 141, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>section 146 shall not apply.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Tribal economic development bond</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>tribal economic development bond</term>’ means any bond issued by an Indian tribal government—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the interest on which would be exempt from tax under section 103 if issued by a State or local government, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>which is designated by the Indian tribal government as a tribal economic development bond for purposes of this subsection.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exceptions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Such term shall not include any bond issued as part of an issue if any portion of the proceeds of such issue are used to finance—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>any portion of a building in which class II or class III gaming (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act) is conducted or housed or any other property actually used in the conduct of such gaming, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>any facility located outside the Indian reservation (as defined in section 168(j)(6)).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/352">123 STAT. 352</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on amount of bonds designated</inline>.—</heading><content>The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds which may be designated by any Indian tribal government under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed the amount of national tribal economic development bond limitation allocated to such government under paragraph (1).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s delegate, shall conduct a study of the effects of the amendment made by subsection (a).<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s delegate, shall report to Congress on the results of the study conducted under this paragraph, including the Secretary’s recommendations regarding such amendment.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7871">26 USC 7871 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1403">SEC. 1403. </num><heading>INCREASE IN NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 45D(f)(1)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45">26 USC 45</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (C),</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, 2007, 2008, and 2009.</quotedText>” in subparagraph (D), and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2007,</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraphs:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>$5,000,000,000 for 2008, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>$5,000,000,000 for 2009.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45D">26 USC 45D note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule for Allocation of Increased 2008 Limitation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The amount of the increase in the new markets tax credit limitation for calendar year 2008 by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be allocated in accordance with section 45D(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to qualified community development entities (as defined in section 45D(c) of such Code) which—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>submitted an allocation application with respect to calendar year 2008, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>did not receive an allocation for such calendar year, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>received an allocation for such calendar year in an amount less than the amount requested in the allocation application.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1404">SEC. 1404. </num><heading>COORDINATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING CREDIT AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING GRANTS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Subsection (i) of section 42 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with low-income housing grants</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reduction in state housing credit ceiling for low-income housing grants received in 2009</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this section, the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iv) of subsection (h)(3)(C) with respect to any State for 2009 shall each be reduced by so much of such amount as is taken into account in determining the amount of any grant to such State under section 1602 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for basis</inline>.—</heading><content>Basis of a qualified low-income building shall not be reduced by the amount of any grant described in subparagraph (A).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/353">123 STAT. 353</page></content></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="F">Subtitle F—</num><heading>Infrastructure Financing Tools</heading> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="I">PART I—</num><heading>IMPROVED MARKETABILITY FOR TAX-EXEMPT BONDS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1501">SEC. 1501. </num><heading>DE MINIMIS SAFE HARBOR EXCEPTION FOR TAX-EXEMPT INTEREST EXPENSE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (b) of section 265<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s265">26 USC 265</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">De minimis exception for bonds issued during 2009 or 2010</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In applying paragraph (2)(A), there shall not be taken into account tax-exempt obligations issued during 2009 or 2010.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount of tax-exempt obligations not taken into account by reason of subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 2 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2)(B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Refundings</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this paragraph, a refunding bond (whether a current or advance refunding) shall be treated as issued on the date of the issuance of the refunded bond (or in the case of a series of refundings, the original bond).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment as Financial Institution Preference Item</inline>.—</heading><content>Clause (iv) of section 291(e)(1)(B) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>That portion of any obligation not taken into account under paragraph (2)(A) of section 265(b) by reason of paragraph (7) of such section shall be treated for purposes of this section as having been acquired on August 7, 1986.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s265">26 USC 265 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1502">SEC. 1502. </num><heading>MODIFICATION OF SMALL ISSUER EXCEPTION TO TAX-EXEMPT INTEREST EXPENSE ALLOCATION RULES FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (3) of section 265(b) (relating to exception for certain tax-exempt obligations) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules for obligations issued during 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increase in limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>In the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> case of obligations issued during 2009 or 2010, subparagraphs (C)(i), (D)(i), and (D)(iii)(II) shall each be applied by substituting ‘$30,000,000’ for ‘$10,000,000’.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified 501(c)(3) bonds treated as issued by exempt organization</inline>.—</heading><content>In the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> case of a qualified 501(c)(3) bond (as defined in section 145) issued during 2009 or 2010, this paragraph shall be applied by treating the 501(c)(3) organization for whose benefit such bond was issued as the issuer.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for qualified financings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a qualified financing issue issued during 2009 or 2010—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>subparagraph (F) shall not apply, and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>any obligation issued as a part of such issue shall be treated as a qualified tax-exempt <page identifier="/us/stat/123/354">123 STAT. 354</page> obligation if the requirements of this paragraph are met with respect to each qualified portion of the issue (determined by treating each qualified portion as a separate issue which is issued by the qualified borrower with respect to which such portion relates).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified financing issue</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>qualified financing issue</term>’ means any composite, pooled, or other conduit financing issue the proceeds of which are used directly or indirectly to make or finance loans to 1 or more ultimate borrowers each of whom is a qualified borrower.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified portion</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>qualified portion</term>’ means that portion of the proceeds which are used with respect to each qualified borrower under the issue.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified borrower</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>qualified borrower</term>’ means a borrower which is a State or political subdivision thereof or an organization described in section 501(c)(3) and exempt from taxation under section 501(a).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s265">26 USC 265 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1503">SEC. 1503. </num><heading>TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX LIMITATIONS ON TAX-EXEMPT BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interest on Private Activity Bonds Issued During 2009 and 2010 Not Treated as Tax Preference Item</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (C) of section 57(a)(5)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s57">26 USC 57</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end a new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception for bonds issued in 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘<term>private activity bond</term>’ shall not include any bond issued after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of refunding bonds</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subclause (I), a refunding bond (whether a current or advance refunding) shall be treated as issued on the date of the issuance of the refunded bond (or in the case of a series of refundings, the original bond).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception for certain refunding bonds</inline>.—</heading><content>Subclause (II) shall not apply to any refunding bond which is issued to refund any bond which was issued after December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2009.”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No Adjustment to Adjusted Current Earnings for Interest on Tax-Exempt Bonds Issued During 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><content>Subparagraph (B) of section 56(g)(4) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Tax exempt interest on bonds issued in 2009 and 2010</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Clause (i) shall not apply in the case of any interest on a bond issued after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/355">123 STAT. 355</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of refunding bonds</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subclause (I), a refunding bond (whether a current or advance refunding) shall be treated as issued on the date of the issuance of the refunded bond (or in the case of a series of refundings, the original bond).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception for certain refunding bonds</inline>.—</heading><content>Subclause (II) shall not apply to any refunding bond which is issued to refund any bond which was issued after December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2009.”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s56">26 USC 56 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1504">SEC. 1504. </num><heading>MODIFICATION TO HIGH SPEED INTERCITY RAIL FACILITY BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (1) of section 142(i)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s142">26 USC 142</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>operate at speeds in excess of</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>be capable of attaining a maximum speed in excess of</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s142">26 USC 142 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="II">PART II—</num><heading>DELAY IN APPLICATION OF WITHHOLDING TAX ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1511">SEC. 1511. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3402">26 USC 3402 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>DELAY IN APPLICATION OF WITHHOLDING TAX ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Subsection (b) of section 511 of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3402">26 USC 3402</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2010</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2011</quotedText>”.</content></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="III">PART III—</num><heading>TAX CREDIT BONDS FOR SCHOOLS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1521">SEC. 1521. </num><heading>QUALIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subpart I of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="54F">“SEC. 54F. </num><heading class="bold ">QUALIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified School Construction Bond</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subchapter, the term ‘<term>qualified school construction bond</term>’ means any bond issued as part of an issue if—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>100 percent of the available project proceeds of such issue are to be used for the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of a public school facility or for the acquisition of land on which such a facility is to be constructed with part of the proceeds of such issue,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the bond is issued by a State or local government within the jurisdiction of which such school is located, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>the issuer designates such bond for purposes of this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on Amount of Bonds Designated</inline>.—</heading><content>The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds issued during any calendar year which may be designated under subsection (a) by any issuer <page identifier="/us/stat/123/356">123 STAT. 356</page> shall not exceed the limitation amount allocated under subsection (d) for such calendar year to such issuer.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National Limitation on Amount of Bonds Designated</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>There is a national qualified school construction bond limitation for each calendar year. Such limitation is—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>$11,000,000,000 for 2009,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>$11,000,000,000 for 2010, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>except as provided in subsection (e), zero after 2010.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocation of Limitation</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocation among states</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2)(C), the limitation applicable under subsection (c) for any calendar year shall be allocated by the Secretary among the States in proportion to the respective amounts each such State is eligible to receive under section 1124 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6333">20 U.S.C. 6333</ref>) for the most recent fiscal year ending before such calendar year. The limitation amount allocated to a State under the preceding sentence shall be allocated by the State to issuers within such State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">40</inline><inline class="smallCaps"> percent of limitation allocated among largest school districts</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>40 percent of the limitation applicable under subsection (c) for any calendar year shall be allocated under subparagraph (B) by the Secretary among local educational agencies which are large local educational agencies for such year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocation formula</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount to be allocated under subparagraph (A) for any calendar year shall be allocated among large local educational agencies in proportion to the respective amounts each such agency received under section 1124 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s6333">20 U.S.C. 6333</ref>) for the most recent fiscal year ending before such calendar year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reduction in state allocation</inline>.—</heading><content>The allocation to any State under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of the allocations under this paragraph to large local educational agencies within such State.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocation of unused limitation to state</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount allocated under this paragraph to a large local educational agency for any calendar year may be reallocated by such agency to the State in which such agency is located for such calendar year. Any amount reallocated to a State under the preceding sentence may be allocated as provided in paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Large local educational agency</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘<term>large local educational agency</term>’ means, with respect to a calendar year, any local educational agency if such agency is—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>among the 100 local educational agencies with the largest numbers of children aged 5 through 17 from families living below the poverty level, as determined by the Secretary using the most recent data available from the Department of Commerce that are satisfactory to the Secretary, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>1 of not more than 25 local educational agencies (other than those described in clause (i)) that the Secretary of Education determines (based on the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/357">123 STAT. 357</page> most recent data available satisfactory to the Secretary) are in particular need of assistance, based on a low level of resources for school construction, a high level of enrollment growth, or such other factors as the Secretary deems appropriate.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocations to certain possessions</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount to be allocated under paragraph (1) to any possession of the United States other than Puerto Rico shall be the amount which would have been allocated if all allocations under paragraph (1) were made on the basis of respective populations of individuals below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget). In making other allocations, the amount to be allocated under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the aggregate amount allocated under this paragraph to possessions of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocations for indian schools</inline>.—</heading><content>In addition to the amounts otherwise allocated under this subsection, $200,000,000 for calendar year 2009, and $200,000,000 for calendar year 2010, shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Interior for purposes of the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In the case of amounts allocated under the preceding sentence, Indian tribal governments (as defined in section 7701(a)(40)) shall be treated as qualified issuers for purposes of this subchapter.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Carryover of Unused Limitation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If for any calendar year—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the amount allocated under subsection (d) to any State, exceeds</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the amount of bonds issued during such year which are designated under subsection (a) pursuant to such allocation,</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">the limitation amount under such subsection for such State for the following calendar year shall be increased by the amount of such excess.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> A similar rule shall apply to the amounts allocated under subsection (d)(4).”</continuation></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Paragraph (1) of section 54A(d)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54">26 USC 54</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (D), and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>a qualified school construction bond,”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Subparagraph (C) of section 54A(d)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of clause (iii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of clause (iv) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and</quotedText>”, and by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>in the case of a qualified school construction bond, a purpose specified in section 54F(a)(1).”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The table of sections for subpart I of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 54F. </designator> <label>Qualified school construction bonds.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54A">26 USC 54A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/358">123 STAT. 358</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1522">SEC. 1522. </num><heading>EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 54E(c)(1)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54">26 USC 54</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and $1,400,000,000 for 2009 and 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54E">26 USC 54E note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="IV">PART IV—</num><heading>BUILD AMERICA BONDS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1531">SEC. 1531. </num><heading>BUILD AMERICA BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subpart:<quotedContent><subpart style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num class="bold " value="J">“Subpart J—</num><heading class="bold ">Build America Bonds</heading><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 54AA. </designator> <label>Build America bonds.</label> </referenceItem></toc> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="54AA">“SEC. 54AA. </num><heading class="bold ">BUILD AMERICA BONDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>If a taxpayer holds a build America bond on one or more interest payment dates of the bond during any taxable year, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of the credits determined under subsection (b) with respect to such dates.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount of Credit</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount of the credit determined under this subsection with respect to any interest payment date for a build America bond is 35 percent of the amount of interest payable by the issuer with respect to such date .</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation Based on Amount of Tax</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the sum of the regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the sum of the credits allowable under this part (other than subpart C and this subpart).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Carryover of unused credit</inline>.—</heading><content>If the credit allowable under subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed by paragraph (1) for such taxable year, such excess shall be carried to the succeeding taxable year and added to the credit allowable under subsection (a) for such taxable year (determined before the application of paragraph (1) for such succeeding taxable year).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Build America Bond</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>build America bond</term>’ means any obligation (other than a private activity bond) if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the interest on such obligation would (but for this section) be excludable from gross income under section 103,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>such obligation is issued before January 1, 2011, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the issuer makes an irrevocable election to have this section apply.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable rules</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of applying paragraph (1)—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/359">123 STAT. 359</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>for purposes of section 149(b), a build America bond shall not be treated as federally guaranteed by reason of the credit allowed under subsection (a) or section 6431,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for purposes of section 148, the yield on a build America bond shall be determined without regard to the credit allowed under subsection (a), and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>a bond shall not be treated as a build America bond if the issue price has more than a de minimis amount (determined under rules similar to the rules of section 1273(a)(3)) of premium over the stated principal amount of the bond.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interest Payment Date</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>interest payment date</term>’ means any date on which the holder of record of the build America bond is entitled to a payment of interest under such bond.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rules</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interest on build america bonds includible in gross income for federal income tax purposes</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this title, interest on any build America bond shall be includible in gross income.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of certain rules</inline>.—</heading><content>Rules similar to the rules of subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) of section 54A shall apply for purposes of the credit allowed under subsection (a).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule for Qualified Bonds Issued Before 2011</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a qualified bond issued before January 1, 2011—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Issuer allowed refundable credit</inline>.—</heading><content>In lieu of any credit allowed under this section with respect to such bond, the issuer of such bond shall be allowed a credit as provided in section 6431.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified bond</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘<term>qualified bond</term>’ means any build America bond issued as part of an issue if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>100 percent of the excess of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the available project proceeds (as defined in section 54A) of such issue, over</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the amounts in a reasonably required reserve (within the meaning of section 150(a)(3)) with respect to such issue,</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">are to be used for capital expenditures, and</continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the issuer makes an irrevocable election to have this subsection apply.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may prescribe such regulations and other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section and section 6431.”</content></subsection></section> </subpart></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credit for Qualified Bonds Issued Before 2011</inline>.—</heading><content>Subchapter B of chapter 65 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="6431">“SEC. 6431. </num><heading class="bold ">CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED BONDS ALLOWED TO ISSUER.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualified bond issued before January 1, 2011, the issuer of such bond shall be allowed a credit with respect to each interest payment under such bond which shall be payable by the Secretary as provided in subsection (b).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment of Credit</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall pay (contemporaneously with each interest payment date under such bond) to the issuer of such bond (or to any person who makes such <page identifier="/us/stat/123/360">123 STAT. 360</page> interest payments on behalf of the issuer) 35 percent of the interest payable under such bond on such date.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Arbitrage Rules</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of section 148, the yield on a qualified bond shall be reduced by the credit allowed under this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interest Payment Date</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘<term>interest payment date</term>’ means each date on which interest is payable by the issuer under the terms of the bond.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified Bond</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘<term>qualified bond</term>’ has the meaning given such term in section 54AA(g).”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1324/b/2">Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 6428</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>6428, or 6431,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 54A(c)(1)(B)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54">26 USC 54</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subpart C</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparts C and J</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Sections 54(c)(2), 1397E(c)(2), and 1400N(l)(3)(B) are each amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and I</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, I, and J</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Section 6211(b)(4)(A) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 6428</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>6428, and 6431</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Section 6401(b)(1) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and I</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>I, and J</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>The table of subparts for part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="subpart" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator><inline class="smallCaps">“subpart j. </inline></designator> <label><inline class="smallCaps">build america bonds.”.</inline></label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>The table of section for subchapter B of chapter 65 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 6431. </designator> <label>Credit for qualified bonds allowed to issuer.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54AA">26 USC 54AA note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transitional Coordination With State Law</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as otherwise provided by a State after the date of the enactment of this Act, the interest on any build America bond (as defined in section 54AA of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section) and the amount of any credit determined under such section with respect to such bond shall be treated for purposes of the income tax laws of such State as being exempt from Federal income tax.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54">26 USC 54 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="V">PART V—</num><heading>REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES ALLOWED TO PASS-THRU TAX CREDIT BOND CREDITS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1541">SEC. 1541. </num><heading>REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES ALLOWED TO PASS-THRU TAX CREDIT BOND CREDITS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Part I of subchapter M of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 853 the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="853A">“SEC. 853A. </num><heading class="bold ">CREDITS FROM TAX CREDIT BONDS ALLOWED TO SHAREHOLDERS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">General Rule</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A regulated investment company—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>which holds (directly or indirectly) one or more tax credit bonds on one or more applicable dates during the taxable year, and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/361">123 STAT. 361</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>which meets the requirements of section 852(a) for the taxable year,</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">may elect the application of this section with respect to credits allowable to the investment company during such taxable year with respect to such bonds.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effect of Election</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If the election provided in subsection (a) is in effect for any taxable year—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the regulated investment company shall not be allowed any credits to which subsection (a) applies for such taxable year,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>the regulated investment company shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>include in gross income (as interest) for such taxable year an amount equal to the amount that such investment company would have included in gross income with respect to such credits if this section did not apply, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>increase the amount of the dividends paid deduction for such taxable year by the amount of such income, and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>each shareholder of such investment company shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>include in gross income an amount equal to such shareholder’s proportionate share of the interest income attributable to such credits, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>be allowed the shareholder’s proportionate share of such credits against the tax imposed by this chapter.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notice to Shareholders</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of subsection (b)(3), the shareholder’s proportionate share of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>credits described in subsection (a), and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>gross income in respect of such credits,</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">shall not exceed the amounts so designated by the regulated investment company in a written notice mailed to its shareholders not later than 60 days after the close of its taxable year.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Manner of Making Election and Notifying Shareholders</inline>.—</heading><content>The election provided in subsection (a) and the notice to shareholders required by subsection (c) shall be made in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions and Special Rules</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Tax credit bond</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>tax credit bond</term>’ means—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>a qualified tax credit bond (as defined in section 54A(d)),</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>a build America bond (as defined in section 54AA(d)), and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>any bond for which a credit is allowable under subpart H of part IV of subchapter A of this chapter.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable date</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>applicable date</term>’ means—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>in the case of a qualified tax credit bond or a bond described in subparagraph (A)(iii), any credit allowance date (as defined in section 54A(e)(1)), and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of a build America bond (as defined in section 54AA(d)), any interest payment date (as defined in section 54AA(e)).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Stripped tax credit bonds</inline>.—</heading><content>If the ownership of a tax credit bond is separated from the credit with respect to such bond, subsection (a) shall be applied by reference to the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/362">123 STAT. 362</page> instruments evidencing the entitlement to the credit rather than the tax credit bond.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations, etc</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including methods for determining a shareholder’s proportionate share of credits.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Section 54(l)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54">26 USC 54</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (4) and by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 54A(h) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Bonds Held by Real Estate Investment Trusts</inline>.—</heading><content>If any qualified tax credit bond is held by a real estate investment trust, the credit determined under subsection (a) shall be allowed to beneficiaries of such trust (and any gross income included under subsection (f) with respect to such credit shall be distributed to such beneficiaries) under procedures prescribed by the Secretary.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The table of sections for part I of subchapter M of chapter 1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 853 the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 853A. </designator> <label>Credits from tax credit bonds allowed to shareholders.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54">26 USC 54 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> </part> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="G">Subtitle G—</num><heading>Other Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1601">SEC. 1601. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s54C">26 USC 54C note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LABOR STANDARDS TO PROJECTS FINANCED WITH CERTAIN TAX-FAVORED BONDS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of the <ref href="/us/usc/t40">title 40, United States Code</ref>, shall apply to projects financed with the proceeds of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>any new clean renewable energy bond (as defined in section 54C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) issued after the date of the enactment of this Act,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any qualified energy conservation bond (as defined in section 54D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) issued after the date of the enactment of this Act,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>any qualified zone academy bond (as defined in section 54E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) issued after the date of the enactment of this Act,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>any qualified school construction bond (as defined in section 54F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>any recovery zone economic development bond (as defined in section 1400U–2 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1602">SEC. 1602. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s42">26 USC 42 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>GRANTS TO STATES FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS IN LIEU OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING CREDIT ALLOCATIONS FOR 2009.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall make a grant to the housing credit agency of each State in an amount equal to such State’s low-income housing grant election amount.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Low-Income Housing Grant Election Amount</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term “<term>low-income housing grant election amount</term>” means, with respect to any State, such amount as the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/363">123 STAT. 363</page> State may elect which does not exceed 85 percent of the product of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>the sum of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>100 percent of the State housing credit ceiling for 2009 which is attributable to amounts described in clauses (i) and (iii) of section 42(h)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>40 percent of the State housing credit ceiling for 2009 which is attributable to amounts described in clauses (ii) and (iv) of such section, multiplied by</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>10.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Subawards for Low-Income Buildings</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>A State housing credit agency receiving a grant under this section shall use such grant to make subawards to finance the construction or acquisition and rehabilitation of qualified low-income buildings. A subaward under this section may be made to finance a qualified low-income building with or without an allocation under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except that a State housing credit agency may make subawards to finance qualified low-income buildings without an allocation only if it makes a determination that such use will increase the total funds available to the State to build and rehabilitate affordable housing.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote> In complying with such determination requirement, a State housing credit agency shall establish a process in which applicants that are allocated credits are required to demonstrate good faith efforts to obtain investment commitments for such credits before the agency makes such subawards.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Subawards subject to same requirements as low-income housing credit allocations</inline>.—</heading><content>Any such subaward with respect to any qualified low-income building shall be made in the same manner and shall be subject to the same limitations (including rent, income, and use restrictions on such building) as an allocation of housing credit dollar amount allocated by such State housing credit agency under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except that such subawards shall not be limited by, or otherwise affect (except as provided in subsection (h)(3)(J) of such section), the State housing credit ceiling applicable to such agency.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compliance and asset management</inline>.—</heading><content>The State housing credit agency shall perform asset management functions to ensure compliance with section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the long-term viability of buildings funded by any subaward under this section. The State housing credit agency may collect reasonable fees from a subaward recipient to cover expenses associated with the performance of its duties under this paragraph. The State housing credit agency may retain an agent or other private contractor to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recapture</inline>.—</heading><content>The State housing credit agency shall impose conditions or restrictions, including a requirement providing for recapture, on any subaward under this section so as to assure that the building with respect to which such subaward is made remains a qualified low-income building during the compliance period. Any such recapture shall be payable to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury and may be enforced by means <page identifier="/us/stat/123/364">123 STAT. 364</page> of liens or such other methods as the Secretary of the Treasury determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Return of Unused Grant Funds</inline>.—</heading><content>Any grant funds not used to make subawards under this section before January 1, 2011, shall be returned to the Secretary of the Treasury on such date. Any subawards returned to the State housing credit agency on or after such date shall be promptly returned to the Secretary of the Treasury. Any amounts returned to the Secretary of the Treasury under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>Any term used in this section which is also used in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same meaning for purposes of this section as when used in such section 42. Any reference in this section to the Secretary of the Treasury shall be treated as including the Secretary’s delegate.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriations</inline>.—</heading><content>There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1603">SEC. 1603. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s48">26 USC 48 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED ENERGY PROPERTY IN LIEU OF TAX CREDITS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Upon application, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, subject to the requirements of this section, provide a grant to each person who places in service specified energy property to reimburse such person for a portion of the expense of such property as provided in subsection (b). No grant shall be made under this section with respect to any property unless such property—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is placed in service during 2009 or 2010, or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>is placed in service after 2010 and before the credit termination date with respect to such property, but only if the construction of such property began during 2009 or 2010.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant Amount</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount of the grant under subsection (a) with respect to any specified energy property shall be the applicable percentage of the basis of such property.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable percentage</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “<term>applicable percentage</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>30 percent in the case of any property described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (d), and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>10 percent in the case of any other property.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Dollar limitations</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of property described in paragraph (2), (6), or (7) of subsection (d), the amount of any grant under this section with respect to such property shall not exceed the limitation described in section 48(c)(1)(B), 48(c)(2)(B), or 48(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, respectively, with respect to such property.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Time for Payment of Grant</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of the Treasury shall make payment of any grant under subsection (a) during the 60-day period beginning on the later of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the date of the application for such grant, or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the date the specified energy property for which the grant is being made is placed in service.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Specified Energy Property</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term “<term>specified energy property</term>” means any of the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/365">123 STAT. 365</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified facilities</inline>.—</heading><content>Any qualified property (as defined in section 48(a)(5)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) which is part of a qualified facility (within the meaning of section 45 of such Code) described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), or (11) of section 45(d) of such Code.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified fuel cell property</inline>.—</heading><content>Any qualified fuel cell property (as defined in section 48(c)(1) of such Code).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Solar property</inline>.—</heading><content>Any property described in clause (i) or (ii) of section 48(a)(3)(A) of such Code.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified small wind energy property</inline>.—</heading><content>Any qualified small wind energy property (as defined in section 48(c)(4) of such Code).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Geothermal property</inline>.—</heading><content>Any property described in clause (iii) of section 48(a)(3)(A) of such Code.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified microturbine property</inline>.—</heading><content>Any qualified microturbine property (as defined in section 48(c)(2) of such Code).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Combined heat and power system property</inline>.—</heading><content>Any combined heat and power system property (as defined in section 48(c)(3) of such Code).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Geothermal heat pump property</inline>.—</heading><content>Any property described in clause (vii) of section 48(a)(3)(A) of such Code.</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">Such term shall not include any property unless depreciation (or amortization in lieu of depreciation) is allowable with respect to such property.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credit Termination Date</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term “<term>credit termination date</term>” means—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the case of any specified energy property which is part of a facility described in paragraph (1) of section 45(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, January 1, 2013,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in the case of any specified energy property which is part of a facility described in paragraph (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), or (11) of section 45(d) of such Code, January 1, 2014, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in the case of any specified energy property described in section 48 of such Code, January 1, 2017.</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">In the case<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> of any property which is described in paragraph (3) and also in another paragraph of this subsection, paragraph (3) shall apply with respect to such property.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Certain Rules</inline>.—</heading><content>In making grants under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall apply rules similar to the rules of section 50 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. In applying such rules, if the property is disposed of, or otherwise ceases to be specified energy property, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide for the recapture of the appropriate percentage of the grant amount in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury determines appropriate.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception for Certain Non-Taxpayers</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of the Treasury shall not make any grant under this section to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>any Federal, State, or local government (or any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof),</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any organization described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>any entity referred to in paragraph (4) of section 54(j) of such Code, or<page identifier="/us/stat/123/366">123 STAT. 366</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>any partnership or other pass-thru entity any partner (or other holder of an equity or profits interest) of which is described in paragraph (1), (2) or (3).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>Terms used in this section which are also used in section 45 or 48 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same meaning for purposes of this section as when used in such section 45 or 48. Any reference in this section to the Secretary of the Treasury shall be treated as including the Secretary’s delegate.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriations</inline>.—</heading><content>There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Treasury shall not make any grant to any person under this section unless the application of such person for such grant is received before October 1, 2011.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1604">SEC. 1604. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3101">31 USC 3101</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Subsection (b) of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3101">section 3101 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$12,104,000,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="H">Subtitle H—</num><heading>Prohibition on Collection of Certain Payments Made Under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1701">SEC. 1701. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s1675c">19 USC 1675c note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS MADE UNDER THE CONTINUED DUMPING AND SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the Secretary of Homeland Security nor any other person may—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>require repayment of, or attempt in any other way to recoup, any payments described in subsection (b); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>offset any past, current, or future distributions of antidumping or countervailing duties assessed with respect to imports from countries that are not parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement in an attempt to recoup any payments described in subsection (b).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments Described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Payments described in this subsection are payments of antidumping or countervailing duties made pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (section 754 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s1675c">19 U.S.C. 1675c</ref>; <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction> by subtitle F of title VII of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/171">Public Law 109–171</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/120/154">120 Stat. 154</ref>))) that were—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>assessed and paid on imports of goods from countries that are parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>distributed on or after January 1, 2001, and before January 1, 2006.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment of Funds Collected or Withheld</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> later than the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>refund any repayments, or any other recoupment, of payments described in subsection (b); and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/367">123 STAT. 367</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>fully distribute any antidumping or countervailing duties that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection is withholding as an offset as described in subsection (a)(2).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security, or any other person, from requiring repayment of, or attempting to otherwise recoup, any payments described in subsection (b) as a result of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a finding of false statements or other misconduct by a recipient of such a payment; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the reliquidation of an entry with respect to which such a payment was made.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="I">Subtitle I—</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Trade and</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Globalization</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Adjustment</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assistance Act</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">of 2009.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2101">19 USC 2101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>Trade Adjustment Assistance</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1800">SEC. 1800. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This subtitle may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="subtitle">Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009</shortTitle>”.</content></section> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="I">PART I—</num><heading>TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS</heading> <subpart style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="A">Subpart A—</num><heading>Trade Adjustment Assistance for Service Sector Workers</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1801">SEC. 1801. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE TO SERVICE SECTOR AND PUBLIC AGENCY WORKERS; SHIFTS IN PRODUCTION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 247 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2319">19 U.S.C. 2319</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or appropriate subdivision of a firm</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or subdivision</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>employment—</quotedText>” and all that follows and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>employment, has been totally or partially separated from such employment.</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (2) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>Subject to section 222(d)(5), the term ‘<term>firm</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a firm, including an agricultural firm, service sector firm, or public agency; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>an appropriate subdivision thereof.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (6) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>The term ‘<term>public agency</term>’ means a department or agency of a State or local government or of the Federal Government, or a subdivision thereof.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in paragraph (11), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or in a subdivision of which,</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">“(18) </num><content>The term ‘<term>service sector firm</term>’ means a firm engaged in the business of supplying services.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Group Eligibility Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2272">19 U.S.C. 2272</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)(2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subparagraph (A)(ii) to read as follows:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/368">123 STAT. 368</page> <quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>imports of articles or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have increased;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><chapeau>imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles—</chapeau><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated, or</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm,</content></item><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">have increased; or</continuation><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>imports of articles directly incorporating one or more component parts produced outside the United States that are like or directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more component parts produced by such firm have increased; and”</content></subclause></subparagraph></subsection></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subparagraph (B) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i)</num><subclause class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>there has been a shift by such workers’ firm to a foreign country in the production of articles or the supply of services like or directly competitive with articles which are produced or services which are supplied by such firm; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>such workers’ firm has acquired from a foreign country articles or services that are like or directly competitive with articles which are produced or services which are supplied by such firm; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the shift described in clause (i)(I) or the acquisition of articles or services described in clause (i)(II) contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or threat of separation.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (a) the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Adversely Affected Workers in Public Agencies</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A group<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> of workers in a public agency shall be certified by the Secretary as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under this chapter pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 if the Secretary determines that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>a significant number or proportion of the workers in the public agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the public agency has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such agency; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>the acquisition of services described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or threat of separation.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Basis for Secretary’s Determinations</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2272">19 U.S.C. 2272</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Basis for Secretary’s Determinations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall, in determining whether to certify a group of workers under section 223, obtain from the workers’ firm, or a customer of the workers’ firm, information the Secretary determines to be necessary to make the certification, through questionnaires and in such other manner as the Secretary determines appropriate.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/369">123 STAT. 369</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional information</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary may seek additional information to determine whether to certify a group of workers under subsection (a), (b), or (c)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>by contacting—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>officials or employees of the workers’ firm;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>officials of customers of the workers’ firm;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>officials of certified or recognized unions or other duly authorized representatives of the group of workers; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>one-stop operators or one-stop partners (as defined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2801">29 U.S.C. 2801</ref>)); or</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>by using other available sources of information.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Verification of information</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certification</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall require a firm or customer to certify—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>all information obtained under paragraph (1) from the firm or customer (as the case may be) through questionnaires; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>all other information obtained under paragraph (1) from the firm or customer (as the case may be) on which the Secretary relies in making a determination under section 223, unless the Secretary has a reasonable basis for determining that such information is accurate and complete without being certified.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of subpoenas</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> shall require the workers’ firm or a customer of the workers’ firm to provide information requested by the Secretary under paragraph (1) by subpoena pursuant to section 249 if the firm or customer (as the case may be) fails to provide the information within 20 days after the date of the Secretary’s request, unless the firm or customer (as the case may be) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the firm or customer (as the case may be) will provide the information within a reasonable period of time.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Protection of confidential information</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may not release information obtained under paragraph (1) that the Secretary considers to be confidential business information unless the firm or customer (as the case may be) submitting the confidential business information had notice, at the time of submission, that the information would be released by the Secretary, or the firm or customer (as the case may be) subsequently consents to the release of the information. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary from providing such confidential business information to a court in camera or to another party under a protective order issued by a court.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Penalties</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 244 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2316">19 U.S.C. 2316</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="244">“SEC. 244. </num><heading class="bold ">PENALTIES.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “Any person who—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, for the purpose of obtaining or increasing for that person or for any other person any payment authorized to be furnished <page identifier="/us/stat/123/370">123 STAT. 370</page> under this chapter or pursuant to an agreement under section 239, or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, when providing information to the Secretary during an investigation of a petition under section 221,</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined under <ref href="/us/usc/t18">title 18, United States Code</ref>, or both.”</continuation></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2271/a">19 U.S.C. 2271(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Secretary of Labor</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or subdivision</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(as defined in section 247)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(including workers in an agricultural firm or subdivision of any agricultural firm)</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>rapid response assistance</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>rapid response activities</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and on the website of the Department of Labor</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Federal Register</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2272">19 U.S.C. 2272</ref>), as amended, is further amended—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(including workers in any agricultural firm or subdivision of an agricultural firm)</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or subdivision</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c) (as redesignated)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or subdivision)</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or service</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>the article</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(c) (3)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(d) (3)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or subdivision)</quotedText>” each place it appears; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau>in subsection (d) (as redesignated)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>For purposes</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Definitions</headingText>.—For purposes</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or appropriate subdivision of a firm,</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (3) to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Downstream producer</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>downstream producer</term>’ means a firm that performs additional, value-added production processes or services directly for another firm for articles or services with respect to which a group of workers in such other firm has been certified under subsection (a).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/371">123 STAT. 371</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Value-added production processes or services</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A), value-added production processes or services include final assembly, finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or transportation services.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (4)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or subdivision)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or services, used in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as the case may be,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>for articles</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reference to firm</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘<term>firm</term>’ does not include a public agency.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>Section 231(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2291/a/2">19 U.S.C. 2291(a)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or subdivision of a firm</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or subdivision</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1802">SEC. 1802. </num><heading>SEPARATE BASIS FOR CERTIFICATION.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2272">19 U.S.C. 2272</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Firms Identified by the International Trade Commission</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a group of workers covered by a petition filed under section 221 shall be certified under subsection (a) as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under this chapter if—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>the workers’ firm is publicly identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>an affirmative determination of serious injury or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>an affirmative determination of market disruption or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>an affirmative final determination of material injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s1671d/b/1/A">19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A)</ref> and 1673d(b)(1)(A));</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register,</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">publication.</p></sidenote><chapeau>the petition is filed during the one-year period beginning on the date on which—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a summary of the report submitted to the President by the International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>the workers have become totally or partially separated from the workers’ firm within—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the one-year period described in paragraph (2); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>notwithstanding section 223(b), the one-year period preceding the one-year period described in paragraph (2).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/372">123 STAT. 372</page></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1803">SEC. 1803. </num><heading>DETERMINATIONS BY SECRETARY OF LABOR.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2273">19 U.S.C. 2273</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or appropriate subdivision of the firm before his application</quotedText>” and all that follows and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>before the worker’s application under section 231 occurred more than one year before the date of the petition on which such certification was granted.</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (c), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>together with his reasons</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and on the website of the Department of Labor, together with the Secretary’s reasons</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (d)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or subdivision of the firm</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>he shall</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, that total or partial separations from such firm are no longer attributable to the conditions specified in section 222, the Secretary shall</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>together with his reasons</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and on the website of the Department of Labor, together with the Secretary’s reasons</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Standards for Investigations and Determinations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Criteria.</p></sidenote> shall establish standards, including data requirements, for investigations of petitions filed under section 221 and criteria for making determinations under subsection (a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultations</inline>.—</heading><content>Not less<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> than 90 days before issuing a final rule with respect to the standards required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives with respect to such rule.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1804">SEC. 1804. </num><heading>MONITORING AND REPORTING RELATING TO SERVICE SECTOR.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 282 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2393">19 U.S.C. 2393</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>system</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and data collection</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in the first sentence—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(a) <headingText class="smallCaps">Monitoring Programs</headingText>.—The Secretary</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and services</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>imports of articles</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and domestic supply of services</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>domestic production</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or supplying services</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>producing articles</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or supply of services,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>changes in production</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Collection of Data and Reports on Service Sector</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary of labor</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">System.</p></sidenote> than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall implement a system to collect data on adversely affected workers employed in the service sector that includes the number of workers by State and industry, and by the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/373">123 STAT. 373</page> cause of the dislocation of each worker, as identified in the certification.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Study.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary of commerce</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 1 year after such date of enactment, the Secretary of Commerce shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, conduct a study and submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on ways to improve the timeliness and coverage of data on trade in services, including methods to identify increased imports due to the relocation of United States firms to foreign countries, and increased imports due to United States firms acquiring services from firms in foreign countries.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the item relating to section 282 and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 282. </designator> <label>Trade monitoring and data collection.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2393">19 USC 2393 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> </subpart> <subpart style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="B">Subpart B—</num><heading>Industry Notifications Following Certain Affirmative Determinations</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1811">SEC. 1811. </num><heading>NOTIFICATIONS FOLLOWING CERTAIN AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 224 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2274">19 U.S.C. 2274</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> the heading to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="224">“SEC. 224. </num><heading class="bold ">STUDY AND NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATIONS; INDUSTRY NOTIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE.”</heading></section> </quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Whenever</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Study of Domestic Industry</headingText>.—Whenever</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The report</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Report by the Secretary</headingText>.—The report</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and on the website of the Department of Labor</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Federal Register</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notifications Following Affirmative Global Safeguard Determinations</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon making an affirmative determination under section 202(b)(1), the Commission shall promptly notify the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce and, in the case of a determination with respect to an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, of the determination.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notifications Following Affirmative Bilateral or Plurilateral Safeguard Determinations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notifications of determinations of market disruption</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon making an affirmative determination under section 421(b)(1), the Commission shall promptly notify the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce and, in the case of a determination with respect to an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, of the determination.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notifications regarding trade agreement safeguards</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon making an affirmative determination in a proceeding initiated under an applicable safeguard provision (other than a provision described in paragraph (3)) that is enacted <page identifier="/us/stat/123/374">123 STAT. 374</page> to implement a trade agreement to which the United States is a party, the Commission shall promptly notify the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce and, in the case of a determination with respect to an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, of the determination.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notifications regarding textile and apparel safeguards</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon making an affirmative determination in a proceeding initiated under any safeguard provision relating to textile and apparel articles that is enacted to implement a trade agreement to which the United States is a party, the President shall promptly notify the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce of the determination.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notifications Following Certain Affirmative Determinations Under Title Vii of the Tariff Act of 1930</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon making an affirmative determination under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s1671d/b/1/A">19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A)</ref> and 1673d(b)(1)(A)), the Commission shall promptly notify the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce and, in the case of a determination with respect to an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture, of the determination.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Industry Notification of Assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Upon receiving a notification of a determination under subsection (c), (d), or (e) with respect to a domestic industry—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>the Secretary of Labor shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>notify the representatives of the domestic industry affected by the determination, firms publicly identified by name during the course of the proceeding relating to the determination, and any certified or recognized union or, to the extent practicable, other duly authorized representative of workers employed by such representatives of the domestic industry, of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the allowances, training, employment services, and other benefits available under this chapter;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the manner in which to file a petition and apply for such benefits; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the availability of assistance in filing such petitions;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>notify the Governor of each State in which one or more firms in the industry described in subparagraph (A) are located of the Commission’s determination and the identity of the firms; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>upon request, provide any assistance that is necessary to file a petition under section 221;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>the Secretary of Commerce shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>notify the representatives of the domestic industry affected by the determination and any firms publicly identified by name during the course of the proceeding relating to the determination of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the benefits available under chapter 3;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the manner in which to file a petition and apply for such benefits; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the availability of assistance in filing such petitions; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>upon request, provide any assistance that is necessary to file a petition under section 251; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/375">123 STAT. 375</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>in the case of an affirmative determination based upon imports of an agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>notify representatives of the domestic industry affected by the determination and any agricultural commodity producers publicly identified by name during the course of the proceeding relating to the determination of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the benefits available under chapter 6;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the manner in which to file a petition and apply for such benefits; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the availability of assistance in filing such petitions; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>upon request, provide any assistance that is necessary to file a petition under section 292.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Representatives of the Domestic Industry</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of subsection (f), the term ‘<term>representatives of the domestic industry</term>’ means the persons that petitioned for relief in connection with—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>a proceeding under section 202 or 421 of this Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>a proceeding under section 702(b) or 732(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s1671d/b">19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)</ref> and 1673d(b)); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>any safeguard investigation described in subsection (d)(2) or (d)(3).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the item relating to section 224 and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 224. </designator> <label>Study and notifications regarding certain affirmative determinations; industry notification of assistance.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1812">SEC. 1812. </num><heading>NOTIFICATION TO SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 225 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2275">19 U.S.C. 2275</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><content>Upon issuing a certification under section 223, the Secretary shall notify the Secretary of Commerce of the identity of each firm covered by the certification.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> </subpart> <subpart style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="C">Subpart C—</num><heading>Program Benefits</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1821">SEC. 1821. </num><heading>QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKERS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 231(a)(5)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2291">19 U.S.C. 2291</ref> (a)(5)(A)(ii)) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subclauses (I) and (II) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>in the case of a worker whose most recent total separation from adversely affected employment that meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) occurs after the date on which the Secretary issues a certification covering the worker, the last day of the 26th week after such total separation,</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>in the case of a worker whose most recent total separation from adversely affected employment that meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) occurs before the date on which the Secretary issues a certification covering the worker, the last day of the 26th week after the date of such certification,”</content></subclause></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subclause (III)—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/376">123 STAT. 376</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>later of the dates specified in subclause (I) or (II)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>date specified in subclause (I) or (II), as the case may be</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subclause (IV) as subclause (V); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subclause (III) the following:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>in the case of a worker who fails to enroll by the date required by subclause (I), (II), or (III), as the case may be, due to the failure to provide the worker with timely information regarding the date specified in such subclause, the last day of a period determined by the Secretary, or”</content></subclause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waivers of Training Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 231(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2291/c">19 U.S.C. 2291(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)(B)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The worker possesses</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The worker possesses”</content></clause></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Marketable skills defined</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘<term>marketable skills</term>’ may include the possession of a postgraduate degree from an institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</ref>)) or an equivalent institution, or the possession of an equivalent postgraduate certification in a specialized field.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (2)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>A waiver</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Except as provided in paragraph (3)(B), a waiver</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Pursuant to an agreement under section 239, the Secretary may authorize a</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>An agreement under section 239 shall authorize a</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (A) the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Review of waivers</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An agreement<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> under section 239 shall require a cooperating State to review each waiver issued by the State under subparagraph (A), (B), (D), (E), or (F) of paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>3 months after the date on which the State issues the waiver; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>on a monthly basis thereafter.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Section 231 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2291">19 U.S.C. 2291</ref>), as amended, is further amended—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>more than 60 days</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>section 221</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>on or after the date of such certification</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (2); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(1)</quotedText>”;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/377">123 STAT. 377</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">(IV) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2293">19 U.S.C. 2293</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (b); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (b) through (f), respectively.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1822">SEC. 1822. </num><heading>WEEKLY AMOUNTS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 232 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2292">19 U.S.C. 2292</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsections (b) and (c)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsections (b), (c), and (d)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>total unemployment</quotedText>” the first place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>unemployment</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period the following: “<quotedText>, except that in the case of an adversely affected worker who is participating in training under this chapter, such income shall not include earnings from work for such week that are equal to or less than the most recent weekly benefit amount of the unemployment insurance payable to the worker for a week of total unemployment preceding the worker’s first exhaustion of unemployment insurance (as determined for purposes of section 231(a)(3)(B))</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Election of Trade Readjustment Allowance or Unemployment Insurance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding section 231(a)(3)(B), an adversely affected worker may elect to receive a trade readjustment allowance instead of unemployment insurance during any week with respect to which the worker—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>is entitled to receive unemployment insurance as a result of the establishment by the worker of a new benefit year under State law, based in whole or in part upon part-time or short-term employment in which the worker engaged after the worker’s most recent total separation from adversely affected employment; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>is otherwise entitled to a trade readjustment allowance.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1823">SEC. 1823. </num><heading>LIMITATIONS ON TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES; ALLOWANCES FOR EXTENDED TRAINING AND BREAKS IN TRAINING.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 233(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2293/a">19 U.S.C. 2293(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under paragraph (1)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>trade readjustment allowance</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>training approved for him</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a training program approved for the worker</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>52 additional weeks</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>78 additional weeks</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>52-week</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>91-week</quotedText>”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/378">123 STAT. 378</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the matter following subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>52-week</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>91-week</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1824">SEC. 1824. </num><heading>SPECIAL RULES FOR CALCULATION OF ELIGIBILITY PERIOD.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2293">19 U.S.C. 2293</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule for Calculating Separation</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any period during which a judicial or administrative appeal is pending with respect to the denial by the Secretary of a petition under section 223 shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the period of separation under subsection (a)(2).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule for Justifiable Cause</inline>.—</heading><content>If the Secretary determines that there is justifiable cause, the Secretary may extend the period during which trade readjustment allowances are payable to an adversely affected worker under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) (but not the maximum amounts of such allowances that are payable under this section).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule With Respect to Military Service</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote> other provision of this chapter, the Secretary may waive any requirement of this chapter that the Secretary determines is necessary to ensure that an adversely affected worker who is a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces and serves a period of duty described in paragraph (2) is eligible to receive a trade readjustment allowance, training, and other benefits under this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as if the worker had not served the period of duty.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Period of duty described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An adversely affected worker serves a period of duty described in this paragraph if, before completing training under section 236, the worker—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>serves on active duty for a period of more than 30 days under a call or order to active duty of more than 30 days; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of a member of the Army National Guard of the United States or Air National Guard of the United States, performs full-time National Guard duty under <ref href="/us/usc/t32/s502/f">section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code</ref>, for 30 consecutive days or more when authorized by the President or the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of responding to a national emergency declared by the President and supported by Federal funds.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1825">SEC. 1825. </num><heading>APPLICATION OF STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON GOOD CAUSE FOR WAIVER OF TIME LIMITS OR LATE FILING OF CLAIMS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 234 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2294">19 U.S.C. 2294</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Except where inconsistent</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(a) <headingText class="smallCaps">In General</headingText>.—Except where inconsistent</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule With Respect to State Laws and Regulations on Good Cause for Waiver of Time Limits or Late Filing of Claims</inline>.—</heading><content>Any law,<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> regulation, policy, or practice of a cooperating State that allows for a waiver for good cause of any time limitation relating to the administration of the State unemployment insurance law shall, in the administration of the program under this chapter <page identifier="/us/stat/123/379">123 STAT. 379</page> by the State, apply to any time limitation with respect to an application for a trade readjustment allowance or enrollment in training under this chapter.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1826">SEC. 1826. </num><heading>EMPLOYMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 235 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2295">19 U.S.C. 2295</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="235">“SEC. 235. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">EMPLOYMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “The Secretary shall make available, directly or through agreements with States under section 239, to adversely affected workers and adversely affected incumbent workers covered by a certification under subchapter A of this chapter the following employment and case management services:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>Comprehensive and specialized assessment of skill levels and service needs, including through—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>diagnostic testing and use of other assessment tools; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in-depth interviewing and evaluation to identify employment barriers and appropriate employment goals.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>Development of an individual employment plan to identify employment goals and objectives, and appropriate training to achieve those goals and objectives.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Information on training available in local and regional areas, information on individual counseling to determine which training is suitable training, and information on how to apply for such training.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>Information on how to apply for financial aid, including referring workers to educational opportunity centers described in section 402F of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1070a–16">20 U.S.C. 1070a–16</ref>), where applicable, and notifying workers that the workers may request financial aid administrators at institutions of higher education (as defined in section 102 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</ref>)) to use the administrators’ discretion under section 479A of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087tt">20 U.S.C. 1087tt</ref>) to use current year income data, rather than preceding year income data, for determining the amount of need of the workers for Federal financial assistance under title IV of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1070/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>Short-term prevocational services, including development of learning skills, communications skills, interviewing skills, punctuality, personal maintenance skills, and professional conduct to prepare individuals for employment or training.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>Individual career counseling, including job search and placement counseling, during the period in which the individual is receiving a trade adjustment allowance or training under this chapter, and after receiving such training for purposes of job placement.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><chapeau>Provision of employment statistics information, including the provision of accurate information relating to local, regional, and national labor market areas, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>job vacancy listings in such labor market areas;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>information on jobs skills necessary to obtain jobs identified in job vacancy listings described in subparagraph (A);<page identifier="/us/stat/123/380">123 STAT. 380</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>information relating to local occupations that are in demand and earnings potential of such occupations; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>skills requirements for local occupations described in subparagraph (C).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>Information relating to the availability of supportive services, including services relating to child care, transportation, dependent care, housing assistance, and need-related payments that are necessary to enable an individual to participate in training.”</content></paragraph></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the item relating to section 235 and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“235. </designator> <label>Employment and case management services.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1827">SEC. 1827. </num><heading>ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AND EMPLOYMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2295/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 235 the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="235A">“SEC. 235A. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2295a">19 USC 2295a</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AND EMPLOYMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding for Administrative Expenses and Employment and Case Management Services</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In addition to any funds made available to a State to carry out section 236 for a fiscal year, the State shall receive for the fiscal year a payment in an amount that is equal to 15 percent of the amount of such funds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A State that receives a payment under paragraph (1) shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>use not more than ⅔ of such payment for the administration of the trade adjustment assistance for workers program under this chapter, including for—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>processing waivers of training requirements under section 231;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>collecting, validating, and reporting data required under this chapter; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>providing reemployment trade adjustment assistance under section 246; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>use not less than ⅓ of such payment for employment and case management services under section 235.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional Funding for Employment and Case Management Services</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In addition to any funds made available to a State to carry out section 236 and the payment under subsection (a)(1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide to the State for the fiscal year a payment in the amount of $350,000.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of funds</inline>.—</heading><content>A State that receives a payment under paragraph (1) shall use such payment for the purpose of providing employment and case management services under section 235.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Voluntary return of funds</inline>.—</heading><content>A State that receives a payment under paragraph (1) may decline or otherwise return such payment to the Secretary.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/381">123 STAT. 381</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 235 the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 235A. </designator> <label>Funding for administrative expenses and employment and case management services.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2295a">19 USC 2295a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1828">SEC. 1828. </num><heading>TRAINING FUNDING.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 236(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296/a/2">19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>The total amount of payments that may be made under paragraph (1) shall not exceed—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for each of the fiscal years 2009 and 2010, $575,000,000; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><content>for the period beginning October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010, $143,750,000.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the beginning of each fiscal year, make an initial distribution of the funds made available to carry out this section, in accordance with the requirements of subparagraph (C).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content>The Secretary shall ensure that not less than 90 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year are distributed to the States by not later than July 15 of that fiscal year.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>In making the initial distribution of funds pursuant to subparagraph (B)(i) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall hold in reserve 35 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section for that fiscal year for additional distributions during the remainder of the fiscal year.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>Subject to clause (iii), in determining how to apportion the initial distribution of funds pursuant to subparagraph (B)(i) in a fiscal year, the Secretary shall take into account, with respect to each State—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the trend in the number of workers covered by certifications of eligibility under this chapter during the most recent 4 consecutive calendar quarters for which data are available;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the trend in the number of workers participating in training under this section during the most recent 4 consecutive calendar quarters for which data are available;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>the number of workers estimated to be participating in training under this section during the fiscal year;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>the amount of funding estimated to be necessary to provide training approved under this section to such workers during the fiscal year; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate relating to the provision of training under this section.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>In no case may the amount of the initial distribution to a State pursuant to subparagraph (B)(i) in a fiscal year be less than 25 percent of the initial distribution to the State in the preceding fiscal year.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote><content>The Secretary shall establish procedures for the distribution of the funds that remain available for the fiscal year after the initial distribution required under subparagraph (B)(i). Such procedures may include the distribution of funds pursuant to requests submitted by States in need of such funds.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/382">123 STAT. 382</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>If, during a fiscal year, the Secretary estimates that the amount of funds necessary to pay the costs of training approved under this section will exceed the dollar amount limitation specified in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall decide how the amount of funds made available to carry out this section that have not been distributed at the time of the estimate will be apportioned among the States for the remainder of the fiscal year.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Determinations Regarding Training</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 236(a)(9) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296/a/9">19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(9)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>In determining under paragraph (1)(E) whether a worker is qualified to undertake and complete training, the Secretary may approve training for a period longer than the worker’s period of eligibility for trade readjustment allowances under part I if the worker demonstrates a financial ability to complete the training after the expiration of the worker’s period of eligibility for such trade readjustment allowances.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>In determining the reasonable cost of training under paragraph (1)(F) with respect to a worker, the Secretary may consider whether other public or private funds are reasonably available to the worker, except that the Secretary may not require a worker to obtain such funds as a condition of approval of training under paragraph (1).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296">19 U.S.C. 2296</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations With Respect to Apportionment of Training Funds to States</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a)(2).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives not less than 90 days before issuing any regulation pursuant to paragraph (1).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296">19 USC 2296 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>subparagraph (A) of section 236(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of such section 236(a)(2) shall take effect on October 1, 2009.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1829">SEC. 1829. </num><heading>PREREQUISITE EDUCATION; APPROVED TRAINING PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 236(a)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296/a/5">19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(5)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of clause (i);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of clause (ii); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (ii) the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/383">123 STAT. 383</page> <quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii)</num><content> apprenticeship programs registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘National Apprenticeship Act’; <ref href="/us/stat/50/664/ch663">50 Stat. 664, chapter 663</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s50/etseq">29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.</ref>),”</content></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (D) the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>any program of prerequisite education or coursework required to enroll in training that may be approved under this section,”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in subparagraph (F)(ii), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in subparagraph (G), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><chapeau>any training program or coursework at an accredited institution of higher education (described in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</ref>)), including a training program or coursework for the purpose of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>obtaining a degree or certification; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>completing a degree or certification that the worker had previously begun at an accredited institution of higher education.</content></clause></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">The Secretary may not limit approval of a training program under paragraph (1) to a program provided pursuant to title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2801/etseq">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</ref>).”</continuation></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2293">19 U.S.C. 2293</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(2), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prerequisite education or</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>requires a program of</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (f) (as redesignated by section 1821(c) of this subtitle), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prerequisite education or</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>includes a program of</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical Corrections</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296">19 U.S.C. 2296</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), in the flush text, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>his behalf</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the worker’s behalf</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>this paragraph (1)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (1)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a period.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1830">SEC. 1830. </num><heading>PRE-LAYOFF AND PART-TIME TRAINING.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Pre-Layoff Training</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 236(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296/a">19 U.S.C. 2296(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after “<quotedText>determines</quotedText>” the following: “<quotedText>, with respect to an adversely affected worker or an adversely affected incumbent worker,</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (4)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or an adversely affected incumbent worker</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>an adversely affected worker</quotedText>” each place it appears; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/384">123 STAT. 384</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or adversely affected incumbent worker</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>adversely affected worker</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The training programs</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Except as provided in paragraph (10), the training programs</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>in paragraph (6)(B), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or adversely affected incumbent worker</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>adversely affected worker</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>in paragraph (7)(B), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or adversely affected incumbent worker</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>adversely affected worker</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (9) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><chapeau>In the case of an adversely affected incumbent worker, the Secretary may not approve—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>on-the-job training under paragraph (5)(A)(i); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>customized training under paragraph (5)(A)(ii), unless such training is for a position other than the worker’s adversely affected employment.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><content>If the Secretary determines that an adversely affected incumbent worker for whom the Secretary approved training under this section is no longer threatened with a total or partial separation, the Secretary shall terminate the approval of such training.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 247 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2319">19 U.S.C. 2319</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">“(19) </num><chapeau>The term ‘<term>adversely affected incumbent worker</term>’ means a worker who—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is a member of a group of workers who have been certified as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under subchapter A;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>has not been totally or partially separated from adversely affected employment; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the Secretary determines, on an individual basis, is threatened with total or partial separation.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Part-Time Training</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296">19 U.S.C. 2296</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Part-Time Training</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may approve full-time or part-time training for a worker under subsection (a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a worker participating in part-time training approved under subsection (a) may not receive a trade readjustment allowance under section 231.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1831">SEC. 1831. </num><heading>ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 236(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296/c">19 U.S.C. 2296(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (1) through (10) as subparagraphs (A) through (J) and moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(c) The Secretary shall</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>such costs,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">On-the-Job Training Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/385">123 STAT. 385</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary may approve on-the-job training for any adversely affected worker if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the worker meets the requirements for training to be approved under subsection (a)(1);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>the Secretary determines that on-the-job training—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>can reasonably be expected to lead to suitable employment with the employer offering the on-the-job training;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is compatible with the skills of the worker;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>includes a curriculum through which the worker will gain the knowledge or skills to become proficient in the job for which the worker is being trained; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>can be measured by benchmarks that indicate that the worker is gaining such knowledge or skills; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the State determines that the on-the-job training program meets the requirements of clauses (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Monthly payments</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall pay the costs of on-the-job training approved under paragraph (1) in monthly installments.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contracts for on-the-job training</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall ensure, in entering into a contract with an employer to provide on-the-job training to a worker under this subsection, that the skill requirements of the job for which the worker is being trained, the academic and occupational skill level of the worker, and the work experience of the worker are taken into consideration.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Term of contract</inline>.—</heading><content>Training under any such contract shall be limited to the period of time required for the worker receiving on-the-job training to become proficient in the job for which the worker is being trained, but may not exceed 104 weeks in any case.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exclusion of certain employers</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall not enter into a contract for on-the-job training with an employer that exhibits a pattern of failing to provide workers receiving on-the-job training from the employer with—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>continued, long-term employment as regular employees; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>wages, benefits, and working conditions that are equivalent to the wages, benefits, and working conditions provided to regular employees who have worked a similar period of time and are doing the same type of work as workers receiving on-the-job training from the employer.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Labor standards</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may pay the costs of on-the-job training,”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (5), as redesignated—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (I), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (J), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (8)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraph (H)</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/386">123 STAT. 386</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal of Preference for Training on the Job</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 236(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296/a/1">19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the last sentence.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1832">SEC. 1832. </num><heading>ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND PROGRAM BENEFITS WHILE IN TRAINING.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 236(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2296/d">19 U.S.C. 2296(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An adversely affected worker may not be determined to be ineligible or disqualified for unemployment insurance or program benefits under this subchapter—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>because the worker—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is enrolled in training approved under subsection (a);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>left work—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>that was not suitable employment in order to enroll in such training; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>that the worker engaged in on a temporary basis during a break in such training or a delay in the commencement of such training; or</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content>left on-the-job training not later than 30 days after commencing such training because the training did not meet the requirements of subsection (c)(1)(B); or</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>because of the application to any such week in training of the provisions of State law or Federal unemployment insurance law relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1833">SEC. 1833. </num><heading>JOB SEARCH AND RELOCATION ALLOWANCES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Job Search Allowances</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 237 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2297">19 U.S.C. 2297</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(2)(C)(ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, unless the worker received a waiver under section 231(c)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>90 percent of the cost of</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>all</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,250</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,500</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Relocation Allowances</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 238 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2298">19 U.S.C. 2298</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(2)(E)(ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, unless the worker received a waiver under section 231(c)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>90 percent of the</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>all</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,250</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,500</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> </subpart> <subpart style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="D">Subpart D—</num><heading>Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance Program</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1841">SEC. 1841. </num><heading>REEMPLOYMENT TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2318">19 U.S.C. 2318</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> the heading to read as follows:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/387">123 STAT. 387</page> <quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="246">“SEC. 246. </num><heading class="bold ">REEMPLOYMENT TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.”</heading></section> </quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Not later than</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>2002, the Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The Secretary</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>an alternative trade adjustment assistance program for older workers</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a reemployment trade adjustment assistance program</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for a period not to exceed 2 years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for the eligibility period under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (4) (as the case may be)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> clauses (i) and (ii) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the wages received by the worker at the time of separation; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the wages received by the worker from reemployment.”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for a period not to exceed 2 years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for the eligibility period under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (4) (as the case may be)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, as added by section 201 of the Trade Act of 2002</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Training and other services</inline>.—</heading><content>A worker described in paragraph (3)(B) participating in the program established under paragraph (1) is eligible to receive training approved under section 236 and employment and case management services under section 235.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraphs (3) through (5) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>A group of workers certified under subchapter A as eligible for adjustment assistance under subchapter A is eligible for benefits described in paragraph (2) under the program established under paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Individual eligibility</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A worker in a group of workers described in subparagraph (A) may elect to receive benefits described in paragraph (2) under the program established under paragraph (1) if the worker—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is at least 50 years of age;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>earns not more than $55,000 each year in wages from reemployment;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii)</num><subclause class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>is employed on a full-time basis as defined by the law of the State in which the worker is employed and is not enrolled in a training program approved under section 236; or<page identifier="/us/stat/123/388">123 STAT. 388</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>is employed at least 20 hours per week and is enrolled in a training program approved under section 236; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>is not employed at the firm from which the worker was separated.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility period for payments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Worker who has not received trade readjustment allowance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote> case of a worker described in paragraph (3)(B) who has not received a trade readjustment allowance under part I of subchapter B pursuant to the certification described in paragraph (3)(A), the worker may receive benefits described in paragraph (2) for a period not to exceed 2 years beginning on the earlier of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the date on which the worker exhausts all rights to unemployment insurance based on the separation of the worker from the adversely affected employment that is the basis of the certification; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the date on which the worker obtains reemployment described in paragraph (3)(B).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Worker who has received trade readjustment allowance</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a worker described in paragraph (3)(B) who has received a trade readjustment allowance under part I of subchapter B pursuant to the certification described in paragraph (3)(A), the worker may receive benefits described in paragraph (2) for a period of 104 weeks beginning on the date on which the worker obtains reemployment described in paragraph (3)(B), reduced by the total number of weeks for which the worker received such trade readjustment allowance.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Total amount of payments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The payments described in paragraph (2)(A) made to a worker may not exceed—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>$12,000 per worker during the eligibility period under paragraph (4)(A); or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the amount described in subparagraph (B) per worker during the eligibility period under paragraph (4)(B).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The amount described in this subparagraph is the amount equal to the product of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>$12,000, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>the ratio of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the total number of weeks in the eligibility period under paragraph (4)(B) with respect to the worker, to</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>104 weeks.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Calculation of amount of payments for certain workers</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> case of a worker described in paragraph (3)(B)(iii)(II), paragraph (2)(A) shall be applied by substituting the percentage described in subparagraph (B) for ‘50 percent’.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Percentage described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The percentage described in this subparagraph is the percentage—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>equal to ½ of the ratio of—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/389">123 STAT. 389</page></chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the number of weekly hours of employment of the worker referred to in paragraph (3)(B)(iii)(II), to</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the number of weekly hours of employment of the worker at the time of separation, but</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in no case more than 50 percent.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on other benefits</inline>.—</heading><content>A worker described in paragraph (3)(B) may not receive a trade readjustment allowance under part I of subchapter B pursuant to the certification described in paragraph (3)(A) during any week for which the worker receives a payment described in paragraph (2)(A).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (b)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(3)(B)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(3)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension of Program</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 246(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2318/b/1">19 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the date that is 5 years</quotedText>” and all that follows through the end period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2010.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the item relating to section 246 and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 246. </designator> <label>Reemployment trade adjustment assistance program.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> </subpart> <subpart style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="E">Subpart E—</num><heading>Other Matters</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1851">SEC. 1851. </num><heading>OFFICE OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subchapter C of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2311/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="249A">“SEC. 249A. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2322">19 USC 2322</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">OFFICE OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>There is established in the Department of Labor an office to be known as the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (in this section referred to as the ‘Office’).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Head of Office</inline>.—</heading><content>The head of the Office shall be an administrator, who shall report directly to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Principal Functions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The principal functions of the administrator of the Office shall be—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>to oversee and implement the administration of trade adjustment assistance program under this chapter; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>to carry out functions delegated to the Secretary of Labor under this chapter, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>making determinations under section 223;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>providing information under section 225 about trade adjustment assistance to workers and assisting such workers to prepare petitions or applications for program benefits;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>providing assistance to employers of groups of workers that have filed petitions under section 221 in submitting information required by the Secretary relating to the petitions;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>ensuring workers covered by a certification of eligibility under subchapter A receive the employment and case management services described in section 235;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/390">123 STAT. 390</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>ensuring that States fully comply with agreements entered into under section 239;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>advocating for workers applying for benefits available under this chapter;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>establishing and overseeing a hotline that workers, employers, and other entities may call to obtain information regarding eligibility criteria, procedural requirements, and benefits available under this chapter; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><content>carrying out such other duties with respect to this chapter as the Secretary specifies for purposes of this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administration</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Designation</inline>.—</heading><content>The administrator shall designate an employee of the Department of Labor with appropriate experience and expertise to carry out the duties described in paragraph (2).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Duties</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The employee designated under paragraph (1) shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>receive complaints and requests for assistance related to the trade adjustment assistance program under this chapter;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>resolve such complaints and requests for assistance, in coordination with other employees of the Office;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>compile basic information concerning such complaints and requests for assistance; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>carry out such other duties with respect to this chapter as the Secretary specifies for purposes of this section.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 249 the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 249A. </designator> <label>Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1852">SEC. 1852. </num><heading>ACCOUNTABILITY OF STATE AGENCIES; COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF PROGRAM DATA; AGREEMENTS WITH STATES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 239(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2311/a">19 U.S.C. 2311(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> clause (2) to read as follows: “<quotedText>(2) in accordance with subsection (f), shall make available to adversely affected workers and adversely affected incumbent workers covered by a certification under subchapter A the employment and case management services described in section 235,</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>will</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>shall</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Form and Manner of Data</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 239 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2311">19 U.S.C. 2311</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (d) through (h), respectively; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (b) the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Form and Manner of Data</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each agreement under this subchapter shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>provide the Secretary with the authority to collect any data the Secretary determines necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>specify the form and manner in which any such data requested by the Secretary shall be reported.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/391">123 STAT. 391</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State Activities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 239(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 (as redesignated) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (4) to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>perform outreach to, intake of, and orientation for adversely affected workers and adversely affected incumbent workers covered by a certification under subchapter A with respect to assistance and benefits available under this chapter, and”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>make employment and case management services described in section 235 available to adversely affected workers and adversely affected incumbent workers covered by a certification under subchapter A and, if funds provided to carry out this chapter are insufficient to make such services available, make arrangements to make such services available through other Federal programs.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting Requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 239(h) of the Trade Act of 1974 (as redesignated) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1998.</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2822/b">29 U.S.C. 2822(b)</ref>) and a description of the State’s rapid response activities under section 221(a)(2)(A).</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Control Measures</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 239 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2311">19 U.S.C. 2311</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Control Measures</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Requirements.</p></sidenote> shall require each cooperating State and cooperating State agency to implement effective control measures and to effectively oversee the operation and administration of the trade adjustment assistance program under this chapter, including by means of monitoring the operation of control measures to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the data being collected and reported.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘<term>control measures</term>’ means measures that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>are internal to a system used by a State to collect data; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>are designed to ensure the accuracy and verifiability of such data.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">“(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data Reporting</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Any agreement entered into under this section shall require the cooperating State or cooperating State agency to report to the Secretary on a quarterly basis comprehensive performance accountability data, to consist of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the core indicators of performance described in paragraph (2)(A);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the additional indicators of performance described in paragraph (2)(B), if any; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>a description of efforts made to improve outcomes for workers under the trade adjustment assistance program.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Core indicators described</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The core indicators of performance described in this paragraph are—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the percentage of workers receiving benefits under this chapter who are employed during the second calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the workers cease receiving such benefits;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/392">123 STAT. 392</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the percentage of such workers who are employed in each of the third and fourth calendar quarters following the calendar quarter in which the workers cease receiving such benefits; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the earnings of such workers in each of the third and fourth calendar quarters following the calendar quarter in which the workers cease receiving such benefits.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional indicators</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary and a cooperating State or cooperating State agency may agree upon additional indicators of performance for the trade adjustment assistance program under this chapter, as appropriate.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Standards with respect to reliability of data</inline>.—</heading><content>In preparing<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote> the quarterly report required by paragraph (1), each cooperating State or cooperating State agency shall establish procedures that are consistent with guidelines to be issued by the Secretary to ensure that the data reported are valid and reliable.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1853">SEC. 1853. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Immigration.</p></sidenote><heading>VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PROGRAM BENEFITS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 239 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2311">19 U.S.C. 2311</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">“(k) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Verification of Eligibility for Program Benefits</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>An agreement under this subchapter shall provide that the State shall periodically redetermine that a worker receiving benefits under this subchapter who is not a citizen or national of the United States remains in a satisfactory immigration status. Once satisfactory immigration status has been initially verified through the immigration status verification system described in section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320b-7/d">42 U.S.C. 1320b-7(d)</ref>) for purposes of establishing a worker’s eligibility for unemployment compensation, the State shall reverify the worker’s immigration status if the documentation provided during initial verification will expire during the period in which that worker is potentially eligible to receive benefits under this subchapter. The State shall conduct such redetermination in a timely manner, utilizing the immigration status verification system described in section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320b-7/d">42 U.S.C. 1320b-7(d)</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Procedures</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure the uniform application by the States of the requirements of this subsection.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1854">SEC. 1854. </num><heading>COLLECTION OF DATA AND REPORTS; INFORMATION TO WORKERS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subchapter C of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2311/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="249B">“SEC. 249B. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2323">19 USC 2323</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF DATA AND REPORTS; INFORMATION TO WORKERS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">System.</p></sidenote> than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall implement a system to collect and report the data described in subsection (b), as well as any other information that the Secretary considers appropriate to effectively carry out this chapter.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/393">123 STAT. 393</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data to Be Included</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The system required under subsection (a) shall include collection of and reporting on the following data for each fiscal year:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data on petitions filed, certified, and denied</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The number of petitions filed, certified, and denied under this chapter.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The number of workers covered by petitions filed, certified, and denied.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>The number of petitions, classified by—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the basis for certification, including increased imports, shifts in production, and other bases of eligibility; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>congressional district of the United States.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>The average time for processing such petitions.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data on benefits received</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The number of workers receiving benefits under this chapter.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The number of workers receiving each type of benefit, including training, trade readjustment allowances, employment and case management services, and relocation and job search allowances, and, to the extent feasible, credits for health insurance costs under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The average time during which such workers receive each such type of benefit.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data on training</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The number of workers enrolled in training approved under section 236, classified by major types of training, including classroom training, training through distance learning, on-the-job training, and customized training.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The number of workers enrolled in full-time training and part-time training.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The average duration of training.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>The number of training waivers granted under section 231(c), classified by type of waiver.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>The number of workers who complete training and the duration of such training.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>The number of workers who do not complete training.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data on outcomes</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>A summary of the quarterly reports required under section 239(j).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The sectors in which workers are employed after receiving benefits under this chapter.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data on rapid response activities</inline>.—</heading><content>Whether rapid response activities were provided with respect to each petition filed under section 221.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Classification of Data</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent possible, in collecting and reporting the data described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall classify the data by industry, State, and national totals.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than December 15 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that includes—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/394">123 STAT. 394</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>a summary of the information collected under this section for the preceding fiscal year;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>information on the distribution of funds to each State pursuant to section 236(a)(2); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>any recommendations of the Secretary with respect to changes in eligibility requirements, benefits, or training funding under this chapter based on the data collected under this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of Data</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote> shall make available to the public, by publishing on the website of the Department of Labor and by other means, as appropriate—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the report required under subsection (d);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the data collected under this section, in a searchable format; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>a list of cooperating States and cooperating State agencies that failed to submit the data required by this section to the Secretary in a timely manner.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Updates</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> shall update the data under paragraph (1) on a quarterly basis.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 249A the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 249B. </designator> <label>Collection and publication of data and reports; information to workers.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2323">19 USC 2323 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1855">SEC. 1855. </num><heading>FRAUD AND RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 243(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2315/a/1">19 U.S.C. 2315(a)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>may waive</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>shall waive</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the Secretary,</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>would be contrary to equity and good conscience</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>would cause a financial hardship for the individual (or the individual’s household, if applicable) when taking into consideration the income and resources reasonably available to the individual (or household) and other ordinary living expenses of the individual (or household)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1856">SEC. 1856. </num><heading>SENSE OF CONGRESS ON APPLICATION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Chapter 5 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2391/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2391 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="288">“SEC. 288. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2397a">19 USC 2397a</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">SENSE OF CONGRESS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “It is the sense of Congress that the Secretaries of Labor, Commerce, and Agriculture should apply the provisions of chapter 2 (relating to adjustment assistance for workers), chapter 3 (relating to adjustment assistance for firms), chapter 4 (relating to adjustment assistance for communities), and chapter 6 (relating to adjustment assistance for farmers), respectively, with the utmost regard <page identifier="/us/stat/123/395">123 STAT. 395</page> for the interests of workers, firms, communities, and farmers petitioning for benefits under such chapters.”</content></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 287 the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 288. </designator> <label>Sense of Congress.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1857">SEC. 1857. </num><heading>CONSULTATIONS IN PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 248 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2320">19 U.S.C. 2320</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The Secretary shall</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall”</content></subsection></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultations</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> than 90 days before issuing a regulation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives with respect to the regulation.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1858">SEC. 1858. </num><heading>TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Determinations by Secretary of Labor</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 223(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2273/c">19 U.S.C. 2273(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>his determination</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a determination</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifying Requirements for Workers</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 231(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2291/a">19 U.S.C. 2291(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>his application</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the worker’s application</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>he is covered</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the worker is covered</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a comma; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8521/a/1">5 U.S.C. 8521(a)(1)</ref></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8521/a/1">section 8521(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code</ref></quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>he</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the worker</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>him</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the worker</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Subpoena Power</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 249 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2321">19 U.S.C. 2321</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the section heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subpena</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subpoena</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subpena</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subpoena</quotedText>” each place it appears; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>him</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the Secretary</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the item relating to section 249 and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 249. </designator> <label>Subpoena power.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent><page identifier="/us/stat/123/396">123 STAT. 396</page></content></subsection></section> </subpart> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="II">PART II—</num><heading>TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1861">SEC. 1861. </num><heading>EXPANSION TO SERVICE SECTOR FIRMS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2341">19 U.S.C. 2341</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or service sector firm</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>agricultural firm</quotedText>” each place it appears.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition of Service Sector Firm</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 261 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2351">19 U.S.C. 2351</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>chapter,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>chapter:</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the term ‘<term>firm</term>’ </quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Firm</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>firm</term>’ ”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Service sector firm</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>service sector firm</term>’ means a firm engaged in the business of supplying services.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Section 251(c)(1)(C) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2341/c/1/C">19 U.S.C. 2341(c)(1)(C)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or services</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>articles</quotedText>” the first place it appears; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or services which are supplied</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>produced</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 251(c)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>Any firm that engages in exploration or drilling for oil or natural gas, or otherwise produces oil or natural gas, shall be considered to be producing articles directly competitive with imports of oil and with imports of natural gas.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1862">SEC. 1862. </num><heading>MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 251(c)(1)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2341/c/1/B">19 U.S.C. 2341(c)(1)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>sales or production, or both, of the firm have decreased absolutely,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>sales or production, or both, of an article or service that accounted for not less than 25 percent of the total sales or production of the firm during the 12-month period preceding the most recent 12-month period for which date are available have decreased absolutely,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><chapeau>sales or production, or both, of the firm during the most recent 12-month period for which data are available have decreased compared to—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the average annual sales or production for the firm during the 24-month period preceding that 12-month period, or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the average annual sales or production for the firm during the 36-month period preceding that 12-month period, and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><chapeau>sales or production, or both, of an article or service that accounted for not less than 25 percent of the total sales or production of the firm during the most recent 12-month period for which data are available have decreased compared to—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the average annual sales or production for the article or service during the 24-month period preceding that 12-month period, or<page identifier="/us/stat/123/397">123 STAT. 397</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the average annual sales or production for the article or service during the 36-month period preceding that 12-month period, and”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1863">SEC. 1863. </num><heading>BASIS FOR DETERMINATIONS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2341">19 U.S.C. 2341</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Basis for Secretary’s Determinations</inline>.—</heading><content>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> purposes of subsection (c)(1)(C), the Secretary may determine that there are increased imports of like or directly competitive articles or services, if customers accounting for a significant percentage of the decrease in the sales or production of the firm certify to the Secretary that such customers have increased their imports of such articles or services from a foreign country, either absolutely or relative to their acquisition of such articles or services from suppliers located in the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notification to Firms of Availability of Benefits</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon receiving notice from the Secretary of Labor under section 225 of the identity of a firm that is covered by a certification issued under section 223, the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the firm of the availability of adjustment assistance under this chapter.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1864">SEC. 1864. </num><heading>OVERSIGHT AND ADMINISTRATION; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Chapter 3 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2341/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> sections 254, 255, 256, and<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">19 USC</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">2344–2347.</p></sidenote> 257;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> sections 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 264, and 265, as<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">19 USC</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">2348–2352, 2354, 2355.</p></sidenote> sections 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, and 262, respectively; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 253 the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="254">“SEC. 254. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2344">19 USC 2344</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">OVERSIGHT AND ADMINISTRATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote> shall, to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts, provide grants to intermediary organizations (referred to in section 253(b)(1)) throughout the United States pursuant to agreements with such intermediary organizations. Each such agreement shall require the intermediary organization to provide benefits to firms certified under section 251.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide by October 1, 2010, that contracts entered into with intermediary organizations be for a 12-month period and that all such contracts have the same beginning date and the same ending date.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Distribution of Funds</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Methodology.</p></sidenote> than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop a methodology for the distribution of funds among the intermediary organizations described in subsection (a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prompt initial distribution</inline>.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Criteria.</p></sidenote> methodology described in paragraph (1) shall ensure the prompt initial distribution of funds and establish additional criteria governing the apportionment and distribution of the remainder of such funds among the intermediary organizations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Criteria</inline>.—</heading><content>The methodology described in paragraph (1) shall include criteria based on the data in the annual report on the trade adjustment assistance for firms program <page identifier="/us/stat/123/398">123 STAT. 398</page> described in section 1866 of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements for Contracts</inline>.—</heading><content>An agreement<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Guidelines.</p></sidenote> with an intermediary organization described in subsection (a) shall require the intermediary organization to contract for the supply of services to carry out grants under this chapter in accordance with terms and conditions that are consistent with guidelines established by the Secretary.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultations regarding methodology</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>not less than 30 days before finalizing the methodology described in subsection (b); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>not less than 60 days before adopting any changes to such methodology.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultations regarding guidelines</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives not less than 60 days before finalizing the guidelines described in subsection (c) or adopting any subsequent changes to such guidelines.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="255">“SEC. 255. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2345">19 USC 2345</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>There are<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2010, and $12,501,000 for the period beginning October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010, to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>be<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> available to provide adjustment assistance to firms that file a petition for such assistance pursuant to this chapter on or before December 31, 2010; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>otherwise remain available until expended.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Personnel</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this section for each fiscal year, $350,000 shall be available for full-time positions in the Department of Commerce to administer the provisions of this chapter.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Establishment.</p></sidenote> Of such funds the Secretary shall make available to the Economic Development Administration such sums as may be necessary to establish the position of Director of Adjustment Assistance for Firms and such other full-time positions as may be appropriate to administer the provisions of this chapter.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2344">19 USC 2344 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Residual Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Commerce shall have the authority to modify, terminate, resolve, liquidate, or take any other action with respect to a loan, guarantee, contract, or any other financial assistance that was extended under section 254, 255, 256, or 257 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2344">19 U.S.C. 2344</ref>, 2345, 2346, and 2347), as in effect on the day before the effective date set forth in section 1891.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Section 256 of the Trade Act of 1974, as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section,<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2348">19 USC 2348</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (d).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>Section 258 of the Trade Act of 1974, as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section,<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2350">19 USC 2350</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/399">123 STAT. 399</page> <subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and financial</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in the last sentence—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>sections 253 and 254</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 253</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><ref href="/us/usc/t28">title 28 of the United States Code</ref></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><ref href="/us/usc/t28">title 28, United States Code</ref></quotedText>”.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendments</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the items relating to sections 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 264, and 265, and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 254. </designator> <label>Oversight and administration.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 255. </designator> <label>Authorization of appropriations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 256. </designator> <label>Protective provisions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 257. </designator> <label>Penalties.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 258. </designator> <label>Civil actions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 259. </designator> <label>Definitions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 260. </designator> <label>Regulations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 261. </designator> <label>Study by Secretary of Commerce when International Trade Commission begins investigation; action where there is affirmative finding.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 262. </designator> <label>Assistance to industries.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2344">19 USC 2344 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that subsections (b) and (d) of section 254 of the Trade Act of 1974 (as added by subsection (a) of this section) shall take effect on such date of enactment.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1865">SEC. 1865. </num><heading>INCREASED PENALTIES FOR FALSE STATEMENTS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 257 of the Trade Act of 1974, as redesignated by section 1864(a), is<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2349">19 USC 2349</ref>.</p></sidenote> amended to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="257">“SEC. 257. </num><heading class="bold ">PENALTIES.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “Any person who—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, or willfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of influencing in any way a determination under this chapter, or for the purpose of obtaining money, property, or anything of value under this chapter, or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, when providing information to the Secretary during an investigation of a petition under this chapter,</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">shall be imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or fined under <ref href="/us/usc/t18">title 18, United States Code</ref>, or both.”</continuation></section> </quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1866">SEC. 1866. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2356">19 USC 2356</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>ANNUAL REPORT ON TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than December 15, 2009, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall prepare a report containing data regarding the trade adjustment assistance for firms program provided for in chapter 3 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2341/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.</ref>) for the preceding fiscal year. The data shall include the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The number of firms that inquired about the program.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The number of petitions filed under section 251.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The number of petitions certified and denied.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The average time for processing petitions.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/400">123 STAT. 400</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The number of petitions filed and firms certified for each congressional district of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>The number of firms that received assistance in preparing their petitions.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>The number of firms that received assistance developing business recovery plans.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>The number of business recovery plans approved and denied by the Secretary of Commerce.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>Sales, employment, and productivity at each firm participating in the program at the time of certification.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>Sales, employment, and productivity at each firm upon completion of the program and each year for the 2-year period following completion.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>The financial assistance received by each firm participating in the program.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>The financial contribution made by each firm participating in the program.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>The types of technical assistance included in the business recovery plans of firms participating in the program.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>The number of firms leaving the program before completing the project or projects in their business recovery plans and the reason the project was not completed.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Classification of Data</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent possible, in collecting and reporting the data described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall classify the data by intermediary organization, State, and national totals.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report to Congress; Publication</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Commerce shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>submit the report described in subsection (a) to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register,</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">publication.</p></sidenote><content>publish the report in the Federal Register and on the website of the Department of Commerce.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Protection of Confidential Information</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Commerce may not release information described in subsection (a) that the Secretary considers to be confidential business information unless the person submitting the confidential business information had notice, at the time of submission, that such information would be released by the Secretary, or such person subsequently consents to the release of the information. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary from providing such confidential business information to a court in camera or to another party under a protective order issued by a court.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1867">SEC. 1867. </num><heading>TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2341">19 U.S.C. 2341</ref>), as amended, is further amended—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>he has</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the Secretary has</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (d), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>60 days</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>40 days</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical Assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 253(a)(3) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2343/a/3">19 U.S.C. 2343(a)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>of a certified firm</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to a certified firm</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/401">123 STAT. 401</page></content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="III">PART III—</num><heading>TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1871">SEC. 1871. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2371">19 USC 2371 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>PURPOSE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The purpose of the amendments made by this part is to assist communities impacted by trade with economic adjustment through the coordination of Federal, State, and local resources, the creation of community-based development strategies, and the development and provision of programs that meet the training needs of workers covered by certifications under section 223.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1872">SEC. 1872. </num><heading>TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Chapter 4 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2371/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2371 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><chapter style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><num value="4"><b>“CHAPTER 4—</b></num><heading><b>TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES</b></heading><subchapter style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><num value="A"><b>“Subchapter A—</b></num><heading><b>Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities</b></heading><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="271">“SEC. 271. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2371">19 USC 2371</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “In this subchapter:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agricultural commodity producer</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>agricultural commodity producer</term>’ has the meaning given that term in section 291.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Community</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>community</term>’ means a city, county, or other political subdivision of a State or a consortium of political subdivisions of a State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Community impacted by trade</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>community impacted by trade</term>’ means a community described in section 273(b)(2).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible community</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>eligible community</term>’ means a community that the Secretary has determined under section 273(b)(1) is eligible to apply for assistance under this subchapter.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Secretary</term>’ means the Secretary of Commerce.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="272">“SEC. 272. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2371a">19 USC 2371a</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">ESTABLISHMENT OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> later than August 1, 2009, the Secretary shall establish a trade adjustment assistance for communities program at the Department of Commerce under which the Secretary shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>provide technical assistance under section 274 to communities impacted by trade to facilitate the economic adjustment of those communities; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote><content>award grants to communities impacted by trade to carry out strategic plans developed under section 276.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="273">“SEC. 273. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2371b">19 USC 2371b</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">ELIGIBILITY; NOTIFICATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Petition</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A community may submit a petition to the Secretary for an affirmative determination under subsection (b)(1) that the community is eligible to apply for assistance under this subchapter if—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/402">123 STAT. 402</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>on or after August 1, 2009, one or more certifications described in subsection (b)(3) are made with respect to the community; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the community submits the petition not later than 180 days after the date of the most recent certification.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule with respect to certain communities</inline>.—</heading><content>In the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> case of a community with respect to which one or more certifications described in subsection (b)(3) were made on or after January 1, 2007, and before August 1, 2009, the community may submit not later than February 1, 2010, a petition to the Secretary for an affirmative determination under subsection (b)(1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Affirmative Determination</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall make an affirmative determination that a community is eligible to apply for assistance under this subchapter if the Secretary determines that the community is a community impacted by trade.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Community impacted by trade</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A community is a community impacted by trade if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>one or more certifications described in paragraph (3) are made with respect to the community; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the Secretary determines that the community is significantly affected by the threat to, or the loss of, jobs associated with any such certification.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certification described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A certification described in this paragraph is a certification—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>by the Secretary of Labor that a group of workers in the community is eligible to apply for assistance under section 223;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>by the Secretary of Commerce that a firm located in the community is eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 251; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>by the Secretary of Agriculture that a group of agricultural commodity producers in the community is eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 293.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notifications</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notification to the governor</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Governor of a State shall be notified promptly—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>by the Secretary of Labor, upon making a determination that a group of workers in the State is eligible for assistance under section 223;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>by the Secretary of Commerce, upon making a determination that a firm in the State is eligible for assistance under section 251; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>by the Secretary of Agriculture, upon making a determination that a group of agricultural commodity producers in the State is eligible for assistance under section 293.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notification to community</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Upon making an affirmative determination under subsection (b)(1) that a community is eligible to apply for assistance under this subchapter, the Secretary shall promptly notify the community and the Governor of the State in which the community is located—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>of the affirmative determination;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/403">123 STAT. 403</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>of the applicable provisions of this subchapter; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>of the means for obtaining assistance under this subchapter and other appropriate economic assistance that may be available to the community.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="274">“SEC. 274. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2371c">19 USC 2371c</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall provide comprehensive technical assistance to an eligible community to assist the community to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>diversify and strengthen the economy in the community;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>identify significant impediments to economic development that result from the impact of trade on the community; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>develop a strategic plan under section 276 to address economic adjustment and workforce dislocation in the community, including unemployment among agricultural commodity producers.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination of Federal Response</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall coordinate the Federal response to an eligible community by—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>identifying Federal, State, and local resources that are available to assist the community in responding to economic distress; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>assisting the community in accessing available Federal assistance and ensuring that such assistance is provided in a targeted, integrated manner.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interagency Community Assistance Working Group</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Establishment.</p></sidenote> shall establish an interagency Community Assistance Working Group, to be chaired by the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee, which shall assist the Secretary with the coordination of the Federal response pursuant to subsection (b).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Membership</inline>.—</heading><content>The Working Group shall consist of representatives of any Federal department or agency with responsibility for providing economic adjustment assistance, including the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Small Business Administration, the Department of the Treasury, and any other Federal, State, or regional public department or agency the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="275">“SEC. 275. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2371d">19 USC 2371d</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">GRANTS FOR ELIGIBLE COMMUNITIES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may award a grant under this section to an eligible community to assist the community in carrying out any project or program that is included in a strategic plan developed by the community under section 276.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An eligible community seeking to receive a grant under this section shall submit a grant application to the Secretary that contains—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the strategic plan developed by the community under section 276(a)(1)(A) and approved by the Secretary under section 276(a)(1)(B); and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/404">123 STAT. 404</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a description of the project or program included in the strategic plan with respect to which the community seeks the grant.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination among grant programs</inline>.—</heading><content>If an entity in an eligible community is seeking or plans to seek a Community College and Career Training Grant under section 278 or a Sector Partnership Grant under section 279A while the eligible community is seeking a grant under this section, the eligible community shall include in the grant application a description of how the eligible community will integrate any projects or programs carried out using a grant under this section with any projects or programs that may be carried out using such other grants.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>An eligible community may not be awarded more than $5,000,000 under this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cost-Sharing</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federal share</inline>.—</heading><content>The Federal share of a project or program for which a grant is awarded under this section may not exceed 95 percent of the cost of such project or program.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Community share</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall require, as a condition of awarding a grant to an eligible community under this section, that the eligible community contribute not less than an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount of the grant toward the cost of the project or program for which the grant is awarded.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grants to Small- and Medium-Sized Communities</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall give priority to grant applications submitted under this section by eligible communities that are small- and medium-sized communities.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than December 15 in each of the calendar years 2009 through 2011, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>describing each grant awarded under this section during the preceding fiscal year; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>assessing the impact on the eligible community of each such grant awarded in a fiscal year before the fiscal year referred to in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="276">“SEC. 276. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2371e">19 USC 2371e</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">STRATEGIC PLANS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Development</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An eligible community that intends to apply for a grant under section 275 shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>develop a strategic plan for the community’s economic adjustment to the impact of trade; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>submit the plan to the Secretary for evaluation and approval.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Involvement of private and public entities</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent practicable, an eligible community shall consult with entities described in subparagraph (B) in developing a strategic plan under paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Entities described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Entities described in this subparagraph are public and private entities within the eligible community, including—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>local, county, or State government agencies serving the community;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/405">123 STAT. 405</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>firms, including small- and medium-sized firms, within the community;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>local workforce investment boards established under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2832">29 U.S.C. 2832</ref>);</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>labor organizations, including State labor federations and labor-management initiatives, representing workers in the community; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>educational institutions, local educational agencies, or other training providers serving the community.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contents</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The strategic plan shall, at a minimum, contain the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>A description and analysis of the capacity of the eligible community to achieve economic adjustment to the impact of trade.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>An analysis of the economic development challenges and opportunities facing the community as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the economy of the community.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>An assessment of the commitment of the eligible community to the strategic plan over the long term and the participation and input of members of the community affected by economic dislocation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>A description of the role and the participation of the entities described in subsection (a)(2)(B) in developing the strategic plan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>A description of the projects to be undertaken by the eligible community under the strategic plan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>A description of how the strategic plan and the projects to be undertaken by the eligible community will facilitate the community’s economic adjustment.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>A description of the educational and training programs available to workers in the eligible community and the future employment needs of the community.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>An assessment of the cost of implementing the strategic plan, the timing of funding required by the eligible community to implement the strategic plan, and the method of financing to be used to implement the strategic plan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>A strategy for continuing the economic adjustment of the eligible community after the completion of the projects described in paragraph (5).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grants to Develop Strategic Plans</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary, upon receipt of an application from an eligible community, may award a grant to the community to assist the community in developing a strategic plan under subsection (a)(1). A grant awarded under this paragraph shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of developing the strategic plan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funds to be used</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 277(c), the Secretary may make available not more than $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 and 2010, and $6,250,000 for the period beginning October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010, to provide grants to eligible communities under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="277">“SEC. 277. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2371f">19 USC 2371f</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">GENERAL PROVISIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/406">123 STAT. 406</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>establishing specific guidelines for the submission and evaluation of strategic plans under section 276;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>establishing specific guidelines for the submission and evaluation of grant applications under section 275; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>administering the grant programs established under sections 275 and 276.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives not less than 90 days prior to promulgating any final rule or regulation pursuant to paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Designation.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Personnel</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall designate such staff as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities described in this subchapter.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization of Appropriations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $150,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 and 2010, and $37,500,000 for the period beginning October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010, to carry out this subchapter.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subchapter—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>shall be available to provide adjustment assistance to communities that have been approved for assistance pursuant to this chapter on or before December 31, 2010; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>shall otherwise remain available until expended.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Supplement not supplant</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds appropriated pursuant to this subchapter shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to provide economic development assistance for communities.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subchapter><subchapter style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><num value="B"><b>“Subchapter B—</b></num><heading><b>Community College and Career Training Grant Program</b></heading><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="278">“SEC. 278. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2372">19 USC 2372</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CAREER TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grants Authorized</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Beginning August 1, 2009, the Secretary may award Community College and Career Training Grants to eligible institutions for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for workers eligible for training under section 236.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An eligible institution may not be awarded—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>more than one grant under this section; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a grant under this section in excess of $1,000,000.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible institution</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>eligible institution</term>’ means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</ref>)), <page identifier="/us/stat/123/407">123 STAT. 407</page> but only with respect to a program offered by the institution that can be completed in not more than 2 years.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Secretary</term>’ means the Secretary of Labor.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant Proposals</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>An eligible institution seeking to receive a grant under this section shall submit a grant proposal to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Guidelines</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than June 1, 2009, the Secretary shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>promulgate guidelines for the submission of grant proposals under this section; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote><content>publish and maintain such guidelines on the website of the Department of Labor.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall offer assistance in preparing a grant proposal to any eligible institution that requests such assistance.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">General requirements for grant proposals</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A grant proposal submitted to the Secretary under this section shall include a detailed description of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the specific project for which the grant proposal is submitted, including the manner in which the grant will be used to develop, offer, or improve an educational or career training program that is suited to workers eligible for training under section 236;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the extent to which the project for which the grant proposal is submitted will meet the educational or career training needs of workers in the community served by the eligible institution who are eligible for training under section 236;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the extent to which the project for which the grant proposal is submitted fits within any overall strategic plan developed by an eligible community under section 276;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>the extent to which the project for which the grant proposal is submitted relates to any project funded by a Sector Partnership Grant awarded under section 279A; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>any previous experience of the eligible institution in providing educational or career training programs to workers eligible for training under section 236.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Absence of experience</inline>.—</heading><content>The absence of any previous experience in providing educational or career training programs described in subparagraph (A)(v) shall not automatically disqualify an eligible institution from receiving a grant under this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Community outreach required</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In order to be considered by the Secretary, a grant proposal submitted by an eligible institution under this section shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>demonstrate that the eligible institution—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>reached out to employers, and other entities described in section 276(a)(2)(B) to identify—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/408">123 STAT. 408</page></chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>any shortcomings in existing educational and career training opportunities available to workers in the community; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>any future employment opportunities within the community and the educational and career training skills required for workers to meet the future employment demand;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>reached out to other similarly situated institutions in an effort to benefit from any best practices that may be shared with respect to providing educational or career training programs to workers eligible for training under section 236; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>reached out to any eligible partnership in the community that has sought or received a Sector Partnership Grant under section 279A to enhance the effectiveness of each grant and avoid duplication of efforts; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>include a detailed description of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the extent and outcome of the outreach conducted under subparagraph (A);</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the extent to which the project for which the grant proposal is submitted will contribute to meeting any shortcomings identified under subparagraph (A)(i)(I) or any educational or career training needs identified under subparagraph (A)(i)(II); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the extent to which employers, including small- and medium-sized firms within the community, have demonstrated a commitment to employing workers who would benefit from the project for which the grant proposal is submitted.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Criteria for Award of Grants</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to the appropriation of funds, the Secretary shall award a grant under this section based on—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a determination of the merits of the grant proposal submitted by the eligible institution to develop, offer, or improve educational or career training programs to be made available to workers eligible for training under section 236;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>an evaluation of the likely employment opportunities available to workers who complete an educational or career training program that the eligible institution proposes to develop, offer, or improve; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>an evaluation of prior demand for training programs by workers eligible for training under section 236 in the community served by the eligible institution, as well as the availability and capacity of existing training programs to meet future demand for training programs.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Priority for certain communities</inline>.—</heading><content>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to an eligible institution that serves a community that the Secretary of Commerce has determined under section 273 is eligible to apply for assistance under subchapter A within the 5-year period preceding the date on which the grant proposal is submitted to the Secretary under this section.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/409">123 STAT. 409</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Matching requirements</inline>.—</heading><content>A grant awarded under this section may not be used to satisfy any private matching requirement under any other provision of law.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than December 15 in each of the calendar years 2009 through 2011, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>describing each grant awarded under this section during the preceding fiscal year; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>assessing the impact of each award of a grant under this section in a fiscal year preceding the fiscal year referred to in paragraph (1) on workers receiving training under section 236.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="279">“SEC. 279. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2372a">19 USC 2372a</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization of Appropriations</inline>.—</heading><content>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 and 2010, and $10,000,000 for the period beginning October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010, to fund the Community College and Career Training Grant Program. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Supplement Not Supplant</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to support community college and career training programs.</content></subsection></section> </subchapter><subchapter style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><num value="C"><b>“Subchapter C—</b></num><heading><b>Industry or Sector Partnership Grant Program for Communities Impacted by Trade</b></heading><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="279A">“SEC. 279A. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2373">19 USC 2373</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY TRADE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>The purpose of this subchapter is to facilitate efforts by industry or sector partnerships to strengthen and revitalize industries and create employment opportunities for workers in communities impacted by trade.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this subchapter:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Community impacted by trade</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>community impacted by trade</term>’ has the meaning given that term in section 271.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Dislocated worker</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>dislocated worker</term>’ means a worker who has been totally or partially separated, or is threatened with total or partial separation, from employment in an industry or sector in a community impacted by trade.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible partnership</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>eligible partnership</term>’ means a voluntary partnership composed of public and private persons, firms, or other entities within a community impacted by trade, that shall include representatives of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>an industry or sector within the community, including an industry association;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>local, county, or State government;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>multiple firms in the industry or sector, including small- and medium-sized firms, within the community;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>local workforce investment boards established under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2832">29 U.S.C. 2832</ref>);<page identifier="/us/stat/123/410">123 STAT. 410</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>labor organizations, including State labor federations and labor-management initiatives, representing workers in the community; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>educational institutions, local educational agencies, or other training providers serving the community.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Lead entity</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>lead entity</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>an entity designated by the eligible partnership to be responsible for submitting a grant proposal under subsection (e) and serving as the eligible partnership’s fiscal agent in expending any Sector Partnership Grant awarded under this section; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a State agency designated by the Governor of the State to carry out the responsibilities described in subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Secretary</term>’ means the Secretary of Labor.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Targeted industry or sector</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>targeted industry or sector</term>’ means the industry or sector represented by an eligible partnership.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sector Partnership Grants Authorized</inline>.—</heading><content>Beginning<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote> on August 1, 2009, and subject to the appropriation of funds, the Secretary shall award Sector Partnership Grants to eligible partnerships to assist the eligible partnerships in carrying out projects, over periods of not more than 3 years, to strengthen and revitalize industries and sectors and create employment opportunities for dislocated workers.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of Sector Partnership Grants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An eligible partnership may use a Sector Partnership Grant to carry out any project that the Secretary determines will further the purpose of this subchapter, which may include—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>identifying the skill needs of the targeted industry or sector and any gaps in the available supply of skilled workers in the community impacted by trade, and developing strategies for filling the gaps, including by—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>developing systems to better link firms in the targeted industry or sector to available skilled workers;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>helping firms in the targeted industry or sector to obtain access to new sources of qualified job applicants;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>retraining dislocated and incumbent workers; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>facilitating the training of new skilled workers by aligning the instruction provided by local suppliers of education and training services with the needs of the targeted industry or sector;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>analyzing the skills and education levels of dislocated and incumbent workers and developing training to address skill gaps that prevent such workers from obtaining jobs in the targeted industry or sector;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>helping firms, especially small- and medium-sized firms, in the targeted industry or sector increase their productivity and the productivity of their workers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>helping such firms retain incumbent workers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>developing learning consortia of small- and medium-sized firms in the targeted industry or sector with similar training needs to enable the firms to combine their purchases of training services, and thereby lower their training costs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>providing information and outreach activities to firms in the targeted industry or sector regarding the activities of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/411">123 STAT. 411</page> the eligible partnership and other local service suppliers that could assist the firms in meeting needs for skilled workers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>seeking, applying, and disseminating best practices learned from similarly situated communities impacted by trade in the development and implementation of economic growth and revitalization strategies; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>identifying additional public and private resources to support the activities described in this subsection, which may include the option to apply for a community grant under section 275 or a Community College and Career Training Grant under section 278 (subject to meeting any additional requirements of those sections).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant Proposals</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The lead entity of an eligible partnership seeking to receive a Sector Partnership Grant under this section shall submit a grant proposal to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">General requirements of grant proposals</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A grant proposal submitted under paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>identify the members of the eligible partnership;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>identify the targeted industry or sector for which the eligible partnership intends to carry out projects using the Sector Partnership Grant;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>describe the goals that the eligible partnership intends to achieve to promote the targeted industry or sector;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>describe the projects that the eligible partnership will undertake to achieve such goals;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>demonstrate that the eligible partnership has the organizational capacity to carry out the projects described in subparagraph (D);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><chapeau>explain—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>whether—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the community impacted by trade has sought or received a community grant under section 275;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>an eligible institution in the community has sought or received a Community College and Career Training Grant under section 278; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>any other entity in the community has received funds pursuant to any other federally funded training project; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>how the eligible partnership will coordinate its use of a Sector Partnership Grant with the use of such other grants or funds in order to enhance the effectiveness of each grant and any such funds and avoid duplication of efforts; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>include performance measures, developed based on the performance measures issued by the Secretary under subsection (g)(2), and a timeline for measuring progress toward achieving the goals described in subparagraph (C).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Award of Grants</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon application by the lead entity of an eligible partnership, the Secretary may award a Sector Partnership Grant to the eligible partnership to assist the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/412">123 STAT. 412</page> partnership in carrying out any of the projects in the grant proposal that the Secretary determines will further the purposes of this subchapter.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An eligible partnership may not be awarded—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>more than one Sector Partnership Grant; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>a total grant award under this subchapter in excess of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>except as provided in clause (ii), $2,500,000; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of an eligible partnership located within a community impacted by trade that is not served by an institution receiving a Community College and Career Training Grant under section 278, $3,000,000.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administration by the Secretary</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical assistance and oversight</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to, and oversight of, the lead entity of an eligible partnership in applying for and administering Sector Partnership Grants awarded under this section.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>Technical assistance provided under subparagraph (A) shall include providing conferences and such other methods of collecting and disseminating information on best practices developed by eligible partnerships as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grants or contracts for technical assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may award a grant or contract to one or more national or State organizations to provide technical assistance to foster the planning, formation, and implementation of eligible partnerships.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Performance measures</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall issue a range of performance measures, with quantifiable benchmarks, and methodologies that eligible partnerships may use to measure progress toward the goals described in subsection (e). In developing such measures, the Secretary shall consider the benefits of the eligible partnership and its activities for workers, firms, industries, and communities.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Progress report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 1 year after receiving a Sector Partnership Grant, and 3 years thereafter, the lead entity shall submit to the Secretary, on behalf of the eligible partnership, a report containing—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a detailed description of the progress made toward achieving the goals described in subsection (e)(2)(C), using the performance measures required under subsection (e)(2)(G);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a detailed evaluation of the impact of the grant award on workers and employers in the community impacted by trade; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>a detailed description of all expenditures of funds awarded to the eligible partnership under the Sector Partnership Grant approved by the Secretary under this subchapter.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than December 15 in each of the calendar years 2009 through 2011, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/413">123 STAT. 413</page> Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>describing each Sector Partnership Grant awarded to an eligible partnership during the preceding fiscal year; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>assessing the impact of each Sector Partnership Grant awarded in a fiscal year preceding the fiscal year referred to in subparagraph (A) on workers and employers in communities impacted by trade.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="279B">“SEC. 279B. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2373a">19 USC 2373a</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 and 2010, and $10,000,000 for the period beginning October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010, to carry out the Sector Partnership Grant program under section 279A. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Supplement Not Supplant</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to support the economic development of local communities.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrative Costs</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may retain not more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section for each fiscal year to administer the Sector Partnership Grant program under section 279A.</content></subsection></section> </subchapter><subchapter style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><num value="D"><b>“Subchapter D—</b></num><heading><b>General Provisions</b></heading><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="279C">“SEC. 279C. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2374">19 USC 2374</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “Nothing in this chapter prevents a worker from receiving trade adjustment assistance under chapter 2 of this title at the same time the worker is receiving assistance in any manner from—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>a community receiving a community grant under subchapter A;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>an eligible institution receiving a Community College and Career Training Grant under subchapter B; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>an eligible partnership receiving a Sector Partnership Grant under subchapter C.”</content></paragraph></section> </subchapter></chapter></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1873">SEC. 1873. </num><heading>CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Table of Contents</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the items relating to chapter 4 of title II and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="chapter" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>“Chapter 4—</designator> <label>Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subchapter" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>“Subchapter A—</designator> <label>Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 271. </designator> <label>Definitions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 272. </designator> <label>Establishment of trade adjustment assistance for communities program.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 273. </designator> <label>Eligibility; notification.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 274. </designator> <label>Technical assistance.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 275. </designator> <label>Grants for eligible communities.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 276. </designator> <label>Strategic plans.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 277. </designator> <label>General provisions.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subchapter" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>“Subchapter B—</designator> <label>Community College and Career Training Grant Program</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 278. </designator> <label>Community college and career training grant program.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 279. </designator> <label>Authorization of appropriations.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/414">123 STAT. 414</page></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subchapter" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>“Subchapter C—</designator> <label>Industry or Sector Partnership Grant Program for Communities Impacted by Trade</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 279A. </designator> <label>Industry or sector partnership grant program for communities impacted by trade.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 279B. </designator> <label>Authorization of appropriations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subchapter" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>“Subchapter D—</designator> <label>General Provisions</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 279C. </designator> <label>Rule of construction.”</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Judicial Review</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Section 284(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2395/a">19 U.S.C. 2395(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 296</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>section 293</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or any other interested domestic party</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or authorized representative of a community</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 271</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 273</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau><ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1581/d">Section 1581(d) of title 28, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>271</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>273</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>any final determination of the Secretary of Agriculture under section 293 or 296 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2401b">19 U.S.C. 2401b</ref>) with respect to the eligibility of a group of agricultural commodity producers for adjustment assistance under such Act.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="IV">PART IV—</num><heading>TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1881">SEC. 1881. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 291 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2401">19 U.S.C. 2401</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (1) to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agricultural commodity</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>agricultural commodity</term>’ includes—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>any agricultural commodity (including livestock) in its raw or natural state;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>any class of goods within an agricultural commodity; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>in the case of an agricultural commodity producer described in paragraph (2)(B), wild-caught aquatic species.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (2) to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agricultural commodity producer</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>agricultural commodity producer</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a person that shares in the risk of producing an agricultural commodity and that is entitled to a share of the commodity for marketing, including an operator, a sharecropper, or a person that owns or rents the land on which the commodity is produced; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a person that reports gain or loss from the trade or business of fishing on the person’s annual Federal income tax return for the taxable year that most closely <page identifier="/us/stat/123/415">123 STAT. 415</page> corresponds to the marketing year with respect to which a petition is filed under section 292.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Marketing year</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>marketing year</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a marketing year designated by the Secretary with respect to an agricultural commodity; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of an agricultural commodity with respect to which the Secretary does not designate a marketing year, a calendar year.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1882">SEC. 1882. </num><heading>ELIGIBILITY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 292 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2401a">19 U.S.C. 2401a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsections (c) through (e) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Group Eligibility Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote>The Secretary shall certify a group of agricultural commodity producers as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under this chapter if the Secretary determines that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>the national average price of the agricultural commodity produced by the group during the most recent marketing year for which data are available is less than 85 percent of the average of the national average price for the commodity in the 3 marketing years preceding such marketing year;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the quantity of production of the agricultural commodity produced by the group during such marketing year is less than 85 percent of the average of the quantity of production of the commodity produced by the group in the 3 marketing years preceding such marketing year;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the value of production of the agricultural commodity produced by the group during such marketing year is less than 85 percent of the average value of production of the commodity produced by the group in the 3 marketing years preceding such marketing year; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>the cash receipts for the agricultural commodity produced by the group during such marketing year are less than 85 percent of the average of the cash receipts for the commodity produced by the group in the 3 marketing years preceding such marketing year;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the volume of imports of articles like or directly competitive with the agricultural commodity produced by the group in the marketing year with respect to which the group files the petition increased compared to the average volume of such imports during the 3 marketing years preceding such marketing year; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>the increase in such imports contributed importantly to the decrease in the national average price, quantity of production, or value of production of, or cash receipts for, the agricultural commodity, as described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility of Certain Other Producers</inline>.—</heading><content>An agricultural commodity producer or group of producers that resides outside of the State or region identified in the petition filed under subsection (a) may file a request to become a party to that petition not later than 15 days after the date the notice is published in the Federal Register under subsection (a) with respect to that petition.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of Classes of Goods Within a Commodity</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In any case in which there are separate classes of goods within <page identifier="/us/stat/123/416">123 STAT. 416</page> an agricultural commodity, the Secretary shall treat each class as a separate commodity in determining under subsection (c)—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>group eligibility;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the national average price, quantity of production, or value of production, or cash receipts; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>the volume of imports.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 293 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2401b">19 U.S.C. 2401b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 292 (c) or (d), as the case may be,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 292(c)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (c), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>decline in price for</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>decrease in the national average price, quantity of production, or value of production of, or cash receipts for,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1883">SEC. 1883. </num><heading>BENEFITS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 296 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2401e">19 U.S.C. 2401e</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="296">“SEC. 296. </num><heading class="bold ">QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS AND BENEFITS FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRODUCERS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Benefits under this chapter shall be available to an agricultural commodity producer covered by a certification under this chapter who files an application for such benefits not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary makes a determination and issues a certification of eligibility under section 293, if the producer submits to the Secretary sufficient information to establish that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the producer produced the agricultural commodity covered by the application filed under this subsection in the marketing year with respect to which the petition is filed and in at least 1 of the 3 marketing years preceding that marketing year;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii)</num><subclause class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>the quantity of the agricultural commodity that was produced by the producer in the marketing year with respect to which the petition is filed has decreased compared to the most recent marketing year preceding that marketing year for which data are available; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II)</num><item class="inline"><num value="aa">(aa) </num><content>the price received for the agricultural commodity by the producer during the marketing year with respect to which the petition is filed has decreased compared to the average price for the commodity received by the producer in the 3 marketing years preceding that marketing year; or</content></item><item class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>the county level price maintained by the Secretary for the agricultural commodity on the date on which the petition is filed has decreased compared to the average county level price for the commodity in the 3 marketing years preceding the date on which the petition is filed; and</content></item></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><chapeau>the producer is not receiving—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>cash benefits under chapter 2 or 3; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>benefits based on the production of an agricultural commodity covered by another petition filed under this chapter.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/417">123 STAT. 417</page></content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule with respect to crops not grown every year</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii)(II)(aa), if a petition is filed with respect to an agricultural commodity that is not produced by the producer every year, an agricultural commodity producer producing that commodity may establish the average price received for the commodity by the producer in the 3 marketing years preceding the year with respect to which the petition is filed by using average price data for the 3 most recent marketing years in which the producer produced the commodity and for which data are available.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations based on adjusted gross income</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an agricultural commodity producer shall not be eligible for assistance under this chapter in any year in which the average adjusted gross income (as defined in section 1001D(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1308–3a/a">7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(a)</ref>)) of the producer exceeds the level set forth in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 1001D(b)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1308–3a/b/1">7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(1)</ref>), whichever is applicable.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Demonstration of compliance</inline>.—</heading><content>An agricultural commodity producer shall provide to the Secretary such information as the Secretary determines necessary to demonstrate that the producer is in compliance with the limitation under subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Counter-cyclical and acre payments</inline>.—</heading><content>The total amount of payments made to an agricultural commodity producer under this chapter during any crop year may not exceed the limitations on payments set forth in subsections (b)(2), (b)(3), (c)(2), and (c)(3) of section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1308">7 U.S.C. 1308</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical Assistance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Initial technical assistance</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An agricultural commodity producer that files an application and meets the requirements under subsection (a)(1) shall be entitled to receive initial technical assistance designed to improve the competitiveness of the production and marketing of the agricultural commodity with respect to which the producer was certified under this chapter. Such assistance shall include information regarding—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>improving the yield and marketing of that agricultural commodity; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the feasibility and desirability of substituting one or more alternative agricultural commodities for that agricultural commodity.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transportation and subsistence expenses</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may authorize supplemental assistance necessary to defray reasonable transportation and subsistence expenses incurred by an agricultural commodity producer in connection with initial technical assistance under subparagraph (A) if such assistance is provided at facilities that are not within normal commuting distance of the regular place of residence of the producer.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/418">123 STAT. 418</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exceptions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary may not authorize payments to an agricultural commodity producer under clause (i)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau>for subsistence expenses that exceed the lesser of—</chapeau><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>the actual per diem expenses for subsistence incurred by the producer; or</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>the prevailing per diem allowance rate authorized under Federal travel regulations; or</content></item></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for travel expenses that exceed the prevailing mileage rate authorized under the Federal travel regulations.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Intensive technical assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A producer that has completed initial technical assistance under paragraph (1) shall be eligible to participate in intensive technical assistance. Such assistance shall consist of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>a series of courses to further assist the producer in improving the competitiveness of the producer in producing—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the agricultural commodity with respect to which the producer was certified under this chapter; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>another agricultural commodity; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>assistance in developing an initial business plan based on the courses completed under subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Initial business plan</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Approval by secretary</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall approve an initial business plan developed under paragraph (2)(B) if the plan—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>reflects the skills gained by the producer through the courses described in paragraph (2)(A); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>demonstrates how the producer will apply those skills to the circumstances of the producer.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Financial assistance for implementing initial business plan</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Upon approval of the producer’s initial business plan by the Secretary under subparagraph (A), a producer shall be entitled to an amount not to exceed $4,000 to—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>implement the initial business plan; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>develop a long-term business adjustment plan under paragraph (4).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Long-term business adjustment plan</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>A producer that has completed intensive technical assistance under paragraph (2) and whose initial business plan has been approved under paragraph (3)(A) shall be eligible for, in addition to the amount under subparagraph (C), assistance in developing a long-term business adjustment plan.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Approval of long-term business adjustment plans</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall approve a long-term business adjustment plan developed under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that the plan—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>includes steps reasonably calculated to materially contribute to the economic adjustment of the producer to changing market conditions;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/419">123 STAT. 419</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>takes into consideration the interests of the workers employed by the producer; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>demonstrates that the producer will have sufficient resources to implement the business plan.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Plan implementation</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon approval of the producer’s long-term business adjustment plan under subparagraph (B), a producer shall be entitled to an amount not to exceed $8,000 to implement the long-term business adjustment plan.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maximum Amount of Assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>An agricultural commodity producer may receive not more than $12,000 under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b) in the 36-month period following certification under section 293.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations on Other Assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>An agricultural commodity producer that receives benefits under this chapter (other than initial technical assistance under subsection (b)(1)) shall not be eligible for cash benefits under chapter 2 or 3.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the item relating to section 296 and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 296. </designator> <label>Qualifying requirements and benefits for agricultural commodity producers.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1884">SEC. 1884. </num><heading>REPORT.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 293 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2401b">19 U.S.C. 2401b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report by the Secretary</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than January 30, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report containing the following information with respect to adjustment assistance provided under this chapter during the preceding fiscal year:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>A list of the agricultural commodities covered by a certification under this chapter.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The States or regions in which such commodities are produced and the aggregate amount of such commodities produced in each such State or region.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>The total number of agricultural commodity producers, by congressional district, receiving benefits under this chapter.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>The total number of agricultural commodity producers, by congressional district, receiving technical assistance under this chapter.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1885">SEC. 1885. </num><heading>FRAUD AND RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 297(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2401f/a/1">19 U.S.C. 2401f(a)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or has expended funds received under this chapter for a purpose that was not approved by the Secretary,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>entitled,</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1886">SEC. 1886. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2271">19 USC 2271 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>DETERMINATION OF INCREASES OF IMPORTS FOR CERTAIN FISHERMEN.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For purposes of chapters 2 and 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2251/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.</ref>), in the case of an agricultural commodity producer that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is a fisherman or aquaculture producer, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>is otherwise eligible for adjustment assistance under chapter 2 or 6, as the case may be,<page identifier="/us/stat/123/420">123 STAT. 420</page></content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">the increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with the agricultural commodity produced by such producer may be based on imports of wild-caught seafood, farm-raised seafood, or both.</continuation></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1887">SEC. 1887. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 298(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2401g/a">19 U.S.C. 2401g(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal years 2003 through 2007</quotedText>” and all that follows through the end period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal years 2009 and 2010, and $22,500,000 for the period beginning October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010, to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including administrative costs, and salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Agriculture.</quotedText>”.</content></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="V">PART V—</num><heading>GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1891">SEC. 1891. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2271">19 USC 2271 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>EFFECTIVE DATE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, and subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>shall apply to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>petitions for certification filed under chapter 2, 3, or 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after the effective date described in paragraph (1); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>petitions for assistance and proposals for grants filed under chapter 4 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 on or after such effective date.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certifications Made Before Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding subsection (a)—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>a worker shall continue to receive (or be eligible to receive) trade adjustment assistance and other benefits under subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on the day before the effective date described in subsection (a)(1), for any week for which the worker meets the eligibility requirements of such chapter 2 as in effect on the day before such effective date, if the worker—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>is certified as eligible for trade adjustment assistance benefits under such chapter 2 pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or before such effective date; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>would otherwise be eligible to receive trade adjustment assistance benefits under such chapter as in effect on the day before such effective date;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>a worker shall continue to receive (or be eligible to receive) benefits under section 246(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on the day before the effective date described in subsection (a)(1), for such period for which the worker meets the eligibility requirements of section 246 of that Act as in effect on the day before such effective date, if the worker—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>is certified as eligible for benefits under such section 246 pursuant to a petition filed under section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or before such effective date; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/421">123 STAT. 421</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>would otherwise be eligible to receive benefits under such section 246(a)(2) as in effect on the day before such effective date; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>a firm shall continue to receive (or be eligible to receive) adjustment assistance under chapter 3 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on the day before the effective date described in subsection (a)(1), for such period for which the firm meets the eligibility requirements of such chapter 3 as in effect on the day before such effective date, if the firm—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>is certified as eligible for benefits under such chapter 3 pursuant to a petition filed under section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 on or before such effective date; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>would otherwise be eligible to receive benefits under such chapter 3 as in effect on the day before such effective date.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1892">SEC. 1892. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">For Workers</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2317/a">19 U.S.C. 2317(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2007</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2271">19 U.S.C. 2271 note</ref> prec.) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2007</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2010</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subsection (b) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other Assistance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance for firms</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), technical assistance and grants may not be provided under chapter 3 after December 31, 2010.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any technical assistance or grant approved under chapter 3 on or before December 31, 2010, may be provided—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>to the extent funds are available pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to the extent the recipient of the technical assistance or grant is otherwise eligible to receive such technical assistance or grant, as the case may be.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Farmers</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), technical assistance and financial assistance may not be provided under chapter 6 after December 31, 2010.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any technical or financial assistance approved under chapter 6 on or before December 31, 2010, may be provided—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>to the extent funds are available pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to the extent the recipient of the technical or financial assistance is otherwise eligible to receive such technical or financial assistance, as the case may be.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance for communities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/422">123 STAT. 422</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), technical assistance and grants may not be provided under chapter 4 after December 31, 2010.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any technical assistance or grant approved under chapter 4 on or before December 31, 2010, may be provided—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>to the extent funds are available pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to the extent the recipient of the technical assistance or grant is otherwise eligible to receive such technical assistance or grant, as the case may be.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1893">SEC. 1893. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2271">19 USC 2271 note</ref> prec.</p></sidenote><heading>TERMINATION; RELATED PROVISIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sunset</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this subtitle to chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2271/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.</ref>) shall not apply on or after January 1, 2011.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The amendments made by this subtitle to section 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 shall continue to apply on and after January 1, 2011, with respect to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>workers certified as eligible for trade adjustment assistance benefits under chapter 2 of title II of that Act pursuant to petitions filed under section 221 of that Act before January 1, 2011;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>firms certified as eligible for technical assistance or grants under chapter 3 of title II of that Act pursuant to petitions filed under section 251 of that Act before January 1, 2011;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>recipients approved for technical assistance or grants under chapter 4 of title II of that Act pursuant to petitions for assistance or proposals for grants (as the case may be) filed pursuant to such chapter before January 1, 2011; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>agricultural commodity producers certified as eligible for technical or financial assistance under chapter 6 of title II of that Act pursuant to petitions filed under section 292 of that Act before January 1, 2011.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Prior Law</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2271/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.</ref>) shall be applied and administered beginning January 1, 2011, as if the amendments made by this subtitle (other than part VI) had never been enacted, except that in applying and administering such chapters—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>section 245 of that Act shall be applied and administered by substituting “2011” for “2007”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>section 246(b) of that Act shall be applied and administered by substituting “December 31, 2011” for “the date that is 5 years” and all that follows through “State”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>section 256(b) of that Act shall be applied and administered by substituting “the 1-year period beginning January 1, 2011” for “each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007, and $4,000,000 for the 3-month period beginning October 1, 2007”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>section 298(a) of that Act shall be applied and administered by substituting “the 1-year period beginning January 1, 2011” for “each of the fiscal years” and all that follows through “October 1, 2007”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/423">123 STAT. 423</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>subject to subsection (a)(2), section 285 of that Act shall be applied and administered—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (a), by substituting “2011” for “2007” each place it appears; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by applying and administering subsection (b) as if it read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other Assistance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance for firms</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), assistance may not be provided under chapter 3 after December 31, 2011.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any assistance approved under chapter 3 on or before December 31, 2011, may be provided—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>to the extent funds are available pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to the extent the recipient of the assistance is otherwise eligible to receive such assistance.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Farmers</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), assistance may not be provided under chapter 6 after December 31, 2011.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any assistance approved under chapter 6 on or before December 31, 2011, may be provided—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>to the extent funds are available pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>to the extent the recipient of the assistance is otherwise eligible to receive such assistance.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1894">SEC. 1894. </num><heading>GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not later than September 30, 2012, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a comprehensive report on the operation and effectiveness of the amendments made by this subtitle to chapters 2, 3, 4, and 6 of the Trade Act of 1974.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1895">SEC. 1895. </num><heading>EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subtitle are designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.</content></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="VI">PART VI—</num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2009.</p></sidenote>HEALTH COVERAGE IMPROVEMENT</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899">SEC. 1899. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1">26 USC 1 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This part may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="part">TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2009</shortTitle>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899A">SEC. 1899A. </num><heading>IMPROVEMENT OF THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Improvement of Affordability</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 35(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s35">26 USC 35</ref>.</p></sidenote> (relating to credit for health insurance costs of eligible individuals) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(80 percent <page identifier="/us/stat/123/424">123 STAT. 424</page> in the case of eligible coverage months beginning before January 1, 2011)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>65 percent</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 7527(b) of such Code<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7527">26 USC 7527</ref>.</p></sidenote> (relating to advance payment of credit for health insurance costs of eligible individuals) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(80 percent in the case of eligible coverage months beginning before January 1, 2011)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>65 percent</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s35">26 USC 35 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to coverage months beginning on or after the first day of the first month beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899B">SEC. 1899B. </num><heading>PAYMENT FOR MONTHLY PREMIUMS PAID PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF ADVANCE PAYMENTS OF CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment for Premiums Due Prior to Commencement of Advance Payments of Credit</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 7527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to advance payment of credit for health insurance costs of eligible individuals) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment for Premiums Due Prior to Commencement of Advance Payments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of eligible coverage months beginning before January 1, 2011—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The program established under subsection (a) shall provide that the Secretary shall make 1 or more retroactive payments on behalf of a certified individual in an aggregate amount equal to 80 percent of the premiums for coverage of the taxpayer and qualifying family members under qualified health insurance for eligible coverage months (as defined in section 35(b)) occurring prior to the first month for which an advance payment is made on behalf of such individual under subsection (a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reduction of payment for amounts received under national emergency grants</inline>.—</heading><content>The amount of any payment determined under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the amount of any payment made to the taxpayer for the purchase of qualified health insurance under a national emergency grant pursuant to section 173(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for a taxable year including the eligible coverage months described in paragraph (1).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7527">26 USC 7527 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to coverage months beginning after December 31, 2008.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7527">26 USC 7527 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transitional Rule</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall not be required to make any payments under section 7527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section, until after the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899C">SEC. 1899C. </num><heading>TAA RECIPIENTS NOT ENROLLED IN TRAINING PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (2) of section 35(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining eligible TAA recipient) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible taa recipient</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term ‘<term>eligible TAA recipient</term>’ means, with respect to any month, any individual who is receiving for any day of such month a trade readjustment allowance under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 or who <page identifier="/us/stat/123/425">123 STAT. 425</page> would be eligible to receive such allowance if section 231 of such Act were applied without regard to subsection (a)(3)(B) of such section. An individual shall continue to be treated as an eligible TAA recipient during the first month that such individual would otherwise cease to be an eligible TAA recipient by reason of the preceding sentence.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any eligible coverage month beginning after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and before January 1, 2011, the term ‘<term>eligible TAA recipient</term>’ means, with respect to any month, any individual who—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is receiving for any day of such month a trade readjustment allowance under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>would be eligible to receive such allowance except that such individual is in a break in training provided under a training program approved under section 236 of such Act that exceeds the period specified in section 233(e) of such Act, but is within the period for receiving such allowances provided under section 233(a) of such Act, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>is receiving unemployment compensation (as defined in section 85(b)) for any day of such month and who would be eligible to receive such allowance for such month if section 231 of such Act were applied without regard to subsections (a)(3)(B) and (a)(5) thereof.</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">An individual shall continue to be treated as an eligible TAA recipient during the first month that such individual would otherwise cease to be an eligible TAA recipient by reason of the preceding sentence.”</continuation></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s35">26 USC 35 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to coverage months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899D">SEC. 1899D. </num><heading>TAA PRE-CERTIFICATION PERIOD RULE FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHETHER THERE IS A 63-DAY LAPSE IN CREDITABLE COVERAGE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">IRC Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 9801(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s9801">26 USC 9801</ref>.</p></sidenote>(relating to not counting periods before significant breaks in creditable coverage) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">TAA-eligible individuals</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of plan years beginning before January 1, 2011—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">TAA pre-certification period rule</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a TAA-eligible individual, the period beginning on the date the individual has a TAA-related loss of coverage and ending on the date which is 7 days after the date of the issuance by the Secretary (or by any person or entity designated by the Secretary) of a qualified health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate for such individual for purposes of section 7527 shall not be taken into account in determining the continuous period under subparagraph (A).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>The terms ‘TAA-eligible individual’ and ‘TAA-related loss of coverage’ have the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/426">123 STAT. 426</page> meanings given such terms in section 4980B(f)(5)(C)(iv).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">ERISA Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 701(c)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1181/c/2">29 U.S.C. 1181(c)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">TAA-eligible individuals</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of plan years beginning before January 1, 2011—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">TAA pre-certification period rule</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a TAA-eligible individual, the period beginning on the date the individual has a TAA-related loss of coverage and ending on the date that is 7 days after the date of the issuance by the Secretary (or by any person or entity designated by the Secretary) of a qualified health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate for such individual for purposes of section 7527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be taken into account in determining the continuous period under subparagraph (A).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>The terms ‘TAA-eligible individual’ and ‘TAA-related loss of coverage’ have the meanings given such terms in section 605(b)(4).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">PHSA Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2701(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300gg/c/2">42 U.S.C. 300gg(c)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">TAA-eligible individuals</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of plan years beginning before January 1, 2011—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">TAA pre-certification period rule</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a TAA-eligible individual, the period beginning on the date the individual has a TAA-related loss of coverage and ending on the date that is 7 days after the date of the issuance by the Secretary (or by any person or entity designated by the Secretary) of a qualified health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate for such individual for purposes of section 7527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be taken into account in determining the continuous period under subparagraph (A).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>The terms ‘TAA-eligible individual’ and ‘TAA-related loss of coverage’ have the meanings given such terms in section 2205(b)(4).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s9801">26 USC 9801 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899E">SEC. 1899E. </num><heading>CONTINUED QUALIFICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER CERTAIN EVENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (g) of section 35 <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s35">26 USC 35</ref>.</p></sidenote>of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (9) as paragraph (10) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Continued qualification of family members after certain events</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of eligible coverage months beginning before January 1, 2011—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicare eligibility</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any month which would be an eligible coverage month with respect to an eligible individual but for subsection (f)(2)(A), such month shall be treated as an eligible coverage month with respect to such eligible individual solely for purposes of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/427">123 STAT. 427</page> determining the amount of the credit under this section with respect to any qualifying family members of such individual (and any advance payment of such credit under section 7527). This subparagraph shall only apply with respect to the first 24 months after such eligible individual is first entitled to the benefits described in subsection (f)(2)(A).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Divorce</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of the finalization of a divorce between an eligible individual and such individual’s spouse, such spouse shall be treated as an eligible individual for purposes of this section and section 7527 for a period of 24 months beginning with the date of such finalization, except that the only qualifying family members who may be taken into account with respect to such spouse are those individuals who were qualifying family members immediately before such finalization.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Death</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of the death of an eligible individual—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>any spouse of such individual (determined at the time of such death) shall be treated as an eligible individual for purposes of this section and section 7527 for a period of 24 months beginning with the date of such death, except that the only qualifying family members who may be taken into account with respect to such spouse are those individuals who were qualifying family members immediately before such death, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>any individual who was a qualifying family member of the decedent immediately before such death (or, in the case of an individual to whom paragraph (4) applies, the taxpayer to whom the deduction under section 151 is allowable) shall be treated as an eligible individual for purposes of this section and section 7527 for a period of 24 months beginning with the date of such death, except that in determining the amount of such credit only such qualifying family member may be taken into account.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 173(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2918/f">29 U.S.C. 2918(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Continued qualification of family members after certain events</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of eligible coverage months beginning before January 1, 2011—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicare eligibility</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any month which would be an eligible coverage month with respect to an eligible individual but for paragraph (7)(B)(i), such month shall be treated as an eligible coverage month with respect to such eligible individual solely for purposes of determining the eligibility of qualifying family members of such individual under this subsection. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>This subparagraph shall only apply with respect to the first 24 months after such eligible individual is first entitled to the benefits described in paragraph (7)(B)(i).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Divorce</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of the finalization of a divorce between an eligible individual and such individual’s spouse, such spouse shall be treated as an eligible individual for purposes of this subsection for a period of 24 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/428">123 STAT. 428</page> months beginning with the date of such finalization, except that the only qualifying family members who may be taken into account with respect to such spouse are those individuals who were qualifying family members immediately before such finalization.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Death</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of the death of an eligible individual—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>any spouse of such individual (determined at the time of such death) shall be treated as an eligible individual for purposes of this subsection for a period of 24 months beginning with the date of such death, except that the only qualifying family members who may be taken into account with respect to such spouse are those individuals who were qualifying family members immediately before such death, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>any individual who was a qualifying family member of the decedent immediately before such death shall be treated as an eligible individual for purposes this subsection for a period of 24 months beginning with the date of such death, except that no qualifying family members may be taken into account with respect to such individual.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s35">26 USC 35 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2009.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899F">SEC. 1899F. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF COBRA BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN TAA-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND PBGC RECIPIENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">ERISA Amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 602(2)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1162/2/A">29 U.S.C. 1162(2)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by moving clause (v) to after clause (iv) and before the flush left sentence beginning with “In the case of a qualified beneficiary”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>In the case of a qualified beneficiary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for disability</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualified beneficiary”</content></clause></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clauses (v) and (vi), as amended by paragraphs (1) and (2), as clauses (vii) and (viii), respectively, and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (iv) the following new clauses:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for pbgc recipients</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualifying event described in section 603(2) with respect to a covered employee who (as of such qualifying event) has a nonforfeitable right to a benefit any portion of which is to be paid by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under title IV, notwithstanding clause (i) or (ii), the date of the death of the covered employee, or in the case of the surviving spouse or dependent children of the covered employee, 24 months after the date of the death of the covered employee. The preceding sentence shall not require any period of coverage to extend beyond December 31, 2010.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for taa-eligible individuals</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualifying event described in section 603(2) with respect to a covered employee who is (as of the date that the period of coverage would, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/429">123 STAT. 429</page> but for this clause or clause (vii), otherwise terminate under clause (i) or (ii)) a TAA-eligible individual (as defined in section 605(b)(4)(B)), the period of coverage shall not terminate by reason of clause (i) or (ii), as the case may be, before the later of the date specified in such clause or the date on which such individual ceases to be such a TAA-eligible individual. The preceding sentence shall not require any period of coverage to extend beyond December 31, 2010.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">IRC Amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Clause (i) of section 4980B(f)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s4980B">26 USC 4980B</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>In the case of a qualified beneficiary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp4 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VI">“(VI) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for disability</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualified beneficiary”</content></subclause></quotedContent>, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subclauses (V) and (VI), as amended by paragraph (1), as subclauses (VII) and (VIII), respectively, and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (IV) the following new subclauses:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp4 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for pbgc recipients</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualifying event described in paragraph (3)(B) with respect to a covered employee who (as of such qualifying event) has a nonforfeitable right to a benefit any portion of which is to be paid by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, notwithstanding subclause (I) or (II), the date of the death of the covered employee, or in the case of the surviving spouse or dependent children of the covered employee, 24 months after the date of the death of the covered employee. The preceding sentence shall not require any period of coverage to extend beyond December 31, 2010.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp4 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VI">“(VI) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for taa-eligible individuals</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualifying event described in paragraph (3)(B) with respect to a covered employee who is (as of the date that the period of coverage would, but for this subclause or subclause (VII), otherwise terminate under subclause (I) or (II)) a TAA-eligible individual (as defined in paragraph (5)(C)(iv)(II)), the period of coverage shall not terminate by reason of subclause (I) or (II), as the case may be, before the later of the date specified in such subclause or the date on which such individual ceases to be such a TAA-eligible individual. The preceding sentence shall not require any period of coverage to extend beyond December 31, 2010.”</content></subclause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">PHSA Amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2202(2)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300bb-2/2/A">42 U.S.C. 300bb-2(2)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>In the case of a qualified beneficiary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for disability</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualified beneficiary”</content></subsection></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clauses (iv) and (v), as amended by paragraph (1), as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively, and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (iii) the following new clause:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/430">123 STAT. 430</page> <quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for taa-eligible individuals</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a qualifying event described in section 2203(2) with respect to a covered employee who is (as of the date that the period of coverage would, but for this clause or clause (v), otherwise terminate under clause (i) or (ii)) a TAA-eligible individual (as defined in section 2205(b)(4)(B)), the period of coverage shall not terminate by reason of clause (i) or (ii), as the case may be, before the later of the date specified in such clause or the date on which such individual ceases to be such a TAA-eligible individual. The preceding sentence shall not require any period of coverage to extend beyond December 31, 2010.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s4980B">26 USC 4980B note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to periods of coverage which would (without regard to the amendments made by this section) end on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899G">SEC. 1899G. </num><heading>ADDITION OF COVERAGE THROUGH VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES’ BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph (1) of section 35(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s35">26 USC 35</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="K">“(K) </num><content>In the case of eligible coverage months beginning before January 1, 2011, coverage under an employee benefit plan funded by a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association (as defined in section 501(c)(9)) established pursuant to an order of a bankruptcy court, or by agreement with an authorized representative, as provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t11/s1114">section 1114 of title 11, United States Code</ref>.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s35">26 USC 35 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to coverage months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899H">SEC. 1899H. </num><heading>NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (d) of section 7527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified Health Insurance Costs Eligibility Certificate</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>qualified health insurance costs eligibility certificate</term>’ means any written statement that an individual is an eligible individual (as defined in section 35(c)) if such statement provides such information as the Secretary may require for purposes of this section and—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>in the case of an eligible TAA recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(2)) or an eligible alternative TAA recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(3)), is certified by the Secretary of Labor (or by any other person or entity designated by the Secretary), or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of an eligible PBGC pension recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(4)), is certified by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or by any other person or entity designated by the Secretary).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inclusion of certain information</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any statement described in paragraph (1) which is issued before January 1, 2011, such statement shall not be treated as a <page identifier="/us/stat/123/431">123 STAT. 431</page> qualified health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate unless such statement includes—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the name, address, and telephone number of the State office or offices responsible for providing the individual with assistance with enrollment in qualified health insurance (as defined in section 35(e)),</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a list of the coverage options that are treated as qualified health insurance (as so defined) by the State in which the individual resides, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>in the case of a TAA-eligible individual (as defined in section 4980B(f)(5)(C)(iv)(II)), a statement informing the individual that the individual has 63 days from the date that is 7 days after the date of the issuance of such certificate to enroll in such insurance without a lapse in creditable coverage (as defined in section 9801(c)).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7527">26 USC 7527 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to certificates issued after the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899I">SEC. 1899I. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s35">26 USC 35 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SURVEY AND REPORT ON ENHANCED HEALTH COVERAGE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Survey</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall conduct a biennial survey of eligible individuals (as defined in section 35(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) relating to the health coverage tax credit under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “health coverage tax credit”).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information obtained</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The survey conducted under subsection (a) shall obtain the following information:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">HCTC participants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of eligible individuals receiving the health coverage tax credit (including individuals participating in the health coverage tax credit program under section 7527 of such Code, hereinafter in this section referred to as the “HCTC program”)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>demographic information of such individuals, including income and education levels,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>satisfaction of such individuals with the enrollment process in the HCTC program,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>satisfaction of such individuals with available health coverage options under the credit, including level of premiums, benefits, deductibles, cost-sharing requirements, and the adequacy of provider networks, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>any other information that the Secretary determines is appropriate.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Non-HCTC participants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of eligible individuals not receiving the health coverage tax credit—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>demographic information of each individual, including income and education levels,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>whether the individual was aware of the health coverage tax credit or the HCTC program,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>the reasons the individual has not enrolled in the HCTC program, including whether such reasons include the burden of the process of enrollment and the affordability of coverage,<page identifier="/us/stat/123/432">123 STAT. 432</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>whether the individual has health insurance coverage, and, if so, the source of such coverage, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>any other information that the Secretary determines is appropriate.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than December 31 of each year in which a survey is conducted under paragraph (1) (beginning in 2010), the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives the findings of the most recent survey conducted under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than October 1 of each year (beginning in 2010), the Secretary of the Treasury (after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and, in the case of the information required under paragraph (7), the Secretary of Labor) shall report to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives the following information with respect to the most recent taxable year ending before such date:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>In each State and nationally—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the total number of eligible individuals (as defined in section 35(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and the number of eligible individuals receiving the health coverage tax credit,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the total number of such eligible individuals who receive an advance payment of the health coverage tax credit through the HCTC program,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the average length of the time period of the participation of eligible individuals in the HCTC program, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the total number of participating eligible individuals in the HCTC program who are enrolled in each category of coverage as described in section 35(e)(1) of such Code,</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">with respect to each category of eligible individuals described in section 35(c)(1) of such Code.</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>In each State and nationally, an analysis of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the range of monthly health insurance premiums, for self-only coverage and for family coverage, for individuals receiving the health coverage tax credit, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the average and median monthly health insurance premiums, for self-only coverage and for family coverage, for individuals receiving the health coverage tax credit,</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">with respect to each category of coverage as described in section 35(e)(1) of such Code.</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>In each State and nationally, an analysis of the following information with respect to the health insurance coverage of individuals receiving the health coverage tax credit who are enrolled in coverage described in subparagraphs (B) through (H) of section 35(e)(1) of such Code:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Deductible amounts.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Other out-of-pocket cost-sharing amounts.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/433">123 STAT. 433</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>A description of any annual or lifetime limits on coverage or any other significant limits on coverage services, or benefits.</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">The information required under this paragraph shall be reported with respect to each category of coverage described in such subparagraphs.</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>In each State and nationally, the gender and average age of eligible individuals (as defined in section 35(c) of such Code) who receive the health coverage tax credit, in each category of coverage described in section 35(e)(1) of such Code, with respect to each category of eligible individuals described in such section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The steps taken by the Secretary of the Treasury to increase the participation rates in the HCTC program among eligible individuals, including outreach and enrollment activities.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>The cost of administering the HCTC program by function, including the cost of subcontractors, and recommendations on ways to reduce administrative costs, including recommended statutory changes.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>The number of States applying for and receiving national emergency grants under section 173(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2918/f">29 U.S.C. 2918(f)</ref>), the activities funded by such grants on a State-by-State basis, and the time necessary for application approval of such grants.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899J">SEC. 1899J. </num><heading>AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  There is authorized to be appropriated $80,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2010 to implement the amendments made by, and the provisions of, sections 1899 through 1899I of this part.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899K">SEC. 1899K. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 173(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2918/f">29 U.S.C. 2918(f)</ref>), as amended by this Act, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of funds</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Health insurance coverage for eligible individuals in order to obtain qualified health insurance that has guaranteed issue and other consumer protections</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds made available to a State or entity under paragraph (4)(A) of subsection (a) may be used to provide an eligible individual described in paragraph (4)(C) and such individual’s qualifying family members with health insurance coverage for the 3-month period that immediately precedes the first eligible coverage month (as defined in section 35(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) in which such eligible individual and such individual’s qualifying family members are covered by qualified health insurance that meets the requirements described in clauses (i) through (v) of section 35(e)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or such longer minimum period as is necessary in order for such eligible individual and such individual’s qualifying family members to be covered by qualified health insurance that meets such requirements).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/434">123 STAT. 434</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional uses</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Funds made available to a State or entity under paragraph (4)(A) of subsection (a) may be used by the State or entity for the following:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Health insurance coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>To assist an eligible individual and such individual’s qualifying family members with enrolling in health insurance coverage and qualified health insurance or paying premiums for such coverage or insurance.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrative expenses and start-up expenses to establish group health plan coverage options for qualified health insurance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>To pay the administrative expenses related to the enrollment of eligible individuals and such individuals’ qualifying family members in health insurance coverage and qualified health insurance, including—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>eligibility verification activities;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the notification of eligible individuals of available health insurance and qualified health insurance options;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>processing qualified health insurance costs credit eligibility certificates provided for under section 7527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>providing assistance to eligible individuals in enrolling in health insurance coverage and qualified health insurance;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>the development or installation of necessary data management systems; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VI">“(VI) </num><content>any other expenses determined appropriate by the Secretary, including start-up costs and on going administrative expenses, in order for the State to treat the coverage described in subparagraphs (C) through (H) of section 35(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as qualified health insurance under that section.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Outreach</inline>.—</heading><content>To pay for outreach to eligible individuals to inform such individuals of available health insurance and qualified health insurance options, including outreach consisting of notice to eligible individuals of such options made available after the date of enactment of this clause and direct assistance to help potentially eligible individuals and such individual’s qualifying family members qualify and remain eligible for the credit established under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and advance payment of such credit under section 7527 of such Code.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Bridge funding</inline>.—</heading><content>To assist potentially eligible individuals to purchase qualified health insurance coverage prior to issuance of a qualified health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate under section 7527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and commencement of advance payment, and receipt of expedited payment, under subsections (a) and (e), respectively, of that section.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of construction</inline>.—</heading><content>The inclusion of a permitted use under this paragraph shall not be construed <page identifier="/us/stat/123/435">123 STAT. 435</page> as prohibiting a similar use of funds permitted under subsection (g).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (2) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified health insurance</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection and subsection (g), the term ‘<term>qualified health insurance</term>’ has the meaning given that term in section 35(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 174(c)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2919/c/1">29 U.S.C. 2919(c)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the paragraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Authorization and appropriation for fiscal year 2002</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Appropriations</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraph (A) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>to carry out subsection (a)(4)(A) of section 173—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>$150,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2010; and”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="1899L">SEC. 1899L. </num><heading>GAO STUDY AND REPORT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>.—</heading><content>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study regarding the health insurance tax credit allowed under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than March 1, 2010, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress regarding the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). Such report shall include an analysis of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>the administrative costs—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>of the Federal Government with respect to such credit and the advance payment of such credit under section 7527 of such Code, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>of providers of qualified health insurance with respect to providing such insurance to eligible individuals and their qualifying family members,</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the health status and relative risk status of eligible individuals and qualifying family members covered under such insurance,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>participation in such credit and the advance payment of such credit by eligible individuals and their qualifying family members, including the reasons why such individuals did or did not participate and the effect of the amendments made by this part on such participation, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau>the extent to which eligible individuals and their qualifying family members—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>obtained health insurance other than qualifying health insurance, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>went without health insurance coverage.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Access to Records</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of conducting the study required under this section, the Comptroller General and any of his duly authorized representatives shall have access to, and the right to examine and copy, all documents, records, and other recorded information—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>within the possession or control of providers of qualified health insurance, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>determined by the Comptroller General (or any such representative) to be relevant to the study.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/436">123 STAT. 436</page></content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">The Comptroller General shall not disclose the identity of any provider of qualified health insurance or any eligible individual in making any information obtained under this section available to the public.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>Any term which is defined in section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same meaning when used in this section.</content></subsection></section> </part> </subtitle> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act.</p></sidenote>ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS AND STRUGGLING FAMILIES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2000">SEC. 2000. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TITLE.‘</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1">26 USC 1 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Table of Contents of Title</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents of this title is as follows:<toc> <referenceItem role="title" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>TITLE II—</designator> <label>ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS AND STRUGGLING FAMILIES</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2000. </designator> <label>Short title; table of contents of title.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle A—</designator> <label>Unemployment Insurance</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2001. </designator> <label>Extension of emergency unemployment compensation program.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2002. </designator> <label>Increase in unemployment compensation benefits.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2003. </designator> <label>Special transfers for unemployment compensation modernization.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2004. </designator> <label>Temporary assistance for states with advances.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2005. </designator> <label>Full Federal funding of extended unemployment compensation for a limited period.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2006. </designator> <label>Temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle B—</designator> <label>Assistance for Vulnerable Individuals</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2101. </designator> <label>Emergency fund for TANF program.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2102. </designator> <label>Extension of TANF supplemental grants.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2103. </designator> <label>Clarification of authority of States to use TANF funds carried over from prior years to provide TANF benefits and services.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2104. </designator> <label>Temporary resumption of prior child support law.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle C—</designator> <label>Economic Recovery Payments to Certain Individuals</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2201. </designator> <label>Economic recovery payment to recipients of social security, supplemental security income, railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disability compensation or pension benefits.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 2202. </designator> <label>Special credit for certain government retirees.</label> </referenceItem></toc></content></subsection></section> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Unemployment Insurance</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2001">SEC. 2001. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 4007 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/252">Public Law 110–252</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 U.S.C. 3304 note</ref>), as amended by section 4 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/449">Public Law 110–449</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/5015">122 Stat. 5015</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>March 31, 2009</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2009</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">march 31, 2009</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">december 31, 2009</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (b)(3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>August 27, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>May 31, 2010</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/437">123 STAT. 437</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Financing Provisions</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 4004 of such Act<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 USC 3304 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfer of Funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the general fund of the Treasury (from funds not otherwise appropriated)—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>to the extended unemployment compensation account (as established by section 905 of the Social Security Act) such sums as the Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary to make payments to States under this title by reason of the amendments made by section 2001(a) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>to the employment security administration account (as established by section 901 of the Social Security Act) such sums as the Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary for purposes of assisting States in meeting administrative costs by reason of the amendments referred to in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">There are appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, the sums referred to in the preceding sentence and such sums shall not be required to be repaid.”</continuation></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2002">SEC. 2002. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 USC 3304 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federal-State Agreements</inline>.—</heading><content>Any State which desires to do so may enter into and participate in an agreement under this section with the Secretary of Labor (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”). <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote>Any State which is a party to an agreement under this section may, upon providing 30 days’ written notice to the Secretary, terminate such agreement.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Provisions of Agreement</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional compensation</inline>.—</heading><content>Any agreement under this section shall provide that the State agency of the State will make payments of regular compensation to individuals in amounts and to the extent that they would be determined if the State law of the State were applied, with respect to any week for which the individual is (disregarding this section) otherwise entitled under the State law to receive regular compensation, as if such State law had been modified in a manner such that the amount of regular compensation (including dependents’ allowances) payable for any week shall be equal to the amount determined under the State law (before the application of this paragraph) plus an additional $25.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allowable methods of payment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Any additional compensation provided for in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be payable either—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>as an amount which is paid at the same time and in the same manner as any regular compensation otherwise payable for the week involved; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>at the option of the State, by payments which are made separately from, but on the same weekly basis as, any regular compensation otherwise payable.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonreduction Rule</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An agreement under this section shall not apply (or shall cease to apply) with respect to a State upon a determination by the Secretary that the method governing the computation of regular compensation under the State law of that State has been modified in a manner such that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation which will be payable during the period of the agreement (determined disregarding any additional amounts attributable <page identifier="/us/stat/123/438">123 STAT. 438</page> to the modification described in subsection (b)(1)) will be less than</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation which would otherwise have been payable during such period under the State law, as in effect on December 31, 2008.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments to States</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Full reimbursement</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>There shall be paid to each State which has entered into an agreement under this section an amount equal to 100 percent of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the total amount of additional compensation (as described in subsection (b)(1)) paid to individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>any additional administrative expenses incurred by the State by reason of such agreement (as determined by the Secretary).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Terms of payments</inline>.—</heading><content>Sums payable to any State by reason of such State’s having an agreement under this section shall be payable, either in advance or by way of reimbursement (as determined by the Secretary), in such amounts as the Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to receive under this section for each calendar month, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any amount by which the Secretary finds that his estimates for any prior calendar month were greater or less than the amounts which should have been paid to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the State agency of the State involved.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certifications</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums payable to such State under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>There are appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, such sums as may be necessary for purposes of this subsection.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicability</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An agreement entered into under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>beginning after the date on which such agreement is entered into; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>ending before January 1, 2010.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transition rule for individuals remaining entitled to regular compensation as of january 1, 2010</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any individual who, as of the date specified in paragraph (1)(B), has not yet exhausted all rights to regular compensation under the State law of a State with respect to a benefit year that began before such date, additional compensation (as described in subsection (b)(1)) shall continue to be payable to such individual for any week beginning on or after such date for which the individual is otherwise eligible for regular compensation with respect to such benefit year.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, no additional compensation (as described in subsection (b)(1)) shall be payable for any week beginning after June 30, 2010.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fraud and Overpayments</inline>.—</heading><content>The provisions of section 4005 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110">Public Law 110</ref>–<page identifier="/us/stat/123/439">123 STAT. 439</page> 252; <ref href="/us/stat/122/2356">122 Stat. 2356</ref>) shall apply with respect to additional compensation (as described in subsection (b)(1)) to the same extent and in the same manner as in the case of emergency unemployment compensation.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to Other Unemployment Benefits</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Each agreement under this section shall include provisions to provide that the purposes of the preceding provisions of this section shall be applied with respect to unemployment benefits described in subsection (i)(3) to the same extent and in the same manner as if those benefits were regular compensation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility and termination rules</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Additional compensation (as described in subsection (b)(1))—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>shall not be payable, pursuant to this subsection, with respect to any unemployment benefits described in subsection (i)(3) for any week beginning on or after the date specified in subsection (e)(1)(B), except in the case of an individual who was eligible to receive additional compensation (as so described) in connection with any regular compensation or any unemployment benefits described in subsection (i)(3) for any period of unemployment ending before such date; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>shall in no event be payable for any week beginning after the date specified in subsection (e)(3).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps"> Disregard of Additional Compensation for Purposes of Medicaid and SCHIP</inline>.—</heading><content>The monthly equivalent of any additional compensation paid under this section shall be disregarded in considering the amount of income of an individual for any purposes under title XIX and title XXI of the Social Security Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the terms “compensation”, “regular compensation”, “benefit year”, “State”, “State agency”, “State law”, and “week” have the respective meanings given such terms under section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (<ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 U.S.C. 3304 note</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the term “<term>emergency unemployment compensation</term>” means emergency unemployment compensation under title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/252">Public Law 110–252</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/2353">122 Stat. 2353</ref>); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>any reference to unemployment benefits described in this paragraph shall be considered to refer to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>extended compensation (as defined by section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>unemployment compensation (as defined by section 85(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) provided under any program administered by a State under an agreement with the Secretary.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2003">SEC. 2003. </num><heading>SPECIAL TRANSFERS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION MODERNIZATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 903 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1103">42 U.S.C. 1103</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/440">123 STAT. 440</page> <quotedContent><p class="variable fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">“Special Transfers in Fiscal Years 2009, 2010, and 2011 for Modernization</p><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>In addition to any other amounts, the Secretary of Labor shall provide for the making of unemployment compensation modernization incentive payments (hereinafter ‘incentive payments’) to the accounts of the States in the Unemployment Trust Fund, by transfer from amounts reserved for that purpose in the Federal unemployment account, in accordance with succeeding provisions of this subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The maximum incentive payment allowable under this subsection with respect to any State shall, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, be equal to the amount obtained by multiplying $7,000,000,000 by the same ratio as would apply under subsection (a)(2)(B) for purposes of determining such State’s share of any excess amount (as described in subsection (a)(1)) that would have been subject to transfer to State accounts, as of October 1, 2008, under the provisions of subsection (a).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>Of the maximum incentive payment determined under subparagraph (B) with respect to a State—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>one-third shall be transferred to the account of such State upon a certification under paragraph (4)(B) that the State law of such State meets the requirements of paragraph (2); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the remainder shall be transferred to the account of such State upon a certification under paragraph (4)(B) that the State law of such State meets the requirements of paragraph (3).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>The State law of a State meets the requirements of this paragraph if such State law—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>uses a base period that includes the most recently completed calendar quarter before the start of the benefit year for purposes of determining eligibility for unemployment compensation; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>provides that, in the case of an individual who would not otherwise be eligible for unemployment compensation under the State law because of the use of a base period that does not include the most recently completed calendar quarter before the start of the benefit year, eligibility shall be determined using a base period that includes such calendar quarter.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>The State law of a State meets the requirements of this paragraph if such State law includes provisions to carry out at least 2 of the following subparagraphs:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>An individual shall not be denied regular unemployment compensation under any State law provisions relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work, solely because such individual is seeking only part-time work (as defined by the Secretary of Labor), except that the State law provisions carrying out this subparagraph may exclude an individual if a majority of the weeks of work in such individual’s base period do not include part-time work (as so defined).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>An individual shall not be disqualified from regular unemployment compensation for separating from employment if that separation is for any compelling family reason. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>compelling family reason</term>’ means the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/441">123 STAT. 441</page></chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>Domestic violence, verified by such reasonable and confidential documentation as the State law may require, which causes the individual reasonably to believe that such individual’s continued employment would jeopardize the safety of the individual or of any member of the individual’s immediate family (as defined by the Secretary of Labor).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The illness or disability of a member of the individual’s immediate family (as those terms are defined by the Secretary of Labor).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><chapeau>The need for the individual to accompany such individual’s spouse—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>to a place from which it is impractical for such individual to commute; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>due to a change in location of the spouse’s employment.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>Weekly unemployment compensation is payable under this subparagraph to any individual who is unemployed (as determined under the State unemployment compensation law), has exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under the State law, and is enrolled and making satisfactory progress in a State-approved training program or in a job training program authorized under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, except that such compensation is not required to be paid to an individual who is receiving similar stipends or other training allowances for non-training costs.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>Each State-approved training program or job training program referred to in clause (i) shall prepare individuals who have been separated from a declining occupation, or who have been involuntarily and indefinitely separated from employment as a result of a permanent reduction of operations at the individual’s place of employment, for entry into a high-demand occupation.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><chapeau>The amount of unemployment compensation payable under this subparagraph to an individual for a week of unemployment shall be equal to—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the individual’s average weekly benefit amount (including dependents’ allowances) for the most recent benefit year, less</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>any deductible income, as determined under State law.</content></subclause><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">The total amount of unemployment compensation payable under this subparagraph to any individual shall be equal to at least 26 times the individual’s average weekly benefit amount (including dependents’ allowances) for the most recent benefit year.</continuation></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>Dependents’ allowances are provided, in the case of any individual who is entitled to receive regular unemployment compensation and who has any dependents (as defined by State law), in an amount equal to at least $15 per dependent per week, subject to any aggregate limitation on such allowances which the State law may establish (but which aggregate limitation on the total allowance for dependents paid to an individual may not be less than $50 for each week of unemployment or 50 percent of the individual’s weekly benefit amount for the benefit year, whichever is less), except that a State law may provide for a reasonable reduction in the amount of any such allowance for a week of less than total unemployment.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/442">123 STAT. 442</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Application.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Any State seeking an incentive payment under this subsection shall submit an application therefor at such time, in such manner, and complete with such information as the Secretary of Labor may within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection prescribe (whether by regulation or otherwise), including information relating to compliance with the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3), as well as how the State intends to use the incentive payment to improve or strengthen the State’s unemployment compensation program. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote>The Secretary of Labor shall, within 30 days after receiving a complete application, notify the State agency of the State of the Secretary’s findings with respect to the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) (or both).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certifications.</p></sidenote>If the Secretary of Labor finds that the State law provisions (disregarding any State law provisions which are not then currently in effect as permanent law or which are subject to discontinuation) meet the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3), as the case may be, the Secretary of Labor shall thereupon make a certification to that effect to the Secretary of the Treasury, together with a certification as to the amount of the incentive payment to be transferred to the State account pursuant to that finding. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>The Secretary of the Treasury shall make the appropriate transfer within 7 days after receiving such certification.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote>For purposes of clause (i), State law provisions which are to take effect within 12 months after the date of their certification under this subparagraph shall be considered to be in effect as of the date of such certification.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>No certification of compliance with the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) may be made with respect to any State whose State law is not otherwise eligible for certification under section 303 or approvable under section 3304 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>No certification of compliance with the requirements of paragraph (3) may be made with respect to any State whose State law is not in compliance with the requirements of paragraph (2).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>No application under subparagraph (A) may be considered if submitted before the date of the enactment of this subsection or after the latest date necessary (as specified by the Secretary of Labor) to ensure that all incentive payments under this subsection are made before October 1, 2011.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any amount transferred to the account of a State under this subsection may be used by such State only in the payment of cash benefits to individuals with respect to their unemployment (including for dependents’ allowances and for unemployment compensation under paragraph (3)(C)), exclusive of expenses of administration.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A State may, subject to the same conditions as set forth in subsection (c)(2) (excluding subparagraph (B) thereof, and deeming the reference to ‘subsections (a) and (b)’ in subparagraph (D) thereof to include this subsection), use any amount transferred to the account of such State under this subsection for the administration of its unemployment compensation law and public employment offices.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>Out of any money in the Federal unemployment account not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall reserve $7,000,000,000 for incentive payments under this subsection. Any amount so reserved shall not be taken into account for purposes of any determination under section 902, 910, or 1203 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/443">123 STAT. 443</page> of the amount in the Federal unemployment account as of any given time. Any amount so reserved for which the Secretary of the Treasury has not received a certification under paragraph (4)(B) by the deadline described in paragraph (4)(C)(iii) shall, upon the close of fiscal year 2011, become unrestricted as to use as part of the Federal unemployment account.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content><p>For purposes of this subsection, the terms ‘benefit year’, ‘base period’, and ‘week’ have the respective meanings given such terms under section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (<ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 U.S.C. 3304 note</ref>).</p><p class="variable fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">“Special Transfer in Fiscal Year 2009 for Administration</p></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>In addition to any other amounts, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the employment security administration account to the account of each State in the Unemployment Trust Fund, within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the amount determined with respect to such State under paragraph (2).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The amount to be transferred under this subsection to a State account shall (as determined by the Secretary of Labor and certified by such Secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury) be equal to the amount obtained by multiplying $500,000,000 by the same ratio as determined under subsection (f)(1)(B) with respect to such State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>Any amount transferred to the account of a State as a result of the enactment of this subsection may be used by the State agency of such State only in the payment of expenses incurred by it for—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the administration of the provisions of its State law carrying out the purposes of subsection (f)(2) or any subparagraph of subsection (f)(3);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>improved outreach to individuals who might be eligible for regular unemployment compensation by virtue of any provisions of the State law which are described in subparagraph (A);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the improvement of unemployment benefit and unemployment tax operations, including responding to increased demand for unemployment compensation; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>staff-assisted reemployment services for unemployment compensation claimants.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1103">42 USC 1103 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any regulations, operating instructions, or other guidance necessary to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a).</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2004">SEC. 2004. </num><heading>TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR STATES WITH ADVANCES.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1202(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1322/b">42 U.S.C. 1322(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>With respect to the period beginning on the date of enactment of this paragraph and ending on December 31, 2010—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>any interest payment otherwise due from a State under this subsection during such period shall be deemed to have been made by the State; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>no interest shall accrue during such period on any advance or advances made under section 1201 to a State.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall have no effect on the requirement for interest payments under this subsection <page identifier="/us/stat/123/444">123 STAT. 444</page> after the period described in such subparagraph or on the accrual of interest under this subsection after such period.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2005">SEC. 2005. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 USC 3304 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR A LIMITED PERIOD.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of sharable extended compensation and sharable regular compensation paid for weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of this section and before January 1, 2010, section 204(a)(1) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (<ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 U.S.C. 3304 note</ref>) shall be applied by substituting “100 percent of” for “one-half of”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>At the option of a State, for any weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of this section and before January 1, 2010, an individual’s eligibility period (as described in section 203(c) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970) shall, for purposes of any determination of eligibility for extended compensation under the State law of such State, be considered to include any week which begins—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>after the date as of which such individual exhausts all rights to emergency unemployment compensation; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>during an extended benefit period that began on or before the date described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limited Extension</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of an individual who receives extended compensation with respect to 1 or more weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and before January 1, 2010, the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall, at the option of a State, be applied by substituting “ending before June 1, 2010” for “before January 1, 2010”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension of Temporary Federal Matching for the First Week of Extended Benefits for States With No Waiting Week</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/449">Public Law 110–449</ref>) <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 USC 3304 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 8, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>May 30, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/449">Public Law 110–449</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the terms “sharable extended compensation” and “sharable regular compensation” have the respective meanings given such terms under section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the terms “extended compensation”, “State”, “State law”, and “week” have the respective meanings given such terms under section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the term “<term>emergency unemployment compensation</term>” means benefits payable to individuals under title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to their unemployment; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the term “<term>extended benefit period</term>” means an extended benefit period as determined in accordance with applicable <page identifier="/us/stat/123/445">123 STAT. 445</page> provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any operating instructions or regulations necessary to carry out this section.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2006">SEC. 2006. </num><heading>TEMPORARY INCREASE IN EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2(c)(2) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s352/c/2">45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Employees with 10 or more years of service</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to clause (iii), in the case of an employee who has 10 or more years of service (as so defined), with respect to extended unemployment benefits—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting ‘130 days of unemployment’ for ‘65 days of unemployment’; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>subparagraph (B) shall be applied by inserting ‘(or, in the case of unemployment benefits, 13 consecutive 14-day periods)’ after ‘7 consecutive 14-day periods’.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Employees with less than 10 years of service</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to clause (iii), in the case of an employee who has less than 10 years of service (as so defined), with respect to extended unemployment benefits, this paragraph shall apply to such an employee in the same manner as this paragraph would apply to an employee described in clause (i) if such clause had not been enacted.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>The provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall apply to an employee who received normal benefits for days of unemployment under this Act during the period beginning July 1, 2008, and ending on June 30, 2009, except that no extended benefit period under this paragraph shall begin after December 31, 2009. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no benefits shall be payable under this subparagraph and clauses (i) and (ii) shall no longer be applicable upon the exhaustion of the funds appropriated under clause (iv) for payment of benefits under this subparagraph.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><content>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $20,000,000 to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under this subparagraph, to remain available until expended.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding for Administration</inline>.—</heading><content>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Railroad Retirement Board $80,000 to cover the administrative expenses associated with the payment of additional extended unemployment benefits under section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad <page identifier="/us/stat/123/446">123 STAT. 446</page> Unemployment Insurance Act, as added by subsection (a), to remain available until expended.</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Assistance for Vulnerable Individuals</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2101">SEC. 2101. </num><heading>EMERGENCY FUND FOR TANF PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Temporary Fund</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 403 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s603">42 U.S.C. 603</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Emergency Fund</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as the ‘Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs’ (in this subsection referred to as the ‘Emergency Fund’).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deposits into fund</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2009, $5,000,000,000 for payment to the Emergency Fund.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability and use of funds</inline>.—</heading><content>The amounts appropriated to the Emergency Fund under subparagraph (A) shall remain available through fiscal year 2010 and shall be used to make grants to States in each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010 in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (3).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>In no case may the Secretary make a grant from the Emergency Fund for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2010.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grants</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant related to caseload increases</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For each calendar quarter in fiscal year 2009 or 2010, the Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency Fund to each State that—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>requests a grant under this subparagraph for the quarter; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>meets the requirement of clause (ii) for the quarter.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Caseload increase requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>A State meets the requirement of this clause for a quarter if the average monthly assistance caseload of the State for the quarter exceeds the average monthly assistance caseload of the State for the corresponding quarter in the emergency fund base year of the State.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount of grant</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be made to a State under this subparagraph for a quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent of the amount (if any) by which the total expenditures of the State for basic assistance (as defined by the Secretary) in the quarter, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures, exceeds the total expenditures of the State for such assistance for the corresponding quarter in the emergency fund base year of the State.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/447">123 STAT. 447</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant related to increased expenditures for non-recurrent short term benefits</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For each calendar quarter in fiscal year 2009 or 2010, the Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency Fund to each State that—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>requests a grant under this subparagraph for the quarter; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>meets the requirement of clause (ii) for the quarter.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Non-recurrent short term expenditure requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>A State meets the requirement of this clause for a quarter if the total expenditures of the State for non-recurrent short term benefits in the quarter, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures, exceeds the total expenditures of the State for non-recurrent short term benefits in the corresponding quarter in the emergency fund base year of the State.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount of grant</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be made to a State under this subparagraph for a quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent of the excess described in clause (ii).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant related to increased expenditures for subsidized employment</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For each calendar quarter in fiscal year 2009 or 2010, the Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency Fund to each State that—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>requests a grant under this subparagraph for the quarter; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>meets the requirement of clause (ii) for the quarter.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Subsidized employment expenditure requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>A State meets the requirement of this clause for a quarter if the total expenditures of the State for subsidized employment in the quarter, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures, exceeds the total such expenditures of the State in the corresponding quarter in the emergency fund base year of the State.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount of grant</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be made to a State under this subparagraph for a quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent of the excess described in clause (ii).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority to make necessary adjustments to data and collect needed data</inline>.—</heading><content>In determining the size of the caseload of a State and the expenditures of a State for basic assistance, non-recurrent short-term benefits, and subsidized employment, during any period for which the State requests funds under this subsection, and during the emergency fund base year of the State, the Secretary may make appropriate adjustments to the data, on a State-by-State basis, to ensure that the data are comparable with respect to the groups of families served and the types of aid provided. The Secretary may develop a mechanism for collecting expenditure data, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/448">123 STAT. 448</page> including procedures which allow States to make reasonable estimates, and may set deadlines for making revisions to the data.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The total amount payable to a single State under subsection (b) and this subsection for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 combined shall not exceed 50 percent of the annual State family assistance grant.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations on use of funds</inline>.—</heading><content>A State to which an amount is paid under this subsection may use the amount only as authorized by section 404.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Timing of implementation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall implement this subsection as quickly as reasonably possible, pursuant to appropriate guidance to States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to indian tribes</inline>.—</heading><content>This subsection shall apply to an Indian tribe with an approved tribal family assistance plan under section 412 in the same manner as this subsection applies to a State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Average monthly assistance caseload defined</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>average monthly assistance caseload</term>’ means, with respect to a State and a quarter, the number of families receiving assistance during the quarter under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures, subject to adjustment under paragraph (4).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Emergency fund base year</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>emergency fund base year</term>’ means, with respect to a State and a category described in clause (ii), whichever of fiscal year 2007 or 2008 is the fiscal year in which the amount described by the category with respect to the State is the lesser.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Categories described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The categories described in this clause are the following:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>The average monthly assistance caseload of the State.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>The total expenditures of the State for non-recurrent short term benefits, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>The total expenditures of the State for subsidized employment, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified state expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>qualified State expenditures</term>’ has the meaning given the term in section 409(a)(7).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote>Effective October 1, 2010, subsection (c) of section 403 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s603">42 U.S.C. 603</ref>) (as added by paragraph (1)) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>, except that paragraph (9) of such subsection shall remain in effect until October 1, 2011, but only with respect to section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Temporary Modification of Caseload Reduction Credit</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s607/b/3/A/i">42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(A)(i)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or if the immediately preceding fiscal year is fiscal year 2008, 2009, or 2010, then, at State option, during the emergency fund base year of the State <page identifier="/us/stat/123/449">123 STAT. 449</page> with respect to the average monthly assistance caseload of the State (within the meaning of section 403(c)(9)), except that, if a State elects such option for fiscal year 2008, the emergency fund base year of the State with respect to such caseload shall be fiscal year 2007))</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>under the State</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disregard From Limitation on Total Payments to Territories</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1108(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1308/a/2">42 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>403(c)(3),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>403(a)(5),</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Sunset of Other Temporary Provisions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disregard from limitation on total payments to territories</inline>.—</heading><content>Effective October 1, 2010, section 1108(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1308/a/2">42 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>403(c)(3),</quotedText>” (as added by subsection (c)).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Caseload reduction credit</inline>.—</heading><content>Effective October 1, 2011, section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s607/b/3/A/i">42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(A)(i)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or if the immediately preceding fiscal year is fiscal year 2008, 2009, or 2010, then, at State option, during the emergency fund base year of the State with respect to the average monthly assistance caseload of the State (within the meaning of section 403(c)(9)), except that, if a State elects such option for fiscal year 2008, the emergency fund base year of the State with respect to such caseload shall be fiscal year 2007))</quotedText>” (as added by subsection (b)).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2102">SEC. 2102. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF TANF SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension Through Fiscal Year 2010</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 7101(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/171">Public Law 109–171</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/120/135">120 Stat. 135</ref>), as amended by section 301(a) of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/275">Public Law 110–275</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 403(a)(3)(H)(ii) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s603/a/3/H/ii">42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)(H)(ii)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>subparagraph (G) shall be applied as if ‘fiscal year 2010’ were substituted for ‘fiscal year 2001’; and”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2103">SEC. 2103. </num><heading>CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF STATES TO USE TANF FUNDS CARRIED OVER FROM PRIOR YEARS TO PROVIDE TANF BENEFITS AND SERVICES.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 404(e) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s604/e">42 U.S.C. 604(e)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority to Carry Over Certain Amounts for Benefits or Services or for Future Contingencies</inline>.—</heading><content>A State or tribe may use a grant made to the State or tribe under this part for any fiscal year to provide, without fiscal year limitation, any benefit or service that may be provided under the State or tribal program funded under this part.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2104">SEC. 2104. </num><heading>TEMPORARY RESUMPTION OF PRIOR CHILD SUPPORT LAW.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s655">42 USC 655 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>During the period that begins on October 1, 2008, and ends on September 30, 2010, section 455(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s655/a/1">42 U.S.C. 655(a)(1)</ref>) shall be applied and administered as if the phrase “from amounts paid to the State under section 458 or” does not appear in such section.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/450">123 STAT. 450</page></content></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="C">Subtitle C—</num><heading>Economic Recovery Payments to Certain Individuals</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2201">SEC. 2201. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6428">26 USC 6428 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>ECONOMIC RECOVERY PAYMENT TO RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY, SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME, RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS, AND VETERANS DISABILITY COMPENSATION OR PENSION BENEFITS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority to Make Payments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to paragraph (5)(B), the Secretary of the Treasury shall disburse a $250 payment to each individual who, for any month during the 3-month period ending with the month which ends prior to the month that includes the date of the enactment of this Act, is entitled to a benefit payment described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (B) or is eligible for a SSI cash benefit described in subparagraph (C).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Benefit payment described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of subparagraph (A):</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Title ii benefit</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A benefit payment described in this clause is a monthly insurance benefit payable (without regard to sections 202(j)(1) and 223(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402/j/1">42 U.S.C. 402(j)(1)</ref>, 423(b)) under—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>section 202(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402/a">42 U.S.C. 402(a)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>section 202(b) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402/b">42 U.S.C. 402(b)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>section 202(c) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402/c">42 U.S.C. 402(c)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">(IV) </num><content>section 202(d)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402/d/1/B/ii">42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1)(B)(ii)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">(V) </num><content>section 202(e) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402/e">42 U.S.C. 402(e)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VI">(VI) </num><content>section 202(f) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402/f">42 U.S.C. 402(f)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VII">(VII) </num><content>section 202(g) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402/g">42 U.S.C. 402(g)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VIII">(VIII) </num><content>section 202(h) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402/h">42 U.S.C. 402(h)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IX">(IX) </num><content>section 223(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s423/a">42 U.S.C. 423(a)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="X">(X) </num><content>section 227 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s427">42 U.S.C. 427</ref>); or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="XI">(XI) </num><content>section 228 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s428">42 U.S.C. 428</ref>).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Railroad retirement benefit</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A benefit payment described in this clause is a monthly annuity or pension payment payable (without regard to section 5(a)(ii) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231d/a/ii">45 U.S.C. 231d(a)(ii)</ref>)) under—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>section 2(a)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231a/a/1">45 U.S.C. 231a(a)(1)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>section 2(c) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231a/c">45 U.S.C. 231a(c)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>section 2(d)(1)(i) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231a/d/1/i">45 U.S.C. 231a(d)(1)(i)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">(IV) </num><content>section 2(d)(1)(ii) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231a/d/1/ii">45 U.S.C. 231a(d)(1)(ii)</ref>);<page identifier="/us/stat/123/451">123 STAT. 451</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">(V) </num><content>section 2(d)(1)(iii)(C) of such Act to an adult disabled child (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231a/d/1/iii/C">45 U.S.C. 231a(d)(1)(iii)(C)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VI">(VI) </num><content>section 2(d)(1)(iv) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231a/d/1/iv">45 U.S.C. 231a(d)(1)(iv)</ref>);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VII">(VII) </num><content>section 2(d)(1)(v) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231a/d/1/v">45 U.S.C. 231a(d)(1)(v)</ref>); or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VIII">(VIII) </num><content>section 7(b)(2) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231f/b/2">45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(2)</ref>) with respect to any of the benefit payments described in clause (i) of this subparagraph.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Veterans benefit</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A benefit payment described in this clause is a compensation or pension payment payable under—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>section 1110, 1117, 1121, 1131, 1141, or 1151 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>section 1310, 1312, 1313, 1315, 1316, or 1318 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>section 1513, 1521, 1533, 1536, 1537, 1541, 1542, or 1562 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">(IV) </num><content>section 1805, 1815, or 1821 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>,</content></subclause><continuation class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126">to a veteran, surviving spouse, child, or parent as described in paragraph (2), (3), (4)(A)(ii), or (5) of section 101, <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, who received that benefit during any month within the 3 month period ending with the month which ends prior to the month that includes the date of the enactment of this Act.</continuation></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Ssi cash benefit described</inline>.—</heading><content>A SSI cash benefit described in this subparagraph is a cash benefit payable under section 1611 (other than under subsection (e)(1)(B) of such section) or 1619(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1382">42 U.S.C. 1382</ref>, 1382h).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>A payment shall be made under paragraph (1) only to individuals who reside in 1 of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the determination of the individual’s residence shall be based on the current address of record under a program specified in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No double payments</inline>.—</heading><content>An individual shall be paid only 1 payment under this section, regardless of whether the individual is entitled to, or eligible for, more than 1 benefit or cash payment described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A payment under this section shall not be made—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the case of an individual entitled to a benefit specified in paragraph (1)(B)(i) or paragraph (1)(B)(ii)(VIII) if, for the most recent month of such individual’s entitlement in the 3-month period described in paragraph (1), such individual’s benefit under such paragraph was not payable by reason of subsection (x) or (y) of section 202 the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402">42 U.S.C. 402</ref>) or section 1129A of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a-8a">42 U.S.C. 1320a-8a</ref>);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the case of an individual entitled to a benefit specified in paragraph (1)(B)(iii) if, for the most recent month of such individual’s entitlement in the 3 month <page identifier="/us/stat/123/452">123 STAT. 452</page> period described in paragraph (1), such individual’s benefit under such paragraph was not payable, or was reduced, by reason of section 1505, 5313, or 5313B of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in the case of an individual entitled to a benefit specified in paragraph (1)(C) if, for such most recent month, such individual’s benefit under such paragraph was not payable by reason of subsection (e)(1)(A) or (e)(4) of section 1611 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1382">42 U.S.C. 1382</ref>) or section 1129A of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a-8a">42 U.S.C. 1320a-8a</ref>); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>in the case of any individual whose date of death occurs before the date on which the individual is certified under subsection (b) to receive a payment under this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Timing and manner of payments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>The Secretary of the Treasury shall commence disbursing payments under this section at the earliest practicable date but in no event later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary of the Treasury may disburse any payment electronically to an individual in such manner as if such payment was a benefit payment or cash benefit to such individual under the applicable program described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deadline</inline>.—</heading><content>No payments shall be disbursed under this section after December 31, 2010, regardless of any determinations of entitlement to, or eligibility for, such payments made after such date.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Identification of Recipients</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote>The Commissioner of Social Security, the Railroad Retirement Board, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall certify the individuals entitled to receive payments under this section and provide the Secretary of the Treasury with the information needed to disburse such payments. A certification of an individual shall be unaffected by any subsequent determination or redetermination of the individual’s entitlement to, or eligibility for, a benefit specified in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(1).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of Payments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment to be disregarded for purposes of all federal and federally assisted programs</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>A payment under subsection (a) shall not be regarded as income and shall not be regarded as a resource for the month of receipt and the following 9 months, for purposes of determining the eligibility of the recipient (or the recipient’s spouse or family) for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any Federal program or under any State or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment not considered income for purposes of taxation</inline>.—</heading><content>A payment under subsection (a) shall not be considered as gross income for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments protected from assignment</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>The provisions of sections 207 and 1631(d)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s407">42 U.S.C. 407</ref>, 1383(d)(1)), section 14(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231m/a">45 U.S.C. 231m(a)</ref>), and <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5301">section 5301 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, shall apply to any payment <page identifier="/us/stat/123/453">123 STAT. 453</page> made under subsection (a) as if such payment was a benefit payment or cash benefit to such individual under the applicable program described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments subject to offset</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding paragraph (3), for purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3716">section 3716 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, any payment made under this section shall not be considered a benefit payment or cash benefit made under the applicable program described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(1) and all amounts paid shall be subject to offset to collect delinquent debts.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment to Representative Payees and Fiduciaries</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In any case in which an individual who is entitled to a payment under subsection (a) and whose benefit payment or cash benefit described in paragraph (1) of that subsection is paid to a representative payee or fiduciary, the payment under subsection (a) shall be made to the individual’s representative payee or fiduciary and the entire payment shall be used only for the benefit of the individual who is entitled to the payment.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicability</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment on the basis of a title ii or ssi benefit</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1129(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–8/a/3">42 U.S.C. 1320a–8(a)(3)</ref>) shall apply to any payment made on the basis of an entitlement to a benefit specified in paragraph (1)(B)(i) or (1)(C) of subsection (a) in the same manner as such section applies to a payment under title II or XVI of such Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment on the basis of a railroad retirement benefit</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 13 of the Railroad Retirement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t45/s231l">45 U.S.C. 231l</ref>) shall apply to any payment made on the basis of an entitlement to a benefit specified in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) of subsection (a) in the same manner as such section applies to a payment under such Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment on the basis of a veterans benefit</inline>.—</heading><content>Sections 5502, 6106, and 6108 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, shall apply to any payment made on the basis of an entitlement to a benefit specified in paragraph (1)(B)(iii) of subsection (a) in the same manner as those sections apply to a payment under that title.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Out of any sums in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the following sums are appropriated for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2011, to remain available until expended, to carry out this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>For the Secretary of the Treasury, $131,000,000 for administrative costs incurred in carrying out this section, section 2202, section 36A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this Act), and other provisions of this Act or the amendments made by this Act relating to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>For the Commissioner of Social Security—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>such sums as may be necessary for payments to individuals certified by the Commissioner of Social Security as entitled to receive a payment under this section; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$90,000,000 for the Social Security Administration’s Limitation on Administrative Expenses for costs incurred in carrying out this section.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/454">123 STAT. 454</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>For the Railroad Retirement Board—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>such sums as may be necessary for payments to individuals certified by the Railroad Retirement Board as entitled to receive a payment under this section; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$1,400,000 to the Railroad Retirement Board’s Limitation on Administration for administrative costs incurred in carrying out this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>For the Secretary of Veterans Affairs—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>such sums as may be necessary for the Compensation and Pensions account, for payments to individuals certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as entitled to receive a payment under this section; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>$100,000 for the Information Systems Technology account and $7,100,000 for the General Operating Expenses account for administrative costs incurred in carrying out this section.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The Department of Veterans Affairs Compensation and Pensions account shall hereinafter be available for payments authorized under subsection (a)(1)(A) to individuals entitled to a benefit payment described in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="2202">SEC. 2202. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6428">26 USC 6428 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SPECIAL CREDIT FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT RETIREES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the first taxable year beginning in 2009 an amount equal $250 ($500 in the case of a joint return where both spouses are eligible individuals).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible Individual</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term “<term>eligible individual</term>” means any individual—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>who receives during the first taxable year beginning in 2009 any amount as a pension or annuity for service performed in the employ of the United States or any State, or any instrumentality thereof, which is not considered employment for purposes of chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>who does not receive a payment under section 2201 during such taxable year.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Identification number requirement</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Such term shall not include any individual who does not include on the return of tax for the taxable year—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>such individual’s social security account number, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the case of a joint return, the social security account number of one of the taxpayers on such return.</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">For purposes of the preceding sentence, the social security account number shall not include a TIN (as defined in section 7701(a)(41) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Any omission of a correct social security account number required under this subparagraph shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical error for purposes of applying section 6213(g)(2) of such Code to such omission.</continuation></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of Credit</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Refundable credit</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The credit allowed by subsection (a) shall be treated as allowed by subpart C of part IV of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/455">123 STAT. 455</page> subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriations</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1324/b/2">section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, the credit allowed by subsection (a) shall be treated in the same manner a refund from the credit allowed under section 36A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this Act).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deficiency rules</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of section 6211(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the credit allowable by subsection (a) shall be treated in the same manner as the credit allowable under section 36A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this Act).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Refunds Disregarded in the Administration of Federal Programs and Federally Assisted Programs</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>Any credit or refund allowed or made to any individual by reason of this section shall not be taken into account as income and shall not be taken into account as resources for the month of receipt and the following 2 months, for purposes of determining the eligibility of such individual or any other individual for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any Federal program or under any State or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds.</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>PREMIUM ASSISTANCE FOR COBRA BENEFITS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="3000">SEC. 3000. </num><heading>TABLE OF CONTENTS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The table of contents of this title is as follows:<toc> <referenceItem role="title" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>TITLE III—</designator> <label>PREMIUM ASSISTANCE FOR COBRA BENEFITS</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 3000. </designator> <label>Table of contents.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 3001. </designator> <label>Premium assistance for COBRA benefits.</label> </referenceItem></toc></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="3001">SEC. 3001. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6432">26 USC 6432 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>PREMIUM ASSISTANCE FOR COBRA BENEFITS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Premium Assistance for COBRA Continuation Coverage for Individuals and Their Families</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Provision of premium assistance</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reduction of premiums payable</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any premium for a period of coverage beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act for COBRA continuation coverage with respect to any assistance eligible individual, such individual shall be treated for purposes of any COBRA continuation provision as having paid the amount of such premium if such individual pays (or a person other than such individual’s employer pays on behalf of such individual) 35 percent of the amount of such premium (as determined without regard to this subsection).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Plan enrollment option</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Notwithstanding the COBRA continuation provisions, an assistance eligible individual may, not later than 90 days after the date of notice of the plan enrollment option described in this subparagraph, elect to enroll in coverage under a plan offered by the employer involved, or the employee organization involved (including, for this purpose, a joint board of trustees of a multiemployer trust <page identifier="/us/stat/123/456">123 STAT. 456</page> affiliated with one or more multiemployer plans), that is different than coverage under the plan in which such individual was enrolled at the time the qualifying event occurred, and such coverage shall be treated as COBRA continuation coverage for purposes of the applicable COBRA continuation coverage provision.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An assistance eligible individual may elect to enroll in different coverage as described in clause (i) only if—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>the employer involved has made a determination that such employer will permit assistance eligible individuals to enroll in different coverage as provided for this subparagraph;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>the premium for such different coverage does not exceed the premium for coverage in which the individual was enrolled at the time the qualifying event occurred;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>the different coverage in which the individual elects to enroll is coverage that is also offered to the active employees of the employer at the time at which such election is made; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">(IV) </num><chapeau>the different coverage is not—</chapeau><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">(aa) </num><content>coverage that provides only dental, vision, counseling, or referral services (or a combination of such services);</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">(bb) </num><content>a flexible spending arrangement (as defined in section 106(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); or</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="cc">(cc) </num><content>coverage that provides coverage for services or treatments furnished in an on-site medical facility maintained by the employer and that consists primarily of first-aid services, prevention and wellness care, or similar care (or a combination of such care).</content></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Premium reimbursement</inline>.—</heading><content>For provisions providing the balance of such premium, see section 6432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by paragraph (12).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation of period of premium assistance</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Paragraph (1)(A) shall not apply with respect to any assistance eligible individual for months of coverage beginning on or after the earlier of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the first date that such individual is eligible for coverage under any other group health plan (other than coverage consisting of only dental, vision, counseling, or referral services (or a combination thereof), coverage under a flexible spending arrangement (as defined in section 106(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), or coverage of treatment that is furnished in an on-site medical facility maintained by the employer and that consists primarily of first-aid services, prevention and wellness care, or similar care (or a combination thereof)) or is eligible for benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>the earliest of—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/457">123 STAT. 457</page> <subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>the date which is 9 months after the first day of the first month that paragraph (1)(A) applies with respect to such individual,</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>the date following the expiration of the maximum period of continuation coverage required under the applicable COBRA continuation coverage provision, or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>the date following the expiration of the period of continuation coverage allowed under paragraph (4)(B)(ii).</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Timing of eligibility for additional coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), an individual shall not be treated as eligible for coverage under a group health plan before the first date on which such individual could be covered under such plan.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notification requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>An assistance eligible individual shall notify in writing the group health plan with respect to which paragraph (1)(A) applies if such paragraph ceases to apply by reason of subparagraph (A)(i). Such notice shall be provided to the group health plan in such time and manner as may be specified by the Secretary of Labor.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance eligible individual</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term “<term>assistance eligible individual</term>” means any qualified beneficiary if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>at any time during the period that begins with September 1, 2008, and ends with December 31, 2009, such qualified beneficiary is eligible for COBRA continuation coverage,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>such qualified beneficiary elects such coverage, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the qualifying event with respect to the COBRA continuation coverage consists of the involuntary termination of the covered employee’s employment and occurred during such period.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension of election period and effect on coverage</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of applying section 605(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 4980B(f)(5)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 2205(a) of the Public Health Service Act, and <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8905a/c/2">section 8905a(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, in the case of an individual who does not have an election of COBRA continuation coverage in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act but who would be an assistance eligible individual if such election were so in effect, such individual may elect the COBRA continuation coverage under the COBRA continuation coverage provisions containing such sections during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 60 days after the date on which the notification required under paragraph (7)(C) is provided to such individual.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Commencement of coverage; no reach-back</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Any COBRA continuation coverage elected by a qualified beneficiary during an extended election period under subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/458">123 STAT. 458</page> <clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>shall commence with the first period of coverage beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>shall not extend beyond the period of COBRA continuation coverage that would have been required under the applicable COBRA continuation coverage provision if the coverage had been elected as required under such provision.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Preexisting conditions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>With respect to a qualified beneficiary who elects COBRA continuation coverage pursuant to subparagraph (A), the period—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>beginning on the date of the qualifying event, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>ending with the beginning of the period described in subparagraph (B)(i),</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the 63-day periods referred to in section 701(c)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 9801(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and section 2701(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act.</continuation></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expedited review of denials of premium assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>In any case in which an individual requests treatment as an assistance eligible individual and is denied such treatment by the group health plan, the Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary of Health and Human Services in connection with COBRA continuation coverage which is provided other than pursuant to part 6 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall provide for expedited review of such denial. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Application.</p></sidenote>An individual shall be entitled to such review upon application to such Secretary in such form and manner as shall be provided by such Secretary. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Such Secretary shall make a determination regarding such individual’s eligibility within 15 business days after receipt of such individual’s application for review under this paragraph. Either Secretary’s determination upon review of the denial shall be de novo and shall be the final determination of such Secretary. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Courts.</p></sidenote>A reviewing court shall grant deference to such Secretary’s determination. The provisions of this paragraph, paragraphs (1) through (4), and paragraph (7) shall be treated as provisions of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 for purposes of part 5 of subtitle B of such title.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disregard of subsidies for purposes of federal and state programs</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any premium reduction with respect to an assistance eligible individual under this subsection shall not be considered income or resources in determining eligibility for, or the amount of assistance or benefits provided under, any other public benefit provided under Federal law or the law of any State or political subdivision thereof.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notices to individuals</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">General notice</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of notices provided under section 606(a)(4) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1166/4">29 U.S.C. 1166(4)</ref>), section 4980B(f)(6)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 2206(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/459">123 STAT. 459</page> U.S.C. 300bb-6(4)), or <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8905a/f/2/A">section 8905a(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, with respect to individuals who, during the period described in paragraph (3)(A), become entitled to elect COBRA continuation coverage, the requirements of such sections shall not be treated as met unless such notices include an additional notification to the recipient of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>the availability of premium reduction with respect to such coverage under this subsection, and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>the option to enroll in different coverage if the employer permits assistance eligible individuals to elect enrollment in different coverage (as described in paragraph (1)(B)).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Alternative notice</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote>In the case of COBRA continuation coverage to which the notice provision under such sections does not apply, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall, in consultation with administrators of the group health plans (or other entities) that provide or administer the COBRA continuation coverage involved, provide rules requiring the provision of such notice.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Form</inline>.—</heading><content>The requirement of the additional notification under this subparagraph may be met by amendment of existing notice forms or by inclusion of a separate document with the notice otherwise required.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Specific requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each additional notification under subparagraph (A) shall include—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the forms necessary for establishing eligibility for premium reduction under this subsection,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the name, address, and telephone number necessary to contact the plan administrator and any other person maintaining relevant information in connection with such premium reduction,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>a description of the extended election period provided for in paragraph (4)(A),</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>a description of the obligation of the qualified beneficiary under paragraph (2)(C) to notify the plan providing continuation coverage of eligibility for subsequent coverage under another group health plan or eligibility for benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the penalty provided under section 6720C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for failure to so notify the plan,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>a description, displayed in a prominent manner, of the qualified beneficiary’s right to a reduced premium and any conditions on entitlement to the reduced premium, and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>a description of the option of the qualified beneficiary to enroll in different coverage if the employer permits such beneficiary to elect to enroll in such different coverage under paragraph (1)(B).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notice in connection with extended election periods</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>In the case of any assistance eligible individual <page identifier="/us/stat/123/460">123 STAT. 460</page> (or any individual described in paragraph (4)(A)) who became entitled to elect COBRA continuation coverage before the date of the enactment of this Act, the administrator of the group health plan (or other entity) involved shall provide (within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act) for the additional notification required to be provided under subparagraph (A) and failure to provide such notice shall be treated as a failure to meet the notice requirements under the applicable COBRA continuation provision.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Model notices</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the Secretary of the Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe models for the additional notification required under this paragraph (other than the additional notification described in clause (ii)), and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in the case of any additional notification provided pursuant to subparagraph (A) under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8905a/f/2/A">section 8905a(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe a model for such additional notification.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this subsection, including the prevention of fraud and abuse under this subsection, except that the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may prescribe such regulations (including interim final regulations) or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of paragraphs (5), (7), and (9).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Outreach</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall provide outreach consisting of public education and enrollment assistance relating to premium reduction provided under this subsection. Such outreach shall target employers, group health plan administrators, public assistance programs, States, insurers, and other entities as determined appropriate by such Secretaries. Such outreach shall include an initial focus on those individuals electing continuation coverage who are referred to in paragraph (7)(C). <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote>Information on such premium reduction, including enrollment, shall also be made available on websites of the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrator</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>administrator</term>” has the meaning given such term in section 3(16)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">COBRA continuation coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>COBRA continuation coverage</term>” means continuation coverage provided pursuant to part 6 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (other than under section 609), title XXII of the Public Health Service Act, section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subsection (f)(1) of such section insofar as it relates to pediatric vaccines), or section 8905a <page identifier="/us/stat/123/461">123 STAT. 461</page> of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, or under a State program that provides comparable continuation coverage. Such term does not include coverage under a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan within the meaning of section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">COBRA continuation provision</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>COBRA continuation provision</term>” means the provisions of law described in subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Covered employee</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>covered employee</term>” has the meaning given such term in section 607(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualified beneficiary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>qualified beneficiary</term>” has the meaning given such term in section 607(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Group health plan</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>group health plan</term>” has the meaning given such term in section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>State</term>” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Period of coverage</inline>.—</heading><content>Any reference in this subsection to a period of coverage shall be treated as a reference to a monthly or shorter period of coverage with respect to which premiums are charged with respect to such coverage.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interim report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an interim report to the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate regarding the premium reduction provided under this subsection that includes—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the number of individuals provided such assistance as of the date of the report; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the total amount of expenditures incurred (with administrative expenditures noted separately) in connection with such assistance as of the date of the report.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Final report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>As soon as practicable after the last period of COBRA continuation coverage for which premium reduction is provided under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a final report to each Committee referred to in subparagraph (A) that includes—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the number of individuals provided premium reduction under this section;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the average dollar amount (monthly and annually) of premium reductions provided to such individuals; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>the total amount of expenditures incurred (with administrative expenditures noted separately) in connection with premium reduction under this section.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">COBRA premium assistance</inline>.—</heading><page identifier="/us/stat/123/462">123 STAT. 462</page> <subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this Act, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="6432">“SEC. 6432. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6432">26 USC 6432</ref>.</p></sidenote>COBRA PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The person to whom premiums are payable under COBRA continuation coverage shall be reimbursed as provided in subsection (c) for the amount of premiums not paid by assistance eligible individuals by reason of section 3002(a) of the Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Person Entitled to Reimbursement</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of subsection (a), except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, the person to whom premiums are payable under COBRA continuation coverage shall be treated as being—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>in the case of any group health plan which is a multiemployer plan (as defined in section 3(37) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), the plan,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>in the case of any group health plan not described in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>which is subject to the COBRA continuation provisions contained in—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the Public Health Service Act, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content><ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, or</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>under which some or all of the coverage is not provided by insurance,</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">the employer maintaining the plan, and</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>in the case of any group health plan not described in paragraph (1) or (2), the insurer providing the coverage under the group health plan.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Method of Reimbursement</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment as payment of payroll taxes</inline>.—</heading><content>Each person entitled to reimbursement under subsection (a) (and filing a claim for such reimbursement at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require) shall be treated for purposes of this title and <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1324/b/2">section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, as having paid to the Secretary, on the date that the assistance eligible individual’s premium payment is received, payroll taxes in an amount equal to the portion of such reimbursement which relates to such premium. To the extent that the amount treated as paid under the preceding sentence exceeds the amount of such person’s liability for such taxes, the Secretary shall credit or refund such excess in the same manner as if it were an overpayment of such taxes.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Overstatements</inline>.—</heading><content>Any overstatement of the reimbursement to which a person is entitled under this section (and any amount paid by the Secretary as a result of such overstatement) shall be treated as an underpayment of payroll taxes by such person and may be assessed and collected by the Secretary in the same manner as payroll taxes.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reimbursement contingent on payment of remaining premium</inline>.—</heading><content>No reimbursement may be made under this section to a person with respect to any assistance eligible individual until after the reduced premium required under <page identifier="/us/stat/123/463">123 STAT. 463</page> section 3002(a)(1)(A) of such Act with respect to such individual has been received.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payroll taxes</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>payroll taxes</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>amounts required to be deducted and withheld for the payroll period under section 3402 (relating to wage withholding),</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>amounts required to be deducted for the payroll period under section 3102 (relating to FICA employee taxes), and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>amounts of the taxes imposed for the payroll period under section 3111 (relating to FICA employer taxes).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Person</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>person</term>’ includes any governmental entity.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each person entitled to reimbursement under subsection (a) for any period shall submit such reports (at such time and in such manner) as the Secretary may require, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>an attestation of involuntary termination of employment for each covered employee on the basis of whose termination entitlement to reimbursement is claimed under subsection (a),</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>a report of the amount of payroll taxes offset under subsection (a) for the reporting period and the estimated offsets of such taxes for the subsequent reporting period in connection with reimbursements under subsection (a), and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>a report containing the TINs of all covered employees, the amount of subsidy reimbursed with respect to each covered employee and qualified beneficiaries, and a designation with respect to each covered employee as to whether the subsidy reimbursement is for coverage of 1 individual or 2 or more individuals.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall issue such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the requirement to report information or the establishment of other methods for verifying the correct amounts of reimbursements under this section, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the application of this section to group health plans that are multiemployer plans (as defined in section 3(37) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974).”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Social security trust funds held harmless</inline>.—</heading><content>In determining any amount transferred or appropriated to any fund under the Social Security Act, section 6432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be taken into account.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 6432. </designator> <label>COBRA premium assistance.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to premiums to which subsection (a)(1)(A) applies.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of an assistance eligible individual who pays, with respect to the first <page identifier="/us/stat/123/464">123 STAT. 464</page> period of COBRA continuation coverage to which subsection (a)(1)(A) applies or the immediately subsequent period, the full premium amount for such coverage, the person to whom such payment is payable shall—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>make a reimbursement payment to such individual for the amount of such premium paid in excess of the amount required to be paid under subsection (a)(1)(A); or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>provide credit to the individual for such amount in a manner that reduces one or more subsequent premium payments that the individual is required to pay under such subsection for the coverage involved.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reimbursing employer</inline>.—</heading><content>A person to which clause (i) applies shall be reimbursed as provided for in section 6432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any payment made, or credit provided, to the employee under such clause.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment or credits</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>Unless it is reasonable to believe that the credit for the excess payment in clause (i)(II) will be used by the assistance eligible individual within 180 days of the date on which the person receives from the individual the payment of the full premium amount, a person to which clause (i) applies shall make the payment required under such clause to the individual within 60 days of such payment of the full premium amount. If, as of any day within the 180-day period, it is no longer reasonable to believe that the credit will be used during that period, payment equal to the remainder of the credit outstanding shall be made to the individual within 60 days of such day.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Penalty for failure to notify health plan of cessation of eligibility for premium assistance</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="6720C">“SEC. 6720C. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6720C">26 USC 6720C</ref>.</p></sidenote>PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY HEALTH PLAN OF CESSATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR COBRA PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Any person required to notify a group health plan under section 3002(a)(2)(C)) of the Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009 who fails to make such a notification at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of Labor may require shall pay a penalty of 110 percent of the premium reduction provided under such section after termination of eligibility under such subsection.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reasonable Cause Exception</inline>.—</heading><content>No penalty shall be imposed under subsection (a) with respect to any failure if it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/465">123 STAT. 465</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of sections of part I of subchapter B of chapter 68 of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 6720C. </designator> <label>Penalty for failure to notify health plan of cessation of eligibility for COBRA premium assistance.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to failures occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with hctc</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (g) of section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s35">26 USC 35</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (9) as paragraph (10) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">COBRA premium assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of an assistance eligible individual who receives premium reduction for COBRA continuation coverage under section 3002(a) of the Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009 for any month during the taxable year, such individual shall not be treated as an eligible individual, a certified individual, or a qualifying family member for purposes of this section or section 7527 with respect to such month.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exclusion of cobra premium assistance from gross income</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 139B the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="139C">“SEC. 139C. </num><heading class="bold "><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s139C">26 USC 139C</ref>.</p></sidenote>COBRA PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “In the case of an assistance eligible individual (as defined in section 3002 of the Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009), gross income does not include any premium reduction provided under subsection (a) of such section.”</content></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 139B the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“Sec. 139C. </designator> <label>COBRA premium assistance.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Elimination of Premium Subsidy for High-Income Individuals</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recapture of subsidy for high-income individuals</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>premium assistance is provided under this section with respect to any COBRA continuation coverage which covers the taxpayer, the taxpayer’s spouse, or any dependent (within the meaning of section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, determined without regard to subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B) thereof) of the taxpayer during any portion of the taxable year, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year exceeds $125,000 ($250,000 in the case of a joint return),<page identifier="/us/stat/123/466">123 STAT. 466</page></content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">then the tax imposed by chapter 1 of such Code with respect to the taxpayer for such taxable year shall be increased by the amount of such assistance.</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Phase-in of recapture</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year does not exceed $145,000 ($290,000 in the case of a joint return), the increase in the tax imposed under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the phase-in percentage of such increase (determined without regard to this paragraph).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Phase-in percentage</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>phase-in percentage</term>” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the excess of described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), by</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>$20,000 ($40,000 in the case of a joint return).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option for high-income individuals to waive assistance and avoid recapture</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding subsection (a)(3), an individual shall not be treated as an assistance eligible individual for purposes of this section and section 6432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if such individual—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>makes a permanent election (at such time and in such form and manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe) to waive the right to the premium assistance provided under this section, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>notifies the entity to whom premiums are reimbursed under section 6432(a) of such Code of such election.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Modified adjusted gross income</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>modified adjusted gross income</term>” means the adjusted gross income (as defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of the taxpayer for the taxable year increased by any amount excluded from gross income under section 911, 931, or 933 of such Code.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credits not allowed against tax, etc</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes determining regular tax liability under section 26(b) of such Code, the increase in tax under this subsection shall not be treated as a tax imposed under chapter 1 of such Code.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue such regulations or other guidance as are necessary or appropriate to carry out this subsection, including requirements that the entity to whom premiums are reimbursed under section 6432(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 report to the Secretary, and to each assistance eligible individual, the amount of premium assistance provided under subsection (a) with respect to each such individual.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The provisions of this subsection shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/467">123 STAT. 467</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Health Information </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Technology for Economic </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">and Clinical Health Act.</p></sidenote>MEDICARE AND MEDICAID HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MISCELLANEOUS MEDICARE PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="4001">SEC. 4001. </num><heading>TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TITLE.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The table of contents of this title is as follows:<toc> <referenceItem role="title" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>TITLE IV—</designator> <label>MEDICARE AND MEDICAID HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MISCELLANEOUS MEDICARE PROVISIONS</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 4001. </designator> <label>Table of contents of title.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle A—</designator> <label>Medicare Incentives</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 4101. </designator> <label>Incentives for eligible professionals.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 4102. </designator> <label>Incentives for hospitals.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 4103. </designator> <label>Treatment of payments and savings; implementation funding.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 4104. </designator> <label>Studies and reports on health information technology.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle B—</designator> <label>Medicaid Incentives</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 4201. </designator> <label>Medicaid provider HIT adoption and operation payments; implementation funding.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="subtitle" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>Subtitle C—</designator> <label>Miscellaneous Medicare Provisions</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 4301. </designator> <label>Moratoria on certain Medicare regulations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 4302. </designator> <label>Long-term care hospital technical corrections.</label> </referenceItem></toc></content></section> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Medicare Incentives</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="4101">SEC. 4101. </num><heading>INCENTIVES FOR ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONALS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentive Payments</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1848 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–4">42 U.S.C. 1395w–4</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="o">“(o) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentives for Adoption and Meaningful Use of Certified EHR Technology</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentive payments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Subject to the succeeding subparagraphs of this paragraph, with respect to covered professional services furnished by an eligible professional during a payment year (as defined in subparagraph (E)), if the eligible professional is a meaningful EHR user (as determined under paragraph (2)) for the EHR reporting period with respect to such year, in addition to the amount otherwise paid under this part, there also shall be paid to the eligible professional (or to an employer or facility in the cases described in clause (A) of section 1842(b)(6)), from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund established under section 1841 an amount equal to 75 percent of the Secretary’s estimate (based on claims submitted not later than 2 months after the end of the payment year) of the allowed charges under this part for all such covered professional services furnished by the eligible professional during such year.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No incentive payments with respect to years after 2016</inline>.—</heading><content>No incentive payments may be <page identifier="/us/stat/123/468">123 STAT. 468</page> made under this subsection with respect to a year after 2016.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations on amounts of incentive payments</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In no case shall the amount of the incentive payment provided under this paragraph for an eligible professional for a payment year exceed the applicable amount specified under this subparagraph with respect to such eligible professional and such year.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Amount</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to clauses (iii) through (v), the applicable amount specified in this subparagraph for an eligible professional is as follows:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>For the first payment year for such professional, $15,000 (or, if the first payment year for such eligible professional is 2011 or 2012, $18,000).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>For the second payment year for such professional, $12,000.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>For the third payment year for such professional, $8,000.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>For the fourth payment year for such professional, $4,000.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>For the fifth payment year for such professional, $2,000.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VI">“(VI) </num><content>For any succeeding payment year for such professional, $0.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Phase down for eligible professionals first adopting ehr after 2013</inline>.—</heading><content>If the first payment year for an eligible professional is after 2013, then the amount specified in this subparagraph for a payment year for such professional is the same as the amount specified in clause (ii) for such payment year for an eligible professional whose first payment year is 2013.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increase for certain eligible professionals</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of an eligible professional who predominantly furnishes services under this part in an area that is designated by the Secretary (under section 332(a)(1)(A) of the Public Health Service Act) as a health professional shortage area, the amount that would otherwise apply for a payment year for such professional under subclauses (I) through (V) of clause (ii) shall be increased by 10 percent. In implementing the preceding sentence, the Secretary may, as determined appropriate, apply provisions of subsections (m) and (u) of section 1833 in a similar manner as such provisions apply under such subsection.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No incentive payment if first adopting after 2014</inline>.—</heading><content>If the first payment year for an eligible professional is after 2014 then the applicable amount specified in this subparagraph for such professional for such year and any subsequent year shall be $0.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Non-application to hospital-based eligible professionals</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>No incentive payment may be made under this paragraph in the case of a hospital-based eligible professional.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/469">123 STAT. 469</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Hospital-based eligible professional</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘<term>hospital-based eligible professional</term>’ means, with respect to covered professional services furnished by an eligible professional during the EHR reporting period for a payment year, an eligible professional, such as a pathologist, anesthesiologist, or emergency physician, who furnishes substantially all of such services in a hospital setting (whether inpatient or outpatient) and through the use of the facilities and equipment, including qualified electronic health records, of the hospital. The determination of whether an eligible professional is a hospital-based eligible professional shall be made on the basis of the site of service (as defined by the Secretary) and without regard to any employment or billing arrangement between the eligible professional and any other provider.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Form of payment</inline>.—</heading><content>The payment under this paragraph may be in the form of a single consolidated payment or in the form of such periodic installments as the Secretary may specify.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination of application of limitation for professionals in different practices</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote>In the case of an eligible professional furnishing covered professional services in more than one practice (as specified by the Secretary), the Secretary shall establish rules to coordinate the incentive payments, including the application of the limitation on amounts of such incentive payments under this paragraph, among such practices.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with medicaid</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall seek, to the maximum extent practicable, to avoid duplicative requirements from Federal and State governments to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology under this title and title XIX. The Secretary may also adjust the reporting periods under such title and such subsections in order to carry out this clause.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment year defined</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘<term>payment year</term>’ means a year beginning with 2011.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">First, second, etc. payment year</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>first payment year</term>’ means, with respect to covered professional services furnished by an eligible professional, the first year for which an incentive payment is made for such services under this subsection. The terms ‘second payment year’, ‘third payment year’, ‘fourth payment year’, and ‘fifth payment year’ mean, with respect to covered professional services furnished by such eligible professional, each successive year immediately following the first payment year for such professional.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Meaningful ehr user</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), an eligible professional shall be treated as a meaningful EHR <page identifier="/us/stat/123/470">123 STAT. 470</page> user for an EHR reporting period for a payment year (or, for purposes of subsection (a)(7), for an EHR reporting period under such subsection for a year) if each of the following requirements is met:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Meaningful use of certified ehr technology</inline>.—</heading><content>The eligible professional demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph (C)(i), that during such period the professional is using certified EHR technology in a meaningful manner, which shall include the use of electronic prescribing as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information exchange</inline>.—</heading><content>The eligible professional demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph (C)(i), that during such period such certified EHR technology is connected in a manner that provides, in accordance with law and standards applicable to the exchange of information, for the electronic exchange of health information to improve the quality of health care, such as promoting care coordination.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting on measures using ehr</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (B)(ii) and using such certified EHR technology, the eligible professional submits information for such period, in a form and manner specified by the Secretary, on such clinical quality measures and such other measures as selected by the Secretary under subparagraph (B)(i).</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">The Secretary may provide for the use of alternative means for meeting the requirements of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) in the case of an eligible professional furnishing covered professional services in a group practice (as defined by the Secretary). The Secretary shall seek to improve the use of electronic health records and health care quality over time by requiring more stringent measures of meaningful use selected under this paragraph.</continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting on measures</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Selection</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall select measures for purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii) but only consistent with the following:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>The Secretary shall provide preference to clinical quality measures that have been endorsed by the entity with a contract with the Secretary under section 1890(a).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p></sidenote>Prior to any measure being selected under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register such measure and provide for a period of public comment on such measure.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may not require the electronic reporting of information on clinical quality measures under subparagraph (A)(iii) unless the Secretary has the capacity to accept the information electronically, which may be on a pilot basis.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination of reporting of information</inline>.—</heading><content>In selecting such measures, and in establishing the form and manner for reporting measures under subparagraph (A)(iii), the Secretary shall seek to avoid <page identifier="/us/stat/123/471">123 STAT. 471</page> redundant or duplicative reporting otherwise required, including reporting under subsection (k)(2)(C).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Demonstration of meaningful use of certified ehr technology and information exchange</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A professional may satisfy the demonstration requirement of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) through means specified by the Secretary, which may include—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>an attestation;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the submission of claims with appropriate coding (such as a code indicating that a patient encounter was documented using certified EHR technology);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>a survey response;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>reporting under subparagraph (A)(iii); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>other means specified by the Secretary.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of part d data</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding sections 1860D–15(d)(2)(B) and 1860D–15(f)(2), the Secretary may use data regarding drug claims submitted for purposes of section 1860D–15 that are necessary for purposes of subparagraph (A).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Physician reporting system rules</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraphs (5), (6), and (8) of subsection (k) shall apply for purposes of this subsection in the same manner as they apply for purposes of such subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination with other payments</inline>.—</heading><content>The provisions of this subsection shall not be taken into account in applying the provisions of subsection (m) of this section and of section 1833(m) and any payment under such provisions shall not be taken into account in computing allowable charges under this subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations on review</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1869, section 1878, or otherwise, of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining payment amounts under this subsection and payment adjustments under subsection (a)(7)(A), including the limitation under paragraph (1)(B) and coordination under clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (1)(D);</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining a meaningful EHR user under paragraph (2), including selection of measures under paragraph (2)(B), specification of the means of demonstrating meaningful EHR use under paragraph (2)(C), and the hardship exception under subsection (a)(7)(B);</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining a hospital-based eligible professional under paragraph (1)(C); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>the specification of reporting periods under paragraph (5) and the selection of the form of payment under paragraph (1)(D)(i).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Posting on website</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall post on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in an easily understandable format, a list of the names, business addresses, and business phone <page identifier="/us/stat/123/472">123 STAT. 472</page> numbers of the eligible professionals who are meaningful EHR users and, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, of group practices receiving incentive payments under paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certified ehr technology defined</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>certified EHR technology</term>’ means a qualified electronic health record (as defined in section 3000(13) of the Public Health Service Act) that is certified pursuant to section 3001(c)(5) of such Act as meeting standards adopted under section 3004 of such Act that are applicable to the type of record involved (as determined by the Secretary, such as an ambulatory electronic health record for office-based physicians or an inpatient hospital electronic health record for hospitals).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Covered professional services</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>covered professional services</term>’ has the meaning given such term in subsection (k)(3).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">EHR reporting period</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>EHR reporting period</term>’ means, with respect to a payment year, any period (or periods) as specified by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible professional</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>eligible professional</term>’ means a physician, as defined in section 1861(r).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentive Payment Adjustment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1848(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–4/a">42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentives for meaningful use of certified ehr technology</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Adjustment</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (D), with respect to covered professional services furnished by an eligible professional during 2015 or any subsequent payment year, if the eligible professional is not a meaningful EHR user (as determined under subsection (o)(2)) for an EHR reporting period for the year, the fee schedule amount for such services furnished by such professional during the year (including the fee schedule amount for purposes of determining a payment based on such amount) shall be equal to the applicable percent of the fee schedule amount that would otherwise apply to such services under this subsection (determined after application of paragraph (3) but without regard to this paragraph).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable percent</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to clause (iii), for purposes of clause (i), the term ‘<term>applicable percent</term>’ means—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>for 2015, 99 percent (or, in the case of an eligible professional who was subject to the application of the payment adjustment under section 1848(a)(5) for 2014, 98 percent);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for 2016, 98 percent; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>for 2017 and each subsequent year, 97 percent.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority to decrease applicable percentage for 2018 and subsequent years</inline>.—</heading><content>For 2018 and each subsequent year, if the Secretary finds <page identifier="/us/stat/123/473">123 STAT. 473</page> that the proportion of eligible professionals who are meaningful EHR users (as determined under subsection (o)(2)) is less than 75 percent, the applicable percent shall be decreased by 1 percentage point from the applicable percent in the preceding year, but in no case shall the applicable percent be less than 95 percent.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Significant hardship exception</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis, exempt an eligible professional from the application of the payment adjustment under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines, subject to annual renewal, that compliance with the requirement for being a meaningful EHR user would result in a significant hardship, such as in the case of an eligible professional who practices in a rural area without sufficient Internet access. In no case may an eligible professional be granted an exemption under this subparagraph for more than 5 years.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of physician reporting system rules</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraphs (5), (6), and (8) of subsection (k) shall apply for purposes of this paragraph in the same manner as they apply for purposes of such subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Non-application to hospital-based eligible professionals</inline>.—</heading><content>No payment adjustment may be made under subparagraph (A) in the case of hospital-based eligible professionals (as defined in subsection (o)(1)(C)(ii)).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Covered professional services</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>covered professional services</term>’ has the meaning given such term in subsection (k)(3).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">EHR reporting period</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>EHR reporting period</term>’ means, with respect to a year, a period (or periods) specified by the Secretary.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible professional</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>eligible professional</term>’ means a physician, as defined in section 1861(r).”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to Certain MA-Affiliated Eligible Professionals</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1853 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–23">42 U.S.C. 1395w–23</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">“(l) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Eligible Professional Incentives for Certain MA Organizations for Adoption and Meaningful Use of Certified EHR Technology</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of a qualifying MA organization, the provisions of sections 1848(o) and 1848(a)(7) shall apply with respect to eligible professionals described in paragraph (2) of the organization who the organization attests under paragraph (6) to be meaningful EHR users in a similar manner as they apply to eligible professionals under such sections. Incentive payments under paragraph (3) shall be made to and payment adjustments under paragraph (4) shall apply to such qualifying organizations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible professional described</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>With respect to a qualifying MA organization, an eligible professional described in this paragraph is an eligible professional (as defined for purposes of section 1848(o)) who—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>is employed by the organization; or<page identifier="/us/stat/123/474">123 STAT. 474</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii)</num><subclause class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>is employed by, or is a partner of, an entity that through contract with the organization furnishes at least 80 percent of the entity’s Medicare patient care services to enrollees of such organization; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>furnishes at least 80 percent of the professional services of the eligible professional covered under this title to enrollees of the organization; and</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>furnishes, on average, at least 20 hours per week of patient care services.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible professional incentive payments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In applying section 1848(o) under paragraph (1), instead of the additional payment amount under section 1848(o)(1)(A) and subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may substitute an amount determined by the Secretary to the extent feasible and practical to be similar to the estimated amount in the aggregate that would be payable if payment for services furnished by such professionals was payable under part B instead of this part.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Avoiding duplication of payments</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of an eligible professional described in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>that is eligible for the maximum incentive payment under section 1848(o)(1)(A) for the same payment period, the payment incentive shall be made only under such section and not under this subsection; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>that is eligible for less than such maximum incentive payment for the same payment period, the payment incentive shall be made only under this subsection and not under section 1848(o)(1)(A).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Methods</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of an eligible professional described in paragraph (2) who is eligible for an incentive payment under section 1848(o)(1)(A) but is not described in clause (i) for the same payment period, the Secretary shall develop a process—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>to ensure that duplicate payments are not made with respect to an eligible professional both under this subsection and under section 1848(o)(1)(A); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>to collect data from Medicare Advantage organizations to ensure against such duplicate payments.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fixed schedule for application of limitation on incentive payments for all eligible professionals</inline>.—</heading><content>In applying section 1848(o)(1)(B)(ii) under subparagraph (A), <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>in accordance with rules specified by the Secretary, a qualifying MA organization shall specify a year (not earlier than 2011) that shall be treated as the first payment year for all eligible professionals with respect to such organization.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment adjustment</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In applying section 1848(a)(7) under paragraph (1), instead of the payment adjustment being an applicable percent of the fee schedule amount for a year under such section, subject to subparagraph (D), the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/475">123 STAT. 475</page> payment adjustment under paragraph (1) shall be equal to the percent specified in subparagraph (B) for such year of the payment amount otherwise provided under this section for such year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Specified percent</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The percent specified under this subparagraph for a year is 100 percent minus a number of percentage points equal to the product of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the number of percentage points by which the applicable percent (under section 1848(a)(7)(A)(ii)) for the year is less than 100 percent; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the Medicare physician expenditure proportion specified in subparagraph (C) for the year.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicare physician expenditure proportion</inline>.—</heading><content>The Medicare physician expenditure proportion under this subparagraph for a year is the Secretary’s estimate of the proportion, of the expenditures under parts A and B that are not attributable to this part, that are attributable to expenditures for physicians’ services.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of payment adjustment</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case that a qualifying MA organization attests that not all eligible professionals of the organization are meaningful EHR users with respect to a year, the Secretary shall apply the payment adjustment under this paragraph based on the proportion of all such eligible professionals of the organization that are not meaningful EHR users for such year.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifying ma organization defined</inline>.—</heading><content>In this subsection and subsection (m), the term ‘<term>qualifying MA organization</term>’ means a Medicare Advantage organization that is organized as a health maintenance organization (as defined in section 2791(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Meaningful ehr user attestation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Attestation.</p></sidenote>For purposes of this subsection and subsection (m), a qualifying MA organization shall submit an attestation, in a form and manner specified by the Secretary which may include the submission of such attestation as part of submission of the initial bid under section 1854(a)(1)(A)(iv), identifying—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>whether each eligible professional described in paragraph (2), with respect to such organization is a meaningful EHR user (as defined in section 1848(o)(2)) for a year specified by the Secretary; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>whether each eligible hospital described in subsection (m)(1), with respect to such organization, is a meaningful EHR user (as defined in section 1886(n)(3)) for an applicable period specified by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Posting on website</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall post on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in an easily understandable format, a list of the names, business addresses, and business phone numbers of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>each qualifying MA organization receiving an incentive payment under this subsection for eligible professionals of the organization; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the eligible professionals of such organization for which such incentive payment is based.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on review</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1869, section 1878, or otherwise, of—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/476">123 STAT. 476</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining payment amounts and payment adjustments under this subsection, including avoiding duplication of payments under paragraph (3)(B) and the specification of rules for the fixed schedule for application of limitation on incentive payments for all eligible professionals under paragraph (3)(C);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining eligible professionals under paragraph (2); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining a meaningful EHR user under section 1848(o)(2), including specification of the means of demonstrating meaningful EHR use under section 1848(o)(3)(C) and selection of measures under section 1848(o)(3)(B).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study and Report Relating to MA Organizations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study on the extent to which and manner in which payment incentives and adjustments (such as under sections 1848(o) and 1848(a)(7) of the Social Security Act) could be made available to professionals, as defined in 1861(r), who are not eligible for HIT incentive payments under section 1848(o) and receive payments for Medicare patient services nearly-exclusively through contractual arrangements with one or more Medicare Advantage organizations, or an intermediary organization or organizations with contracts with Medicare Advantage organizations. Such study shall assess approaches for measuring meaningful use of qualified EHR technology among such professionals and mechanisms for delivering incentives and adjustments to those professionals, including through incentive payments and adjustments through Medicare Advantage organizations or intermediary organizations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the findings and the conclusions of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1853 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–23">42 U.S.C. 1395w–23</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(1)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and (i)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(i), and (l)</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1)(D)(i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 1886(h)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>sections 1848(o) and 1886(h)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (6)(A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after “<quotedText>under part B,</quotedText>” the following: “<quotedText>excluding expenditures attributable to subsections (a)(7) and (o) of section 1848,</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (f), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and for payments under subsection (l)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>with the organization</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments to E-Prescribing</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Section 1848(a)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–4/a/5/A">42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(a)(5)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or any subsequent year</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, 2013 or 2014</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and each subsequent year</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/477">123 STAT. 477</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>Section 1848(m)(2) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–4/m/2">42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(m)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>For 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subject to subparagraph (D), for 2009</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation with respect to ehr incentive payments</inline>.—</heading><content>The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to an eligible professional (or, in the case of a group practice under paragraph (3)(C), to the group practice) if, for the EHR reporting period the eligible professional (or group practice) receives an incentive payment under subsection (o)(1)(A) with respect to a certified EHR technology (as defined in subsection (o)(4)) that has the capability of electronic prescribing.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="4102">SEC. 4102. </num><heading>INCENTIVES FOR HOSPITALS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentive Payment</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1886 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww">42 U.S.C. 1395ww</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="n">“(n) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentives for Adoption and Meaningful Use of Certified EHR Technology</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to the succeeding provisions of this subsection, with respect to inpatient hospital services furnished by an eligible hospital during a payment year (as defined in paragraph (2)(G)), if the eligible hospital is a meaningful EHR user (as determined under paragraph (3)) for the EHR reporting period with respect to such year, in addition to the amount otherwise paid under this section, there also shall be paid to the eligible hospital, from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established under section 1817, an amount equal to the applicable amount specified in paragraph (2)(A) for the hospital for such payment year.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment amount</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to the succeeding subparagraphs of this paragraph, the applicable amount specified in this subparagraph for an eligible hospital for a payment year is equal to the product of the following:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Initial amount</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The sum of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the base amount specified in subparagraph (B); plus</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the discharge related amount specified in subparagraph (C) for a 12-month period selected by the Secretary with respect to such payment year.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicare share</inline>.—</heading><content>The Medicare share as specified in subparagraph (D) for the eligible hospital for a period selected by the Secretary with respect to such payment year.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transition factor</inline>.—</heading><content>The transition factor specified in subparagraph (E) for the eligible hospital for the payment year.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Base amount</inline>.—</heading><content>The base amount specified in this subparagraph is $2,000,000.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Discharge related amount</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The discharge related amount specified in this subparagraph for a 12-<page identifier="/us/stat/123/478">123 STAT. 478</page> month period selected by the Secretary shall be determined as the sum of the amount, estimated based upon total discharges for the eligible hospital (regardless of any source of payment) for the period, for each discharge up to the 23,000th discharge as follows:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>For the first through 1,149th discharge, $0.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>For the 1,150th through the 23,000th discharge, $200.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>For any discharge greater than the 23,000th, $0.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicare share</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Medicare share specified under this subparagraph for an eligible hospital for a period selected by the Secretary for a payment year is equal to the fraction—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>the numerator of which is the sum (for such period and with respect to the eligible hospital) of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the estimated number of inpatient-bed-days (as established by the Secretary) which are attributable to individuals with respect to whom payment may be made under part A; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the estimated number of inpatient-bed-days (as so established) which are attributable to individuals who are enrolled with a Medicare Advantage organization under part C; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>the denominator of which is the product of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the estimated total number of inpatient-bed-days with respect to the eligible hospital during such period; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the estimated total amount of the eligible hospital’s charges during such period, not including any charges that are attributable to charity care (as such term is used for purposes of hospital cost reporting under this title), divided by the estimated total amount of the hospital’s charges during such period.</content></subclause></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Data.</p></sidenote>Insofar as the Secretary determines that data are not available on charity care necessary to calculate the portion of the formula specified in clause (ii)(II), the Secretary shall use data on uncompensated care and may adjust such data so as to be an appropriate proxy for charity care including a downward adjustment to eliminate bad debt data from uncompensated care data. In the absence of the data necessary, with respect to a hospital, for the Secretary to compute the amount described in clause (ii)(II), the amount under such clause shall be deemed to be 1. In the absence of data, with respect to a hospital, necessary to compute the amount described in clause (i)(II), the amount under such clause shall be deemed to be 0.</continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transition factor specified</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to clause (ii), the transition factor specified in this subparagraph for an eligible hospital for a payment year is as follows:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>For the first payment year for such hospital, 1.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>For the second payment year for such hospital, ¾.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/479">123 STAT. 479</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>For the third payment year for such hospital, ½.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>For the fourth payment year for such hospital, ¼.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>For any succeeding payment year for such hospital, 0.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Phase down for eligible hospitals first adopting ehr after 2013</inline>.—</heading><content>If the first payment year for an eligible hospital is after 2013, then the transition factor specified in this subparagraph for a payment year for such hospital is the same as the amount specified in clause (i) for such payment year for an eligible hospital for which the first payment year is 2013. If the first payment year for an eligible hospital is after 2015 then the transition factor specified in this subparagraph for such hospital and for such year and any subsequent year shall be 0.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Form of payment</inline>.—</heading><content>The payment under this subsection for a payment year may be in the form of a single consolidated payment or in the form of such periodic installments as the Secretary may specify.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment year defined</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘<term>payment year</term>’ means a fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2011.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">First, second, etc. payment year</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>first payment year</term>’ means, with respect to inpatient hospital services furnished by an eligible hospital, the first fiscal year for which an incentive payment is made for such services under this subsection. The terms ‘second payment year’, ‘third payment year’, and ‘fourth payment year’ mean, with respect to an eligible hospital, each successive year immediately following the first payment year for that hospital.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Meaningful ehr user</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), an eligible hospital shall be treated as a meaningful EHR user for an EHR reporting period for a payment year (or, for purposes of subsection (b)(3)(B)(ix), for an EHR reporting period under such subsection for a fiscal year) if each of the following requirements are met:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Meaningful use of certified ehr technology</inline>.—</heading><content>The eligible hospital demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph (C)(i), that during such period the hospital is using certified EHR technology in a meaningful manner.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information exchange</inline>.—</heading><content>The eligible hospital demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph (C)(i), that during such period such certified EHR technology is connected in a manner that provides, in accordance with law and standards applicable to the exchange of information, for the electronic exchange of health information to improve the quality of health care, such as promoting care coordination.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/480">123 STAT. 480</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting on measures using ehr</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (B)(ii) and using such certified EHR technology, the eligible hospital submits information for such period, in a form and manner specified by the Secretary, on such clinical quality measures and such other measures as selected by the Secretary under subparagraph (B)(i).</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">The Secretary shall seek to improve the use of electronic health records and health care quality over time by requiring more stringent measures of meaningful use selected under this paragraph.</continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting on measures</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Selection</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall select measures for purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii) but only consistent with the following:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>The Secretary shall provide preference to clinical quality measures that have been selected for purposes of applying subsection (b)(3)(B)(viii) or that have been endorsed by the entity with a contract with the Secretary under section 1890(a).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p></sidenote>Prior to any measure (other than a clinical quality measure that has been selected for purposes of applying subsection (b)(3)(B)(viii)) being selected under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register such measure and provide for a period of public comment on such measure.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may not require the electronic reporting of information on clinical quality measures under subparagraph (A)(iii) unless the Secretary has the capacity to accept the information electronically, which may be on a pilot basis.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination of reporting of information</inline>.—</heading><content>In selecting such measures, and in establishing the form and manner for reporting measures under subparagraph (A)(iii), the Secretary shall seek to avoid redundant or duplicative reporting with reporting otherwise required, including reporting under subsection (b)(3)(B)(viii).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Demonstration of meaningful use of certified ehr technology and information exchange</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An eligible hospital may satisfy the demonstration requirement of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) through means specified by the Secretary, which may include—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>an attestation;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the submission of claims with appropriate coding (such as a code indicating that inpatient care was documented using certified EHR technology);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>a survey response;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>reporting under subparagraph (A)(iii); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>other means specified by the Secretary.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/481">123 STAT. 481</page></content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of part d data</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding sections 1860D–15(d)(2)(B) and 1860D–15(f)(2), the Secretary may use data regarding drug claims submitted for purposes of section 1860D–15 that are necessary for purposes of subparagraph (A).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations on review</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1869, section 1878, or otherwise, of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining payment amounts under this subsection and payment adjustments under subsection (b)(3)(B)(ix), including selection of periods under paragraph (2) for determining, and making estimates or using proxies of, discharges under paragraph (2)(C) and inpatient-bed-days, hospital charges, charity charges, and Medicare share under paragraph (2)(D);</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining a meaningful EHR user under paragraph (3), including selection of measures under paragraph (3)(B), specification of the means of demonstrating meaningful EHR use under paragraph (3)(C), and the hardship exception under subsection (b)(3)(B)(ix)(II); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the specification of EHR reporting periods under paragraph (6)(B) and the selection of the form of payment under paragraph (2)(F).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Posting on website</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall post on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in an easily understandable format, a list of the names of the eligible hospitals that are meaningful EHR users under this subsection or subsection (b)(3)(B)(ix) (and a list of the names of critical access hospitals to which paragraph (3) or (4) of section 1814(l) applies), and other relevant data as determined appropriate by the Secretary. The Secretary shall ensure that an eligible hospital (or critical access hospital) has the opportunity to review the other relevant data that are to be made public with respect to the hospital (or critical access hospital) prior to such data being made public.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certified ehr technology defined</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>certified EHR technology</term>’ has the meaning given such term in section 1848(o)(4).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">EHR reporting period</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>EHR reporting period</term>’ means, with respect to a payment year, any period (or periods) as specified by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible hospital</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>eligible hospital</term>’ means a subsection (d) hospital.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Critical access hospitals</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1814(l) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395f/l">42 U.S.C. 1395f(l)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (2)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the subsequent paragraphs of this subsection</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>The following rules shall apply in determining payment and reasonable costs under paragraph (1) for costs described in subparagraph (C) for a critical access hospital that would be a <page identifier="/us/stat/123/482">123 STAT. 482</page> meaningful EHR user (as would be determined under paragraph (3) of section 1886(n)) for an EHR reporting period for a cost reporting period beginning during a payment year if such critical access hospital was treated as an eligible hospital under such section:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The Secretary shall compute reasonable costs by expensing such costs in a single payment year and not depreciating such costs over a period of years (and shall include as costs with respect to cost reporting periods beginning during a payment year costs from previous cost reporting periods to the extent they have not been fully depreciated as of the period involved).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>There shall be substituted for the Medicare share that would otherwise be applied under paragraph (1) a percent (not to exceed 100 percent) equal to the sum of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the Medicare share (as would be specified under paragraph (2)(D) of section 1886(n)) for such critical access hospital if such critical access hospital was treated as an eligible hospital under such section; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>20 percentage points.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The payment under this paragraph with respect to a critical access hospital shall be paid through a prompt interim payment (subject to reconciliation) after submission and review of such information (as specified by the Secretary) necessary to make such payment, including information necessary to apply this paragraph. In no case may payment under this paragraph be made with respect to a cost reporting period beginning during a payment year after 2015 and in no case may a critical access hospital receive payment under this paragraph with respect to more than 4 consecutive payment years.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The costs described in this subparagraph are costs for the purchase of certified EHR technology to which purchase depreciation (excluding interest) would apply if payment was made under paragraph (1) and not under this paragraph.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>For purposes of this paragraph, paragraph (4), and paragraph (5), the terms ‘certified EHR technology’, ‘eligible hospital’, ‘EHR reporting period’, and ‘payment year’ have the meanings given such terms in sections 1886(n).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentive Market Basket Adjustment</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1886(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/b/3/B">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in clause (viii)(I), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or, beginning with fiscal year 2015, by one-quarter)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>2.0 percentage points</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ix">“(ix)</num><subclause class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>For purposes of clause (i) for fiscal year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal year, in the case of an eligible hospital (as defined in subsection (n)(6)(A)) that is not a meaningful EHR user (as defined in subsection (n)(3)) for an EHR reporting period for such fiscal year, three-quarters of the applicable percentage increase otherwise applicable under clause (i) for such fiscal year shall be reduced by 33⅓ percent for fiscal year 2015, 66⅔ percent for fiscal year 2016, and 100 percent for fiscal year 2017 and each subsequent fiscal year. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>Such reduction shall apply only with respect to the fiscal year involved and the Secretary shall not take into account such reduction in computing the applicable percentage increase under clause (i) for a subsequent fiscal year.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/483">123 STAT. 483</page></content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>The Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis, exempt a subsection (d) hospital from the application of subclause (I) with respect to a fiscal year if the Secretary determines, subject to annual renewal, that requiring such hospital to be a meaningful EHR user during such fiscal year would result in a significant hardship, such as in the case of a hospital in a rural area without sufficient Internet access. In no case may a hospital be granted an exemption under this subclause for more than 5 years.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>For fiscal year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal year, a State in which hospitals are paid for services under section 1814(b)(3) shall adjust the payments to each subsection (d) hospital in the State that is not a meaningful EHR user (as defined in subsection (n)(3)) in a manner that is designed to result in an aggregate reduction in payments to hospitals in the State that is equivalent to the aggregate reduction that would have occurred if payments had been reduced to each subsection (d) hospital in the State in a manner comparable to the reduction under the previous provisions of this clause. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>The State shall report to the Secretary the methodology it will use to make the payment adjustment under the previous sentence.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>For purposes of this clause, the term ‘<term>EHR reporting period</term>’ means, with respect to a fiscal year, any period (or periods) as specified by the Secretary.”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Critical access hospitals</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1814(l) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395f/l">42 U.S.C. 1395f(l)</ref>), as amended by subsection (a)(2), is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><content>Subject to subparagraph (C), for cost reporting periods beginning in fiscal year 2015 or a subsequent fiscal year, in the case of a critical access hospital that is not a meaningful EHR user (as would be determined under paragraph (3) of section 1886(n) if such critical access hospital was treated as an eligible hospital under such section) for an EHR reporting period with respect to such fiscal year, paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting the applicable percent under subparagraph (B) for the percent described in such paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><chapeau>The percent described in this subparagraph is—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for fiscal year 2015, 100.66 percent;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for fiscal year 2016, 100.33 percent; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>for fiscal year 2017 and each subsequent fiscal year, 100 percent.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The provisions of subclause (II) of section 1886(b)(3)(B)(ix) shall apply with respect to subparagraph (A) for a critical access hospital with respect to a cost reporting period beginning in a fiscal year in the same manner as such subclause applies with respect to subclause (I) of such section for a subsection (d) hospital with respect to such fiscal year.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><chapeau>There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1869, section 1878, or otherwise, of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining the amount of payment and reasonable cost under paragraph (3) and payment adjustments under paragraph (4), including selection of periods under section 1886(n)(2) for determining, and making estimates or using proxies of, inpatient-bed-days, hospital charges, charity charges, and Medicare share under subparagraph (D) of section 1886(n)(2);<page identifier="/us/stat/123/484">123 STAT. 484</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining a meaningful EHR user under section 1886(n)(3) as would apply if the hospital was treated as an eligible hospital under section 1886(n), and the hardship exception under paragraph (4)(C);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the specification of EHR reporting periods under section 1886(n)(6)(B) as applied under paragraphs (3) and (4); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>the identification of costs for purposes of paragraph (3)(C).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to Certain MA-Affiliated Eligible Hospitals</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1853 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–23">42 U.S.C. 1395w–23</ref>), as amended by section 4101(c), is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">“(m) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of Eligible Hospital Incentives for Certain MA Organizations for Adoption and Meaningful Use of Certified EHR Technology</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of a qualifying MA organization, the provisions of sections 1886(n) and 1886(b)(3)(B)(ix) shall apply with respect to eligible hospitals described in paragraph (2) of the organization which the organization attests under subsection (l)(6) to be meaningful EHR users in a similar manner as they apply to eligible hospitals under such sections. Incentive payments under paragraph (3) shall be made to and payment adjustments under paragraph (4) shall apply to such qualifying organizations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible hospital described</inline>.—</heading><content>With respect to a qualifying MA organization, an eligible hospital described in this paragraph is an eligible hospital (as defined in section 1886(n)(6)(A)) that is under common corporate governance with such organization and serves individuals enrolled under an MA plan offered by such organization.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible hospital incentive payments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In applying section 1886(n)(2) under paragraph (1), instead of the additional payment amount under section 1886(n)(2), there shall be substituted an amount determined by the Secretary to be similar to the estimated amount in the aggregate that would be payable if payment for services furnished by such hospitals was payable under part A instead of this part. In implementing the previous sentence, the Secretary—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>shall, insofar as data to determine the discharge related amount under section 1886(n)(2)(C) for an eligible hospital are not available to the Secretary, use such alternative data and methodology to estimate such discharge related amount as the Secretary determines appropriate; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>shall, insofar as data to determine the medicare share described in section 1886(n)(2)(D) for an eligible hospital are not available to the Secretary, use such alternative data and methodology to estimate such share, which data and methodology may include use of the inpatient-bed-days (or discharges) with respect to an eligible hospital during the appropriate period which are attributable to both individuals for <page identifier="/us/stat/123/485">123 STAT. 485</page> whom payment may be made under part A or individuals enrolled in an MA plan under a Medicare Advantage organization under this part as a proportion of the estimated total number of patient-bed-days (or discharges) with respect to such hospital during such period.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Avoiding duplication of payments</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a hospital that for a payment year is an eligible hospital described in paragraph (2) and for which at least one-third of their discharges (or bed-days) of Medicare patients for the year are covered under part A, payment for the payment year shall be made only under section 1886(n) and not under this subsection.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Methods</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a hospital that is an eligible hospital described in paragraph (2) and also is eligible for an incentive payment under section 1886(n) but is not described in clause (i) for the same payment period, the Secretary shall develop a process—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>to ensure that duplicate payments are not made with respect to an eligible hospital both under this subsection and under section 1886(n); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>to collect data from Medicare Advantage organizations to ensure against such duplicate payments.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment adjustment</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>Subject to paragraph (3), in the case of a qualifying MA organization (as defined in section 1853(l)(5)), if, according to the attestation of the organization submitted under subsection (l)(6) for an applicable period, one or more eligible hospitals (as defined in section 1886(n)(6)(A)) that are under common corporate governance with such organization and that serve individuals enrolled under a plan offered by such organization are not meaningful EHR users (as defined in section 1886(n)(3)) with respect to a period, the payment amount payable under this section for such organization for such period shall be the percent specified in subparagraph (B) for such period of the payment amount otherwise provided under this section for such period.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Specified percent</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The percent specified under this subparagraph for a year is 100 percent minus a number of percentage points equal to the product of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the number of the percentage point reduction effected under section 1886(b)(3)(B)(ix)(I) for the period; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the Medicare hospital expenditure proportion specified in subparagraph (C) for the year.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicare hospital expenditure proportion</inline>.—</heading><content>The Medicare hospital expenditure proportion under this subparagraph for a year is the Secretary’s estimate of the proportion, of the expenditures under parts A and B that are not attributable to this part, that are attributable to expenditures for inpatient hospital services.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/486">123 STAT. 486</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of payment adjustment</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case that a qualifying MA organization attests that not all eligible hospitals are meaningful EHR users with respect to an applicable period, the Secretary shall apply the payment adjustment under this paragraph based on a methodology specified by the Secretary, taking into account the proportion of such eligible hospitals, or discharges from such hospitals, that are not meaningful EHR users for such period.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Posting on website</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall post on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in an easily understandable format—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a list of the names, business addresses, and business phone numbers of each qualifying MA organization receiving an incentive payment under this subsection for eligible hospitals described in paragraph (2); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a list of the names of the eligible hospitals for which such incentive payment is based.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations on review</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1869, section 1878, or otherwise, of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining payment amounts and payment adjustments under this subsection, including avoiding duplication of payments under paragraph (3)(B);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining eligible hospitals under paragraph (2); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the methodology and standards for determining a meaningful EHR user under section 1886(n)(3), including specification of the means of demonstrating meaningful EHR use under subparagraph (C) of such section and selection of measures under subparagraph (B) of such section.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Section 1814(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395f/b">42 U.S.C. 1395f(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, subject to section 1886(d)(3)(B)(ix)(III),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>then</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>For purposes of applying paragraph (3), there shall be taken into account incentive payments, and payment adjustments under subsection (b)(3)(B)(ix) or (n) of section 1886.</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 1851(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–21/i/1">42 U.S.C. 1395w–21(i)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 1886(h)(3)(D)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1886(h)(3)(D), and 1853(m)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>Section 1853 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–23">42 U.S.C. 1395w–23</ref>), as amended by section 4101(d), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (1)(D)(i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1848(o)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, 1848(o), and 1886(n)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (6)(A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and subsections (b)(3)(B)(ix) and (n) of section 1886</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>section 1848</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subsection (f), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and subsection (m)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>under subsection (l)</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/487">123 STAT. 487</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="4103">SEC. 4103. </num><heading>TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS AND SAVINGS; IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Premium Hold Harmless</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1839(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395r/a/1">42 U.S.C. 1395r(a)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>In applying this paragraph there shall not be taken into account additional payments under section 1848(o) and section 1853(l)(3) and the Government contribution under section 1844(a)(3).</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1844(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w/a">42 U.S.C. 1395w(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; plus</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>a Government contribution equal to the amount of payment incentives payable under sections 1848(o) and 1853(l)(3).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicare Improvement Fund</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1898 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395iii">42 U.S.C. 1395iii</ref>), as added by section 7002(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/252">Public Law 110–252</ref>) and as amended by section 188(a)(2) of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/275">Public Law 110–275</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/2589">122 Stat. 2589</ref>) and by section 6 of the QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>medicare</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>fee-for-service</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period at the end the following: “<quotedText>including, but not limited to, an increase in the conversion factor under section 1848(d) to address, in whole or in part, any projected shortfall in the conversion factor for 2014 relative to the conversion factor for 2008 and adjustments to payments for items and services furnished by providers of services and suppliers under such original medicare fee-for-service program</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>during fiscal year 2014,</quotedText>” and all that follows and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“during—<subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>fiscal year 2014, $22,290,000,000; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary’s estimate, as of July 1 of the fiscal year, of the aggregate reduction in expenditures under this title during the preceding fiscal year directly resulting from the reduction in payment amounts under sections 1848(a)(7), 1853(l)(4), 1853(m)(4), and 1886(b)(3)(B)(ix).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No effect on payments in subsequent years</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case that expenditures from the Fund are applied to, or otherwise affect, a payment rate for an item or service under this title for a year, the payment rate for such item or service shall be computed for a subsequent year as if such application or effect had never occurred.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Implementation Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>In addition to funds otherwise available, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services <page identifier="/us/stat/123/488">123 STAT. 488</page> Program Management Account, $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2015 and $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, which shall be available for purposes of carrying out the provisions of (and amendments made by) this subtitle. Amounts appropriated under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be available until expended.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="4104">SEC. 4104. </num><heading>STUDIES AND REPORTS ON HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study and Report on Application of EHR Payment Incentives for Providers Not Receiving Other Incentive Payments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which and manner in which payment incentives (such as under title XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act) and other funding for purposes of implementing and using certified EHR technology (as defined in section 1848(o)(4) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 4101(a)) should be made available to health care providers who are receiving minimal or no payment incentives or other funding under this Act, under title XIII of division A, under title XVIII or XIX of such Act, or otherwise, for such purposes.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Details of study</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Such study shall include an examination of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the adoption rates of certified EHR technology by such health care providers;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the clinical utility of such technology by such health care providers;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>whether the services furnished by such health care providers are appropriate for or would benefit from the use of such technology;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>the extent to which such health care providers work in settings that might otherwise receive an incentive payment or other funding under this Act, under title XIII of division A, under title XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act, or otherwise;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>the potential costs and the potential benefits of making payment incentives and other funding available to such health care providers; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>any other issues the Secretary deems to be appropriate.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than June 30, 2010, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the findings and conclusions of the study conducted under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study and Report on Availability of Open Source Health Information Technology Systems</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Study</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Health of the Veterans Health Administration, the Director of the Indian Health Service, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Chairman <page identifier="/us/stat/123/489">123 STAT. 489</page> of the Federal Communications Commission, conduct a study on—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the current availability of open source health information technology systems to Federal safety net providers (including small, rural providers);</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the total cost of ownership of such systems in comparison to the cost of proprietary commercial products available;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>the ability of such systems to respond to the needs of, and be applied to, various populations (including children and disabled individuals); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>the capacity of such systems to facilitate interoperability.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Considerations</inline>.—</heading><content>In conducting the study under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall take into account the circumstances of smaller health care providers, health care providers located in rural or other medically underserved areas, and safety net providers that deliver a significant level of health care to uninsured individuals, Medicaid beneficiaries, SCHIP beneficiaries, and other vulnerable individuals.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than October 1, 2010, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the findings and the conclusions of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Medicaid Incentives</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="4201">SEC. 4201. </num><heading>MEDICAID PROVIDER HIT ADOPTION AND OPERATION PAYMENTS; IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396b">42 U.S.C. 1396b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)(3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (D);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>plus</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (E) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>100 percent of so much of the sums expended during such quarter as are attributable to payments to Medicaid providers described in subsection (t)(1) to encourage the adoption and use of certified EHR technology; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>90 percent of so much of the sums expended during such quarter as are attributable to payments for reasonable administrative expenses related to the administration of payments described in clause (i) if the State meets the condition described in subsection (t)(9); plus”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (s) the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="t">“(t)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>For purposes of subsection (a)(3)(F), the payments described in this paragraph to encourage the adoption and use of certified EHR technology are payments made by the State in accordance with this subsection —<page identifier="/us/stat/123/490">123 STAT. 490</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>to Medicaid providers described in paragraph (2)(A) not in excess of 85 percent of net average allowable costs (as defined in paragraph (3)(E)) for certified EHR technology (and support services including maintenance and training that is for, or is necessary for the adoption and operation of, such technology) with respect to such providers; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>to Medicaid providers described in paragraph (2)(B) not in excess of the maximum amount permitted under paragraph (5) for the provider involved.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><chapeau>In this subsection and subsection (a)(3)(F), the term ‘<term>Medicaid provider</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>an eligible professional (as defined in paragraph (3)(B))—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>who is not hospital-based and has at least 30 percent of the professional’s patient volume (as estimated in accordance with a methodology established by the Secretary) attributable to individuals who are receiving medical assistance under this title;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>who is not described in clause (i), who is a pediatrician, who is not hospital-based, and who has at least 20 percent of the professional’s patient volume (as estimated in accordance with a methodology established by the Secretary) attributable to individuals who are receiving medical assistance under this title; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>who practices predominantly in a Federally qualified health center or rural health clinic and has at least 30 percent of the professional’s patient volume (as estimated in accordance with a methodology established by the Secretary) attributable to needy individuals (as defined in paragraph (3)(F)); and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>a children’s hospital, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>an acute-care hospital that is not described in clause (i) and that has at least 10 percent of the hospital’s patient volume (as estimated in accordance with a methodology established by the Secretary) attributable to individuals who are receiving medical assistance under this title.</content></clause></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">An eligible professional shall not qualify as a Medicaid provider under this subsection unless any right to payment under sections 1848(o) and 1853(l) with respect to the eligible professional has been waived in a manner specified by the Secretary. For purposes of calculating patient volume under subparagraph (A)(iii), insofar as it is related to uncompensated care, the Secretary may require the adjustment of such uncompensated care data so that it would be an appropriate proxy for charity care, including a downward adjustment to eliminate bad debt data from uncompensated care. In applying subparagraphs (A) <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>and (B)(ii), the methodology established by the Secretary for patient volume shall include individuals enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan (under section 1903(m) or section 1932).</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p></sidenote><chapeau>In this subsection and subsection (a)(3)(F):</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The term ‘<term>certified EHR technology</term>’ means a qualified electronic health record (as defined in 3000(13) of the Public Health Service Act) that is certified pursuant to section 3001(c)(5) of such Act as meeting standards adopted under section 3004 of such Act that are applicable to the type of record involved (as determined by the Secretary, such as an <page identifier="/us/stat/123/491">123 STAT. 491</page> ambulatory electronic health record for office-based physicians or an inpatient hospital electronic health record for hospitals).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>The term ‘<term>eligible professional</term>’ means a—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>physician;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>dentist;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>certified nurse mid-wife;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>nurse practitioner; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>physician assistant insofar as the assistant is practicing in a rural health clinic that is led by a physician assistant or is practicing in a Federally qualified health center that is so led.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>The term ‘<term>average allowable costs</term>’ means, with respect to certified EHR technology of Medicaid providers described in paragraph (2)(A) for—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the first year of payment with respect to such a provider, the average costs for the purchase and initial implementation or upgrade of such technology (and support services including training that is for, or is necessary for the adoption and initial operation of, such technology) for such providers, as determined by the Secretary based upon studies conducted under paragraph (4)(C); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>a subsequent year of payment with respect to such a provider, the average costs not described in clause (i) relating to the operation, maintenance, and use of such technology for such providers, as determined by the Secretary based upon studies conducted under paragraph (4)(C).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>The term ‘<term>hospital-based</term>’ means, with respect to an eligible professional, a professional (such as a pathologist, anesthesiologist, or emergency physician) who furnishes substantially all of the individual’s professional services in a hospital setting (whether inpatient or outpatient) and through the use of the facilities and equipment, including qualified electronic health records, of the hospital. The determination of whether an eligible professional is a hospital-based eligible professional shall be made on the basis of the site of service (as defined by the Secretary) and without regard to any employment or billing arrangement between the eligible professional and any other provider.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>The term ‘<term>net average allowable costs</term>’ means, with respect to a Medicaid provider described in paragraph (2)(A), average allowable costs reduced by any payment that is made to such Medicaid provider from any other source (other than under this subsection or by a State or local government) that is directly attributable to payment for certified EHR technology or support services described in subparagraph (C).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><chapeau>The term ‘<term>needy individual</term>’ means, with respect to a Medicaid provider, an individual—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>who is receiving assistance under this title;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>who is receiving assistance under title XXI;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>who is furnished uncompensated care by the provider; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>for whom charges are reduced by the provider on a sliding scale basis based on an individual’s ability to pay.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>With respect to a Medicaid provider described in paragraph (2)(A), subject to subparagraph (B), in no case shall—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/492">123 STAT. 492</page></chapeau><clause class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the net average allowable costs under this subsection for the first year of payment (which may not be later than 2016), which is intended to cover the costs described in paragraph (3)(C)(i), exceed $25,000 (or such lesser amount as the Secretary determines based on studies conducted under subparagraph (C));</content></clause><clause class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the net average allowable costs under this subsection for a subsequent year of payment, which is intended to cover costs described in paragraph (3)(C)(ii), exceed $10,000; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>payments be made for costs described in clause (ii) after 2021 or over a period of longer than 5 years.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>In the case of Medicaid provider described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), the dollar amounts specified in subparagraph (A) shall be ⅔ of the dollar amounts otherwise specified.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Study.</p></sidenote><content>For the purposes of determining average allowable costs under this subsection, the Secretary shall study the average costs to Medicaid providers described in paragraph (2)(A) of purchase and initial implementation and upgrade of certified EHR technology described in paragraph (3)(C)(i) and the average costs to such providers of operations, maintenance, and use of such technology described in paragraph (3)(C)(ii). In determining such costs for such providers, the Secretary may utilize studies of such amounts submitted by States.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>In no case shall the payments described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a Medicaid provider described in paragraph (2)(B) exceed—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>in the aggregate the product of—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the overall hospital EHR amount for the provider computed under subparagraph (B); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the Medicaid share for such provider computed under subparagraph (C);</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in any year 50 percent of the product described in clause (i); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>in any 2-year period 90 percent of such product.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>For purposes of this paragraph, the overall hospital EHR amount, with respect to a Medicaid provider, is the sum of the applicable amounts specified in section 1886(n)(2)(A) for such provider for the first 4 payment years (as estimated by the Secretary) determined as if the Medicare share specified in clause (ii) of such section were 1. The Secretary shall establish, in consultation with the State, the overall hospital EHR amount for each such Medicaid provider eligible for payments under paragraph (1)(B). For purposes of this subparagraph in computing the amounts under section 1886(n)(2)(C) for payment years after the first payment year, the Secretary shall assume that in subsequent payment years discharges increase at the average annual rate of growth of the most recent 3 years for which discharge data are available per year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The Medicaid share computed under this subparagraph, for a Medicaid provider for a period specified by the Secretary, shall be calculated in the same manner as the Medicare share under section 1886(n)(2)(D) for such a hospital and period, except that there shall be substituted for the numerator under clause (i) of such section the amount that is equal to the number of inpatient-bed-days (as established by the Secretary) which are attributable to individuals who are receiving medical assistance <page identifier="/us/stat/123/493">123 STAT. 493</page> under this title and who are not described in section 1886(n)(2)(D)(i). In computing inpatient-bed-days under the previous sentence, the Secretary shall take into account inpatient-bed-days attributable to inpatient-bed-days that are paid for individuals enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan (under section 1903(m) or section 1932).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><chapeau>In no case may the payments described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a Medicaid provider described in paragraph (2)(B) be paid—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for any year beginning after 2016 unless the provider has been provided payment under paragraph (1)(B) for the previous year; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>over a period of more than 6 years of payment.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><chapeau>Payments described in paragraph (1) are not in accordance with this subsection unless the following requirements are met:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>The State provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that amounts received under subsection (a)(3)(F) with respect to payments to a Medicaid provider are paid, subject to clause (ii), directly to such provider (or to an employer or facility to which such provider has assigned payments) without any deduction or rebate.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>Amounts described in clause (i) may also be paid to an entity promoting the adoption of certified EHR technology, as designated by the State, if participation in such a payment arrangement is voluntary for the eligible professional involved and if such entity does not retain more than 5 percent of such payments for costs not related to certified EHR technology (and support services including maintenance and training) that is for, or is necessary for the operation of, such technology.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A Medicaid provider described in paragraph (2)(A) is responsible for payment of the remaining 15 percent of the net average allowable cost.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>Subject to clause (ii), with respect to payments to a Medicaid provider—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>for the first year of payment to the Medicaid provider under this subsection, the Medicaid provider demonstrates that it is engaged in efforts to adopt, implement, or upgrade certified EHR technology; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for a year of payment, other than the first year of payment to the Medicaid provider under this subsection, the Medicaid provider demonstrates meaningful use of certified EHR technology through a means that is approved by the State and acceptable to the Secretary, and that may be based upon the methodologies applied under section 1848(o) or 1886(n).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>In the case of a Medicaid provider who has completed adopting, implementing, or upgrading such technology prior to the first year of payment to the Medicaid provider under this subsection, clause (i)(I) shall not apply and clause (i)(II) shall apply to each year of payment to the Medicaid provider under this subsection, including the first year of payment.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>To the extent specified by the Secretary, the certified EHR technology is compatible with State or Federal administrative management systems.</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">For purposes of subparagraph (B), a Medicaid provider described in paragraph (2)(A) may accept payments for the costs described <page identifier="/us/stat/123/494">123 STAT. 494</page> in such subparagraph from a State or local government. For purposes of subparagraph (C), in establishing the means described in such subparagraph, which may include clinical quality reporting to the State, the State shall ensure that populations with unique needs, such as children, are appropriately addressed.</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>With respect to Medicaid providers described in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall ensure coordination of payment with respect to such providers under sections 1848(o) and 1853(l) and under this subsection to assure no duplication of funding. Such coordination shall include, to the extent practicable, a data matching process between State Medicaid agencies and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services using national provider identifiers. For such purposes, the Secretary may require the submission of such data relating to payments to such Medicaid providers as the Secretary may specify.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>In carrying out paragraph (6)(C), the State and Secretary shall seek, to the maximum extent practicable, to avoid duplicative requirements from Federal and State governments to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology under this title and title XVIII. In doing so, the Secretary may deem satisfaction of requirements for such meaningful use for a payment year under title XVIII to be sufficient to qualify as meaningful use under this subsection. The Secretary may also specify the reporting periods under this subsection in order to carry out this paragraph.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><chapeau>In order to be provided Federal financial participation under subsection (a)(3)(F)(ii), a State must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the State—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is using the funds provided for the purposes of administering payments under this subsection, including tracking of meaningful use by Medicaid providers;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>is conducting adequate oversight of the program under this subsection, including routine tracking of meaningful use attestations and reporting mechanisms; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>is pursuing initiatives to encourage the adoption of certified EHR technology to promote health care quality and the exchange of health care information under this title, subject to applicable laws and regulations governing such exchange.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>The Secretary shall periodically submit reports to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate on status, progress, and oversight of payments described in paragraph (1), including steps taken to carry out paragraph (7). Such reports shall also describe the extent of adoption of certified EHR technology among Medicaid providers resulting from the provisions of this subsection and any improvements in health outcomes, clinical quality, or efficiency resulting from such adoption.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Implementation Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>In addition to funds otherwise available, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program Management Account, $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2015 and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, which shall be available for purposes of carrying out the provisions of (and the amendments made by) this section. Amounts appropriated under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/495">123 STAT. 495</page></content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="C">Subtitle C—</num><heading>Miscellaneous Medicare Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="4301">SEC. 4301. </num><heading>MORATORIA ON CERTAIN MEDICARE REGULATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Delay in Phase Out of Medicare Hospice Budget Neutrality Adjustment Factor During Fiscal Year 2009</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the final rule published on August 8, 2008, <ref href="/us/fr/73/46464/etseq">73 Federal Register 46464 et seq.</ref>, relating to Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not phase out or eliminate the budget neutrality adjustment factor in the Medicare hospice wage index before October 1, 2009, and the Secretary shall recompute and apply the final Medicare hospice wage index for fiscal year 2009 as if there had been no reduction in the budget neutrality adjustment factor.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Non-Application of Phased-Out Indirect Medical Education (IME) Adjustment Factor for Fiscal Year 2009</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s412.322">Section 412.322 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, shall be applied without regard to paragraph (c) of such section, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall recompute payments for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2008, as if such paragraph had never been in effect.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No effect on subsequent years</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed as having any effect on the application of paragraph (d) of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s412.322">section 412.322 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding for Implementation</inline>.—</heading><content>In addition to funds otherwise available, for purposes of implementing the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), including costs incurred in reprocessing claims in carrying out such provisions, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide for the transfer from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established under section 1817 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395i">42 U.S.C. 1395i</ref>) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program Management Account of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="4302">SEC. 4302. </num><heading>LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITAL TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subsection (c) of section 114 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/173">Public Law 110–173</ref>) <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww">42 USC 1395ww note</ref>.</p></sidenote><amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> the heading to read as follows: “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Delay in application of 25 percent patient threshold payment adjustment</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the date of the enactment of this Act</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>July 1, 2007,</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or to a long-term care hospital, or satellite facility, that as of December 29, 2007, was co-located with an entity that is a provider-based, off-campus location of a subsection (d) hospital which did not provide services payable under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act at the off-campus location</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>freestanding long-term care hospitals</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/496">123 STAT. 496</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or that is described in section 412.22(h)(3)(i) of such title</quotedText>” before the period; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the date of the enactment of this Act</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>October 1, 2007 (or July 1, 2007, in the case of a satellite facility described in <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s412.22/h/3/i">section 412.22(h)(3)(i) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Moratorium</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (d)(3)(A) of such section <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>if the hospital or facility</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>if the hospital or facility obtained a certificate of need for an increase in beds that is in a State for which such certificate of need is required and that was issued on or after April 1, 2005, and before December 29, 2007, or if the hospital or facility</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww">42 USC 1395ww note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall be effective and apply as if included in the enactment of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/173">Public Law 110–173</ref>).</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <num value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading>STATE FISCAL RELIEF</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="5000">SEC. 5000. </num><heading>PURPOSES; TABLE OF CONTENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purposes</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The purposes of this title are as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>To provide fiscal relief to States in a period of economic downturn.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>To protect and maintain State Medicaid programs during a period of economic downturn, including by helping to avert cuts to provider payment rates and benefits or services, and to prevent constrictions of income eligibility requirements for such programs, but not to promote increases in such requirements.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Table of Contents</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents for this title is as follows:<toc> <referenceItem role="title" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>TITLE V—</designator> <label>STATE FISCAL RELIEF</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 5000. </designator> <label>Purposes; table of contents.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 5001. </designator> <label>Temporary increase of Medicaid FMAP.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 5002. </designator> <label>Temporary increase in DSH allotments during recession.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 5003. </designator> <label>Extension of moratoria on certain Medicaid final regulations.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 5004. </designator> <label>Extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA).</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 5005. </designator> <label>Extension of the qualifying individual (QI) program.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 5006. </designator> <label>Protections for Indians under Medicaid and CHIP.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 5007. </designator> <label>Funding for oversight and implementation.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 5008. </designator> <label>GAO study and report regarding State needs during periods of national economic downturn.</label> </referenceItem></toc></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="5001">SEC. 5001. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396d">42 USC 1396d note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>TEMPORARY INCREASE OF MEDICAID FMAP.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Permitting Maintenance of Fmap</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to subsections (e), (f), and (g), if the FMAP determined without regard to this section for a State for—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>fiscal year 2009 is less than the FMAP as so determined for fiscal year 2008, the FMAP for the State for fiscal year 2008 shall be substituted for the State’s FMAP for fiscal year 2009, before the application of this section;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>fiscal year 2010 is less than the FMAP as so determined for fiscal year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 (after the application of paragraph (1)), the greater of such FMAP for the State for fiscal year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 shall be substituted <page identifier="/us/stat/123/497">123 STAT. 497</page> for the State’s FMAP for fiscal year 2010, before the application of this section; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>fiscal year 2011 is less than the FMAP as so determined for fiscal year 2008, fiscal year 2009 (after the application of paragraph (1)), or fiscal year 2010 (after the application of paragraph (2)), the greatest of such FMAP for the State for fiscal year 2008, fiscal year 2009, or fiscal year 2010 shall be substituted for the State’s FMAP for fiscal year 2011, before the application of this section, but only for the first calendar quarter in fiscal year 2011.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">General 6.2 Percentage Point Increase</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subsections (e), (f), and (g) and paragraph (2), for each State for calendar quarters during the recession adjustment period (as defined in subsection (h)(3)), the FMAP (after the application of subsection (a)) shall be increased (without regard to any limitation otherwise specified in section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396d/b">42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)</ref>)) by 6.2 percentage points.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special election for territories</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a State that is not one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, paragraph (1) shall only apply if the State makes a one-time election, in a form and manner specified by the Secretary and for the entire recession adjustment period, to apply the increase in FMAP under paragraph (1) and a 15 percent increase under subsection (d) instead of applying a 30 percent increase under subsection (d).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional Relief Based on Increase in Unemployment</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to subsections (e), (f), and (g), if a State is a qualifying State under paragraph (2) for a calendar quarter occurring during the recession adjustment period, the FMAP for the State shall be further increased by the number of percentage points equal to the product of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the State percentage applicable for the State under section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396d/b">42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)</ref>) after the application of subsection (a) and after the application of ½ of the increase under subsection (b); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the applicable percent determined in paragraph (3) for the calendar quarter (or, if greater, for a previous such calendar quarter).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifying criteria</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), a State qualifies for additional relief under this subsection for a calendar quarter occurring during the recession adjustment period if the State is 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia and the State satisfies any of the following criteria for the quarter:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>The State unemployment increase percentage (as defined in paragraph (4)) for the quarter is at least 1.5 percentage points but less than 2.5 percentage points.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>The State unemployment increase percentage for the quarter is at least 2.5 percentage points but less than 3.5 percentage points.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>The State unemployment increase percentage for the quarter is at least 3.5 percentage points.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/498">123 STAT. 498</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of status</inline>.—</heading><content>If a State qualifies for additional relief under this subsection for a calendar quarter, it shall be deemed to have qualified for such relief for each subsequent calendar quarter ending before July 1, 2010.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicable percent</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), subject to subparagraph (B), the applicable percent is—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>5.5 percent, if the State satisfies the criteria described in paragraph (2)(A)(i) for the calendar quarter;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>8.5 percent if the State satisfies the criteria described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) for the calendar quarter; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>11.5 percent if the State satisfies the criteria described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii) for the calendar quarter.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of higher applicable percent</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Hold harmless period</inline>.—</heading><content>If the percent applied to a State under subparagraph (A) for any calendar quarter in the recession adjustment period beginning on or after January 1, 2009, and ending before July 1, 2010, (determined without regard to this subparagraph) is less than the percent applied for the preceding quarter (as so determined), the higher applicable percent shall continue in effect for each subsequent calendar quarter ending before July 1, 2010.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notice of lower applicable percent</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall notify a State at least 60 days prior to applying any lower applicable percent to the State under this paragraph.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Computation of state unemployment increase percentage</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this subsection, the “State unemployment increase percentage” for a State for a calendar quarter is equal to the number of percentage points (if any) by which—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the average monthly unemployment rate for the State for months in the most recent previous 3-consecutive-month period for which data are available, subject to subparagraph (C); exceeds</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the lowest average monthly unemployment rate for the State for any 3-consecutive-month period preceding the period described in clause (i) and beginning on or after January 1, 2006.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Average monthly unemployment rate defined</inline>.—</heading><content>In this paragraph, the term “<term>average monthly unemployment rate</term>” means the average of the monthly number unemployed, divided by the average of the monthly civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted, as determined based on the most recent monthly publications of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>With respect to—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the first 2 calendar quarters of the recession adjustment period, the most recent previous 3-consecutive-month period described in subparagraph (A)(i) <page identifier="/us/stat/123/499">123 STAT. 499</page> shall be the 3-consecutive-month period beginning with October 2008; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the last 2 calendar quarters of the recession adjustment period, the most recent previous 3-consecutive-month period described in such subparagraph shall be the 3-consecutive-month period beginning with December 2009, or, if it results in a higher applicable percent under paragraph (3), the 3-consecutive-month period beginning with January 2010.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increase in Cap on Medicaid Payments to Territories</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subsections (f) and (g), with respect to entire fiscal years occurring during the recession adjustment period and with respect to fiscal years only a portion of which occurs during such period (and in proportion to the portion of the fiscal year that occurs during such period), the amounts otherwise determined for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa under subsections (f) and (g) of section 1108 of the Social Security Act (42 <ref href="/us/usc/t6/s1308">6 U.S.C. 1308</ref>) shall each be increased by 30 percent (or, in the case of an election under subsection (b)(2), 15 percent). <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>In the case of such an election by a territory, subsection (a)(1) of such section shall be applied without regard to any increase in payment made to the territory under part E of title IV of such Act that is attributable to the increase in FMAP effected under subsection (b) for the territory.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Scope of Application</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The increases in the FMAP for a State under this section shall apply for purposes of title XIX of the Social Security Act and shall not apply with respect to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>disproportionate share hospital payments described in section 1923 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–4">42 U.S.C. 1396r–4</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>payments under title IV of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</ref>) (except that the increases under subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to payments under part E of title IV of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s670/etseq">42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.</ref>) and, for purposes of the application of this section to the District of Columbia, payments under such part shall be deemed to be made on the basis of the FMAP applied with respect to such District for purposes of title XIX and as increased under subsection (b));</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>payments under title XXI of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397aa/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>any payments under title XIX of such Act that are based on the enhanced FMAP described in section 2105(b) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/b">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(b)</ref>); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>any payments under title XIX of such Act that are attributable to expenditures for medical assistance provided to individuals made eligible under a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (including under any waiver under such title or under section 1115 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1315">42 U.S.C. 1315</ref>)) because of income standards (expressed as a percentage of the poverty line) for eligibility for medical assistance that are higher than the income standards (as so expressed) for such eligibility as in effect on July 1, 2008, (including as such standards were proposed to be in effect under a State law enacted but not effective as of such date or a State plan amendment or waiver request under title XIX of such Act that was pending approval on such date).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State Ineligibility; Limitation; Special Rules</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of eligibility requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/500">123 STAT. 500</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), a State is not eligible for an increase in its FMAP under subsection (a), (b), or (c), or an increase in a cap amount under subsection (d), if eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures under its State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (including any waiver under such title or under section 1115 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1315">42 U.S.C. 1315</ref>)) are more restrictive than the eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures, respectively, under such plan (or waiver) as in effect on July 1, 2008.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State reinstatement of eligibility permitted</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (C), a State that has restricted eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures under its State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (including any waiver under such title or under section 1115 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1315">42 U.S.C. 1315</ref>)) after July 1, 2008, is no longer ineligible under subparagraph (A) beginning with the first calendar quarter in which the State has reinstated eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures that are no more restrictive than the eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures, respectively, under such plan (or waiver) as in effect on July 1, 2008.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rules</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A State shall not be ineligible under subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>for the calendar quarters before July 1, 2009, on the basis of a restriction that was applied after July 1, 2008, and before the date of the enactment of this Act, if the State prior to July 1, 2009, has reinstated eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures that are no more restrictive than the eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures, respectively, under such plan (or waiver) as in effect on July 1, 2008; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>on the basis of a restriction that was directed to be made under State law as in effect on July 1, 2008, and would have been in effect as of such date, but for a delay in the effective date of a waiver under section 1115 of such Act with respect to such restriction.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compliance with prompt pay requirements</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to practitioners</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to the succeeding provisions of this subparagraph, no State shall be eligible for an increased FMAP rate as provided under this section for any claim received by a State from a practitioner subject to the terms of section 1902(a)(37)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a/37/A">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(37)(A)</ref>) for such days during any period in which that State has failed to pay claims in accordance with such section as applied under title XIX of such Act.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>Each State shall report to the Secretary, on a quarterly basis, its compliance with the requirements of clause (i) as such requirements pertain to claims made for covered services during each month of the preceding quarter.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver authority</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may waive the application of clause (i) to a State, or the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/501">123 STAT. 501</page> reporting requirement imposed under clause (ii), during any period in which there are exigent circumstances, including natural disasters, that prevent the timely processing of claims or the submission of such a report.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to claims</inline>.—</heading><content>Clauses (i) and (ii) shall only apply to claims made for covered services after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to nursing facilities and hospitals</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to clause (ii), the provisions of subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to a nursing facility or hospital, insofar as it is paid under title XIX of the Social Security Act on the basis of submission of claims, in the same or similar manner (but within the same timeframe) as such provisions apply to practitioners described in such subparagraph.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grace period</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding clause (i), no period of ineligibility shall be imposed against a State prior to June 1, 2009, on the basis of the State failing to pay a claim in accordance with such clause.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State’s application toward rainy day fund</inline>.—</heading><content>A State is not eligible for an increase in its FMAP under subsection (b) or (c), or an increase in a cap amount under subsection (d), if any amounts attributable (directly or indirectly) to such increase are deposited or credited into any reserve or rainy day fund of the State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No waiver authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), the Secretary may not waive the application of this subsection or subsection (g) under section 1115 of the Social Security Act or otherwise.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation of fmap to 100 percent</inline>.—</heading><content>In no case shall an increase in FMAP under this section result in an FMAP that exceeds 100 percent.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of certain expenditures</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>With respect to expenditures described in section 2105(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/a/1/B">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(a)(1)(B)</ref>), as in effect before April 1, 2009, that are made during the period beginning on October 1, 2008, and ending on March 31, 2009, any additional Federal funds that are paid to a State as a result of this section that are attributable to such expenditures shall not be counted against any allotment under section 2104 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd">42 U.S.C. 1397dd</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State reports</inline>.—</heading><content>Each State that is paid additional Federal funds as a result of this section shall, not later than September 30, 2011, submit a report to the Secretary, in such form and such manner as the Secretary shall determine, regarding how the additional Federal funds were expended.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional requirement for certain states</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a State that requires political subdivisions within the State to contribute toward the non-Federal share of expenditures under the State Medicaid plan required under section 1902(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a/2">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(2)</ref>), the State is not eligible for an increase in its FMAP under subsection (b) or (c), or an increase in a cap amount under subsection (d), if it requires that such political subdivisions <page identifier="/us/stat/123/502">123 STAT. 502</page> pay for quarters during the recession adjustment period a greater percentage of the non-Federal share of such expenditures, or a greater percentage of the non-Federal share of payments under section 1923, than the respective percentage that would have been required by the State under such plan on September 30, 2008, prior to application of this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section, except as otherwise provided:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">FMAP</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>FMAP</term>” means the Federal medical assistance percentage, as defined in section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396d/b">42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)</ref>), as determined without regard to this section except as otherwise specified.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Poverty line</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>poverty line</term>” has the meaning given such term in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9902/2">42 U.S.C. 9902(2)</ref>), including any revision required by such section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recession adjustment period</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>recession adjustment period</term>” means the period beginning on October 1, 2008, and ending on December 31, 2010.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>State</term>” has the meaning given such term in section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1301/a/1">42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)</ref>) for purposes of title XIX of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sunset</inline>.—</heading><content>This section shall not apply to items and services furnished after the end of the recession adjustment period.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on FMAP Change</inline>.—</heading><content>The increase in FMAP effected under section 614 of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 shall not apply in the computation of the enhanced FMAP under title XXI or XIX of the Social Security Act for any period (notwithstanding subsection (i)).</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="5002">SEC. 5002. </num><heading>TEMPORARY INCREASE IN DSH ALLOTMENTS DURING RECESSION.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1923(f)(3) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–4/f/3">42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (6)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (6) and subparagraph (E)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Temporary increase in allotments during recession</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to clause (ii), the DSH allotment for any State—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>for fiscal year 2009 is equal to 102.5 percent of the DSH allotment that would be determined under this paragraph for the State for fiscal year 2009 without application of this subparagraph, notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) and (C);</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for fiscal year 2010 is equal to 102.5 percent of the DSH allotment for the State for fiscal year 2009, as determined under subclause (I); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>for each succeeding fiscal year is equal to the DSH allotment for the State under this paragraph determined without applying subclauses (I) and (II).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/503">123 STAT. 503</page></content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><content>Clause (i) shall not apply to a State for a year in the case that the DSH allotment for such State for such year under this paragraph determined without applying clause (i) would grow higher than the DSH allotment specified under clause (i) for the State for such year.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="5003">SEC. 5003. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF MORATORIA ON CERTAIN MEDICAID FINAL REGULATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Final Regulations Relating to Optional Case Management Services and Allowable Provider Taxes</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 7001(a)(3)(A) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/252">Public Law 110–252</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>April 1, 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>July 1, 2009</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Final Regulation Relating to School-Based Administration and School-Based Transportation</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 206 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/173">Public Law 110–173</ref>), as amended by section 7001(a)(2) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/252">Public Law 110–252</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(July 1, 2009, in the case of the final regulation relating to school-based administration and school-based transportation)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>April 1, 2009,</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Final Regulation Relating to Outpatient Hospital Facility Services</inline>.—</heading><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to expenditures for services furnished during the period beginning on December 8, 2008, and ending on June 30, 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not take any action (through promulgation of regulation, issuance of regulatory guidance, use of Federal payment audit procedures, or other administrative action, policy, or practice, including a Medical Assistance Manual transmittal or letter to State Medicaid directors) to implement the final regulation relating to clarification of the definition of outpatient hospital facility services under the Medicaid program published on November 7, 2008 (<ref href="/us/fr/73/66187">73 Federal Register 66187</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should not promulgate as final regulations any of the following proposed Medicaid regulations:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cost limits for certain providers</inline>.—</heading><content>The proposed regulation published on January 18, 2007, (<ref href="/us/fr/72/2236">72 Federal Register 2236</ref>) (and the purported final regulation published on May 29, 2007 (<ref href="/us/fr/72/29748">72 Federal Register 29748</ref>) and determined by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to have been “improperly promulgated”, <i>Alameda County Medical Center, et al., v. Leavitt, et al.,</i> Civil Action No. 08-0422, Mem. at 4 (D.D.C. May 23, 2008)).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payments for graduate medical education</inline>.—</heading><content>The proposed regulation published on May 23, 2007 (<ref href="/us/fr/72/28930">72 Federal Register 28930</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rehabilitative services</inline>.—</heading><content>The proposed regulation published on August 13, 2007 (<ref href="/us/fr/72/45201">72 Federal Register 45201</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="5004">SEC. 5004. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (TMA).</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">18-Month Extension</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Sections 1902(e)(1)(B) and 1925(f) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/e/1/B">42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(1)(B)</ref>, 1396r–6(f)) are <page identifier="/us/stat/123/504">123 STAT. 504</page> each amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30, 2003</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on July 1, 2009.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State Option of Initial 12-Month Eligibility</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1925 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–6">42 U.S.C. 1396r–6</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>but subject to paragraph (5)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end of subsection (a) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Option of 12-month initial eligibility period</inline>.—</heading><content>A State may elect to treat any reference in this subsection to a 6-month period (or 6 months) as a reference to a 12-month period (or 12 months). In the case of such an election, subsection (b) shall not apply.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (b)(1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>but subject to subsection (a)(5)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Removal of Requirement for Previous Receipt of Medical Assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1925(a)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–6/a/1">42 U.S.C. 1396r–6(a)(1)</ref>), as amended by subsection (b)(1), is further amended—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraph (B) and</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>paragraph (5)</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> the matter after “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Requirement.</headingText>—</quotedText>” as a subparagraph (A) with the heading “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">In general</headingText>.—</quotedText>” and with the same indentation as subparagraph (B) (as added by paragraph (3)); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State option to waive requirement for 3 months before receipt of medical assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>A State may, at its option, elect also to apply subparagraph (A) in the case of a family that was receiving such aid for fewer than three months or that had applied for and was eligible for such aid for fewer than 3 months during the 6 immediately preceding months described in such subparagraph.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">CMS Report on Enrollment and Participation Rates Under TMA</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1925 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–6">42 U.S.C. 1396r–6</ref>), as amended by this section, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Collection and Reporting of Participation Information</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Collection of information from states</inline>.—</heading><content>Each State shall collect and submit to the Secretary (and make publicly available), in a format specified by the Secretary, information on average monthly enrollment and average monthly participation rates for adults and children under this section and of the number and percentage of children who become ineligible for medical assistance under this section whose medical assistance is continued under another eligibility category or who are enrolled under the State’s child health plan under title XXI. Such information shall be submitted at the same time and frequency in which other enrollment information under this title is submitted to the Secretary.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual reports to congress</inline>.—</heading><content>Using the information submitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit <page identifier="/us/stat/123/505">123 STAT. 505</page> to Congress annual reports concerning enrollment and participation rates described in such paragraph.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–6">42 USC 1396r–6 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsections (b) through (d) shall take effect on July 1, 2009.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="5005">SEC. 5005. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF THE QUALIFYING INDIVIDUAL (QI) PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a/10/E/iv">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(E)(iv)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extending Total Amount Available for Allocation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1933(g) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–3/g">42 U.S.C. 1396u–3(g)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (K);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (L), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraphs:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="M">“(M) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>for the period that begins on January 1, 2010, and ends on September 30, 2010, the total allocation amount is $412,500,000; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="N">“(N) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>for the period that begins on October 1, 2010, and ends on December 31, 2010, the total allocation amount is $150,000,000.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or (L)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(L), or (N)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="5006">SEC. 5006. </num><heading>PROTECTIONS FOR INDIANS UNDER MEDICAID AND CHIP.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Premiums and Cost Sharing Protection Under Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1916 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396o">42 U.S.C. 1396o</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and (i)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, (i), and (j)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">“(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No Premiums or Cost Sharing for Indians Furnished Items or Services Directly by Indian Health Programs or Through Referral Under Contract Health Services</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No cost sharing for items or services furnished to indians through indian health programs</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>No enrollment fee, premium, or similar charge, and no deduction, copayment, cost sharing, or similar charge shall be imposed against an Indian who is furnished an item or service directly by the Indian Health Service, an Indian Tribe, Tribal Organization, or Urban Indian Organization or through referral under contract health services for which payment may be made under this title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No reduction in amount of payment to indian health providers</inline>.—</heading><content>Payment due under this title to the Indian Health Service, an Indian Tribe, Tribal Organization, or Urban Indian Organization, or a health care provider through referral under contract health services for the furnishing of an item or service to an Indian who is eligible for assistance under such title, may not be reduced by the amount of any enrollment fee, premium, or similar charge, or any deduction, copayment, cost <page identifier="/us/stat/123/506">123 STAT. 506</page> sharing, or similar charge that would be due from the Indian but for the operation of subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as restricting the application of any other limitations on the imposition of premiums or cost sharing that may apply to an individual receiving medical assistance under this title who is an Indian.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1916A(b)(3) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396o–1/b/3">42 U.S.C. 1396o–1(b)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">“(vii) </num><content>An Indian who is furnished an item or service directly by the Indian Health Service, an Indian Tribe, Tribal Organization or Urban Indian Organization or through referral under contract health services.”</content></clause></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="x">“(x) </num><content>Items and services furnished to an Indian directly by the Indian Health Service, an Indian Tribe, Tribal Organization or Urban Indian Organization or through referral under contract health services.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of Certain Property From Resources for Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a</ref>), as amended by sections 203(c) and 211(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/3">Public Law 111–3</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ff">“(ff) </num><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other requirement of this title or any other provision of Federal or State law, a State shall disregard the following property from resources for purposes of determining the eligibility of an individual who is an Indian for medical assistance under this title:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>Property, including real property and improvements, that is held in trust, subject to Federal restrictions, or otherwise under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, located on a reservation, including any federally recognized Indian Tribe’s reservation, pueblo, or colony, including former reservations in Oklahoma, Alaska Native regions established by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and Indian allotments on or near a reservation as designated and approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>For any federally recognized Tribe not described in paragraph (1), property located within the most recent boundaries of a prior Federal reservation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Ownership interests in rents, leases, royalties, or usage rights related to natural resources (including extraction of natural resources or harvesting of timber, other plants and plant products, animals, fish, and shellfish) resulting from the exercise of federally protected rights.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>Ownership interests in or usage rights to items not covered by paragraphs (1) through (3) that have unique religious, spiritual, traditional, or cultural significance or rights that support subsistence or a traditional lifestyle according to applicable tribal law or custom.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to chip</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2107(e)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg/e/1">42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)</ref>), as amended by sections 203(a)(2), <page identifier="/us/stat/123/507">123 STAT. 507</page> 203(d)(2), 214(b), 501(d)(2), and 503(a)(1) of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/3">Public Law 111–3</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (C) through (I), as subparagraphs (D) through (J), respectively; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (B), the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>Section 1902(ff) (relating to disregard of certain property for purposes of making eligibility determinations).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Continuation of Current Law Protections of Certain Indian Property From Medicaid Estate Recovery</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1917(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396p/b/3">42 U.S.C. 1396p(b)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(A)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>(3)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The standards specified by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall require that the procedures established by the State agency under subparagraph (A) exempt income, resources, and property that are exempt from the application of this subsection as of April 1, 2003, under manual instructions issued to carry out this subsection (as in effect on such date) because of the Federal responsibility for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed as preventing the Secretary from providing additional estate recovery exemptions under this title for Indians.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rules Applicable Under Medicaid and Chip to Managed Care Entities With Respect to Indian Enrollees and Indian Health Care Providers and Indian Managed Care Entities</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1932 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396u–2">42 U.S.C. 1396u–2</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rules With Respect to Indian Enrollees, Indian Health Care Providers, and Indian Managed Care Entities</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enrollee option to select an indian health care provider as primary care provider</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of a non-Indian Medicaid managed care entity that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>has an Indian enrolled with the entity; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>has an Indian health care provider that is participating as a primary care provider within the network of the entity,</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">insofar as the Indian is otherwise eligible to receive services from such Indian health care provider and the Indian health care provider has the capacity to provide primary care services to such Indian, the contract with the entity under section 1903(m) or under section 1905(t)(3) shall require, as a condition of receiving payment under such contract, that the Indian shall be allowed to choose such Indian health care provider as the Indian’s primary care provider under the entity.</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assurance of payment to indian health care providers for provision of covered services</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each contract with a managed care entity under section 1903(m) or under section 1905(t)(3) shall require any such entity, as a condition of receiving payment under such contract, to satisfy the following requirements:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/508">123 STAT. 508</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Demonstration of access to indian health care providers and application of alternative payment arrangements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to subparagraph (C), to—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>demonstrate that the number of Indian health care providers that are participating providers with respect to such entity are sufficient to ensure timely access to covered Medicaid managed care services for those Indian enrollees who are eligible to receive services from such providers; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>agree to pay Indian health care providers, whether such providers are participating or nonparticipating providers with respect to the entity, for covered Medicaid managed care services provided to those Indian enrollees who are eligible to receive services from such providers at a rate equal to the rate negotiated between such entity and the provider involved or, if such a rate has not been negotiated, at a rate that is not less than the level and amount of payment which the entity would make for the services if the services were furnished by a participating provider which is not an Indian health care provider.</content></clause><continuation class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote>The Secretary shall establish procedures for applying the requirements of clause (i) in States where there are no or few Indian health providers.</continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prompt payment</inline>.—</heading><content>To agree to make prompt payment (consistent with rule for prompt payment of providers under section 1932(f)) to Indian health care providers that are participating providers with respect to such entity or, in the case of an entity to which subparagraph (A)(ii) or (C) applies, that the entity is required to pay in accordance with that subparagraph.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application of special payment requirements for federally-qualified health centers and for services provided by certain indian health care providers</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federally-qualified health centers</inline>.—</heading><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Managed care entity payment requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>To agree to pay any Indian health care provider that is a federally-qualified health center under this title but not a participating provider with respect to the entity, for the provision of covered Medicaid managed care services by such provider to an Indian enrollee of the entity at a rate equal to the amount of payment that the entity would pay a federally-qualified health center that is a participating provider with respect to the entity but is not an Indian health care provider for such services.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Continued application of state requirement to make supplemental payment</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in subclause (I) or subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be construed as waiving the application of section 1902(bb)(5) regarding the State plan requirement to make any supplemental payment due under such section to a federally-qualified health center for services furnished by such center to an enrollee of a managed care entity (regardless <page identifier="/us/stat/123/509">123 STAT. 509</page> of whether the federally-qualified health center is or is not a participating provider with the entity).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Payment rate for services provided by certain indian health care providers</inline>.—</heading><content>If the amount paid by a managed care entity to an Indian health care provider that is not a federally-qualified health center for services provided by the provider to an Indian enrollee with the managed care entity is less than the rate that applies to the provision of such services by the provider under the State plan, the plan shall provide for payment to the Indian health care provider, whether the provider is a participating or nonparticipating provider with respect to the entity, of the difference between such applicable rate and the amount paid by the managed care entity to the provider for such services.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as waiving the application of section 1902(a)(30)(A) (relating to application of standards to assure that payments are consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special rule for enrollment for indian managed care entities</inline>.—</heading><content>Regarding the application of a Medicaid managed care program to Indian Medicaid managed care entities, an Indian Medicaid managed care entity may restrict enrollment under such program to Indians in the same manner as Indian Health Programs may restrict the delivery of services to Indians.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Indian health care provider</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Indian health care provider</term>’ means an Indian Health Program or an Urban Indian Organization.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Indian medicaid managed care entity</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Indian Medicaid managed care entity</term>’ means a managed care entity that is controlled (within the meaning of the last sentence of section 1903(m)(1)(C)) by the Indian Health Service, a Tribe, Tribal Organization, or Urban Indian Organization, or a consortium, which may be composed of 1 or more Tribes, Tribal Organizations, or Urban Indian Organizations, and which also may include the Service.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Non-indian medicaid managed care entity</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>non-Indian Medicaid managed care entity</term>’ means a managed care entity that is not an Indian Medicaid managed care entity.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Covered medicaid managed care services</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>covered Medicaid managed care services</term>’ means, with respect to an individual enrolled with a managed care entity, items and services for which benefits are available with respect to the individual under the contract between the entity and the State involved.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid managed care program</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Medicaid managed care program</term>’ means a program under sections 1903(m), 1905(t), and 1932 and includes a managed care program operating under a waiver under section 1915(b) or 1115 or otherwise.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/510">123 STAT. 510</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to chip</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2107(e)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg/1">42 U.S.C. 1397gg(1)</ref>), as amended by subsection (b)(2), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (I) the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="J">“(J) </num><content>Subsections (a)(2)(C) and (h) of section 1932.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42">42 USC </ref></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">1320b–24.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultation on Medicaid, Chip, and Other Health Care Programs Funded Under the Social Security Act Involving Indian Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Establishment.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultation with tribal technical advisory group (ttag)</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall maintain within the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) a Tribal Technical Advisory Group (TTAG), which was first established in accordance with requirements of the charter dated September 30, 2003, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall include in such Group a representative of a national urban Indian health organization and a representative of the Indian Health Service. The inclusion of a representative of a national urban Indian health organization in such Group shall not affect the nonapplication of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>) to such Group.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Solicitation of advice under medicaid and chip</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Medicaid state plan amendment</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)</ref>), as amended by section 501(d)(1) of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/3">Public Law 111–3</ref>), (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (71), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (72), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (72), the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="73">“(73) </num><chapeau>in the case of any State in which 1 or more Indian Health Programs or Urban Indian Organizations furnishes health care services, provide for a process under which the State seeks advice on a regular, ongoing basis from designees of such Indian Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations on matters relating to the application of this title that are likely to have a direct effect on such Indian Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations and that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>shall include solicitation of advice prior to submission of any plan amendments, waiver requests, and proposals for demonstration projects likely to have a direct effect on Indians, Indian Health Programs, or Urban Indian Organizations; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>may include appointment of an advisory committee and of a designee of such Indian Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations to the medical care advisory committee advising the State on its State plan under this title.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application to chip</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2107(e)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg/1">42 U.S.C. 1397gg(1)</ref>), as amended by subsections (b)(2) and (d) (2), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/511">123 STAT. 511</page></chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), and (K) as subparagraphs (D), (F), (B), (E), (G), (I), (H), (J), (K), and (L), respectively;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by moving such subparagraphs so as to appear in alphabetical order; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (B) (as so redesiganted and moved) the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>Section 1902(a)(73) (relating to requiring certain States to seek advice from designees of Indian Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in the amendments made by this subsection shall be construed as superseding existing advisory committees, working groups, guidance, or other advisory procedures established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services or by any State with respect to the provision of health care to Indians.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on July 1, 2009.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="5007">SEC. 5007. </num><heading>FUNDING FOR OVERSIGHT AND IMPLEMENTATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Oversight</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of ensuring the proper expenditure of Federal funds under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</ref>), there is appropriated to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and without further appropriation, $31,250,000 for fiscal year 2009, which shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2011, and shall be in addition to any other amounts appropriated or made available to such Office for such purposes.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Implementation of Increased FMAP</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of carrying out section 5001, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and without further appropriation, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, which shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2011, and shall be in addition to any other amounts appropriated or made available to such Secretary for such purposes.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="5008">SEC. 5008. </num><heading>GAO STUDY AND REPORT REGARDING STATE NEEDS DURING PERIODS OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Comptroller General of the United States shall study the period of national economic downturn in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, as well as previous periods of national economic downturn since 1974, for the purpose of developing recommendations for addressing the needs of States during such periods. As part of such analysis, the Comptroller General shall study the past and projected effects of temporary increases in the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid program with respect to such periods.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than April 1, 2011, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1). Such report shall include the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Such recommendations as the Comptroller General determines appropriate for modifying the national economic downturn assistance formula for temporary adjustment of the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/512">123 STAT. 512</page> Federal medical assistance percentage under Medicaid (also referred to as a “<term>countercyclical FMAP</term>”) described in GAO report number GAO–07–97 to improve the effectiveness of the application of such percentage in addressing the needs of States during periods of national economic downturn, including recommendations for—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>improvements to the factors that would begin and end the application of such percentage;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>how the determination of the amount of such percentage could be adjusted to address State and regional economic variations during such periods; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>how the determination of the amount of such percentage could be adjusted to be more responsive to actual Medicaid costs incurred by States during such periods.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>An analysis of the impact on States during such periods of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>declines in private health benefits coverage;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>declines in State revenues; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>caseload maintenance and growth under Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or any other publicly-funded programs to provide health benefits coverage for State residents.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Identification of, and recommendations for addressing, the effects on States of any other specific economic indicators that the Comptroller General determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <num value="VI">TITLE VI—</num><heading>BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="6000">SEC. 6000. </num><heading>TABLE OF CONTENTS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The table of contents of this title is as follows:<toc> <referenceItem role="title" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>TITLE VI—</designator> <label>BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 6000. </designator> <label>Table of contents.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 6001. </designator> <label>Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.</label> </referenceItem></toc></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="6001">SEC. 6001. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s1305">47 USC 1305</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><content>The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information (Assistant Secretary), in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), shall establish a national broadband service development and expansion program in conjunction with the technology opportunities program, which shall be referred to as the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that the program complements and enhances and does not conflict with other Federal broadband initiatives and programs.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The purposes of the program are to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>provide access to broadband service to consumers residing in unserved areas of the United States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>provide improved access to broadband service to consumers residing in underserved areas of the United States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>provide broadband education, awareness, training, access, equipment, and support to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>schools, libraries, medical and healthcare providers, community colleges and other institutions of higher education, and other community support organizations and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/513">123 STAT. 513</page> entities to facilitate greater use of broadband service by or through these organizations;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>organizations and agencies that provide outreach, access, equipment, and support services to facilitate greater use of broadband service by low-income, unemployed, aged, and otherwise vulnerable populations; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>job-creating strategic facilities located within a State-designated economic zone, Economic Development District designated by the Department of Commerce, Renewal Community or Empowerment Zone designated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or Enterprise Community designated by the Department of Agriculture;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>improve access to, and use of, broadband service by public safety agencies; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>stimulate the demand for broadband, economic growth, and job creation.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>The Assistant Secretary may consult a State, the District of Columbia, or territory or possession of the United States with respect to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the identification of areas described in subsection (b)(1) or (2) located in that State; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the allocation of grant funds within that State for projects in or affecting the State.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>The Assistant Secretary shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote>establish and implement the grant program as expeditiously as practicable;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>ensure that all awards are made before the end of fiscal year 2010;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>seek such assurances as may be necessary or appropriate from grantees under the program that they will substantially complete projects supported by the program in accordance with project timelines, not to exceed 2 years following an award; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote>report on the status of the program to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, every 90 days.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><chapeau>To be eligible for a grant under the program, an applicant shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>be a State or political subdivision thereof, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s450/b">25 U.S.C. 450(b)</ref>) or native Hawaiian organization;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>a nonprofit—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>foundation,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>corporation,</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>institution, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>association; or</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>any other entity, including a broadband service or infrastructure provider, that the Assistant Secretary finds by rule to be in the public interest. In establishing such rule, the Assistant Secretary shall to the extent practicable promote the purposes of this section in a technologically neutral manner;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/514">123 STAT. 514</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>submit an application, at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Assistant Secretary may require;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>provide a detailed explanation of how any amount received under the program will be used to carry out the purposes of this section in an efficient and expeditious manner, including a showing that the project would not have been implemented during the grant period without Federal grant assistance;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Assistant Secretary, that it is capable of carrying out the project or function to which the application relates in a competent manner in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Assistant Secretary, that it will appropriate (if the applicant is a State or local government agency) or otherwise unconditionally obligate, from non-Federal sources, funds required to meet the requirements of subsection (f);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>disclose to the Assistant Secretary the source and amount of other Federal or State funding sources from which the applicant receives, or has applied for, funding for activities or projects to which the application relates; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>provide such assurances and procedures as the Assistant Secretary may require to ensure that grant funds are used and accounted for in an appropriate manner.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><chapeau>The Federal share of any project may not exceed 80 percent, except that the Assistant Secretary may increase the Federal share of a project above 80 percent if—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the applicant petitions the Assistant Secretary for a waiver; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the Assistant Secretary determines that the petition demonstrates financial need.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><chapeau>The Assistant Secretary may make competitive grants under the program to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>acquire equipment, instrumentation, networking capability, hardware and software, digital network technology, and infrastructure for broadband services;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>construct and deploy broadband service related infrastructure;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>ensure access to broadband service by community anchor institutions;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>facilitate access to broadband service by low-income, unemployed, aged, and otherwise vulnerable populations in order to provide educational and employment opportunities to members of such populations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>construct and deploy broadband facilities that improve public safety broadband communications services; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>undertake such other projects and activities as the Assistant Secretary finds to be consistent with the purposes for which the program is established.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><chapeau>The Assistant Secretary, in awarding grants under this section, shall, to the extent practical—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>award not less than 1 grant in each State;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>consider whether an application to deploy infrastructure in an area—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/515">123 STAT. 515</page> <subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>will, if approved, increase the affordability of, and subscribership to, service to the greatest population of users in the area;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>will, if approved, provide the greatest broadband speed possible to the greatest population of users in the area;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>will, if approved, enhance service for health care delivery, education, or children to the greatest population of users in the area; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>will, if approved, not result in unjust enrichment as a result of support for non-recurring costs through another Federal program for service in the area; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>consider whether the applicant is a socially and economically disadvantaged small business concern as defined under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s637">15 U.S.C. 637</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>The Assistant Secretary—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote>shall require any entity receiving a grant pursuant to this section to report quarterly, in a format specified by the Assistant Secretary, on such entity’s use of the assistance and progress fulfilling the objectives for which such funds were granted, and the Assistant Secretary shall make these reports available to the public;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>may establish additional reporting and information requirements for any recipient of any assistance made available pursuant to this section;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>shall establish appropriate mechanisms to ensure appropriate use and compliance with all terms of any use of funds made available pursuant to this section;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>may, in addition to other authority under applicable law, deobligate awards to grantees that demonstrate an insufficient level of performance, or wasteful or fraudulent spending, as defined in advance by the Assistant Secretary, and award these funds competitively to new or existing applicants consistent with this section; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Database.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web site.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p></sidenote>shall create and maintain a fully searchable database, accessible on the Internet at no cost to the public, that contains at least a list of each entity that has applied for a grant under this section, a description of each application, the status of each such application, the name of each entity receiving funds made available pursuant to this section, the purpose for which such entity is receiving such funds, each quarterly report submitted by the entity pursuant to this section, and such other information sufficient to allow the public to understand and monitor grants awarded under the program.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p></sidenote>Concurrent with the issuance of the Request for Proposal for grant applications pursuant to this section, the Assistant Secretary shall, in coordination with the Commission, publish the non-discrimination and network interconnection obligations that shall be contractual conditions of grants awarded under this section, including, at a minimum, adherence to the principles contained in the Commission’s broadband policy statement (FCC 05-15, adopted August 5, 2005).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">(k)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Broadband plan.</p></sidenote>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a report containing a national broadband plan.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/516">123 STAT. 516</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>The national broadband plan required by this section shall seek to ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that goal. The plan shall also include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>an analysis of the most effective and efficient mechanisms for ensuring broadband access by all people of the United States;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a detailed strategy for achieving affordability of such service and maximum utilization of broadband infrastructure and service by the public;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>an evaluation of the status of deployment of broadband service, including progress of projects supported by the grants made pursuant to this section; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>a plan for use of broadband infrastructure and services in advancing consumer welfare, civic participation, public safety and homeland security, community development, health care delivery, energy independence and efficiency, education, worker training, private sector investment, entrepreneurial activity, job creation and economic growth, and other national purposes.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>In developing the plan, the Commission shall have access to data provided to other Government agencies under the Broadband Data Improvement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t47/s1301">47 U.S.C. 1301 note</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">(l) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Broadband map.</p></sidenote>The Assistant Secretary shall develop and maintain a comprehensive nationwide inventory map of existing broadband service capability and availability in the United States that depicts the geographic extent to which broadband service capability is deployed and available from a commercial provider or public provider throughout each State. <sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall make the broadband inventory map developed and maintained pursuant to this section accessible by the public on a World Wide Web site of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in a form that is interactive and searchable.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">(m) </num><content><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote>The Assistant Secretary shall have the authority to prescribe such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.</content></subsection></section> <num value="VII">TITLE VII—</num><heading>LIMITS ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="7000">SEC. 7000. </num><heading>TABLE OF CONTENTS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The table of contents of this title is as follows:<toc> <referenceItem role="title" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator>TITLE VII—</designator> <label>LIMITS ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 7000. </designator> <label>Table of contents.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 7001. </designator> <label>Executive compensation and corporate governance.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>Sec. 7002. </designator> <label>Applicability with respect to loan modifications.</label> </referenceItem></toc></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="7001">SEC. 7001. </num><heading>EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 111 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s5221">12 U.S.C. 5221</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/517">123 STAT. 517</page> <quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="111">“SEC. 111. </num><heading class="bold ">EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Senior executive officer</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>senior executive officer</term>’ means an individual who is 1 of the top 5 most highly paid executives of a public company, whose compensation is required to be disclosed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any regulations issued thereunder, and non-public company counterparts.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Golden parachute payment</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>golden parachute payment</term>’ means any payment to a senior executive officer for departure from a company for any reason, except for payments for services performed or benefits accrued.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">TARP recipient</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>TARP recipient</term>’ means any entity that has received or will receive financial assistance under the financial assistance provided under the TARP.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Commission</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Commission</term>’ means the Securities and Exchange Commission.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Period in which obligation is outstanding; rule of construction</inline>.—</heading><content>For purposes of this section, the period in which any obligation arising from financial assistance provided under the TARP remains outstanding does not include any period during which the Federal Government only holds warrants to purchase common stock of the TARP recipient.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment of standards</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>During the period in which any obligation arising from financial assistance provided under the TARP remains outstanding, each TARP recipient shall be subject to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the standards established by the Secretary under this section; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the provisions of section 162(m)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as applicable.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Standards required</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall require each TARP recipient to meet appropriate standards for executive compensation and corporate governance.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Specific requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The standards established under paragraph (2) shall include the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>Limits on compensation that exclude incentives for senior executive officers of the TARP recipient to take unnecessary and excessive risks that threaten the value of such recipient during the period in which any obligation arising from financial assistance provided under the TARP remains outstanding.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A provision for the recovery by such TARP recipient of any bonus, retention award, or incentive compensation paid to a senior executive officer and any of the next 20 most highly-compensated employees of the TARP recipient based on statements of earnings, revenues, gains, or other criteria that are later found to be materially inaccurate.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>A prohibition on such TARP recipient making any golden parachute payment to a senior executive officer or any of the next 5 most highly-compensated employees of the TARP recipient during the period in which any <page identifier="/us/stat/123/518">123 STAT. 518</page> obligation arising from financial assistance provided under the TARP remains outstanding.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>A prohibition on such TARP recipient paying or accruing any bonus, retention award, or incentive compensation during the period in which any obligation arising from financial assistance provided under the TARP remains outstanding, except that any prohibition developed under this paragraph shall not apply to the payment of long-term restricted stock by such TARP recipient, provided that such long-term restricted stock—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>does not fully vest during the period in which any obligation arising from financial assistance provided to that TARP recipient remains outstanding;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>has a value in an amount that is not greater than ⅓ of the total amount of annual compensation of the employee receiving the stock; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>is subject to such other terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine is in the public interest.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>The prohibition required under clause (i) shall apply as follows:</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>For any financial institution that received financial assistance provided under the TARP equal to less than $25,000,000, the prohibition shall apply only to the most highly compensated employee of the financial institution.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>For any financial institution that received financial assistance provided under the TARP equal to at least $25,000,000, but less than $250,000,000, the prohibition shall apply to at least the 5 most highly-compensated employees of the financial institution, or such higher number as the Secretary may determine is in the public interest with respect to any TARP recipient.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>For any financial institution that received financial assistance provided under the TARP equal to at least$250,000,000, but less than $500,000,000, the prohibition shall apply to the senior executive officers and at least the 10 next most highly-compensated employees, or such higher number as the Secretary may determine is in the public interest with respect to any TARP recipient.</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>For any financial institution that received financial assistance provided under the TARP equal to $500,000,000 or more, the prohibition shall apply to the senior executive officers and at least the 20 next most highly-compensated employees, or such higher number as the Secretary may determine is in the public interest with respect to any TARP recipient.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>The prohibition required under clause (i) shall not be construed to prohibit any bonus payment required to be paid pursuant to a written employment contract executed on or before February 11, 2009, as such valid employment contracts are determined by the Secretary or the designee of the Secretary.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>A prohibition on any compensation plan that would encourage manipulation of the reported earnings of such <page identifier="/us/stat/123/519">123 STAT. 519</page> TARP recipient to enhance the compensation of any of its employees.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>A requirement for the establishment of a Board Compensation Committee that meets the requirements of subsection (c).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certification of compliance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The chief executive officer and chief financial officer (or the equivalents thereof) of each TARP recipient shall provide a written certification of compliance by the TARP recipient with the requirements of this section—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>in the case of a TARP recipient, the securities of which are publicly traded, to the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with annual filings required under the securities laws; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of a TARP recipient that is not a publicly traded company, to the Secretary.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Board Compensation Committee</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment of board required</inline>.—</heading><content>Each TARP recipient shall establish a Board Compensation Committee, comprised entirely of independent directors, for the purpose of reviewing employee compensation plans.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Meetings</inline>.—</heading><content>The Board Compensation Committee of each TARP recipient shall meet at least semiannually to discuss and evaluate employee compensation plans in light of an assessment of any risk posed to the TARP recipient from such plans.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compliance by non-sec registrants</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of any TARP recipient, the common or preferred stock of which is not registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and that has received $25,000,000 or less of TARP assistance, the duties of the Board Compensation Committee under this subsection shall be carried out by the board of directors of such TARP recipient.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on Luxury Expenditures</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The board of directors of any TARP recipient shall have in place a company-wide policy regarding excessive or luxury expenditures, as identified by the Secretary, which may include excessive expenditures on—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>entertainment or events;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>office and facility renovations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>aviation or other transportation services; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>other activities or events that are not reasonable expenditures for staff development, reasonable performance incentives, or other similar measures conducted in the normal course of the business operations of the TARP recipient.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Shareholder Approval of Executive Compensation</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual shareholder approval of executive compensation</inline>.—</heading><content>Any proxy or consent or authorization for an annual or other meeting of the shareholders of any TARP recipient during the period in which any obligation arising from financial assistance provided under the TARP remains outstanding shall permit a separate shareholder vote to approve the compensation of executives, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Commission (which disclosure shall include the compensation discussion and analysis, the compensation tables, and any related material).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonbinding vote</inline>.—</heading><content>A shareholder vote described in paragraph (1) shall not be binding on the board of directors of a TARP recipient, and may not be construed as overruling <page identifier="/us/stat/123/520">123 STAT. 520</page> a decision by such board, nor to create or imply any additional fiduciary duty by such board, nor shall such vote be construed to restrict or limit the ability of shareholders to make proposals for inclusion in proxy materials related to executive compensation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deadline for rulemaking</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Commission shall issue any final rules and regulations required by this subsection.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Review of Prior Payments to Executives</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall review bonuses, retention awards, and other compensation paid to the senior executive officers and the next 20 most highly-compensated employees of each entity receiving TARP assistance before the date of enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to determine whether any such payments were inconsistent with the purposes of this section or the TARP or were otherwise contrary to the public interest.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Negotiations for reimbursement</inline>.—</heading><content>If the Secretary makes a determination described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall seek to negotiate with the TARP recipient and the subject employee for appropriate reimbursements to the Federal Government with respect to compensation or bonuses.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">No Impediment to Withdrawal by TARP Recipients</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to consultation with the appropriate Federal banking agency (as that term is defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act), if any, the Secretary shall permit a TARP recipient to repay any assistance previously provided under the TARP to such financial institution, without regard to whether the financial institution has replaced such funds from any other source or to any waiting period, and when such assistance is repaid, the Secretary shall liquidate warrants associated with such assistance at the current market price.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/521">123 STAT. 521</page></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="7002">SEC. 7002. </num><heading>APPLICABILITY WITH RESPECT TO LOAN MODIFICATIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 109(a) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s5219/a">12 U.S.C. 5219(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>To the extent</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver of certain provisions in connection with loan modifications.</inline>—</heading><content>The Secretary shall not be required to apply executive compensation restrictions under section 111, or to receive warrants or debt instruments under section 113, solely in connection with any loan modification under this section.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> Approved February 17, 2009.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1 (S. 336) (S. 350): SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 111–3 (Comm. on Appropriations) accompanying S. 336. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009):

Jan. 27, 28, considered and passed House.

Feb. 2–7, 9, 10, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Feb. 13, House and Senate agreed to conference report.

 DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2009):

Feb. 17, Presidential remarks and statement.

 Public Law 111–6: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes. Public Law6 Public Law 111–6123 Stat. 522 2009-03-06 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 3.11.8;Stage2.202304032024-03-28 111public 123 STAT. 522 Public Law111–6 111th Congress
Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2009, and for other
purposes.

Mar. 6, 2009

[H.J. Res. 38]

   Resolved   by   the   Senate   and   House   of   Representatives   of   the   United   States   of   America   in   Congress   assembled,
That the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2009 (division A of Public Law 110–329)

122 Stat. 3575.

is amended by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting “March 11, 2009”.
Approved March 6, 2009.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 38: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009):

Mar. 6, considered and passed House and Senate.

 Public Law 111–7: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, as the “Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building”. Public Law7 Public Law 111–7123 Stat. 523 2009-03-09 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 3.11.8;Stage2.202304032024-03-28 111public 123 STAT. 523 Public Law111–7 111th Congress
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, as the “Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Mar. 9, 2009

[S. 234]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COLONEL JOHN H. WILSON, JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING.(a) Designation.—The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, shall be known and designated as the “Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building”.(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building”.
Approved March 9, 2009.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 234: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009):

Feb. 12, considered and passed Senate.

Feb. 24, considered and passed House.

 Public Law 111–8: Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Public Law8 Public Law 111–8123 Stat. 524 2009-03-11 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 3.11.8;Stage2.202304032024-03-28 111public 123 STAT. 524 Public Law111–8 111th Congress
An Act Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

Mar. 11, 2009

[H.R. 1105]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009”.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.  The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1.  Sec. 2.  Sec. 3.  Sec. 4.  Sec. 5.  DIVISION A— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— Title VII— DIVISION B— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— DIVISION C— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— DIVISION D— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— Title VII— Title VIII— DIVISION E— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— DIVISION F— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— DIVISION G— Title I— Title II— DIVISION H— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— Title VII— DIVISION I— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— DIVISION J—
SEC. 3.

1 USC 1 note.

REFERENCES.  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to “this Act” contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.  The explanatory statement regarding this Act printed in the House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record on or about February 23, 2009 by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.  The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.123 STAT. 526
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE,

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009.

 RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Production, Processing and Marketing</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, $5,174,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Executive Operations</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of the chief economist</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, $10,651,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">national appeals division</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, $14,711,000. </content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of budget and program analysis</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, $9,054,000.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of homeland Security</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security, $974,000. </content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Chief Information Officer</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, $17,527,000. </content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Chief Financial Officer</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, $5,954,000:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no funds made available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, including agency budgets for contracting out.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $871,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/527">123 STAT. 527</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Civil Rights</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $21,551,000. </content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $687,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/92/313">Public Law 92–313</ref>, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s486">40 U.S.C. 486</ref>, for programs and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $244,244,000, to remain available until expended, of which $168,901,000 shall be available for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; of which $13,500,000 for payment to the Department of Homeland Security for building security activities; and of which $61,843,000 for buildings operations and maintenance expenses: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental agency to this account to recover the full cost of the space and security expenses of that agency that are funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the agency estimate which will be available for the activities and payments described herein.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Hazardous Materials Management</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</ref>) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6901/etseq">42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</ref>), $5,100,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Administration</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Departmental Administration, $27,011,000, to provide for necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the Department and for general administration, security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/528">123 STAT. 528</page> efficient work of the Department: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s551–558">5 U.S.C. 551–558</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $3,877,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds made available by this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be available to the Department for support of activities of congressional relations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Communications</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications, $9,514,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, $85,766,000, including such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/95/452">Public Law 95–452</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/97/98/s1337">section 1337 of Public Law 97–98</ref>.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the General Counsel </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, $41,620,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, $609,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Economic Research Service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, $79,500,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/529">123 STAT. 529</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Agricultural Statistics Service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, $151,565,000, of which up to $37,265,000 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agriculture.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agricultural Research Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,140,406,000, of which $112,571,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “Agricultural Research Service, Salaries and Expenses, Congressionally-designated Projects” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2254">7 USC 2254</ref>.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref> for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Maryland.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s113a">21 U.S.C. 113a</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $46,752,000, of which $46,752,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities Congressionally-designated Projects” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), to remain available until expended. <page identifier="/us/stat/123/530">123 STAT. 530</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">research and education activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, $691,043,000, of which $113,275,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities, Congressionally-designated Projects” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), as follows: to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s361a–i">7 U.S.C. 361a–i</ref>), $207,106,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s582a">16 U.S.C. 582a</ref> through a–7), $27,535,000; for payments to eligible institutions (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3222">7 U.S.C. 3222</ref>), $45,504,000, provided that each institution receives no less than $1,000,000; for special grants (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s450i/c">7 U.S.C. 450i(c)</ref>), $84,499,000; for competitive grants on improved pest control (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s450i/c">7 U.S.C. 450i(c)</ref>), $15,945,000; for competitive grants (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s450/i/b">7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)</ref>), $201,504,000, to remain available until expended; for the support of animal health and disease programs (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3195">7 U.S.C. 3195</ref>), $2,950,000; for supplemental and alternative crops and products (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3319d">7 U.S.C. 3319d</ref>), $819,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s178/etseq">7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.</ref>), $1,083,000, to remain available until expended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/103/382/s536">section 536 of Public Law 103–382</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s301">7 U.S.C. 301 note</ref>), $1,610,000, to remain available until expended; for rangeland research grants (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3333">7 U.S.C. 3333</ref>), $983,000; for higher education graduate fellowship grants (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3152/b/6">7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)</ref>), $3,859,000, to remain available until expended (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2209b">7 U.S.C. 2209b</ref>); for a program pursuant to section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3151a">7 U.S.C. 3151a</ref>), $2,950,000, to remain available until expended; for higher education challenge grants (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3152/b/1">7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)</ref>), $5,654,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars program (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3152/b/5">7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)</ref>), $981,000, to remain available until expended (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2209b">7 U.S.C. 2209b</ref>); for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3241">7 U.S.C. 3241</ref>), $6,237,000; for competitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3156">7 U.S.C. 3156</ref> to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,196,000; for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary education (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3152/j">7 U.S.C. 3152(j)</ref>), $983,000; for aquaculture grants (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3322">7 U.S.C. 3322</ref>), $3,928,000; for sustainable agriculture research and education (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s5811">7 U.S.C. 5811</ref>), $14,399,000; for a program of capacity building grants (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3152/b/4">7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)</ref>) to institutions eligible to receive funds under <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</ref> and 3222, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2209b">7 U.S.C. 2209b</ref>); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/103/382/s534/a/1">section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382</ref>, $3,342,000; for resident instruction grants for insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3363">7 U.S.C. 3363</ref>), $800,000; for a new era rural technology program pursuant to section 1473E of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3319e">7 U.S.C. 3319e</ref>), $750,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and Education Activities, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/531">123 STAT. 531</page> $39,426,000, of which $2,704,000 for the Research, Education, and Economics Information System and $2,136,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">native american institutions endowment fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s301">7 U.S.C. 301 note</ref>), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">extension activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $474,250,000, of which $9,388,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Extension Activities, Congressionally-designated Projects” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under <ref href="/us/pl/93/471/s208/c">section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471</ref>, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension agents, $288,548,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s343/b/3">7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)</ref>), $3,321,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $66,155,000; payments for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,791,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,863,000; payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,500,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching facilities at institutions eligible to receive funds under <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</ref> and 3222, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,182,000; for youth farm safety education and certification extension grants, to be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $479,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1671/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.</ref>), $4,008,000; payments for the federally-recognized Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $3,000,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,568,000; payments for rural health and safety education as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/92/419/s502/i">section 502(i) of Public Law 92–419</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2662/i">7 U.S.C. 2662(i)</ref>), $1,738,000; payments for cooperative extension work by eligible institutions (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</ref>), $40,150,000, provided that each institution receives no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7630">7 U.S.C. 7630</ref>, $1,767,000; payments to carry out the food animal residue avoidance database program as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7642">7 U.S.C. 7642</ref>, $806,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension Activities, $17,374,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">integrated activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the integrated research, education, and extension grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, $56,864,000, as follows: for competitive grants programs authorized <page identifier="/us/stat/123/532">123 STAT. 532</page> under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7626">7 U.S.C. 7626</ref>), $41,990,000, including $12,649,000 for the water quality program, $14,596,000 for the food safety program, $4,096,000 for the regional pest management centers program, $4,388,000 for the Food Quality Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, $1,365,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act implementation, $3,054,000 for the methyl bromide transition program, and $1,842,000 for the organic transition program; for a competitive international science and education grants program authorized under section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3292b">7 U.S.C. 3292b</ref>), to remain available until expended, $3,000,000; for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of <ref href="/us/pl/89/106">Public Law 89–106</ref>, as amended, $732,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for the critical issues program; $1,312,000 for the regional rural development centers program; and $9,830,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $737,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <chapeau><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4085">22 U.S.C. 4085</ref>), $876,675,000, of which $23,494,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Congressionally-designated Projects” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which $2,025,000 shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which $29,590,000 shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which $14,500,000 shall be for a National Animal Identification program, of which $3,500,000 is for information technology infrastructure and services, and $9,395,000 is for field implementation, and $1,605,000 is for program administration; of which $60,594,000 shall be used to prevent and control avian influenza and shall remain available until expended; of which $1,015,000 of the plum pox program shall remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds provided for the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly program, emerging plant pests, cotton pests program, grasshopper and mormon cricket program, the National Veterinary Stockpile, up to $12,895,000 in animal health monitoring <page identifier="/us/stat/123/533">123 STAT. 533</page> and surveillance for the animal identification system, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie program for indemnities, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife services methods development, up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife services operations program for aviation safety, and up to 25 percent of the screwworm program shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s8310">7 U.S.C. 8310</ref> and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7751">7 U.S.C. 7751</ref> and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>) for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In fiscal year 2009, the agency is authorized to collect fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or services.</p></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>, and acquisition of land as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s428a">7 U.S.C. 428a</ref>, $4,712,000, to remain available until expended. </content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agricultural Marketing Service</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">marketing services</subheading> <chapeau><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, $86,711,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one <page identifier="/us/stat/123/534">123 STAT. 534</page> building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">31 U.S.C. 9701</ref>).</p></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">limitation on administrative expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $62,888,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</ref>), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, including not less than $10,000,000 for replacement of a system to support commodity purchases, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $17,270,000 for formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">payments to states and possessions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1623/b">7 U.S.C. 1623(b)</ref>), $1,334,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration </heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $40,342,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> if grain export activities require additional supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/535">123 STAT. 535</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, $613,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Food Safety and Inspection Service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1766">7 U.S.C. 1766</ref>), $971,566,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s138f">7 U.S.C. 138f</ref>):<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Employed positions.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no fewer than 120 full-time equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2009 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be obligated to maintain the Humane Animal Tracking System as part of the Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure System: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, $646,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Farm Service Agency</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, $1,170,273,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs administered by the Agency: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That other funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this account. </proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">state mediation grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s5101–5106">7 U.S.C. 5101–5106</ref>), $4,369,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">grassroots source water protection program </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3839bb–2">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2</ref>), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. <page identifier="/us/stat/123/536">123 STAT. 536</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">dairy indemnity program</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such program is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/114/1549A–12">114 Stat. 1549A–12</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">agricultural credit insurance fund program account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1922/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.</ref>) and operating (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1941/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.</ref>) loans, Indian tribe land acquisition loans (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s488">25 U.S.C. 488</ref>), and boll weevil loans (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1989">7 U.S.C. 1989</ref>), to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans, $1,461,066,000, of which $1,238,768,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $222,298,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $1,862,578,000, of which $1,017,497,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $269,986,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $575,095,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $3,940,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, $100,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Pink Bollworm.</p></sidenote> the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans, $16,803,000, of which $4,088,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, and $12,715,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $130,371,000, of which $25,336,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $37,231,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $67,804,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $248,000.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $317,323,000, of which $309,403,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses”.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Risk Management Agency</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $77,177,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the funds made available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1522/e">7 U.S.C. 1522(e)</ref>) may be used for the Common Information Management System: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><page identifier="/us/stat/123/537">123 STAT. 537</page> further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1506/i">7 U.S.C. 1506(i)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CORPORATIONS</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. </chapeau><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1516">7 U.S.C. 1516</ref>), such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commodity Credit Corporation Fund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">reimbursement for net realized losses</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s713a–11">15 U.S.C. 713a–11</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s714i">15 U.S.C. 714i</ref>) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business. </proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">hazardous waste management</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(limitation on expenses)</subheading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9607/g">42 U.S.C. 9607(g)</ref>), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6961">42 U.S.C. 6961</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/538">123 STAT. 538</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CONSERVATION PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, $758,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Natural Resources Conservation Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">conservation operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s590a–f">16 U.S.C. 590a–f</ref>), including preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s428a">7 U.S.C. 428a</ref>); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $853,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which $31,650,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation Operations Congressionally-designated Projects” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref> for construction and improvement of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250a">7 U.S.C. 2250a</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">watershed and flood prevention operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1001–1005">16 U.S.C. 1001–1005</ref> and 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s590a–f">16 U.S.C. 590a–f</ref>), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, $24,289,000, to remain available until expended, of which $23,643,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “Natural Resources Conservation Service, Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Congressionally-designated Projects” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not <page identifier="/us/stat/123/539">123 STAT. 539</page> to exceed $15,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available for technical assistance.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">watershed rehabilitation program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1012">16 U.S.C. 1012</ref>), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">resource conservation and development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1010–1011">7 U.S.C. 1010–1011</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/76/607">76 Stat. 607</ref>); the Act of April 27, 1935 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s590a–f">16 U.S.C. 590a–f</ref>); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3451–3461">16 U.S.C. 3451–3461</ref>), $50,730,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not to exceed $3,073,000 shall be available for national headquarters activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development, $646,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Development Salaries and Expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission area, including activities with institutions concerning the development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $192,484,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this section may be used for advertising and promotional activities that support the Rural Development mission area: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Housing Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">rural housing insurance fund program account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance <page identifier="/us/stat/123/540">123 STAT. 540</page> fund, as follows: $7,345,347,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, of which $1,121,488,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $6,223,859,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $34,410,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $69,512,000 for section 515 rental housing; $129,090,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,447,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,447,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and $4,970,000 for section 523 self-help housing land development loans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $154,407,000, of which $75,364,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $79,043,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $9,246,000; repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, $28,611,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans, $8,082,000; credit sales of acquired property, $523,000; and section 523 self-help housing and development loans, $82,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be available through June 30, 2009, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, for applications received under the 2009 notice of funding availability, section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans funded pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to a guarantee fee and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any balances for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family rental housing properties as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/109/97">Public Law 109–97</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/110/5">Public Law 110–5</ref> shall be transferred to and merged with the “Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Account”.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $460,217,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">rental assistance program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $902,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010; and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of this amount, up to $5,958,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of this amount not less than $2,030,000 is available for newly constructed units financed by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and not less <page identifier="/us/stat/123/541">123 STAT. 541</page> than $3,400,000 is for newly constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-year agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That rental assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2009 for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">multi-family housing revitalization program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, for the cost to conduct a housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income multi-family housing projects, and for additional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph, $27,714,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Vouchers.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available under this heading, $4,965,000 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (including the ability to pay administrative costs related to delivery of the voucher funds): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if the Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for the demonstration programs for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Loans.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available under this heading, $2,889,000 shall be available for the cost of loans to private non-profit organizations, or such non-profit organizations’ affiliate loan funds and State and local housing finance agencies, to carry out a housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income multi-family housing projects: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That loans under such demonstration program shall <page identifier="/us/stat/123/542">123 STAT. 542</page> have an interest rate of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may defer the interest and principal payment to the Rural Housing Service for up to 3 years and the term of such loans shall not exceed 30 years: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available under this heading, $19,860,000 shall be available for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of the section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance including advances, payments and incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if the Secretary determines that additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration program may be used for such vouchers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may use any unobligated funds appropriated for the rural housing voucher program in a prior fiscal year to support information technology activities of the Rural Housing Service to the extent the Secretary determines that additional funds are not needed for this fiscal year to provide vouchers described in this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a section 515 multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstration program under this heading to carry out such legislation with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">mutual and self-help housing grants </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1490c">42 U.S.C. 1490c</ref>), $38,727,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2009, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">rural housing assistance grants</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants and contracts for very low-income housing repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for construction defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1474">42 U.S.C. 1474</ref>, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $41,500,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 2009, for authorized empowerment zones and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/543">123 STAT. 543</page> enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any balances to carry out a housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income multi-family housing projects as authorized in <ref href="/us/pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/109/97">Public Law 109–97</ref> shall be transferred to and merged with the “Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Account”.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">farm labor program account </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1484">42 U.S.C. 1484</ref> and 1486, $18,269,000, to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts. </content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Rural Community Facilities Program Account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for rural community facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $63,830,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and community development organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic development projects in rural areas: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such funds shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical assistance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (<ref href="/us/pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</ref>), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the State rural development offices: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $3,972,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available through June 30, 2009, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs authorized <page identifier="/us/stat/123/544">123 STAT. 544</page> by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be transferred and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Business—Cooperative Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">rural business program account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $87,385,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic development and $2,979,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1921/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.</ref>) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $8,300,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available through June 30, 2009, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and cooperative development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">rural development loan fund program account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9812/a">42 U.S.C. 9812(a)</ref>), $33,536,000.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, $14,035,000, as authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9812/a">42 U.S.C. 9812(a)</ref>), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 2009, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 2009, for Mississippi Delta Region <page identifier="/us/stat/123/545">123 STAT. 545</page> counties (as determined in accordance with <ref href="/us/pl/100/460">Public Law 100–460</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, $880,000 shall be available through June 30, 2009, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan programs, $4,853,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account </heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission of funds) </subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, $33,077,000.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $20,000,000 shall not be obligated and $20,000,000 are rescinded.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">rural cooperative development grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1932">7 U.S.C. 1932</ref>), $12,636,000, of which $300,000 shall be for a cooperative research agreement with a qualified academic institution to conduct research on the national economic impact of all types of cooperatives; and of which $2,582,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not to exceed $1,463,000 shall be for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to small, socially disadvantaged producers and whose governing board and/or membership is comprised of at least 75 percent socially disadvantaged members; and of which $3,867,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product market development grants, as authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1621">7 U.S.C. 1621 note</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">rural empowerment zones and enterprise communities grants </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   For grants in connection with empowerment zones and enterprise communities, $8,130,000, to remain available until expended, for designated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (<ref href="/us/pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the funds provided under this paragraph shall be made available to empowerment zones and enterprise communities in a manner and with the same priorities such funds were made available during the 2007 fiscal year. <page identifier="/us/stat/123/546">123 STAT. 546</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">rural energy for america program </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s8107">7 U.S.C. 8107</ref>), $5,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. </proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Utilities Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $556,268,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $497,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program described in section 306E of such Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $65,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and grants including water and waste disposal systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and for Federally-recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, of which $5,600,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional technical assistance organization, with experience in working with small communities on water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, development, operation, and management of water and waste water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American organization to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal communities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $14,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $12,700,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available through June 30, 2009, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $17,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s918a">7 U.S.C. 918a</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any <page identifier="/us/stat/123/547">123 STAT. 547</page> prior year balances for high cost energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s901/19">7 U.S.C. 901(19)</ref>) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants Account: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred to and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s935">7 U.S.C. 935</ref>) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, $295,000,000.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s935">7 U.S.C. 935</ref> and 936), as follows: the cost of telecommunications loans, $525,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $39,245,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, $400,487,000.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s950aaa/etseq">7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.</ref>, $34,755,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary may use funds under this heading for grants authorized by 379(g) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $4,965,000 shall be made available to convert analog to digital operation those noncommercial educational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/548">123 STAT. 548</page> equipment to allow local control over digital content and programming through the use of high-definition broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $15,619,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the unobligated balances available for the cost of the broadband loans, $6,404,000 are rescinded. </proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $13,406,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s950aaa">7 U.S.C. 950aaa</ref>. </p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, $610,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Food and Nutrition Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">child nutrition programs</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In lieu of the amounts made available in section 14222(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, for necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1751/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</ref>), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1771/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</ref>), except sections 17 and 21; $14,951,911,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, of which $8,496,109,000 is hereby appropriated and $6,455,802,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</ref>). </content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (wic)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</ref>), $6,860,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, of which such sums as are necessary to restore the contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or participation exceed budget estimates: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the total amount available, the Secretary shall obligate not less than $14,850,000 for a breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activities specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, only the provisions of section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall be effective in 2009; including $14,000,000 for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available for <page identifier="/us/stat/123/549">123 STAT. 549</page> the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall only be made available upon determination by the Secretary that funds are available to meet caseload requirements without the use of the contingency reserve funds after the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That hereafter none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided shall be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">supplemental nutrition assistance program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2011/etseq">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</ref>), $53,969,246,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available for Employment and Training under this heading shall remain available until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program integrity provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">commodity assistance program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s612c">7 U.S.C. 612c note</ref>); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/188">Public Law 108–188</ref>); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $230,800,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2009 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30, 2010: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2036/a">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)</ref>), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribution of commodities.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/550">123 STAT. 550</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">nutrition programs administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program, $142,595,000. </content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="V">TITLE V </num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Foreign Agricultural Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1766">7 U.S.C. 1766</ref>), $165,436,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance programs (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1737">7 U.S.C. 1737</ref>) and the foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for International Development:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><ref href="/us/pl/480">public law 480</ref> title i direct credit and food for progress program account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program of title I, <ref href="/us/pl/83/480">Public Law 83–480</ref> and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,736,000, to be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses”.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><ref href="/us/pl/480">public law 480</ref> title ii grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act, for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, $1,225,900,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">commodity credit corporation export loans program account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,333,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which <page identifier="/us/stat/123/551">123 STAT. 551</page> $4,985,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses”, and of which $348,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses”.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">mc govern-dole international food for education and child nutrition program grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1736o–1">7 U.S.C. 1736o–1</ref>), $100,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="VI">TITLE VI</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES </heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Food and Drug Administration </heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/92/313">Public Law 92–313</ref> for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/107/188/s521">section 521 of Public Law 107–188</ref>; $2,622,267,000, of which $7,641,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the final paragraph under “Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amount provided under this heading, $510,665,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379h">21 U.S.C. 379h</ref> shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379h/a/2">21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2)</ref> and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2010 but collected in fiscal year 2009; $52,547,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379j">21 U.S.C. 379j</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; $15,260,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379j">21 U.S.C. 379j</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; and $4,831,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379f">21 U.S.C. 379f</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fiscal year 2009 received during fiscal year 2009, including any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2009 but credited for fiscal year 2009, shall be subject to the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/552">123 STAT. 552</page> fiscal year 2009 limitations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">31 U.S.C. 9701</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $648,722,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $777,437,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $41,358,000 shall be available for the Office of Generic Drugs; (3) $271,490,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $134,344,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $310,547,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $52,511,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) not to exceed $111,758,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which $41,281,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (8) not to exceed $155,425,000 shall be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; and (9) $160,033,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Scientific and Medical Programs; the Office of Policy, Planning and Preparedness; the Office of International and Special Programs; the Office of Operations; and central services for these offices: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds made available under this heading shall be used to transfer funds under section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379dd">21 U.S.C. 379dd</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to another with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, mammography user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s263b">42 U.S.C. 263b</ref>, export certification user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s381">21 U.S.C. 381</ref>, and priority review user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s360n">21 U.S.C. 360n</ref> may be credited to this account, to remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, $12,433,000, to remain available until expended. </content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">INDEPENDENT AGENCY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Farm Credit Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">limitation on administrative expenses</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $49,000,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t12/s2249">12 U.S.C. 2249</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships. </proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/553">123 STAT. 553</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="VII">TITLE VII</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS </heading> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission and transfers of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="701"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 701. </num><content class="inline">Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 327 passenger motor vehicles, of which 315 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="702"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 702. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2209b">7 USC 2209b note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">New obligational authority provided for the following appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended: Food Safety and Inspection Service, Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure System; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income country training program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="703"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 703. </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for the financial management modernization initiative and the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency administrator: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the Department’s National Finance Center without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 712 of this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="704"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 704. </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="705"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 705. </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="706"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 706. </num><content class="inline">Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse <page identifier="/us/stat/123/554">123 STAT. 554</page> obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="707"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 707. </num><content class="inline">Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively awarded grants. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="708"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>708. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s679a">21 U.S.C. 679a</ref>) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s471">21 U.S.C. 471</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="709"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 709. </num><content class="inline">No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless the individual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="710"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 710. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human Services employee questions or responses to questions that are a result of information requested for the appropriations hearing process. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="711"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 711. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment Review Board: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information Officer.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="712"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 712. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notifications.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds which—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates new programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>relocates an office or employees;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or<page identifier="/us/stat/123/555">123 STAT. 555</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing a program or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="713"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 713. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President’s Budget submission to the Congress of the United States for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which additional spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2010 appropriations Act. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="714"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 714. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural Development office unless or until the Secretary of Agriculture determines the cost effectiveness and/or enhancement of program delivery: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> not later than 120 days before the date of the proposed closure or relocation, the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriation of the House and Senate, and the members of Congress from the State in which the office is located of the proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that describes the justifications for such closures and relocations.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="715"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 715. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits of St. Louis, Missouri. <page identifier="/us/stat/123/556">123 STAT. 556</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="716"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 716. </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $434,000, to remain available until expended, for the Denali Commission to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water supplies. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="717"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>717. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out an environmental quality incentives program authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3839aa">16 U.S.C. 3839aa</ref>, et seq.) in excess of $1,067,000,000.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="718"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>718. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in fiscal year 2009 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under the Food for Peace Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1691/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.</ref>) in excess of $20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1736f–1">7 U.S.C. 1736f–1</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That any such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="719"> <inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>719. </num><content class="inline">No funds shall be used to pay salaries and expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out or administer the program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1012/h/1">16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="720"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 720. </num><content class="inline">Funds made available under section 1240I and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1524/b">7 U.S.C. 1524(b)</ref>) in the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="721"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>721. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">News stories.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="722"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 722. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act, or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="723"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>723. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a program under <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s14222/b/2/A/i">subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246</ref> in excess of $1,071,530,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries and expenses to carry out section 19(i)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s4304">section 4304 of Public Law 110–246</ref> in excess of $16,000,000 until October 1, 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> of the unobligated balances under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $293,530,000 are hereby rescinded.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="724"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 724. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make funding and other assistance available through the emergency watershed protection program under section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/557">123 STAT. 557</page> (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s2203">16 U.S.C. 2203</ref>) to repair and prevent damage to non-Federal land in watersheds that have been impaired by fires initiated by the Federal Government and shall waive cost sharing requirements for the funding and assistance. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="725"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 725. </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $3,497,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant to the National Center for Natural Products Research for construction or renovation to carry out the research objectives of the natural products research grant issued by the Food and Drug Administration. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="726"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 726. </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $469,000, to remain available until expended, for the planning and design of construction of an agriculture pest facility in the State of Hawaii. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="727"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>727. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to establish or implement a rule allowing poultry products to be imported into the United States from the People’s Republic of China.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="728"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 728. </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $794,000 to the Farm Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private non-industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="729"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>729. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act may be used to implement the risk-based inspection program in the 30 prototype locations announced on February 22, 2007, by the Under Secretary for Food Safety, or at any other locations, until the USDA Office of Inspector General has provided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the data used in support of the development and design of the risk-based inspection program and FSIS has addressed and resolved issues identified by OIG.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="730"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 730. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">State listing.</p></sidenote><chapeau class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the City of Palmview, Texas; the City of Pharr, Texas; the City of Hidalgo, Texas; the City of Alton, Texas; the City of La Joya, Texas; the City of Penitas, Texas; the City of Schertz, Texas; the City of Converse, Texas; the City of Cibolo, Texas; and the Township of Bern, Pennsylvania (including individuals and entities with projects within the cities), eligible for loans and grants funded through the Rural Business Program account;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the County of Nueces, Texas (including individuals and entities with projects within the county), eligible under the Business and Industry Loan Guarantee Program for the purposes of financing a beef processing facility;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the City of Asheboro, North Carolina (including individuals and entities with projects within the city), eligible for loans and grants funded through the Rural Community Facilities Program account;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the City of Healdsburg, California; the City of Imperial, California; the City of Havelock, North Carolina; and the City of Newton, North Carolina (including individuals and entities with projects within the cities), eligible for loans and grants funded through the Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program account; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/558">123 STAT. 558</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>the City of Aptos, California (including individuals and entities with projects within the city), eligible for loans and grants funded under the housing programs of the Rural Housing Service.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="731"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 731. </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $2,347,000 for <ref href="/us/pl/107/171/s4404">section 4404 of Public Law 107–171</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="732"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>732. </num><chapeau class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is hereby appropriated:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$1,877,000 of which $1,408,000 shall be for a grant to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, and $469,000 shall be for a grant to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Foods, and Markets, as authorized by section 6402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1621">7 U.S.C. 1621 note</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$338,000 for a grant to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$94,000 for a grant to the Graham Avenue Business Improvement District in the State of New York.</content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="733"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>733. </num><content class="inline">Section 382K(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">7 USC</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">2009aa–10.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">State listing.</p></sidenote> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2009aa–10/c">7 U.S.C. 2009aa–10(c)</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="734"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 734. </num><chapeau class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical assistance—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program for the Pocasset River Floodplain Management Project in the State of Rhode Island;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the East Locust Creek Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri, including up to 100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75 percent cost share for construction cost of site RW1;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the Little Otter Creek Watershed project in Missouri. The sponsoring local organization may obtain land rights by perpetual easements;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the Churchill Woods Dam Removal project in DuPage County, Illinois; </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the Dunloup Creek Watershed Project in Fayette and Raleigh Counties, West Virginia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the Alameda Creek Watershed Project in Alameda County, California;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the Colgan Creek Restoration project in Sonoma County, California;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the Hurricane Katrina-Related Watershed Restoration project in Jackson County, Mississippi;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the Lake George Watershed Protection project in Warren County, New York; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed project in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/559">123 STAT. 559</page></content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="735"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 735. </num><chapeau class="inline">Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1766/r/5">42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>eight</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>ten</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>six</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>eight</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Vermont, Maryland,</quotedText>” after the first instance of “<quotedText>States shall be</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="736"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 736. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support from non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect rate of cost approved for a recipient.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="737"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 737. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Meats and meat products.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Argentina.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any individual to conduct any activities that would allow the importation into the United States of any ruminant or swine, or any fresh (including chilled or frozen) meat or product of any ruminant or swine, that is born, raised, or slaughtered in Argentina:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this section shall not prevent the Secretary from conducting all necessary activities to review this proposal and issue a report on the findings to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this section shall only have effect until the Secretary of Agriculture has reviewed the domestic animal health aspects of the pending proposal to allow the importation of such products into the United States and has issued a report to the Committees on the findings of such review.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="738"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 738. </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the end of the fiscal year from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall remain available through September 30, 2010, for information technology expenses.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="739"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>739. </num><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s603">21 U.S.C. 603</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1901">7 U.S.C. 1901 note</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/104/127">Public Law 104–127</ref>); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>implement or enforce <ref href="/us/cfr/t9/s352.19">section 352.19 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></paragraph><page identifier="/us/stat/123/560">123 STAT. 560</page></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009”.

 DIVISION B—COMMERCE,

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009.

Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2009.

 JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Trade Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operations and administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, without regard to <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s3702">44 U.S.C. 3702</ref> and 3703; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the International Trade Administration between two points abroad, without regard to <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s40118">49 U.S.C. 40118</ref>; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s2672">28 U.S.C. 2672</ref> when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $429,870,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which $9,439,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade Administration, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not less than $48,592,000 shall be for Manufacturing and Services; not less than $42,332,000 shall be for Market Access and Compliance; not less than $66,357,000 shall be for the Import Administration of which $5,900,000 shall be for the Office of China Compliance; not less than $237,739,000 shall be for the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; and not less than $25,411,000 shall be for Executive Direction and Administration: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2455/f">22 U.S.C. 2455(f)</ref> and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities without regard to section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s4912">15 U.S.C. 4912</ref>); and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for services provided as part of these activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Exemption.</p></sidenote> the International Trade Administration shall be exempt from the requirements of Circular A–25 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) issued by the Office of Management and Budget:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Negotiations.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization to recognize the right of members to distribute monies collected from antidumping and countervailing duties: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives contained <page identifier="/us/stat/123/561">123 STAT. 561</page> in the Trade Act of 2002, <ref href="/us/pl/107/210">Public Law 107–210</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That within the amounts appropriated, $4,400,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Industry and Security</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operations and administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for export administration and national security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs associated with the performance of export administration field activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s2672">28 U.S.C. 2672</ref> when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s401/b">22 U.S.C. 401(b)</ref>; and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law, $83,676,000, to remain available until expended, of which $14,767,000 shall be for inspections and other activities related to national security:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2455/f">22 U.S.C. 2455(f)</ref> and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That payments and contributions collected and accepted for materials or services provided as part of such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing information to the public with respect to the export administration and national security activities of the Department of Commerce and other export control programs of the United States and other governments.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Economic Development Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">economic development assistance programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants for economic development assistance as provided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, $240,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amounts provided, no more than $4,000,000 may be transferred to “Economic Development Administration, Salaries and Expenses” to conduct management oversight and administration of public works grants.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $32,800,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/562">123 STAT. 562</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Minority Business Development Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">minority business development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with public or private organizations, $29,825,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That within the amounts appropriated, $825,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Economic and Statistical Analysis</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, $90,621,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of the Census</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $233,588,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">periodic censuses and programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, $2,906,262,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t13/s5">13 USC 5 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds provided in this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used for the collection of census data on race identification that does not include “some other race” as a category: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for additional promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available in this Act shall be used for the conduct of sweepstakes in the 2010 Decennial Census.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Telecommunications and Information Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), $19,218,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1535/d">31 U.S.C. 1535(d)</ref>, the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/563">123 STAT. 563</page> related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from other Government agencies shall remain available until expended.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the administration of grants, authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program administration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made available for grants for projects for which applications have been submitted and approved during any fiscal year.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Patent and Trademark Office</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, $2,010,100,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections assessed and collected pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1113">15 U.S.C. 1113</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t35/s41">35 U.S.C. 41</ref> and 376 are received during fiscal year 2009, so as to result in a fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2009, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than $2,010,100,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $750,000 may be transferred to “Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses” for activities associated with the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 2009 for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amounts provided to the USPTO within this account, $5,000,000 shall not become available for obligation until the Director of the USPTO has completed a comprehensive review of the assumptions behind the patent examiner expectancy goals and adopted a revised set of expectancy goals for patent examination: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in fiscal year 2009 from the amounts made available for “Salaries and Expenses” for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay: (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8334/a">section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by the Office of Personnel Management, of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees, shall be transferred to the Civil <page identifier="/us/stat/123/564">123 STAT. 564</page> Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That sections 801, 802, and 803 of division B, <ref href="/us/pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</ref> shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Director may, this year, reduce by regulation fees payable for documents in patent and trademark matters, in connection with the filing of documents filed electronically in a form prescribed by the Director: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $2,000,000 shall be transferred to Office of Inspector General for activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to the USPTO: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That from the amounts provided herein, no less than $4,000,000 shall be available only for the USPTO contribution in a cooperative or joint agreement or agreements with a non-profit organization or organizations, successfully audited within the previous year, and with previous experience in such programs, to conduct policy studies, including studies relating to activities of United Nations Specialized agencies and other international organizations, as well as conferences and other development programs, in support of fair international protection of intellectual property rights.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institute of Standards and Technology</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">scientific and technical research and services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $472,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the “Working Capital Fund”: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That within the amounts appropriated, $3,000,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">industrial technology services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $110,000,000, to remain available until expended. In addition, for necessary expenses of the Technology Innovation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $65,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">construction of research facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction of new research facilities, including architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278c–278e">15 U.S.C. 278c–278e</ref>, $172,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $30,000,000 is for a competitive construction grant program for research science buildings: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That within the amounts appropriated, $44,000,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Budget estimate.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s15136">15 USC 15136 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of Commerce shall include <page identifier="/us/stat/123/565">123 STAT. 565</page> in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the five subsequent fiscal years.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operations, research, and facilities</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, $3,045,549,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, except for funds provided for cooperative enforcement, which shall remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition, $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled “Coastal Zone Management” and in addition $79,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled “Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries”: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the $3,133,549,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading $3,045,549,000 is appropriated from the general fund, $82,000,000 is provided by transfer, and $6,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the total amount available for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration corporate services administrative support costs shall not exceed $226,809,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That payments of funds made available under this heading to the Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund including Department of Commerce General Counsel legal services shall not exceed $36,583,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That within the amounts appropriated, $129,970,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in allocating grants under sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, no coastal State shall receive more than 5 percent or less than 1 percent of increased funds appropriated over the previous fiscal year:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Authorized positions.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the number of authorized officers in the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps shall remain at 321 until such time as <ref href="/us/pl/110/386/s6">section 6 of Public Law 110–386</ref> takes effect. </proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/566">123 STAT. 566</page>  In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t10/s55">10 U.S.C. 55</ref>), such sums as may be necessary.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">procurement, acquisition and construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $1,243,647,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, except funds provided for construction of facilities which shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the $1,245,647,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading $1,243,647,000 is appropriated from the general fund and $2,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, funds shall only be made available on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis with funds provided for the same purpose by the Department of Defense: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That except to the extent expressly prohibited by any other law, the Department of Defense may delegate procurement functions related to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System to officials of the Department of Commerce pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2311">section 2311 of title 10, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That within the amounts appropriated, $29,610,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">pacific coastal salmon recovery</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon populations, $80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the funds provided herein the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and Federally-recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast for projects necessary for restoration of salmon and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed, for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/567">123 STAT. 567</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">coastal zone management fund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1456a">16 U.S.C. 1456a</ref>), not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the “Operations, Research, and Facilities” account to offset the costs of implementing such Act.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">fisheries finance program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2009, obligations of direct loans may not exceed $8,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used for direct loans for any new fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any United States fishery.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the departmental management of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, $53,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> the Secretary, within 120 days of enactment of this Act, shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations that audits and evaluates all decision documents and expenditures by the Bureau of the Census as they relate to the 2010 Census: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> of the amounts provided to the Secretary within this account, $5,000,000 shall not become available for obligation until the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Bureau of the Census has followed and met all standards and best practices, and all Office of Management and Budget guidelines related to information technology projects and contract management.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">herbert c. hoover building renovation and modernization</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>), $25,800,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions—Department of Commerce</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1514">15 U.S.C. 1514</ref>), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31">31 U.S.C. </ref><page identifier="/us/stat/123/568">123 STAT. 568</page> 3324, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During the current fiscal year, appropriations made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343">31 U.S.C. 1343</ref> and 1344; services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this section shall provide for transfers among appropriations made only to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and such appropriations may not be transferred and reprogrammed to other Department of Commerce bureaus and appropriation accounts.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this title resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this title or from actions taken for the care and protection of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 105. </num><content class="inline">Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act shall be used to register, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark of the phrase “Last Best Place”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 106. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Diving.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s878b">33 USC 878b</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Hereafter, the Secretary of Commerce is permitted to prescribe and enforce standards or regulations affecting safety and health in the context of scientific and occupational diving within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 107. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Incorporation by reference.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s878a">33 USC 878a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The requirements set forth by <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dB/s112">section 112 of division B of Public Law 110–161</ref> are hereby adopted by reference.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 108. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary may furnish services (including but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms or organizations are authorized pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority to use or occupy <page identifier="/us/stat/123/569">123 STAT. 569</page> in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C., or other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services provided under this section or the authority under which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the costs of such services.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 109. </num><content class="inline">The amounts made available under <ref href="/us/pl/108/199/s213">section 213 of Public Law 108–199</ref> for a New England lobster fishing capacity reduction program shall be available for transfer by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from the Fisheries Finance Program Account to the Operations, Research, and Facilities appropriation, to remain available until expended, for the Southern New England Cooperative Research Initiative for cooperative research, marine debris removal, and gear modification for conservation in Rhode Island.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 110. </num><content class="inline">Section (d)(2)(A) of title <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3645">16 U.S.C. 3645</ref> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Nevada,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Idaho,</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 111. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">With the consent of the President, the Secretary of Commerce shall represent the United States Government in negotiating and monitoring international agreements regarding fisheries, marine mammals, or sea turtles: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Commerce shall be responsible for the development and interdepartmental coordination of the policies of the United States with respect to the international negotiations and agreements referred to in this section.</proviso></content></section> </level><level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2009.</p></sidenote><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of Justice, $105,805,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Attorney General is authorized to transfer funds appropriated within General Administration to any office in this account: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $13,213,000 is for Department Leadership; $7,834,000 is for Intergovernmental Relations/External Affairs; $12,254,000 is for Executive Support/Professional Responsibility; and $72,504,000 is for the Justice Management Division: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any change in amounts specified in the preceding proviso greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations consistent with the terms of section 505 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this transfer authority is in addition to transfers authorized under section 505 of this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/570">123 STAT. 570</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">justice information sharing technology</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, including planning, development, deployment and departmental direction, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $7,132,000 is for the unified financial management system.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">tactical law enforcement wireless communications</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the costs of developing and implementing a nation-wide Integrated Wireless Network supporting Federal law enforcement, and for the costs of operations and maintenance of existing Land Mobile Radio legacy systems, $185,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Attorney General shall transfer to this account all funds made available to the Department of Justice for the purchase of portable and mobile radios: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any transfer made under the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 505 of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Review and Appeals</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, $270,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited in the “Immigration Examinations Fee” account.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">detention trustee</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee, $1,295,319,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Trustee shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be considered “funds appropriated for State and local law enforcement assistance” pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s4013/b">18 U.S.C. 4013(b)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $75,681,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Parole Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as authorized, $12,570,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Legal Activities</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses, general legal activities</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate <page identifier="/us/stat/123/571">123 STAT. 571</page> of, the Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the District of Columbia, $804,007,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $10,000 shall be available to the United States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to “Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities” from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for salaries and expenses associated with the Federal observer program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1973f">42 U.S.C. 1973f</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amounts provided under this heading for the Federal observer program $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended, of which $1,090,000, previously transferred to the Department of Justice by the Office of Personnel Management under <ref href="/us/pl/110/329/dA/s126">section 126 of division A of Public Law 110–329</ref>, shall be transferred back to the Office of Personnel Management by the Department of Justice. </proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $7,833,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses, antitrust division</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, $157,788,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s18a">15 U.S.C. 18a</ref>), regardless of the year of collection (and estimated to be $157,788,000 in fiscal year 2009), shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses, united states attorneys</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, $1,836,336,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed <page identifier="/us/stat/123/572">123 STAT. 572</page> $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided under this heading, not less than $33,600,000 shall be used for salaries and expenses for assistant U.S. Attorneys to carry out section 704 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/248">Public Law 109–248</ref>) concerning the prosecution of offenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">united states trustee system fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as authorized, $217,416,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $160,000,000 of offsetting collections pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s589a/b">28 U.S.C. 589a(b)</ref> shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the Fund estimated at $52,416,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, $1,823,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">fees and expenses of witnesses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $168,300,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $10,000,000 may be made available for construction of buildings for protected witness safesites: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $3,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security caravans: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $9,000,000 may be made available for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated information network to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses, community relations service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, $9,873,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as <page identifier="/us/stat/123/573">123 STAT. 573</page> a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">assets forfeiture fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s524/c/1/B">28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(B)</ref>, (F), and (G), $20,990,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Marshals Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, $950,000,000; of which not to exceed $30,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain available until expended for information technology systems; and of which not less than $12,625,000 shall be available for the costs of courthouse security equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems and cabling, and shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related support, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Security Division</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the National Security Division, $83,789,000; of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for the activities of the National Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this heading from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Interagency Law Enforcement</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">interagency crime and drug enforcement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter-governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, $515,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain <page identifier="/us/stat/123/574">123 STAT. 574</page> available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Bureau of Investigation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States; $7,065,100,000; of which not to exceed $150,000,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $205,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion and extension of federally-owned buildings; and preliminary planning and design of projects; $153,491,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Drug Enforcement Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s530C">28 U.S.C. 530C</ref>; and expenses for conducting drug education and training programs, including travel and related expenses for participants in such programs and the distribution of items of token value that promote the goals of such programs, $1,939,084,000; of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses; for training of State and local law enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $1,054,215,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s924/d/2">section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code</ref>; and of which $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no funds appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of Justice, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><page identifier="/us/stat/123/575">123 STAT. 575</page> further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to implement an amendment or amendments to <ref href="/us/cfr/t27/s478.118">27 CFR 478.118</ref> or to change the definition of “Curios or relics” in <ref href="/us/cfr/t27/s478.11">27 CFR 478.11</ref> or remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s925/c">18 U.S.C. 925(c)</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such funds shall be available to investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s925/c">section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2009:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Firearms data.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t18/s923">18 USC 923 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, beginning in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, no funds appropriated under this or any other Act may be used to disclose part or all of the contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or any information required to be kept by licensees pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s923/g">section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code</ref>, or required to be reported pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (7) of such section 923(g), except to: (1) a Federal, State, local, tribal, or foreign law enforcement agency, or a Federal, State, or local prosecutor, solely in connection with and for use in a criminal investigation or prosecution; or (2) a Federal agency for a national security or intelligence purpose; and all such data shall be immune from legal process, shall not be subject to subpoena or other discovery, shall be inadmissible in evidence, and shall not be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, nor shall testimony or other evidence be permitted based on the data, in a civil action in any State (including the District of Columbia) or Federal court or in an administrative proceeding other than a proceeding commenced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to enforce the provisions of chapter 44 of such title, or a review of such an action or proceeding; except that this proviso shall not be construed to prevent: (A) the disclosure of statistical information concerning total production, importation, and exportation by each licensed importer (as defined in section 921(a)(9) of such title) and licensed manufacturer (as defined in section 921(a)(10) of such title); (B) the sharing or exchange of such information among and between Federal, State, local, or foreign law enforcement agencies, Federal, State, or local prosecutors, and Federal national security, intelligence, or counterterrorism officials; or (C) the publication of annual statistical reports on products regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, including total production, importation, and exportation by each licensed importer (as so defined) and licensed manufacturer (as so defined), or statistical aggregate data regarding firearms traffickers and trafficking channels, or firearms misuse, felons, and trafficking investigations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds made available by this or any other Act shall be expended to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any business licensed under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s923">section 923 of title 18, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t18">18 U.S.C. </ref><page identifier="/us/stat/123/576">123 STAT. 576</page> 923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification code: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds authorized or made available under this or any other Act may be used to deny any application for a license under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s923">section 923 of title 18, United States Code</ref>, or renewal of such a license due to a lack of business activity, provided that the applicant is otherwise eligible to receive such a license, and is eligible to report business income or to claim an income tax deduction for business expenses under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Prison System</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 810, of which 766 are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign governments, $5,595,754,000:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s250a">42 USC 250a</ref>.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Attorney General may transfer to the Health Resources and Services Administration such amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary operations until September 30, 2010: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, of the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1522">8 U.S.C. 1522 note</ref>), for the care and security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may accept donated property and services relating to the operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such program in the past notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, $575,807,000, to remain available until expended, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/577">123 STAT. 577</page> of which not less than $110,627,000 shall be available only for modernization, maintenance and repair, and of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to construct areas for inmate work programs: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That labor of United States prisoners may be used for work performed under this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal prison industries, incorporated</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9104">section 9104 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation, including purchase (not to exceed five for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, incorporated</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $2,328,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated shall be available for its administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, to be computed on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">State and Local Law Enforcement Activities</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office on Violence Against Women</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">violence against women prevention and prosecution programs</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3711/etseq">42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.</ref>) (“the 1968 Act”); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</ref>) (“the 1994 Act”); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/647">Public Law 101–647</ref>) (“the 1990 Act”); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/21">Public Law 108–21</ref>); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.</ref>) (“the 1974 Act”); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</ref>) (“the 2000 Act”); and the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>) (“the 2005 Act”); and for related victims services, $415,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 3 percent of funds made available under this heading may be <page identifier="/us/stat/123/578">123 STAT. 578</page> used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical assistance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided (which shall be by transfer, for programs administered by the Office of Justice Programs)—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$15,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$2,500,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>$190,000,000 for grants to combat violence against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, of which—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$18,000,000 shall be for transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$1,880,000 shall be for the National Institute of Justice for research and evaluation of violence against women and related issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against Women;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$60,000,000 for grants to encourage arrest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$12,000,000 for sexual assault victims assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$41,000,000 for rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$3,500,000 for training programs as authorized by section 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for related local demonstration projects;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>$3,000,000 for grants to improve the stalking and domestic violence databases, as authorized by section 40602 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>$9,500,000 for grants to reduce violent crimes against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 2005 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>$37,000,000 for legal assistance for victims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>$4,250,000 for enhanced training and services to end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>$14,000,000 for the safe havens for children program, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>$6,750,000 for education and training to end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>$3,000,000 for an engaging men and youth in prevention program, as authorized by section 41305 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>$1,000,000 for analysis and research on violence against Indian women, as authorized by section 904 of the 2005 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>$1,000,000 for tracking of violence against Indian women, as authorized by section 905 of the 2005 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">(17) </num><content>$3,500,000 for services to advocate and respond to youth, as authorized by section 41201 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">(18) </num><content>$3,000,000 for grants to assist children and youth exposed to violence, as authorized by section 41303 of the 1994 Act;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/579">123 STAT. 579</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">(19) </num><content>$3,000,000 for the court training and improvements program, as authorized by section 41002 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20">(20) </num><content>$1,000,000 for the National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">(21) </num><content>$1,000,000 for grants for televised testimony, as authorized by part N of title I of the 1968 Act.</content></paragraph></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Justice Programs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">justice assistance</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5771/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.</ref>); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/21">Public Law 108–21</ref>); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/405">Public Law 108–405</ref>); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/647">Public Law 101-647</ref>); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/pl/98/473">Public Law 98–473</ref>); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/248">Public Law 109–248</ref>); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/401">Public Law 110–401</ref>); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/296">Public Law 107–296</ref>), which may include research and development; and other programs (including the Statewide Automated Victim Notification Program); $220,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$45,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, pursuant to part C of the 1968 Act, of which $26,000,000 is for the National Crime Victimization Survey; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$48,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation programs:</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That section 1404(c)(3)(E)(i) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s10603">42 U.S.C. 10603</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> after “<quotedText>internships</quotedText>” by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and for grants under subparagraphs (1)(A) and (B), pursuant to rules or guidelines that generally establish a publicly-announced, competitive process</quotedText>”.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">state and local law enforcement assistance</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</ref>) (“the 1994 Act”); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/405">Public Law 108–405</ref>); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/647">Public Law 101–647</ref>) (“the 1990 Act”); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/164">Public Law 109–164</ref>); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/248">Public Law 109–248</ref>); and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</ref>); and other programs; $1,328,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$546,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act, (except that section 1001(c), and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/580">123 STAT. 580</page> the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of which $5,000,000 is for use by the National Institute of Justice in assisting units of local government to identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase new technologies for use by law enforcement, $2,000,000 is for a program to improve State and local law enforcement intelligence capabilities including antiterrorism training and training to ensure that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy interests are protected throughout the intelligence process, $7,000,000 is to reimburse State and local law enforcement for security and related costs, including overtime, associated with the extraordinary security required to protect the President-elect during the Presidential transition period; and $20,000,000 is to reimburse State and local governments for extraordinary costs associated with the 2009 Presidential Inauguration;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$400,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1231/i/5">8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$31,000,000 for the Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal, or municipal governments for costs associated with the prosecution of criminal cases declined by local offices of the United States Attorneys;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$3,000,000 for the Northern Border Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal or municipal governments for the costs associated with the prosecution of criminal cases declined by local offices of United States Attorneys;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$178,500,000 for discretionary grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That within the amounts appropriated, $178,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$30,000,000 for competitive grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$2,000,000 for the purposes described in the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (section 240001 of the 1994 Act);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>$10,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of trafficking, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/106/386/s107/b/2">section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386</ref> and for programs authorized under <ref href="/us/pl/109/164">Public Law 109–164</ref>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>$40,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 1001(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>$7,000,000 for a prescription drug monitoring program;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>$12,500,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution and other programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/79">Public Law 108–79</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>$10,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/581">123 STAT. 581</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>$5,500,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/108/405/s426">section 426 of Public Law 108–405</ref>, and for grants for wrongful prosecution review;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>$10,000,000 for mental health courts and adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/416">Public Law 110–416</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><chapeau>$25,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, of which—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$10,000,000 shall be available for grants under section 20109 of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$9,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Courts Initiative; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$6,000,000 shall be available for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction assistance grants; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>$18,000,000 for economic, high technology and Internet crime prevention grants:</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds made available under this heading to increase the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform nonadministrative public safety service.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">weed and seed program fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, including salaries and related expenses of the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by section 103 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">juvenile justice programs</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (“the 1974 Act”), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”), the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>), the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5771/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.</ref>); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/21">Public Law 108–21</ref>); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/647">Public Law 101–647</ref>); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/248">Public Law 109–248</ref>); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/401">Public Law 110–401</ref>), and other juvenile justice programs, $374,000,000, to remain available until expended as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$75,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to assist small, non-profit organizations with the Federal grants process;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$82,000,000 for grants and projects, as authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That within the amounts appropriated, $82,000,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$80,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/582">123 STAT. 582</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau>$62,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$25,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$10,000,000 shall be for a gang resistance education and training program; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$25,000,000 shall be for grants of $360,000 to each State and $4,840,000 shall be available for discretionary grants, for programs and activities to enforce State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, for prevention and reduction of consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for technical assistance and training;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$20,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$55,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program as authorized by part R of title I of the 1968 Act and Guam shall be considered a State:</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than 2 percent of each amount may be used for training and technical assistance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the previous two provisos shall not apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">public safety officer benefits</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments and expenses authorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3796">42 U.S.C. 3796</ref>), such sums as are necessary, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/100/690/s6093">section 6093 of Public Law 100–690</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/102/4339">102 Stat. 4339</ref>–4340) (including amounts for administrative costs, which amounts shall be paid to the “Salaries and Expenses” account), to remain available until expended; and $5,000,000 for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act; and $4,100,000 for educational assistance, as authorized by section 1212 of such Act.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">community oriented policing services</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</ref>); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/296">Public Law 107–296</ref>), which may include research and development; and the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/177">Public Law 109–177</ref>); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/199">Public Law 110–199</ref>); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/180">Public Law 110–180</ref>); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/248">Public Law 109–248</ref>) (the “Adam Walsh Act”); and the Justice for All Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/405">Public Law 108–405</ref>), $550,500,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any balances made available through prior year deobligations shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act. Of the amount provided <page identifier="/us/stat/123/583">123 STAT. 583</page> (which shall be by transfer, for programs administered by the Office of Justice Programs)—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$25,000,000 is for the matching grant program for armor vests for law enforcement officers, as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards from the Community Oriented Policing Services Office for research, testing, and evaluation programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That section 2501(f) of part Y of title I of the 1968 Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3796">42 U.S.C. 3796</ref><i>ll</i>(f)), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> at the end the following:</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director may waive in whole or in part, the match requirement of paragraph (1) in the case of fiscal hardship, as determined by the Director.”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$39,500,000 is for grants to entities described in section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act, to address public safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, sale, and use in hot spots as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/109/177/s754">section 754 of Public Law 109–177</ref>, and for other anti-methamphetamine-related activities: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That within the amounts appropriated, $34,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$187,000,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and interoperable communications program, and related law enforcement and public safety equipment: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That within the amounts appropriated, $185,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$25,000,000 is for offender re-entry programs, as authorized under section 101 and 211 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/199">Public Law 110–199</ref>), of which $15,000,000 is for grants for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects, and $10,000,000 is for grants for mentoring and transitional services;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$10,000,000 is for grants to assist States and tribal governments as authorized by the NICS Improvements Amendments Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/180">Public Law 110–180</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$10,000,000 is for grants to upgrade criminal records, as authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s14601">42 U.S.C. 14601</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><chapeau>$156,000,000 is for DNA related and forensic programs and activities as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$151,000,000 for a DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program and for other local, state, and Federal forensic activities including the purposes of section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$5,000,000 for the purposes described in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program (<ref href="/us/pl/108/405">Public Law 108–405</ref>, section 412);</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>$20,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, including equipment and training;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>$15,000,000 is for programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>$4,000,000 is for training and technical assistance;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/584">123 STAT. 584</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><chapeau>$18,000,000 is for a national grant program the purpose of which is to assist State and local law enforcement to locate, arrest and prosecute child sexual predators and exploiters, and to enforce sex offender registration laws described in section 1701(b) of the 1968 Act, of which:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$5,000,000 is for sex offender management assistance as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act and the Violent Crime Control Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</ref>); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$1,000,000 is for the National Sex Offender Public Registry; </content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>$16,000,000 is for expenses authorized by part AA of the 1968 Act (Secure our Schools); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>$25,000,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act.</content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not elsewhere specified in this title, for management and administration of programs within the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Justice Programs and the Community Oriented Policing Services Office, $174,000,000, of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available for the Office on Violence Against Women; not to exceed $130,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Justice Programs; not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be available for the Community Oriented Policing Services Office: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/90/351/tI/s109">section 109 of title I of Public Law 90–351</ref>, an additional amount, not to exceed $21,000,000 shall be available for authorized activities of the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the total amount available for management and administration of such programs shall not exceed $195,000,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions—Department of Justice</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for official reception and representation expenses.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 202. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated by this title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 203. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 204. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 205. </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice <page identifier="/us/stat/123/585">123 STAT. 585</page> in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated to “Buildings and Facilities, Federal Prison System” in this or any other Act may be transferred to “Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison System”, or any other Department of Justice account, unless the President certifies that such a transfer is necessary to the national security interests of the United States, and such authority shall not be delegated, and shall be subject to section 505 of this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 206. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Project extension.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3104">5 USC 3104 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> Attorney General is authorized to extend through September 30, 2010, the Personnel Management Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, <ref href="/us/pl/107/296">Public Law 107–296</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s533">6 U.S.C. 533</ref>) without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 207. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Investigations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t28/s533">28 USC 533 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, <ref href="/us/pl/102/395">Public Law 102–395</ref> section 102(b) shall extend to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the conduct of undercover investigative operations and shall apply without fiscal year limitation with respect to any undercover investigative operation initiated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 208. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="209"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 209.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational purposes.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational programs.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="210"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 210. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available under this title shall be obligated or expended for Sentinel, or for any other major new or enhanced information technology program having total estimated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations that the information technology program has appropriate program management and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="211"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 211. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> notification thresholds and procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts <page identifier="/us/stat/123/586">123 STAT. 586</page> designated for specific activities in this Act and accompanying statement, and to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in previous years.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="212"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 212. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-private competition under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="213"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 213. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States Attorney from the residency requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s545">28 U.S.C. 545</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="214"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 214. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be obligated for the initiation of a future phase of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sentinel program until the Attorney General certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that existing phases currently under contract for development or fielding have completed a majority of the work for that phase under the performance measurement baseline validated by the integrated baseline review conducted in 2008: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this restriction does not apply to planning and design activities for future phases:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Bureau will notify the Committees on Appropriations of any significant changes to the baseline.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="215"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 215. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Attorney General shall submit quarterly reports to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to each conference held by the Department of Justice during fiscal year 2009 for which the cost to the Government was more than $20,000.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include, for each conference described in that subsection held during the applicable quarter—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a description of the subject of and number of participants attending that conference;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>a detailed statement of the costs to the Government relating to that conference, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the cost of any food or beverages;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the cost of any audio-visual services; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>a discussion of the methodology used to determine which costs relate to that conference; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>a description of the contracting procedures relating to that conference, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>whether contracts were awarded on a competitive basis for that conference; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by the Department of Justice in evaluating potential contractors for that conference.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><page identifier="/us/stat/123/587">123 STAT. 587</page></subsection></section> </level><level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Science Appropriations Act, 2009.</p></sidenote><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SCIENCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Science and Technology Policy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6601–6671">42 U.S.C. 6601–6671</ref>), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,303,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">science</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of science research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $4,503,019,000 to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">aeronautics</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $500,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">exploration</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of exploration research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/588">123 STAT. 588</page> rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management, personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $3,505,469,000 to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">space operations</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of space operations research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support and services; space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities including operations, production, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $5,764,710,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amounts provided under this heading, $2,981,724,000 shall be for Space Shuttle operations, production, research, development, and support, $2,060,162,000 shall be for International Space Station operations, production, research, development, and support, and $722,824,000 shall be for Space and Flight support.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">education</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out aerospace and aeronautical education research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; program management; personnel and related costs, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $169,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">cross agency support </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, exploration, space operations and education research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real <page identifier="/us/stat/123/589">123 STAT. 589</page> property, as authorized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $70,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $3,306,387,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $2,024,000,000, together with not more than $9,000,000 to be derived from receipts pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2459j">42 U.S.C. 2459j</ref>, shall be available for center management and operations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2459j">42 U.S.C. 2459j</ref>, proceeds from enhanced use leases that may be made available for obligation for fiscal year 2009 shall not exceed $9,000,000:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s16611b">42 USC 16611b note</ref>.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That each annual budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds collected pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2459j">42 U.S.C. 2459j</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not less than $45,000,000 shall be available for independent verification and validation activities, of which $5,000,000 shall be available to develop core verification and validation competencies with small businesses, and $40,000,000 shall be available for operations of the independent verification and validation facility: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i> That within the amounts appropriated $67,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $33,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">administrative provisions</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   Notwithstanding the limitation on the duration of availability of funds appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for any account in this Act, except for “Office of Inspector General”, when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facilities or environmental compliance and restoration activities as authorized by law, such amount available for such activity shall remain available until expended. This provision does not apply to the amounts appropriated for institutional minor revitalization and minor construction of facilities, and institutional facility planning and design. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for any account in this Act, except for “Office of Inspector General”, the amounts appropriated for construction of facilities shall remain available until September 30, 2011.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically <page identifier="/us/stat/123/590">123 STAT. 590</page> provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds shall be used to implement any Reduction in Force or other involuntary separations (except for cause) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to September 30, 2009. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The unexpired balances of the Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration account, for activities for which funds are provided under this Act, may be transferred to the new accounts established in this Act that provide such activity. Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds in the newly established accounts, but shall be available under the same terms, conditions and period of time as previously appropriated.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and associated programs, amounts that have expired but have not been cancelled in the Human Space Flight, Space Flight Capabilities, and Exploration Capabilities appropriations accounts shall remain available through fiscal year 2015 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred during the period of fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2009.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funding designations and minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this title for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Administrator<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> of NASA shall, not later than February 2, 2009, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that delineates by fiscal year, mission directorate and object class the full costs necessary for Space Shuttle retirement and transition activities for fiscal years 2006 through 2015 that includes, but is not limited to, the following:</p><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2">(1)</num><listContent> the costs for environmental compliance and remediation;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2">(2)</num><listContent> the gross and net proceeds from exchange sales of excess Space Shuttle equipment;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2">(3)</num><listContent> the costs to maintain required facilities at Kennedy Space Center during the gap in human space flight;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2">(4)</num><listContent> the costs associated with preservation of historic properties;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2">(5)</num><listContent> the costs of workforce transition; and</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2">(6)</num><listContent> other costs related to Space Shuttle retirement and transition.</listContent></listItem></list></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Science Foundation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">research and related activities</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861–1875">42 U.S.C. 1861–1875</ref>), and the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1880–1881">42 U.S.C. 1880–1881</ref>); services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $5,183,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which not to exceed $540,000,000 shall remain available until expended for polar research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational and science <page identifier="/us/stat/123/591">123 STAT. 591</page> support and logistical and other related activities for the United States Antarctic program: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That from funds specified in the fiscal year 2009 budget request for icebreaking services, up to $54,000,000 shall be available for the procurement of polar icebreaking services: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the National Science Foundation shall only reimburse the Coast Guard for such sums as are agreed to according to the existing memorandum of agreement: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished by the National Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not less than $133,000,000 shall be available for activities authorized by section 7002(b)(2)(A)(iv) of <ref href="/us/pl/110/69">Public Law 110–69</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">major research equipment and facilities construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861–1875">42 U.S.C. 1861–1875</ref>), including authorized travel, $152,010,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">education and human resources</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861–1875">42 U.S.C. 1861–1875</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $845,260,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not less than $55,000,000 shall be available until expended for activities authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/110/69/s7030">section 7030 of Public Law 110–69</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">agency operations and award management</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For agency operations and award management necessary in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861–1875">42 U.S.C. 1861–1875</ref>); services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for security guard services; $294,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2009 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of the national science board</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and consultants under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>) involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1863">42 U.S.C. 1863</ref>) and Public Law <page identifier="/us/stat/123/592">123 STAT. 592</page> 86–209 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1880/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.</ref>), $4,030,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $12,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Science Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commission on Civil Rights</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $8,800,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each Commissioner: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable days.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed $26,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for authorized services to the Commission, $343,925,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Commission is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available funds:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Commission may take no action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time as the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have been notified of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/593">123 STAT. 593</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Trade Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $75,100,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Legal Services Corporation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">payment to the legal services corporation</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $390,000,000, of which $365,800,000 is for basic field programs and required independent audits; $4,200,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $16,000,000 is for management and administration; $3,000,000 is for client self-help and information technology; and $1,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Legal Services Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based employees as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5304">5 U.S.C. 5304</ref>, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2996/d">42 U.S.C. 2996(d)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">administrative provision—legal services corporation</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of <ref href="/us/pl/105/119">Public Law 105–119</ref>, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2008 and 2009, respectively.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Marine Mammal Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/92/522/tII">title II of Public Law 92–522</ref>, $3,200,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the United States Trade Representative</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $47,272,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception and representation<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Negotiations.</p></sidenote> expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World <page identifier="/us/stat/123/594">123 STAT. 594</page> Trade Organization to recognize the right of members to distribute monies collected from antidumping and countervailing<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Negotiations.</p></sidenote> duties: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, <ref href="/us/pl/107/210">Public Law 107–210</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">State Justice Institute</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s10701">42 U.S.C. 10701</ref> et. seq.) $4,100,000, of which $250,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="V">TITLE V</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 501. </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 502. </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="503"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 503. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="504"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 504. </num><content class="inline">If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="505"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 505. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notifications.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through the reprogramming of funds that:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates or initiates a new program, project or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project or activity, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>relocates an office or employees, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/595">123 STAT. 595</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>reorganizes or renames offices, programs or activities, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate Committee on Appropriations for a different purpose, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>augments funds for existing programs, projects or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>results from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, projects or activities as approved by Congress, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds in provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through the reprogramming of funds after August 1, except in extraordinary circumstances, and only after the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="506"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 506. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Religious harassment.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2000e–12">42 USC 2000e–12 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Hereafter, none of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission covering harassment based on religion, when it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which such funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by the Commission on October 1, 1993 (<ref href="/us/fr/58/51266">58 Fed. Reg. 51266</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="507"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 507. </num><content class="inline">If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a “Made in America” inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t48">title 48, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="508"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 508. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that were received by such agency during any previous fiscal year.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/596">123 STAT. 596</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="509"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 509. </num><content class="inline">Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="510"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 510. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Tobacco and tobacco products.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="511"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 511. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Firearms.</p></sidenote><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the implementation of any tax or fee in connection with the implementation of sub<ref href="/us/usc/t18/s922/t">section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any system to implement sub<ref href="/us/usc/t18/s922/t">section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code</ref>, that does not require and result in the destruction of any identifying information submitted by or on behalf of any person who has been determined not to be prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm no more than 24 hours after the system advises a Federal firearms licensee that possession or receipt of a firearm by the prospective transferee would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s922">section 922 of title 18, United States Code</ref>, or State law.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="512"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 512. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s10601">42 USC 10601 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund established under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s10601">42 U.S.C. 10601</ref> in any fiscal year in excess of $635,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the following fiscal year.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="513"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 513. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Discrimination.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="514"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 514. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="515"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 515. </num><content class="inline">Any funds provided in this Act used to implement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="516"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 516. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Firearms data.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released without adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall include in all such data releases, language similar to the following that would make clear that trace data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crime:<page identifier="/us/stat/123/597">123 STAT. 597</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement authorities in conducting investigations by tracking the sale and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies may request firearms traces for any reason, and those reasons are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes, or models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="517"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 517. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Audits.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Inspectors General of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>), of grants or contracts for which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Within<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote> 60 days after the date on which an audit described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to the public on the Internet website maintained by the Department, Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made available in redacted form to exclude—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>any matter described in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552/b">section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>sensitive personal information for any individual, the public access to which could be used to commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a banquet or conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or contract.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Any<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract or in any other manner to another person who has a financial interest in the person awarded the grant or contract.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote> provisions of the preceding subsections of this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/598">123 STAT. 598</page> the requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and entities.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="518"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 518. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Human organism.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be used to issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="519"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 519. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Torture.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the United States Government.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="520"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 520. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Exports and imports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Firearms.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Canada.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States to pay administrative expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United States in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, <ref href="/us/cfr/t22/s121.1">section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting party for such articles.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles enumerated in subsection (a); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>does not permit the export without a license of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>fully automatic firearms and components and parts for such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I, other than for end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>articles for export from Canada to another foreign destination.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>In accordance with this section, the District Directors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary export without a license of any unclassified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p></sidenote> President may require export licenses under this section on a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for the articles specified in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles has and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/599">123 STAT. 599</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="521"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 521. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Firearms.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny any application submitted pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2778/b/1/B">22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B)</ref> and qualified pursuant to <ref href="/us/cfr/t27/s478.112">27 CFR section 478.112</ref> or .113, for a permit to import United States origin “curios or relics” firearms, parts, or ammunition.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="522"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 522. </num><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the text of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="523"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 523. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">National security letters.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="524"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 524. </num><content class="inline">If at any time during any quarter, the program manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Science Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased by 10 percent, the program manager shall immediately inform the Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary,<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the project; changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or procurement costs; and a statement validating that the project’s management structure is adequate to control total project or procurement costs.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="525"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 525. </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s414">50 U.S.C. 414</ref>) during fiscal year 2009 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="526"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 526. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/app8L">5 USC app. 8L</ref> note.</p></sidenote><chapeau class="inline">The Departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act, shall establish and maintain on the homepages of their Internet websites—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a direct link to the Internet websites of their Offices of Inspectors General; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors General website by which individuals may anonymously report cases <page identifier="/us/stat/123/600">123 STAT. 600</page> of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to those Departments, agencies, and commissions.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="527"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 527. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="528"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 528. </num><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws to preserve the ability of the United States—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to enforce vigorously its trade laws, including antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>to avoid agreements that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>lessen the effectiveness of domestic and international disciplines on unfair trade, especially dumping and subsidies; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>lessen the effectiveness of domestic and international safeguard provisions, in order to ensure that United States workers, agricultural producers, and firms can compete fully on fair terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal trade concessions; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>to address and remedy market distortions that lead to dumping and subsidization, including overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access barriers.</content></paragraph></section> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(Rescissions)</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="529"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 529. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Commerce from prior appropriations, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>“Economic Development Administration, Economic Development Assistance Programs”, $15,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>“National Institute of Standards and Technology, Industrial Technology Services”, $5,000,000; </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>“National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Salaries and Expenses”, $3,000,000; </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>“National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Public Telecommunications, Facilities, Planning and Construction”, $1,600,000; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>“Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Programs”, $1,000,000.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Of<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice from prior appropriations, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later than September 30, 2009, from the following accounts in the specified amounts:</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/601">123 STAT. 601</page> <paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>“General Administration, Working Capital Fund”, $100,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>“Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund”, $285,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>“Office of Justice Programs”, $100,000,000; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>“Community Oriented Policing Services”, $100,000,000.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content>Each department affected by the recissions contained in subsections (a) and (b) shall, within 30 days of enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant to this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The recissions contained in this section shall not apply to funds provided in this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="530"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 530. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="531"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 531. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or agency at any single conference occurring outside the United States.</content></section> </level>

  This division may be cited as the “Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009”.

 DIVISION C—ENERGY

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009.

 AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Corps of Engineers—Civil</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Investigations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects and related efforts prior to construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous investigations and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction, $168,100,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, except as provided in section 101 of this Act, the amounts made available under this paragraph shall be expended as authorized in law for the projects and activities specified in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described <page identifier="/us/stat/123/602">123 STAT. 602</page> in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such projects (including those involving participation by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); $2,141,677,000, to remain available until expended; of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/104/303">Public Law 104–303</ref>; and of which such sums as are necessary pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</ref> shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, to cover one-half of the costs of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland waterways projects (including only Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee; Kentucky Lock and Dam, Tennessee River, Kentucky; Lock and Dams 2, 3, and 4 Monongahela River, Pennsylvania; Marmet Lock and Dam, West Virginia; McAlpine Lock and Dam, Kentucky and Indiana; Olmsted Lock and Dam, Illinois and Kentucky; Gray’s Landing Lock and Dam, Pennsylvania; R.C. Byrd Lock and Dam, Ohio and West Virginia; and Point Marion Lock and Dam, Pennsylvania) shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $13,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the Dallas Floodway Extension, Texas, project, including the Cadillac Heights feature, generally in accordance with the Chief of Engineers report dated December 7, 1999: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $8,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein for planning, engineering, design or construction of the Grundy, Buchanan County, and Dickenson County, Virginia, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River Project: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $8,500,000 of the funds appropriated herein to continue planning, engineering, design or construction of the Lower Mingo County, Upper Mingo County, Wayne County, McDowell County, West Virginia, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River Project: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $9,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the Clover Fork, City of Cumberland, Town of Martin, Pike County (including Levisa Fork and Tug Fork Tributaries), Bell County, Harlan County in accordance with the Draft Detailed Project Report dated January 2002, Floyd County, Martin County, Johnson County, and Knox County, Kentucky, detailed project report, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $17,048,000 of the funds provided herein for planning and design and construction of a rural health care facility on the Fort Berthold Reservation of the Three Affiliated Tribes, North Dakota: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, except as provided in section 101 of this <page identifier="/us/stat/123/603">123 STAT. 603</page> Act, the amounts made available under this paragraph shall be expended as authorized in law for the projects and activities specified in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of the consolidated Act). </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Mississippi River and Tributaries</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $383,823,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $5,000,000 of the funds provided herein for design and real estate activities and pump supply elements for the Yazoo Basin, Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant, Mississippi: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $8,000,000 appropriated herein for construction of water withdrawal features of the Grand Prairie, Arkansas, project: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, except as provided in section 101 of this Act, the amounts made available under this paragraph shall be expended as authorized in law for the projects and activities specified in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operation and maintenance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; providing security for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, including administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve essential navigation needs of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation, $2,201,900,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as become available from the special account for the Corps established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460l–6a/i">16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)</ref>), shall be derived from that account for resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance activities related to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of which such sums as become available from fees collected under section 217 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/pl/104/303">Public Law 104–303</ref>), shall be used to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed $500,000 is provided to the Secretary of the Army to reimburse travel expenses as provided for in section 9003(f) of the Water Resources Development <page identifier="/us/stat/123/604">123 STAT. 604</page> Act of 2007, <ref href="/us/pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/121/1289">121 Stat. 1289</ref>–1290): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That 2 percent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs, projects or activities funded under this heading shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines to be necessary and appropriate; and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for the programs, projects or activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, except as provided in section 101 of this Act, the amounts made available under this paragraph shall be expended as authorized in law for the projects and activities specified in the text and table under the heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Regulatory Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $183,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may use up to $3,200,000 of the funds appropriated herein to reimburse the Port of Arlington, Gillam County, Oregon, for those direct construction costs determined by the Secretary to have been incurred by the Port as a result of and following issuance of the Department of the Army Regulatory Program permit for the construction of a commercial dock and offload facility at the Port in February 2007, including the removal of the commercial dock and offload facility.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites in the United States resulting from work performed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy program, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the supervision and general administration of the civil works program in the headquarters of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the offices of the Division Engineers; and for the management and operation of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center, $179,365,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and representation purposes and only during the current fiscal year: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of any other appropriation provided in title I of this Act shall be available to fund the civil works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction and management activities of the division offices.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/605">123 STAT. 605</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of assistant secretary of the army (civil works)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s3016/b/3">10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3)</ref>, $4,500,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provision</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available during the current fiscal year for purchase (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles for the civil works program. </content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">GENERAL PROVISIONS, Corps of Engineers—Civil</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 101. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided in title I of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>augments or reduces existing programs, projects or activities in excess of the amounts contained in subsections 6 through 10, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Investigations</inline>.—</heading><content>For a base level over $100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is $25,000; </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That up to $25,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>For a base level over $2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $300,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That up to $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judgments: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Operation and maintenance</inline>.—</heading><content>Unlimited<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reprogramming authority.</p></sidenote> reprogramming authority is granted in order for the Corps to be able to respond to emergencies:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Chief of Engineers must notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of these emergency actions as soon thereafter as practicable: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for a base level over $1,000,000, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/606">123 STAT. 606</page> reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for a base level less than $1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not receive an appropriation;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mississippi river and tributaries</inline>.—</heading><content>The same reprogramming guidelines for the Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account as listed above; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Formerly utilized sites remedial action program</inline>.—</heading><content>Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving project is permitted.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Continuing Authorities Program</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing authorities program.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Corps of Engineers shall submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the report shall include:</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>A table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>A delineation in the table for each appropriation both by object class and program, project and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>An identification of items of special congressional interest: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fines.</p></sidenote> the amount appropriated for salaries and expenses of the Corps of Engineers shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date that the report has not been submitted to the Congress.</proviso></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 102. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act, or previous Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Development, shall be used to implement any pending or future competitive sourcing actions under OMB Circular A–76 or High Performing Organizations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available in this title may be used to award or modify any contract that commits an amount for a project in excess of the amounts appropriated for that project that remain unobligated.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 104. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Within 90 days of the date of the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall submit the report to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees of the Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 105. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Water Reallocation, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General.</inline>—</heading><content>Subject to subsection (b), none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out any water reallocation project or component under the Wolf Creek Project, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, authorized under the Act of June 28, 1938 (<ref href="/us/stat/52/1215">52 Stat. 1215</ref>, ch. 795) and the Act of July 24, 1946 (<ref href="/us/stat/60/636">60 Stat. 636</ref>, ch. 595).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Existing Reallocations.</inline>—</heading><content>Subsection (a) shall not apply to any water reallocation for Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, that is carried out subject to an agreement or payment schedule in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/607">123 STAT. 607</page></content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 106. </num><content class="inline">Section 121 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/103">Public Law 109–103</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/119/2256">119 Stat. 2256</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (a) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><content>Hereafter, the Secretary of the Army may carry out and fund planning studies, watershed surveys and assessments, or technical studies at 100 percent Federal expense to accomplish the purposes of the 2003 Biological Opinion described in section 205(b) of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/118/2949">118 Stat. 2949</ref>) as amended by subsection (b) or any related subsequent biological opinion, and the collaborative program long-term plan.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote> In carrying out a study, survey, or assessment under this subsection, the Secretary of the Army shall consult with Federal, State, tribal and local governmental entities, as well as entities participating in the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program referred to in section 205 of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of the Army may also provide planning and administrative assistance to the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program, which shall not be subject to cost sharing requirements with non-Federal interests.”</proviso></content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 107. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act, or previous Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Development shall be used to award any continuing contract that commits additional funding from the Inland Waterway Trust Fund unless or until such time that a permanent solution to enhance revenues in the fund is enacted. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 108. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Study.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Secretary is authorized to conduct a study of the Missouri River Projects located within the Missouri River basin at a total cost of $25,000,000 with the express purpose to review the original project purposes based on the Flood Control Act of 1944, as amended, and other subsequent relevant legislation and judicial rulings to determine if changes to the authorized project purposes and existing Federal water resource infrastructure may be warranted: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this study shall be undertaken at full Federal expense.</proviso></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 109. </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/108/137/s134">Section 134 of Public Law 108–137</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/117/1842">117 Stat. 1842</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/109/103/s128/b">section 128(b) of Public Law 109–103</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/119/2260">119 Stat. 2260</ref>), is further amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$30,000,000</quotedText>” wherever it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$48,300,000</quotedText>” in lieu thereof.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 110. </num><chapeau class="inline">Section 101(a)(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/stat/110/3663">110 Stat. 3663</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(A) <headingText class="smallCaps">In general</headingText>.—</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>The</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Credit toward non-federal share</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall credit toward the non-Federal share of the project the costs expended by non-Federal interests for the replacement and reconstruction of the Soquel Avenue Bridge.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maximum amount of credit</inline>.—</heading><content>The credit under paragraph (B) may not exceed $2,000,000.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation of total project cost</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall not include the costs to be credited under paragraphs (B) and (C) in total project costs in determining the amounts of the Federal and non-Federal contributions.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 111. </num><content class="inline">The Missouri River Levee System (MRLS) Unit L–385 Project, Riverside, Missouri, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1941, <ref href="/us/pl/77/228">Public Law 77–228</ref>, and the Flood Control Act of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/608">123 STAT. 608</page> 1944, <ref href="/us/pl/78/534">Public Law 78–534</ref>, is modified to direct the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to take such action as is necessary to correct deficiencies in the L–385 levee system in Riverside, Missouri at full Federal expense at a cost of no more than $7,000,000.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 112. </num><content class="inline">Section 115 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 as contained in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dC">division C of Public Law 110–161</ref>,<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/121/1945">121 Stat. 1945</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$20,000,000. The Secretary shall transfer this facility to the Secretary of the Interior for operation and maintenance upon the completion of construction.</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof, “<quotedText>$20,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary shall transfer ownership of this facility to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for operation and maintenance upon the completion of construction.</proviso></quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 113. </num><content class="inline">Section 103(c)(7) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (<ref href="/us/stat/106/4811">106 Stat. 4811</ref>–12), as amended by section 117 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/stat/119/2255">119 Stat. 2255</ref>), is further amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>15,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>26,000,000</quotedText>”. </content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 114. </num><chapeau class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/110/114/s3118">Section 3118 of Public Law 110–114</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/121/1137">121 Stat. 1137</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (b) by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after “<quotedText>New Mexico</quotedText>” the following: “<quotedText>in accordance with the plans recommended in the feasibility report for the Middle Rio Grande Bosque, New Mexico, scheduled for completion in December 2008</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content><amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsection (d) as subsection (e); and </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content><amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a new subsection (d):<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cost Sharing</inline>.—</heading><content>Any requirement for non-Federal participation in a project carried out in the bosque of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, pursuant to this section shall be limited to the provision of lands, easements, rights-of-way, relocations, and dredged material disposal areas necessary for construction, operation and maintenance of the project.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 115. </num><content class="inline">The non-Federal interest for the project referenced in section 3154 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/121/1148">121 Stat. 1148</ref>) may carry out design and construction work on the project in advance of Federal appropriations or may provide funds directly to the Secretary for the Secretary to carry out such work:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reimbursements.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of the Army shall reimburse the non-Federal interest for any costs incurred by the non-Federal interest that are in excess of the non-Federal share of total project costs subject to the availability of appropriations.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 116. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Colorado.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Colorado Department of Natural Resources is authorized to perform modifications of the facility (Chatfield Reservoir, Colorado), and any required mitigation which results from implementation of the project: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in carrying out the reassignment of storage space provided for in this section, the Secretary shall collaborate with the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and local interests to determine costs to be repaid for storage that reflects the limited reliability of the resources and the capability of non-Federal interests to make use of the reallocated storage space in Chatfield Reservoir, Colorado. </proviso></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 117. </num><content class="inline">Section 117 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005, as contained in <ref href="/us/pl/108/447/dC">division C of Public Law 108–447</ref>,<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/118/2944">118 Stat. 2944</ref>.</p></sidenote> is hereby <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/609">123 STAT. 609</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="118"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 118. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reassignment.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Secretary of Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall reassign the regulatory boundaries of the Chicago District to align with the existing civil works boundaries of the Chicago District.</content></section> </level> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Central Utah Project</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">central utah project completion account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act, $40,360,000, to remain available until expended, of which $987,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission. In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,640,000, to remain available until expended. For fiscal year 2009, the Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Reclamation</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The following appropriations shall be expended to execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Water and Related Resources</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For management, development, and restoration of water and related natural resources and for related activities, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other facilities, participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other agreements with, State and local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, and others, $920,259,000, to remain available until expended, of which $46,655,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $24,962,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not more than $500,000 is for high priority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1706">16 U.S.C. 1706</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such transfers may be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the total appropriated, the amount for program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460l–6a/i">16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)</ref> shall be derived from that Fund or account: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds contributed under <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s395">43 U.S.C. 395</ref> are available until expended for the purposes for which contributed: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds advanced under <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s397a">43 U.S.C. 397a</ref> shall be credited to this account and are available until expended for the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/610">123 STAT. 610</page> That funds available for expenditure for the Departmental Irrigation Drainage Program may be expended by the Bureau of Reclamation for site remediation on a nonreimbursable basis: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided for the Friant-Kern and Madera Canals improvements may be expended on a non-reimbursable basis: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund established by <ref href="/us/pl/106/554/appD/tI/s110">section 110 of title I of appendix D of Public Law 106–554</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, except as provided in section 201 of this Act, the amounts made available under this paragraph shall be expended as authorized in law for the projects and activities specified in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Central Valley Project Restoration Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $56,079,000, to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and 3406(c)(1) of <ref href="/us/pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</ref>, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/102/575/s3407/d">section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used for the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted decree or order.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">California Bay-Delta Restoration</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry out authorized purposes: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds appropriated herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program management: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the use of any funds provided to the California Bay-Delta Authority for program-wide management and oversight activities shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner with clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the Program.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">policy and administration</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, $59,400,000, to be derived from <page identifier="/us/stat/123/611">123 STAT. 611</page> the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s377">43 U.S.C. 377</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted as policy and administration expenses:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Transfer date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Budget plan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, of the funds provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be transferred to “Water and Related Resources” upon the expiration of the 90-day period following the date of enactment of this Act if during such period, the Secretary of the Interior has not submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate the Bureau of Reclamation’s five-year budget plan.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for purchase of not to exceed seven passenger motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. </content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions, Department of the Interior</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 201. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided in title II of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related Resources that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>initiates or creates a new program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>restarts or resumes any program, project or activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>transfers funds in excess of the following limits, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>15 percent for any program, project or activity for which $2,000,000 or more is available at the beginning of the fiscal year; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$300,000 for any program, project or activity for which less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning of the fiscal year;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the Resources Management and Development category to any program, project, or activity in the other category, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>transfers, where necessary to discharge legal obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate deficiency judgments, unless prior approval is <page identifier="/us/stat/123/612">123 STAT. 612</page> received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. </content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> purposes of this section, the term “<term>transfer</term>” means any movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or categories of funding.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 202. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">California.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Drainage plan.</p></sidenote><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality standards of the State of California as approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the “Cleanup Program-Alternative Repayment Plan” and the “SJVDP-Alternative Repayment Plan” described in the report entitled “Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995”, prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 203. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">New Mexico.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico unless said purchase or lease is in compliance with the purchase requirements of <ref href="/us/pl/106/60/s202">section 202 of Public Law 106–60</ref>. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 204. </num><content class="inline">Funds under this title for Drought Emergency Assistance shall be made available primarily for leasing of water for specified drought related purposes from willing lessors, in compliance with existing State laws and administered under State water priority allocation. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 205. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and other agreements with irrigation or water districts and States to fund up to 50 percent of the cost of planning, designing, and constructing improvements that will conserve water, increase water use efficiency, or enhance water management through measurement or automation, at existing water supply projects within the States identified in the Act of June 17, 1902, as amended, and supplemented: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That when such improvements are to federally owned facilities, such funds may be provided in advance on a nonreimbursable basis to an entity operating affected transferred works or may <page identifier="/us/stat/123/613">123 STAT. 613</page> be deemed nonreimbursable for nontransferred works: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the calculation of the non-Federal contribution shall provide for consideration of the value of any in-kind contributions, but shall not include funds received from other Federal agencies: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the cost of operating and maintaining such improvements shall be the responsibility of the non-Federal entity: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this section shall not supercede any existing project-specific funding authority:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary is also authorized to enter into grants or cooperative agreements with universities or nonprofit research institutions to fund water use efficiency research. </proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 206. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 209 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/137">Public Law 108–137</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/117/1850">117 Stat. 1850</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Establishment.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall establish and maintain an Executive Committee of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program (referred to in this section as the “Executive Committee”) consistent with the bylaws of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program adopted on October 2, 2006.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Hereafter, in compliance with applicable Federal and State laws, the Secretary (acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation), in collaboration with the Executive Committee, may enter into any grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, interagency agreements, or other agreements that the Secretary determines to be necessary to comply with the 2003 Biological Opinion described in section 205(b) of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/118/2949">118 Stat. 2949</ref>) as amended by section 121(b) of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/103">Public Law 109–103</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/119/2256">119 Stat. 2256</ref>) or any related subsequent biological opinion or in furtherance of the objectives set forth in the collaborative program long-term plan.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The acquisition of water under subsection (c) and any administrative costs associated with carrying out subsection (c) shall be at full Federal expense.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Not more than 15 percent of amounts appropriated to carry out subsection (c) shall be made available for the payment of administrative expenses associated with carrying out that subsection.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The non-Federal share of activities carried out under subsection (c) (other than an activity or a cost described in subsection (d)(1)) shall be 25 percent. The non-Federal cost share shall be determined on a programmatic, rather than a project-by-project basis.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The non-Federal share required under paragraph (1) may be in the form of in-kind contributions, the value of which shall be determined by the Secretary in consultation with the executive committee.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Nothing in this section modifies or expands the discretion of the Secretary with respect to operating reservoir facilities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 207. </num><chapeau class="inline">Section 208 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/121/1953">121 Stat. 1953</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/614">123 STAT. 614</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (2)(B), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, as determined by the nonprofit conservation organization</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Lake</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>retirement of water rights</quotedText>” and all that follows through the semicolon at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>retirement of water rights;</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>June 30, 2010</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>June 30, 2012</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 208. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Nevada.</p></sidenote><chapeau class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of amounts made available under section 2507 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s2211">43 U.S.C. 2211 note</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</ref>), the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall allocate—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$300,000 to the Desert Research Institute for LIDAR acquisition data in the Walker River Basin, to supplement water rights research and data funded under section 208(a)(1) of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/103">Public Law 109–103</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/119/2268">119 Stat. 2268</ref>); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$300,000 to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a multiyear assessment of and monitoring of the ability of west central Nevada lakes to support migratory loons, and identification of wintering areas and annual range of loons using Walker Lake during migration.</content></paragraph></section> </level> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENERGY PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed two passenger vehicles for replacement, $1,928,540,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $228,803,380 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $137,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/615">123 STAT. 615</page> of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $19,648,475 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Nuclear Energy</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles, including three new buses and 26 replacement vehicles, including one ambulance, $792,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $2,854,500 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Nuclear Energy Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Clean Coal Technology </heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds) </subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the funds made available under this heading for obligation in prior years, $149,000,000 of uncommitted balances are transferred to Fossil Energy Research and Development to be used until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds made available in previous appropriations Acts shall be made available for any ongoing project regardless of the separate request for proposal under which the project was selected.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Fossil Energy Research and Development</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research and development activities, under the authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/pl/95/91">Public Law 95–91</ref>), including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social and environmental costs (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s3">30 U.S.C. 3</ref>, 1602, and 1603), $876,320,000, to remain available until expended, of which $149,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from “Clean Coal Technology”: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amounts provided, $288,174,000 is available for the Clean Coal Power Initiative Round III solicitation, pursuant to title IV of the <ref href="/us/pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated for prior solicitations under the Clean Coal Technology Program, Power Plant Improvement Initiative, Clean Coal Power <page identifier="/us/stat/123/616">123 STAT. 616</page> Initiative, and FutureGen, but not required by the Department to meet its obligations on projects selected under such solicitations, may be utilized for the Clean Coal Power Initiative Round III solicitation under this Act in accordance with the requirements of this Act rather than the Acts under which the funds were appropriated: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no Clean Coal Power Initiative project may be selected for which full funding is not available to provide for the total project:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s15965">42 USC 15965</ref>.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if a Clean Coal Power Initiative project selected after enactment of this legislation for negotiation under this or any other Act in any fiscal year, is not awarded within 2 years from the date the application was selected, negotiations shall cease and the Federal funds committed to the application shall be retained by the Department for future coal-related research, development and demonstration projects, except that the time limit may be extended at the Secretary’s discretion for matters outside the control of the applicant, or if the Secretary determines that extension of the time limit is in the public interest: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary may not delegate this responsibility for applications greater than $10,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That financial assistance for costs in excess of those estimated as of the date of award of original Clean Coal Power Initiative financial assistance may not be provided in excess of the proportion of costs borne by the Government in the original agreement and shall be limited to 25 percent of the original financial assistance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds shall be expended in accordance with the provisions governing the use of funds contained under the heading “<headingText>Clean Coal Technology</headingText>” in <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5903d">42 U.S.C. 5903d</ref> as well as those contained under the heading “<headingText>Clean Coal Technology</headingText>” in prior appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any technology selected under these programs shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology, and any project selected under these programs shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology Project, for the purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7651n">42 U.S.C. 7651n</ref>, and chapters 51, 52, and 60 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t40">title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That funds available for the Clean Coal Power Initiative Round III Funding Opportunity Announcement may be used to support any technology that meets the requirements of the Round III Announcement relating to carbon capture and storage or other beneficial uses of CO<sub>2</sub>, without regard to the 70 and 30 percent funding allocations specified in section 402(b)(1)(A) and 402(b)(2)(A) of <ref href="/us/pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no part of the sum herein made available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $43,864,150 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Fossil Energy Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $19,099,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds <page identifier="/us/stat/123/617">123 STAT. 617</page> remaining from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Strategic Petroleum Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6201/etseq">42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.</ref>), $205,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $31,507,000 shall be provided to initiate new site expansion activities, beyond land acquisition, consistent with the budget request:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds provided for new site expansion activities may be obligated or expended for authorized activities until the Secretary has submitted a report to the Congress on the effects of expansion of the Reserve on the domestic petroleum market, which is required to be submitted within 45 days of enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, $9,800,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Energy Information Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Energy Information Administration, $110,595,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $261,819,000, to remain available until expended:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the appropriation includes funds for environmental remediation activities associated with the Energy Technology and Engineering Center (ETEC) at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), subject to the following: (1) the Department shall use a portion of this funding to enter into an interagency agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding a comprehensive radioactive site characterization of Area IV of the SSFL and (2) the Department shall provide the amount required by EPA for the radioactive site characterization in fiscal year 2009 from within the available funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amounts provided, $5,000,000 is available for necessary expenses for the purpose of carrying out remedial actions under this title at real property in the vicinity of the Tuba City processing site designated in section 102(a)(1), of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/pl/95/604">Public Law 95–604</ref>, as amended; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7901">42 U.S.C. 7901</ref>, et seq.), notwithstanding section 112 of that Act, at a dump site immediately adjacent to the north-northwest section of the Tuba City processing site, and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/618">123 STAT. 618</page> on the north side of Highway 160: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $4,757,500 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $535,503,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Science</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed 49 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one law enforcement vehicle, one ambulance, and three buses, $4,772,636,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $93,686,593 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Science Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Nuclear Waste<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Nevada.</p></sidenote> Disposal</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, <ref href="/us/pl/97/425">Public Law 97–425</ref>, as amended (the “NWPA”), including the acquisition of real property or facility construction or expansion, $145,390,000, to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds made available in this Act for Nuclear Waste Disposal, $5,000,000 shall be provided to the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific oversight responsibilities and participate in licensing activities pursuant to the Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding the lack of a written agreement with the State of Nevada under section 117(c) of the NWPA, $1,000,000 shall be provided to Nye County, Nevada, for on-site oversight activities under section 117(d) of that Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $9,000,000 shall be provided to affected units of local government, as defined in the NWPA, to conduct appropriate activities and participate in licensing activities:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">California.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the $9,000,000 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/619">123 STAT. 619</page> provided 7.5 percent of the funds provided shall be made available to affected units of local government in California with the balance made available to affected units of local government in Nevada for distribution as determined by the Nevada units of local government: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this funding shall be provided to affected units of local government, as defined in the NWPA:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Native Americans.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $500,000 shall be provided to the Timbisha-Shoshone Tribe solely for expenditures, other than salaries and expenses of tribal employees, to conduct appropriate activities and participate in licensing activities under section 118(b) of the NWPA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 65 and 75 of <ref href="/us/usc/t31">title 31, United States Code</ref>, the Department shall have no monitoring, auditing or other oversight rights or responsibilities over amounts provided to affected units of local government: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the funds for the State of Nevada shall be made available solely to the Office of the Attorney General by direct payment and to units of local government by direct payment: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> within 90 days of the completion of each Federal fiscal year, the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Nevada and each of the affected units of local government shall provide certification to the Department of Energy that all funds expended from such payments have been expended for activities authorized by the NWPA and this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That failure to provide such certification shall cause such entity to be prohibited from any further funding provided for similar activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Lobbying.</p></sidenote> none of the funds herein appropriated may be: (1) used directly or indirectly to influence legislative action, except for normal and recognized executive-legislative communications, on any matter pending before Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying activity as provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1913">18 U.S.C. 1913</ref>; (2) used for litigation expenses; or (3) used to support multi-State efforts or other coalition building activities inconsistent with the restrictions contained in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That all proceeds and recoveries realized by the Secretary in carrying out activities authorized by the NWPA, including but not limited to, any proceeds from the sale of assets, shall be available without further appropriation and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds provided in this Act or any previous Act may be used to pursue repayment or collection of funds provided in any fiscal year to affected units of local government for oversight activities that had been previously approved by the Department of Energy, or to withhold payment of any such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $1,855,425 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Nuclear Waste Disposal Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, commitments to guarantee loans under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, shall not exceed a total principal amount of $47,000,000,000 for eligible projects, to remain available until committed, and of which $18,500,000,000 shall be for nuclear power facilities: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That these amounts are in addition to the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/620">123 STAT. 620</page> authority provided under <ref href="/us/pl/109/289/dB/s20320">section 20320 of Division B of Public Law 109–289</ref>, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/110/5">Public Law 110–5</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such sums as are derived from amounts received from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in this and prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the source of such payment received from borrowers is not a loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed by the Federal Government: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, no appropriations are available to pay the subsidy cost of such guarantees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for necessary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan Guarantee program, $19,880,000 is appropriated, to remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $19,880,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account to cover administrative expenses and shall remain available until expended, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriations from the general fund estimated at not more than $0:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Implementation plan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds made available in this Act shall be available for the execution of a new solicitation with respect to such guaranteed loans until 30 days after the Department of Energy has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a loan guarantee implementation plan that defines the proposed award levels and eligible technologies: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the loan guarantee authority made available in this Act shall be available for commitments to guarantee loans for any projects where funds, personnel, or property (tangible or intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumentality, personnel or affiliated entity are expected to be used (directly or indirectly) through acquisitions, contracts, demonstrations, exchanges, grants, incentives, leases, procurements, sales, other transaction authority, or other arrangements, to support the project or to obtain goods or services from the project: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the previous proviso shall not be interpreted as precluding the use of the loan guarantee authority in this Act for commitments to guarantee loans for projects as a result of such projects benefiting from (a) otherwise allowable Federal income tax benefits; (b) being located on Federal land pursuant to a lease or right-of-way agreement for which all consideration for all uses is (i) paid exclusively in cash, (ii) deposited in the Treasury as offsetting receipts, and (iii) equal to the fair market value as determined by the head of the relevant Federal agency; (c) Federal insurance programs, including Price-Anderson; or (d) for electric generation projects, use of transmission facilities owned or operated by a Federal Power Marketing Administration or the Tennessee Valley Authority that have been authorized, approved, and financed independent of the project receiving the guarantee: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> none of the loan guarantee authority made available in this Act shall be available for any project unless the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has certified in advance in writing that the loan guarantee and the project comply with the provisions under this title.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/621">123 STAT. 621</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Administration</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, $272,643,000, to remain available until expended, plus such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1511/etseq">31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount, to remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $117,317,000 in fiscal year 2009 may be retained and used for operating expenses within this account, and may remain available until expended, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/95/238/s201">section 201 of Public Law 95–238</ref>, notwithstanding the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of miscellaneous revenues received during 2009, and any related appropriated receipt account balances remaining from prior years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $155,326,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $51,927,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Nuclear Security Administration</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Weapons Activities</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, the purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor vehicles, and one ambulance; $6,380,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $19,300,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the 09–D–007 LANSCE Refurbishment, PED, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $22,836,000 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Weapons Activities Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/622">123 STAT. 622</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, $1,482,350,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $1,903,000 shall be used for projects specified under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Naval Reactors</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $828,054,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Administrator</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, including official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $12,000, $439,190,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $23,311,750 shall be used for the projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Office of the Administrator (NNSA) Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Environmental Cleanup</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed four ambulances and three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $5,657,250,000, to remain available until expended, of which $463,000,000 shall be transferred to the “Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund”: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this <page identifier="/us/stat/123/623">123 STAT. 623</page> paragraph, $17,908,391 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Defense Environmental Cleanup Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Other Defense Activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense activities, and classified activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $1,314,063,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the funds provided herein, $487,008,000 is for project 99–D–143 Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, Savannah River Site, South Carolina: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Department of Energy adhere strictly to Department of Energy Order 413.3A for Project 99–D–143: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $999,075 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Congressionally Directed Other Defense Activities Projects</headingText>” in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes of <ref href="/us/pl/97/425">Public Law 97–425</ref>, as amended, including the acquisition of real property or facility construction or expansion, $143,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bonneville Power Administration Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, established pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/93/454">Public Law 93–454</ref>, are approved for official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500. During fiscal year 2009, no new direct loan obligations may be made.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling and ancillary services pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s825s">16 U.S.C. 825s</ref>), as applied to the southeastern power area, $7,420,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, up to $49,520,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover <page identifier="/us/stat/123/624">123 STAT. 624</page> purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s825s">16 U.S.C. 825s</ref>), as applied to the Southwestern Power Administration, $28,414,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, up to $35,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7152">42 U.S.C. 7152</ref>), and other related activities including conservation and renewable resources programs as authorized, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500; $218,346,000, to remain available until expended, of which $208,642,000 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amount herein appropriated, $7,342,000 is for deposit into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account pursuant to title IV of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding the provision of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, up to $403,118,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $2,959,000, to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Administration, as provided in section 423 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/625">123 STAT. 625</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, $273,400,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7171">42 USC 7171 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, not to exceed $273,400,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year 2009 shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this account, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received during fiscal year 2009 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 301.</inline><inline class="smallCaps"> </inline></num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contract Competition. </inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 or any previous fiscal year may be used to make payments for a noncompetitive management and operating contract, or a contract for environmental remediation or waste management in excess of $100,000,000 in annual funding at a current or former management and operating contract site or facility, or to award a significant extension or expansion to an existing management and operating contract, or other contract covered by this section, unless such contract is awarded using competitive procedures or the Secretary of Energy grants, on a case-by-case basis, a waiver to allow for such a deviation. The Secretary may not delegate the authority to grant such a waiver.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Within<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> 30 days of formally notifying an incumbent contractor that the Secretary intends to grant such a waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report notifying the Subcommittees of the waiver and setting forth, in specificity, the substantive reasons why the Secretary believes the requirement for competition should be waived for this particular award.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>In this section the term “<term>competitive procedures</term>” has the meaning provided in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s403">41 U.S.C. 403</ref>) and includes procedures described in section 303 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s253">41 U.S.C. 253</ref>) other than a procedure that solicits a proposal from only one source.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="302"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 302. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Unfunded Requests for Proposals. </inline></heading><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals (RFPs) for a program if the program has not been funded by Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="303"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 303. </inline></num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities Workforce Restructuring. </inline></heading><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to augment the funds made available for obligation by this Act for severance payments and other benefits and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/626">123 STAT. 626</page> community assistance grants under section 4604 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s2704">50 U.S.C. 2704</ref>) unless the Department of Energy submits a reprogramming request to the appropriate congressional committees; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to provide enhanced severance payments or other benefits for employees of the Department of Energy under such section; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan that covers employees of the Department of Energy.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="304"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 304. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Unexpended Balances.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="305"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 305. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Bonneville Power Authority Service Territory. </inline></heading><content class="inline">None of the funds in this or any other Act for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration may be used to enter into any agreement to perform energy efficiency services outside the legally defined Bonneville service territory, with the exception of services provided internationally, including services provided on a reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator certifies in advance that such services are not available from private sector businesses.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="306"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 306. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">User Facilities.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> When the Department of Energy makes a user facility available to universities or other potential users, or seeks input from universities or other potential users regarding significant characteristics or equipment in a user facility or a proposed user facility, the Department shall ensure broad public notice of such availability or such need for input to universities and other potential users. When the Department of Energy considers the participation of a university or other potential user as a formal partner in the establishment or operation of a user facility, the Department shall employ full and open competition in selecting such a partner. For purposes of this section, the term “<term>user facility</term>” includes, but is not limited to: (1) a user facility as described in section 2203(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s13503/a/2">42 U.S.C. 13503(a)(2)</ref>); (2) a National Nuclear Security Administration Defense Programs Technology Deployment Center/User Facility; and (3) any other Departmental facility designated by the Department as a user facility.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="307"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 307. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Intelligence Activities.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s414">50 U.S.C. 414</ref>) during fiscal year 2009 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="308"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 308. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s2791a">50 USC 2791a</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Laboratory Directed Research and Development.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> Of the funds made available by the Department of Energy for activities at government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories funded in this Act or subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, not to exceed 8 percent of such funds, to be used by such laboratories for laboratory directed research and development: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary may also authorize a specific amount not to exceed 4 percent of such funds, to be used by the plant manager of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/627">123 STAT. 627</page> a covered nuclear weapons production plant or the manager of the Nevada Site Office for plant or site directed research and development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding Department of Energy order 413.2A, dated January 8, 2001, beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, all DOE laboratories may be eligible for laboratory directed research and development funding.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="309"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 309. </inline></num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reliable Replacement Warhead. </inline></heading><content class="inline"> None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="310"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 310. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s2743a">50 USC 2743a</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">General Plant Projects</inline>.</heading><content class="inline"> Plant or construction projects for which amounts are made available under this and subsequent appropriation Acts with a current estimated cost of less than $10,000,000 are considered for purposes of <ref href="/us/pl/107/314/s4703">section 4703 of Public Law 107–314</ref> as a plant project for which the approved total estimated cost does not exceed the minor construction threshold and for purposes of <ref href="/us/pl/107/314/s4704">section 4704 of Public Law 107–314</ref> as a construction project with a current estimated cost of less than a minor construction threshold.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="311"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 311.</inline><inline class="smallCaps"> </inline></num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Inventory.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Energy Production. </inline></heading><content class="inline"> The Secretary of Energy shall provide funding to the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an inventory of the energy development potential on all lands currently managed by the Department of Energy together with a report, to be submitted not later than July 1, 2009, which includes (1) a detailed analysis of all such resources including oil, gas, coal, solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable resources on such lands, (2) a delineation of the resources presently available for development as well as those potentially available in the future, and (3) an analysis of the environmental impacts associated with any future development including actions necessary to mitigate negative impacts.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="312"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 312. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reno Hydrogen Fuel Project</inline>.</heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><content>The non-Federal share of project costs shall be 20 percent.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The cost of project vehicles, related facilities, and other activities funded from the Federal Transit Administration sections 5307, 5308, 5309, and 5314 program, including the non-Federal share for the FTA funds, is an eligible component of the non-Federal share for this project.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Contribution of the non-Federal share of project costs for all grants made for this project may be deferred until the entire project is completed.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>All operations and maintenance costs associated with vehicles, equipment, and facilities utilized for this project are eligible project costs.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>This<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> section applies to project appropriations beginning in fiscal year 2004.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="313"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 313. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s16274a">42 USC 16274a</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Integrated University Program.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><content>The Secretary of Energy, along with the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shall establish an Integrated University Program. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>For the purposes of carrying out this section, $45,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated in each of fiscal years 2009 to 2019 as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$15,000,000 for the Department of Energy;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$15,000,000 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/628">123 STAT. 628</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$15,000,000 for the National Nuclear Security Administration.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Of the amounts authorized to carry out this section, $10,000,000 shall be used by each organization to support university research and development in areas relevant to their respective organization’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be used by each organization to support a jointly implemented Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Program that will support multiyear research projects that do not align with programmatic missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of nuclear science and engineering.</content></subsection></section> </level> <num value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">INDEPENDENT AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Appalachian Regional Commission</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s14704">40 U.S.C. 14704</ref>, and, for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any congressionally directed spending shall be taken from within that State’s allocation in the fiscal year in which it is provided.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/100/456">Public Law 100–456</ref>, section 1441, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Delta Regional Authority</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Authority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, as amended, notwithstanding sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Denali Commission</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Denali Commission including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, $11,800,000, to remain available until expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/629">123 STAT. 629</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Nuclear Regulatory Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, including official representation expenses (not to exceed $25,000), $1,034,656,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amount appropriated herein, $49,000,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at $860,857,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2009 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation estimated at not more than $173,799,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such funds as are made available for necessary expenses of the Commission by this Act or any other Act may be used for the acquisition and lease of additional office space provided by the General Services Administration for personnel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as close as reasonably possible to the Commission’s headquarters location in Rockville, Maryland, and of such square footage and for such lease term, as are determined by the Commission to be necessary to maintain the agency’s regulatory effectiveness, efficiency, and emergency response capability: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or any prevailing practice, the acquisition and lease of space for such purpose shall, to the extent necessary to obtain the space, be based on the prevailing rates in the immediate vicinity of the Commission’s headquarters.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $10,860,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at $9,774,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall be retained and be available until expended, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2009 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,086,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/100/203">Public Law 100–203</ref>, section 5051, $3,811,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, and to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/630">123 STAT. 630</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004, $4,400,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That any fees, charges, or commissions received pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/110/140/s802">section 802 of Public Law 110–140</ref> in fiscal year 2009 in excess of $4,660,000 shall not be available for obligation until appropriated in a subsequent Act of Congress.</proviso></content></appropriations> <num value="V">TITLE V</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 501. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Lobbying.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1913">18 U.S.C. 1913</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 502. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appropriation Act.</content></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009”.

 DIVISION D—FINANCIAL

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009.

Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2009.

 SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Offices</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of official business, $278,870,000, of which not to exceed $21,619,000 is for executive direction program activities; not to exceed $45,910,000 is for economic policies and programs activities; not to exceed $36,039,000 is for financial policies and programs activities; not to exceed $62,098,000 is for terrorism and financial intelligence activities; not to exceed $21,600,000 is for Treasury-wide management policies and programs activities; and not to exceed $91,604,000 is for administration programs activities: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any program activity of the Departmental Offices to any other program activity of the Departmental Offices upon notification to the House and Senate Committees on <page identifier="/us/stat/123/631">123 STAT. 631</page> Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no appropriation for any program activity shall be increased or decreased by more than 4 percent by all such transfers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any change in funding greater than 4 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided</i> <i>further</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, is for information technology modernization requirements; not to exceed $200,000 is for official reception and representation expenses; and not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,232,443, to remain available until September 30, 2010, is for the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and Internal Control Program, of which such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of the Department’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other provided in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, $500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, is for secure space requirements: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, $1,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, is for salary and benefits for hiring of personnel whose work will require completion of a security clearance investigation in order to perform highly classified work to further the activities of the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, $3,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, is to develop and implement programs within the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy, including entering into cooperative agreements: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading $3,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2011, is for modernizing the Office of Debt Management’s information technology.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">department-wide systems and capital investments programs</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For development and acquisition of automatic data processing equipment, software, and services for the Department of the Treasury, $26,975,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $11,518,000 is for repairs to the Treasury Annex Building: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to support or supplement “Internal Revenue Service, Operations Support” or “Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems Modernization”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/632">123 STAT. 632</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Inspector General</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury, $26,125,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">treasury inspector general for tax administration</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>); services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, at such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administration; $146,083,000, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Financial Crimes Enforcement Network</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel to attend meetings and training concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $91,465,000, of which not to exceed $16,340,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011; and of which $9,178,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds appropriated in this account may be used to procure personal services contracts.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Treasury Forfeiture Fund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(RESCISSION)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $30,000,000 are rescinded.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/633">123 STAT. 633</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Financial Management Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, $239,785,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011, for information systems modernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $99,065,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and development programs for laboratory services; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with or without reimbursement: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amount appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, is for information technology management.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Mint</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">united states mint public enterprise fund</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s5136">section 5136 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, the United States Mint is provided funding through the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the production of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, including both operating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during fiscal year 2009 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage and protective service capital investments of the United States Mint shall not exceed $42,150,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of the Public Debt</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">administering the public debt</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues of the United States, $187,352,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, and of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011, for systems modernization: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the sum appropriated herein from the general fund for fiscal year 2009 shall be reduced by not more than $10,000,000 as definitive security issue fees and Legacy Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $177,352,000. In addition, $90,000 to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/101/380/s1012">section 1012 of Public Law 101–380</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/634">123 STAT. 634</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To carry out the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/325">Public Law 103–325</ref>), including services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $107,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which $8,500,000 shall be for financial assistance, technical assistance, training and outreach programs designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native communities and provided primarily through qualified community development lender organizations with experience and expertise in community development banking and lending in Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations and other suitable providers, $2,000,000 shall be available for the pilot project grant program under section 1132(d) of division A of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/289">Public Law 110–289</ref>), up to $14,750,000 may be used for administrative expenses, including administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, up to $7,500,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to $250,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $16,000,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Internal Revenue Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">taxpayer services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and other services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $2,293,000,000, of which not less than $5,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less than $9,500,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which not less than $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants demonstration program for tax return preparation assistance, and of which not less than $193,000,000 shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">enforcement</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire passenger motor vehicles (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>), and to provide other services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $5,117,267,000, of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/635">123 STAT. 635</page> which not less than $57,252,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That up to $10,000,000 may be transferred as necessary from this account to “Operations Support” solely for the purposes of the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operations support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics of income; telecommunications; information technology development, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>); and other services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; $3,867,011,000, of which up to $75,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010, for information technology support; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011, for research; of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and representation.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">business systems modernization</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service’s business systems modernization program, $229,914,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, for the capital asset acquisition of information technology systems, including management and related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs associated with operations authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, with the exception of labor costs, none of these funds may be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and investment control review requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">health insurance tax credit administration</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to implement the health insurance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/210">Public Law 107–210</ref>), $15,406,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/636">123 STAT. 636</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">administrative provisions—internal revenue service</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under the heading “<headingText>Enforcement</headingText>” may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in dealing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Confidentiality.</p></sidenote> Internal Revenue Service shall institute and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available by this or any other Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facilities and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 105. </num><content class="inline">Of the funds made available by this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $6,997,000,000 shall be available only for tax enforcement. In addition, of the funds made available by this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, and subject to the same terms and conditions, $490,000,000 shall be available for enhanced tax law enforcement.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 106. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available in this Act may be used to enter into, renew, extend, administer, implement, enforce, or provide oversight of any qualified tax collection contract (as defined in section 6306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions—Department of the Treasury</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 107. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901">5 U.S.C. 5901</ref>), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 108. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this Act made available to the Departmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no <page identifier="/us/stat/123/637">123 STAT. 637</page> transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 109. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 110. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the funds available for the purchase of law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with departmental vehicle management principles: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant Secretary for Management.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 111. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 112. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds from Financial Management Service, Salaries and Expenses to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of debt collection: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund.</proviso></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 113. </inline> </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/105/119/s122/g/1">Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3104">5 U.S.C. 3104 note</ref>), is further amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>10 years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>11 years</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 114. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used by the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 115. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act or source to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint without the explicit approval of the House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate Committee on Appropriations.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 116. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s414">50 U.S.C. 414</ref>) during fiscal year 2009 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 117. </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and representation expenses.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/638">123 STAT. 638</page></content></section> </level><level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2009.</p></sidenote><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Compensation of the President</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s102">3 U.S.C. 102</ref>, $450,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds made available for official expenses shall be expended for any other purpose and any unused amount shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1552">section 1552 of title 31, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">White House Office</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s105">3 U.S.C. 105</ref>; subsistence expenses as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s105">3 U.S.C. 105</ref>, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s103">3 U.S.C. 103</ref>); and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive Office of the President; $53,899,000, of which $1,400,000 shall be for the Office of National AIDS Policy.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Executive Residence at the White House</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operating expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the White House and official entertainment expenses of the President, $13,363,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s105">3 U.S.C. 105</ref>, 109, 110, and 112–114.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">reimbursable expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall require the national committee of the political party of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events <page identifier="/us/stat/123/639">123 STAT. 639</page> sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United States Government claim under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3717">section 3717 of title 31, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the report:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch37">chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">White House Repair and Restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive Residence at the White House, $1,600,000, to remain available until expended, for required maintenance, safety and health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Council of Economic Advisers</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1021/etseq">15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.</ref>), $4,118,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Policy Development</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s107">3 U.S.C. 107</ref>, $3,550,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/640">123 STAT. 640</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Security Council</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $9,029,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s107">3 U.S.C. 107</ref>, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $101,333,000, of which not less than $5,700,000 shall be for e-mail restoration activities, and of which $11,923,000 shall remain available until expended for continued modernization of the information technology infrastructure within the Executive Office of the President.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Management and Budget</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> and to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t44/ch35">chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code</ref>, $87,972,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s601/etseq">7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource planning process:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Policy reviews.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Office of Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has reported: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initiated:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That if water resource reports have not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management and Budget review period based on the notification from the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the report and act accordingly.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/641">123 STAT. 641</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of National Drug Control Policy</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/469">Public Law 109–469</ref>); not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for participation in joint projects or in the provision of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, $27,200,000; of which $1,300,000 shall remain available until expended for policy research and evaluation: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Office is<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t21/s1702">21 USC 1702 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/469">Public Law 109–469</ref>), $3,000,000, which shall remain available until expended for counternarcotics research and development projects: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such amount shall be available for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall submit for approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a detailed spending plan for the use of these funds no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal drug control programs</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, $234,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for drug control activities consistent with the approved strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local entities for drug control activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days after enactment of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to be determined by the Director, of which up to $2,100,000 may be used for auditing services and associated activities, and up to $250,000 of the $2,100,000 shall be used to ensure the continued operation and maintenance of the Performance Management System:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Funding justification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs designated as of September 30, 2008, shall be funded at no less than the fiscal year 2008 initial allocation levels (as revised by the letter from the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate <page identifier="/us/stat/123/642">123 STAT. 642</page> dated April 8, 2008) or $3,000,000, whichever is greater, unless the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Committees approve, justification for changes in those levels based on clearly articulated priorities for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs, as well as published Office of National Drug Control Policy performance measures of effectiveness: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area shall receive more than $47,457,447 as its fiscal year 2009 initial allocation level: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, notwithstanding the requirements of <ref href="/us/pl/106/58">Public Law 106–58</ref>, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2007 for programs addressing the treatment or prevention of drug use as part of the approved strategy for a designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area may be used for other approved activities of that High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the initial High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) allocation funding within 45 days after the enactment of this Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That ONDCP shall submit recommendations for approval to the Committees on Appropriations for the use of discretionary HIDTA funding, according to a framework proposed jointly by the HIDTA Directors and ONDCP, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Other Federal Drug Control Programs</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/469">Public Law 109–469</ref>), $174,700,000, to remain available until expended, of which the amounts are available as follows: $70,000,000 to support a national media campaign, of which at least $8,000,000 shall be designated for methamphetamine prevention messages: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall maintain funding for non-advertising services for the media campaign at no less than the fiscal year 2003 ratio of service funding to total funds and shall continue the corporate outreach program; $90,000,000 to continue a program of matching grants to drug-free communities, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by <ref href="/us/pl/107/82/s4">section 4 of Public Law 107–82</ref>, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/109/469">Public Law 109–469</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s1521">21 U.S.C. 1521 note</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any grantee seeking a renewal grant (year 2 through 5, or year 7 through 10) that is determined to be ineligible or not entitled to continuation funding for any reason, shall be afforded a fair, timely, and independent appeal prior to the beginning of the subsequent funding year before being denied a renewal grant; $1,250,000 for the National Drug Court Institute; $9,800,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping activities; $1,900,000 for the United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 for the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws; and $500,000 for evaluations and research related to National Drug Control Program performance measures: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such funds may be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amounts appropriated for a national media campaign, not <page identifier="/us/stat/123/643">123 STAT. 643</page> to exceed 10 percent shall be for administration, advertising production, research and testing, labor, and related costs of the national media campaign.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Unanticipated Needs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s108">3 U.S.C. 108</ref>, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Presidential Transition Administrative Support</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Office of Administration to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 and similar expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated by law, $8,000,000; <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds may be transferred to other accounts that provide funding for offices within the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President in this Act or any other Act, to carry out such purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Special Assistance to the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned functions; services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s106">3 U.S.C. 106</ref>, including subsistence expenses as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s106">3 U.S.C. 106</ref>, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,496,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Official Residence of the Vice President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operating expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate, $323,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That advances or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying out such activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201.</inline><inline class="smallCaps"> </inline> </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">From funds made available in this Act under the headings “White House Office”, “Executive Residence at the White <page identifier="/us/stat/123/644">123 STAT. 644</page> House”, “White House Repair and Restoration”, “Council of Economic Advisors”, “National Security Council”, “Office of Administration”, “Office of Policy Development”, “Special Assistance to the President”, and “Official Residence of the Vice President”, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other officer as the President may designate in writing), may, 15 days after giving notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged with and available for the same time and for the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no amount shall be transferred from “Special Assistance to the President” or “Official Residence of the Vice President” without the approval of the Vice President.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 202. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Financial plan.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The President shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Office of National Drug Control Policy</headingText>”, a detailed narrative and financial plan on the proposed uses of all funds under the heading by program, project, and activity, for which the obligation of funds is anticipated: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That up to 20 percent of funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated before the submission of the report subject to prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the report shall be updated and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations every 6 months and shall include information detailing how the estimates and assumptions contained in previous reports have changed: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any new projects and changes in funding of ongoing projects shall be subject to the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 203. </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this Act made available to the Office of National Drug Control Policy may be transferred between appropriated programs upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 3 percent.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 204. </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed $1,000,000 of any appropriations in this Act made available to the Office of National Drug Control Policy may be reprogrammed within a program, project, or activity upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></section> </level><level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2009.</p></sidenote><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">THE JUDICIARY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Supreme Court of the United States</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for <page identifier="/us/stat/123/645">123 STAT. 645</page> the purpose of transporting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343">31 U.S.C. 1343</ref> and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $69,777,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">care of the building and grounds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t40/s13a–13b">40 U.S.C. 13a–13b</ref>), $18,447,000, which shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $30,384,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Court of International Trade</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries of the officers and employees of the court, services, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $19,605,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United States), justices and judges retired from office or from regular active service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,801,369,000 (including the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and construction projects.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (<ref href="/us/pl/99/660">Public Law 99–660</ref>), not to exceed $4,253,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">defender services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s3006A">section 3006A of title 18, United States Code</ref>, and also under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s3599">section 3599 of title 18, United States Code</ref>, in cases in which a defendant is charged with a crime that may <page identifier="/us/stat/123/646">123 STAT. 646</page> be punishable by death; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and other services under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s3006A/e">section 3006A(e) of title 18, United States Code</ref>, and also under section 3599(f) and (g)(2) of <ref href="/us/usc/t18">title 18, United States Code</ref>, in cases in which a defendant is charged with a crime that may be punishable by death; the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s3006A">section 3006A of title 18, United States Code</ref>) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from the United States to foreign countries with which the United States has a treaty for the execution of penal sentences; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employment, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1875/d">28 U.S.C. 1875(d)</ref>; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s983/b/1">18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1)</ref> in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture proceedings; and for necessary training and general administrative expenses, $849,400,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">fees of jurors and commissioners</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1871">28 U.S.C. 1871</ref> and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1863">28 U.S.C. 1863</ref>; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (<ref href="/us/usc/t28/app/r71">28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71</ref>A(h)), $62,206,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5332">section 5332 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">court security</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the provision of protective guard services for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, and the procurement, installation, and maintenance of security systems and equipment for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (<ref href="/us/pl/100/702">Public Law 100–702</ref>), $428,858,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney General.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/647">123 STAT. 647</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Office of the United States Courts</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1345">31 U.S.C. 1345</ref>, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>, advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $79,049,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Judicial Center</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/90/219">Public Law 90–219</ref>, $25,725,000; of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2010, to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Judicial Retirement Funds</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">payment to judiciary trust funds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s377/o">28 U.S.C. 377(o)</ref>, $65,340,000; to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s376/c">28 U.S.C. 376(c)</ref>, $6,600,000; and to the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s178/l">28 U.S.C. 178(l)</ref>, $4,200,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Sentencing Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/ch58">chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code</ref>, $16,225,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions—The Judiciary</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 301. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations and authorizations made in this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="302"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 302. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except “Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Services” and “Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners”, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections <page identifier="/us/stat/123/648">123 STAT. 648</page> 604 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="303"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 303. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for “Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services” shall be available for official reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="304"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 304. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Within<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Financial plan.</p></sidenote> 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive financial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of available funds including appropriations, fee collections, and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed plan for the Judiciary Information Technology Fund.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="305"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 305. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> 3314(a) of <ref href="/us/usc/t40">title 40, United States Code</ref>, shall be applied by substituting “Federal” for “executive” each place it appears.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="306"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 306. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s561–569">28 U.S.C. 561–569</ref>, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services that <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s1315">40 U.S.C. 1315</ref> authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s1315/b/2/E">40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E)</ref>.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reimbursements.</p></sidenote> For building-specific security services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service rather than the Department of Homeland Security.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="307"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 307. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a)</num><heading>. <inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t28/s604/a/5">Section 604(a)(5) of title 28, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>magistrate judges appointed under section 631 of this title,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: “<quotedText>, United States magistrate judges, bankruptcy judges appointed under chapter 6 of this title, judges of the District Court of Guam, judges of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, judges of the District Court of the Virgin Islands, bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges retired under section 377 of this title, and judges retired under section 373 of this title, who are</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Construction</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8701">5 USC 8701 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> purposes of construing and applying <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch87">chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, including any adjustment of insurance rates by regulation or otherwise, the following categories of judicial officers shall be deemed to be judges of the United States as described under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8701">section 8701 of title 5, United States Code</ref>:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>United States magistrate judges.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Bankruptcy judges appointed under <ref href="/us/usc/t28/ch6">chapter 6 of title 28, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Judges of the District Court of Guam, judges of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and judges of the District Court of the Virgin Islands.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges retired under <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s377">section 377 of title 28, United States Code</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/649">123 STAT. 649</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Judges retired under <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s373">section 373 of title 28, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t28/s604">28 USC 604 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> (b) and the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any payment made on or after the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date of the enactment of <ref href="/us/pl/110/177">Public Law 110–177</ref>.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="308"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 308. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Subsection (c) of section 407 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (division A, title IV, of <ref href="/us/pl/109/115">Public Law 109–115</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/119/2396">119 Stat. 2396</ref>, 2471) is<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t28/s604">28 USC 604 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="309"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 309. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline">Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/650">Public Law 101–650</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s133">28 U.S.C. 133 note</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the second sentence, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the district of Hawaii,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Pennsylvania,</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in the third sentence (relating to the District of Kansas), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>17 years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>18 years</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in the sixth sentence (relating to the Northern District of Ohio), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>17 years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>18 years</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>The first vacancy in the office of the district judge in the district of Hawaii occurring 15 years or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created under this subsection shall not be filled.</quotedText>” after the sixth sentence. </content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="310"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 310. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t28/s461">28 USC 461 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/97/92/s140">section 140 of Public Law 97–92</ref>, and from funds appropriated in this Act, Justices and judges of the United States are authorized during fiscal year 2009, to receive a salary adjustment in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s461">28 U.S.C. 461</ref>.</content></section> </level><level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="IV">TITLE IV</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2009.</p></sidenote><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Funds</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal payment for resident tuition support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident tuition support, $35,100,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds, including any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of higher education: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of eligible students and such other factors as may be authorized:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Accounts.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the District of Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the account shall be under the control of the District of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/650">123 STAT. 650</page> Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose therefor.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, $39,177,000, to remain available until expended and in addition any funds that remain available from prior year appropriations under this heading for the District of Columbia Government, of which $38,825,000 is for the costs of providing public safety at events related to the presence of the national capital in the District of Columbia, for the costs of providing support requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service Division in carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions; and of which $352,000 is for the District of Columbia National Guard retention and college access program.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal payment to the district of columbia courts</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, $248,409,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $12,630,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Superior Court, $104,277,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Court System, $55,426,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; and $76,076,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities, including structural improvements to the District of Columbia cell block at the Moultrie Courthouse: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds made available for capital improvements shall be expended consistent with the General Services Administration (GSA) master plan study and building evaluation report:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis with the GSA, and such services shall include the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees <page identifier="/us/stat/123/651">123 STAT. 651</page> on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the items and entities funded under this heading for operations, and not more than 4 percent of the funds provided under this heading for facilities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">defender services in district of columbia courts</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide guardian ad litem representation, training, technical assistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $52,475,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the funds provided in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts</headingText>” (other than the $76,076,000 provided under such heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used for payments under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition to the funds provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may use funds provided in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts</headingText>” (other than the $76,076,000 provided under such heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities), to make payments described under this heading for obligations incurred during any fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided under this heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis with the General Services Administration (GSA), and such services shall include the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the National <page identifier="/us/stat/123/652">123 STAT. 652</page> Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $203,490,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representation expenses related to Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which not to exceed $400,000 for the Community Supervision Program and $160,000 for the Pretrial Services Program, both to remain available until September 30, 2010, are for information technology infrastructure enhancement acquisitions; of which $148,652,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of services for or related to such persons; of which $54,838,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be available for re-entrant housing in the District of Columbia: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Director is authorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in-kind contributions of space and hospitality to support offender and defendant programs, and equipment and vocational training services to educate and train offenders and defendants:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Director shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift or donation under the previous proviso, and shall make such records available for audit and public inspection: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director is authorized to accept and use reimbursement from the District of Columbia Government for space and services provided on a cost reimbursable basis.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal payment to the district of columbia public defender service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $35,659,000, of which $700,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies. </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Public Defender Service is authorized to charge fees to cover costs of materials distributed and training provided to attendees of educational events, including conferences, sponsored by the Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, such fees shall be credited to this account, to be available until expended without further appropriation.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/653">123 STAT. 653</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match for this payment.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal payment to the criminal justice coordinating council</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, $1,774,000, to remain available until expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the District of Columbia.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal payment to the office of the chief financial officer of the district of columbia</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, $4,887,622: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Budget.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> each entity that receives funding under this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia (CFO) a detailed budget and comprehensive description of the activities to be carried out with such funds no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, and the CFO shall submit a comprehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate no later than June 1, 2009.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Federal Payment for School Improvement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the District of Columbia, $54,000,000, to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public Schools, $20,000,000 to improve public school education in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Office, $20,000,000 to expand quality public charter schools in the District of Columbia, to remain available until expended; for the Secretary of the Department of Education, $14,000,000 to provide opportunity scholarships for students in the District of Columbia in accordance with division C, title III of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/199">Public Law 108–199</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/118/126">118 Stat. 126</ref>), of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to administer and fund assessments: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act for opportunity scholarships may be used by an eligible student to enroll in a participating school under the D.C. School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 unless (1) the participating school has and maintains a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the District of Columbia; and (2) the core subject matter teachers of the eligible student hold 4-year bachelor’s degrees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That use of any funds in this Act or any other Act for opportunity scholarships after school year 2009–2010 shall only be available upon enactment of reauthorization of that program by Congress and the adoption of legislation by the District of Columbia approving such reauthorization.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/654">123 STAT. 654</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">federal payment to jump start public school reform</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to jump start public school reform in the District of Columbia, $20,000,000, of which $3,500,000 is to support the recruitment, development and training of principals and other school leaders; $7,000,000 is to develop optimal school programs and intervene in low performing schools; $7,500,000 is for a customized data reporting and accountability system on student performance as well as increased outreach and training for parents and community members; and $2,000,000 is to support data reporting requirements associated with the District of Columbia Public Schools teacher incentive program: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That up to $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, of the amounts above may be transferred as necessary from one activity to another activity: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days in advance of the transfer: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any amount provided under this heading shall be available only after such amount has been apportioned pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch15">chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal payment for consolidated laboratory facility</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $21,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for costs associated with the construction of a consolidated bioterrorism and forensics laboratory: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the District of Columbia provides a 100 percent match for this payment.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal payment for central library and branch locations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Federal contribution for costs associated with the renovation and rehabilitation of District libraries.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Federal Payment to the Executive Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the Executive Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia to enhance the quality of life for District residents, $3,387,500, of which $1,250,000 shall be available as matching funds to temporarily continue Federal benefits for low-income couples who decide to marry, and of which $2,137,500 shall be to continue Marriage Development Accounts in the District of Columbia: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote> no funds shall be expended until the Mayor of the District of Columbia submits a detailed expenditure plan, including performance measures, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the District submit a preliminary progress report on activities no later than June 1, 2009, and a final report including a detailed description of outcomes achieved no later than February 1, 2010.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">District of Columbia Funds</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia (“General Fund”), except as otherwise <page identifier="/us/stat/123/655">123 STAT. 655</page> specifically provided: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved November 2, 2000 (<ref href="/us/stat/114/2440">114 Stat. 2440</ref>; D.C. Official Code § 1–204.50a), and provisions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2009 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year or $9,888,095,000 (of which $6,082,474,000 shall be from local funds (including $420,119,000 from dedicated taxes), $2,177,382,000 shall be from Federal grant funds, $1,621,929,000 shall be from other funds, and $6,310,000 shall be from private funds); in addition, $202,326,130 from funds previously appropriated in this Act as Federal payments: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the local funds, such amounts as may be necessary may be derived from the District’s General Fund balance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of these funds the District’s intradistrict authority shall be $725,461,000: in addition, for capital construction projects, an increase of $1,482,977,000, of which $1,121,734,000 shall be from local funds, $107,794,000 from the Local Street Maintenance fund, $60,708,000 from the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, $192,741,000 from Federal grant funds, and a rescission of $353,447,000 from local funds and a rescission of $37,500,000 from Local Street Maintenance funds appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years for a net amount of $1,092,030,000 to remain available until expended:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Incorporation by reference.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the amounts provided under this heading are to be available, allocated and expended as proposed under “Title III—District of Columbia Funds Division of Expenses” of the Fiscal Year 2009 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress by the District of Columbia on June 9, 2008 and such title is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth fully herein: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this amount may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions which are expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such increases shall be approved by enactment of local District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act approved December 24, 1973 (<ref href="/us/stat/87/777">87 Stat. 777</ref>; D.C. Official Code § 1–201.01 et seq.), as amended by this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2009, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/656">123 STAT. 656</page></content></appropriations> <level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">   This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="V">TITLE V</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">INDEPENDENT AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Conference of the United States</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of the United States, authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s591/etseq">5 U.S.C. 591 et seq.</ref>, $1,500,000, of which, not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, established by <ref href="/us/pl/102/281/s423">section 423 of Public Law 102–281</ref>, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. </content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commodity Futures Trading Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.</ref>), including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $146,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $34,734,000 of the total amount appropriated under this heading shall not be available for obligation until the Commodity Futures Trading Commission submits an expenditure plan for fiscal year 2009 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Consumer Product Safety Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5376">5 U.S.C. 5376</ref>, purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $105,404,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2011 for costs associated with the relocation of CPSC’s laboratory to a modern facility and the upgrade of laboratory equipment, and of which $2,000,000 shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010 to implement the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act grant program as provided by <ref href="/us/pl/110/140/s1405">section 1405 of Public Law 110–140</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s8004">15 U.S.C. 8004</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/657">123 STAT. 657</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Election Assistance Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $17,959,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $750,000 shall be for the Help America Vote College Program as provided by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/252">Public Law 107–252</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $300,000 shall be for a competitive grant program to support community involvement in student and parent mock elections.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">election reform programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses relating to election reform programs, $106,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $100,000,000 shall be for requirements payments under part 1 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/252">Public Law 107–252</ref>), $5,000,000 shall be for grants to carry out research on voting technology improvements as authorized under part 3 of subtitle D of title II of such Act, and $1,000,000, shall be to conduct a pilot program for grants to States and units of local government for pre-election logic and accuracy testing and post-election voting systems verification.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Communications Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $341,875,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds provided, not less than $3,000,000 shall be available to establish and administer a State Broadband Data and Development matching grants program for State-level broadband demand aggregation activities and creation of geographic inventory maps of broadband service to identify gaps in service and provide a baseline assessment of statewide broadband deployment: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $341,875,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation estimated at $0: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any offsetting collections received in excess of $341,875,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall not be available for obligation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That remaining offsetting collections from prior years collected in excess of the amount specified for collection in each such year and otherwise becoming available <page identifier="/us/stat/123/658">123 STAT. 658</page> on October 1, 2008, shall not be available for obligation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t47/s309/j/8/B">47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B)</ref>, proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that may be retained and made available for obligation shall not exceed $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, in addition, not to exceed $25,480,000 may be transferred from the Universal Service Fund in fiscal year 2009 to remain available until expended, to monitor the Universal Service Fund program to prevent and remedy waste, fraud and abuse, and to conduct audits and investigations by the Office of Inspector General.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions—Federal Communications Commission</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 501. </num><content class="inline">Section 302 of the Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/118/3998">118 Stat. 3998</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2008</quotedText>”, each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2009</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 502. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service support payments to implement the February 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or primary line restrictions on universal service support payments.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $27,495,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Election Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $63,618,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Labor Relations Authority</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, and including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $22,674,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5703">5 U.S.C. 5703</ref>) for persons employed intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, funds received from fees charged to non-<page identifier="/us/stat/123/659">123 STAT. 659</page> Federal participants at labor-management relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, to be available without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these conferences.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Trade Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $259,200,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a person or persons for collection services in accordance with the terms of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3718">31 U.S.C. 3718</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $168,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s18a">15 U.S.C. 18a</ref>), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $21,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s6101/etseq">15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.</ref>), shall be credited to this account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $70,200,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1831t">12 U.S.C. 1831t</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Services Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">real property activities</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">federal buildings fund</inline></subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">limitations on availability of revenue</inline></subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount to be deposited in the Federal Buildings Fund, $651,198,000. To carry out the purposes of the Fund established pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s592">section 592 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real property management and related activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; <page identifier="/us/stat/123/660">123 STAT. 660</page> repair and alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of $8,427,771,000, of which: (1) $746,317,000 shall remain available until expended for construction (including funds for sites and expenses and associated design and construction services) of additional projects at the following locations:</p><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  New Construction:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  Alabama:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  Tuscaloosa Federal Building, $25,000,000.</listContent></listItem></list></listItem><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  California:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  San Diego, United States Courthouse Annex, $110,362,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  San Ysidro, Land Port of Entry, $58,910,000.</listContent></listItem></list></listItem><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  Colorado:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Remediation, $10,472,000.</listContent></listItem></list></listItem><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  District of Columbia:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  DHS Consolidation and development of St. Elizabeths Campus, $331,390,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  Federal Office Building 8, $15,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  St. Elizabeths West Campus Infrastructure, $8,249,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  St. Elizabeths West Campus Site Acquisition, $7,000,000.</listContent></listItem></list></listItem><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  Maryland:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  Montgomery County, Food and Drug Administration Consolidation, $163,530,000.</listContent></listItem></list></listItem><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  North Dakota:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  Portal, Land Port of Entry, $15,204,000:</listContent></listItem></list></listItem></list></listItem></list><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent that savings are affected in other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an approved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expiration date.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That all funds for direct construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2010 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for funds for projects as to which funds for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Project plan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t40/s301">40 USC 301 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> for fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, the annual budget submission of the General Services Administration shall include a detailed 5-year plan for Federal building construction projects with a yearly update of total projected future funding needs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Project plan.</p></sidenote> fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, the annual budget submission of the General Services Administration shall, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, include a detailed 5-year plan for Federal land port-of-entry projects with a yearly update of total projected future funding needs; (2) $692,374,000 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/661">123 STAT. 661</page> shall remain available until expended for repairs and alterations, which includes associated design and construction services:</proviso></p><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Repairs and Alterations:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  District of Columbia:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  Eisenhower Executive Office Building, CBR, $14,700,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Phase III, $51,075,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  West Wing Infrastructure Systems Replacement, $76,487,000.</listContent></listItem></list></listItem><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  Illinois:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  Chicago, Dirksen Courthouse, $152,825,000.</listContent></listItem></list></listItem><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  North Carolina:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  New Bern, United States Post Office and Courthouse, $10,640,000.</listContent></listItem></list></listItem><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  Special Emphasis Programs:</listContent><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth2" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><listContent>  Energy and Water Retrofit and Conservation Measures, $36,647,000.</listContent></listItem></list></listItem><listItem class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth1" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><listContent>  Basic Repairs and Alterations, $350,000,000:</listContent></listItem></list></listItem></list><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Advanced approval.</p></sidenote> funds made available in this or any previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identified for each project, except each project in this or any previous Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Advanced approval.</p></sidenote> additional projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded under this category only if advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for “Repairs and Alterations” may be used to fund costs associated with implementing security improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in accordance with current law and in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the difference between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading “<headingText>Repairs and Alterations</headingText>”, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expiration date.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That all funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2010 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Government arising from any projects under the heading “<headingText>Repairs and Alterations</headingText>” or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; (3) $149,570,000 for installment acquisition payments including payments on purchase contracts which shall remain available until expended; (4) $4,642,156,000 for rental of space which shall remain available until expended; and (5) $2,197,354,000 for building operations which shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds available to the General Services Administration shall not be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, has not been approved, except that necessary funds <page identifier="/us/stat/123/662">123 STAT. 662</page> may be expended for each project for required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t40/s592/b/2">40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)</ref>) and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s3056">18 U.S.C. 3056</ref>, shall be available from such revenues and collections: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2009, excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t40/s592/b/2">40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)</ref>) in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority authorized for Real Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">GENERAL ACTIVITIES</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Government-wide Policy</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated with the management of real and personal property assets and certain administrative services; Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acquisition, telecommunications, information technology management, and related technology activities; and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; $54,578,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">operating expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for Government-wide activities associated with utilization and donation of surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, management, and communications; Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation expenses; $70,645,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and service authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $54,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for payment for information and detection of fraud against the Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Government property: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/663">123 STAT. 663</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">allowances and office staff for former presidents</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t3/s102">3 U.S.C. 102 note</ref>), and <ref href="/us/pl/95/138">Public Law 95–138</ref>, $2,934,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Administrator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of such Acts.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">presidential transition expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, $8,520,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities authorized by subsections 3(a)(8) and (9) of the Act.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">federal citizen services fund</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Services, including services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $36,096,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the appropriations, revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services activities in the aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2009 in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions—general services administration</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfers of funds)</inline></subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="510"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 510. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="511"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 511. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for fiscal year 2009 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Advanced approval.</p></sidenote> any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="512"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 512. </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 2010 request for United States Courthouse construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide standards for construction as established and approved by the General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan; and (3) includes a standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="513"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 513. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space and services as determined by the General Services Administration <page identifier="/us/stat/123/664">123 STAT. 664</page> in compliance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (<ref href="/us/pl/92/313">Public Law 92–313</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="514"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 514. </inline> </num><content class="inline">From funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue</headingText>”, claims against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other construction projects with prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="515"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 515. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Explanatory statement.</p></sidenote> any case in which the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress by the Administrator of General Services under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3307">section 3307 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, the Administrator shall ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines that the delineated area of the procurement should not be identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement to each of such committees and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the resolution.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="516"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 516. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Subsections (a) and (b)(1) of <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s323">section 323 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, are each amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Consumer Information Center</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Federal Citizen Services</quotedText>”; and subsection (a) is further amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>consumer</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="517"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 517. </num><content class="inline">In furtherance of the emergency management policy set forth in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the Administrator of the General Services Administration may provide for the use of the Federal supply schedules of the General Services Administration by relief and disaster assistance organizations as described in section 309 of that Act. Purchases under this authority shall be limited to use in preparation for, response to, and recovery from hazards as defined in section 602 of that Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="518"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 518. </inline></num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Working Capital Fund. </inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose and Operation of Working Capital Fund</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsections (a), (b) and (c) of <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3173">section 3173 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, are amended to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment and Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>There is a working capital fund for the necessary expenses of administrative support services including accounting, budget, personnel, legal support and other related services; and the maintenance and operation of printing and reproduction facilities in support of the functions of the General Services Administration, other Federal agencies, and other entities; and other such administrative and management services that the Administrator of GSA deems appropriate and advantageous (subject to prior notice to the Office of Management and Budget).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Composition</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Amounts received shall be credited to and merged with the Fund, to remain available until expended, for operating costs and capital outlays of the Fund: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That entities for which such services are performed shall be charged at rates which will return in full all costs of providing such services.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cost and capital requirements</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator shall determine the cost and capital requirements of the Fund <page identifier="/us/stat/123/665">123 STAT. 665</page> for each fiscal year and shall develop a plan concerning such requirements in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the General Services Administration. Any change to the cost and capital requirements of the Fund for a fiscal year shall be approved by the Administrator. The Administrator shall establish rates to be charged to entities for which services are performed, in accordance with the plan.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deposit of Excess Amounts in the Treasury</inline>.—</heading><content>At the close of each fiscal year, after making provision for anticipated operating needs reflected in the cost and capital plan developed under subsection (b), the uncommitted balance of any funds remaining in the Fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfer and Use of Amounts for Major Equipment Acquisitions</inline>.—</heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3173">Section 3173 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to add subsection (d), as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfer and Use of Amounts for Major Equipment Acquisitions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (2), unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the General Services Administration for operating expenses and salaries and expenses may be transferred and merged into the ‘Major equipment acquisitions and development activity’ of the working capital fund of the General Services Administration for agency-wide acquisition of capital equipment, automated data processing systems and financial management and management information systems: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That acquisitions are limited to those needed to implement the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/576">Public Law 101–576</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/2838">104 Stat. 2838</ref>) and related laws or regulations.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements and Availability</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Time for transfer</inline>.—</heading><content>Transfer of an amount under this section must be done no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which the amount is appropriated or otherwise made available.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Approval for use</inline>.—</heading><content>An amount transferred under this section may be used only with the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability</inline>.—</heading><content>An amount transferred under this section remains available until expended.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming and Clerical Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Section 312 of such title is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The heading for section 3173 of such title <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658175"><num class="bold " value="3173">“§ 3173.</num><heading class="bold "> Working capital fund for General Services Administration”</heading></section> </quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s2009b">20 USC 2009b</ref>.</p></sidenote> to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Trust Fund, established by <ref href="/us/pl/93/642/s10">section 10 of Public Law 93–642</ref>, $500,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That hereafter, all requests of the Board of Trustees to the Secretary of the Treasury provided for in this section shall be binding on the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/666">123 STAT. 666</page> Secretary, including requests for the issuance at par of special obligations exclusively to the fund as provided for in section 10(b), which the Secretary shall implement without regard to the determination related to the public interest required by the last sentence of that section. </proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Merit Systems Protection Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5509">5 U.S.C. 5509 note</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $38,811,000 together with not to exceed $2,579,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">morris k. udall scholarship and excellence in national environmental policy trust fund</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s5601/etseq">20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.</ref>), $3,750,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/289">Public Law 107–289</ref>) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of <ref href="/us/pl/102/259">Public Law 102–259</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That up to 60 percent of such funds may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the Native Nations Institute.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">environmental dispute resolution fund</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $2,100,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/667">123 STAT. 667</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Archives and Records Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">operating expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in connection with the administration of the National Archives and Records Administration (including the Information Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal records and related activities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and declassification of documents and the activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901/etseq">5 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.</ref>), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $330,308,000, of which $650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">electronic records archives</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in connection with the development of the electronic records archives, to include all direct project costs associated with research, analysis, design, development, and program management, $67,008,000, of which $45,795,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the multi-year funds may be obligated until the National Archives and Records Administration submits to the Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and investment control review requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) complies with the National Archives and Records Administration’s enterprise architecture; (3) conforms with the National Archives and Records Administration’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the National Archives and Records Administration and the Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Repairs and Restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $50,711,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Archivist is authorized to construct an addition to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; and of the funds provided, $22,000,000 shall be available for construction costs and related services for building the addition to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and other necessary expenses, including renovating the Library as needed in constructing the addition; $17,500,000 is for necessary expenses related to the repair and renovation of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York; and $2,000,000 is for the repair and restoration of the plaza that surrounds the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum that is under the joint control and custody of the University of Texas: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such funds shall remain available until expended for this purpose and may be transferred directly to the University and used, together with University funds, for the repair and restoration of the plaza: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such funds shall be spent <page identifier="/us/stat/123/668">123 STAT. 668</page> in accordance with the construction plan submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on March 14, 2005:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Archivist shall be prohibited from entering into any agreement with the University or any other party that requires additional funding commitments on behalf of the Federal Government for this project: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That hereafter, no further Federal funding shall be provided for this plaza project.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">national historical publications and records commission</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">grants program</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical publications and records as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s2504">44 U.S.C. 2504</ref>, $11,250,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds provided in this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the operating expenses account of the National Archives and Records Administration for operating expenses of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provision—National Archives and Records Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Hereafter, the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Funding assessment.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t44/s2102">44 USC 2102 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> National Archives and Records Administration shall include in its annual budget submission a comprehensive capital needs assessment for funding provided under the “Repairs and Restoration” appropriations account to be updated yearly: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds proposed under the “Repairs and Restoration” appropriations account for each fiscal year shall be allocated to projects on a priority basis established under a comprehensive capital needs assessment.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Credit Union Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Central Liquidity Facility</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  During fiscal year 2009, gross obligations of the Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans to member credit unions, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1795/etseq">12 U.S.C. 1795 et seq.</ref>, shall be the amount authorized by section 307(a)(4)(A) of the Federal Credit Union Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1795f/a/4/A">12 U.S.C. 1795f(a)(4)(A)</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 2009 shall not exceed $1,250,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">community development revolving loan fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9812">42 U.S.C. 9812</ref>, 9822 and 9910, $1,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2010 for technical assistance to low-income designated credit unions.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Government Ethics</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, including services <page identifier="/us/stat/123/669">123 STAT. 669</page> as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $13,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Personnel Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of trust funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; medical examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, $92,829,000, of which $5,851,000 shall remain available until expended for the Enterprise Human Resources Integration project; $1,351,000 shall remain available until expended for the Human Resources Line of Business project; and in addition $118,082,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management without regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance programs, of which $15,200,000 shall remain available until expended for the cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the President’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2009, accept donations of money, property, and personal services: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such donations, including those from prior years, may be used for the development of publicity materials to provide information about the White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That within the funds provided, the Office of Personnel Management shall carry out the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program, with special attention to Federal agencies employing more than 2,000 nurses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funding may be allocated to develop guidelines that provide Federal agencies direction in using their authority under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program, according to the directives outlined in the accompanying report.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/670">123 STAT. 670</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Inspector General</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of trust funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,828,000, and in addition, not to exceed $18,755,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector General: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Government Payment for Annuitants, Employees Health Benefits</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of Government contributions with respect to retired employees, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch89">chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (<ref href="/us/stat/74/849">74 Stat. 849</ref>), such sums as may be necessary.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Government Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life Insurance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of Government contributions with respect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch87">chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, such sums as may be necessary.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Payment to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 1969, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8348">5 U.S.C. 8348</ref>, and annuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s776">33 USC 776 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, and the Act of August 19, 1950 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s771–775">33 U.S.C. 771–775</ref>), may hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Special Counsel</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/pl/95/454">Public Law 95–454</ref>), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/12">Public Law 101–12</ref>), <ref href="/us/pl/107/304">Public Law 107–304</ref>, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/353">Public Law 103–353</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $17,468,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/671">123 STAT. 671</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Postal Regulatory Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (<ref href="/us/pl/109/435">Public Law 109–435</ref>), $14,043,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(a) of such Act.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s601">5 U.S.C. 601 note</ref>), $1,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Securities and Exchange Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commission, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $943,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which not to exceed $20,000 may be used toward funding a permanent secretariat for the International Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not to exceed $130,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, members of their delegations, appropriate representatives and staff to exchange views concerning developments relating to securities matters, development and implementation of cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and provision of technical assistance for the development of foreign securities markets, such expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and transportation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other related lodging or subsistence: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That fees and charges authorized by sections 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s77f/b">15 U.S.C. 77f(b)</ref>), and 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s78m/e">15 U.S.C. 78m(e)</ref>, 78n(g), and 78ee), shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $894,356,000 of such offsetting collections shall be available until expended for necessary expenses of this account: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $48,644,000 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances from funds previously appropriated to the Securities and Exchange Commission: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the total amount appropriated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal year 2009 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received <page identifier="/us/stat/123/672">123 STAT. 672</page> so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Selective Service System</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s4101–4118">5 U.S.C. 4101–4118</ref> for civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses; $22,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Exemption authority.</p></sidenote> during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1341">31 U.S.C. 1341</ref>, whenever the President deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Military induction.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Small Business Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Administration as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</ref>, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343">31 U.S.C. 1343</ref> and 1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $386,896,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small Business Administration, and certain loan program activities, including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, revenues received from all such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain available until expended, for carrying out these purposes without further appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $110,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2009 or fiscal year 2010 as authorized, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Veterans Assistance and Services Program authorized by section 21(n) of the Small Business Act, as added by <ref href="/us/pl/110/186/s107">section 107 of Public Law 110–186</ref>, and of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Small Business Energy Efficiency Program authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/110/140/s1203/c">section 1203(c) of Public Law 110–140</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $7,654,400 shall be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be available until September 30, 2010.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $16,750,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/673">123 STAT. 673</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">surety bond guarantees revolving fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Business Loans Program Account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2009 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2009 commitments for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed $17,500,000,000: <i> </i> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2009 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2009, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $138,480,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">administrative provisions—small business administration</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="520"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 520. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="521"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 521. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Disaster assistance.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Alaska.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">North Dakota.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">All disaster loans issued in Alaska or North Dakota shall be administered by the Small Business Administration and shall not be sold during fiscal year 2009.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="522"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 522. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under this Act may be used by the Small Business Administration to implement the rule relating to women-owned small business Federal contract assistance procedures published in the Federal Register on October 1, 2008 (<ref href="/us/fr/73/56940/etseq">73 Fed. Reg. 56940 et seq.</ref>).</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="523"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 523. </num><content class="inline">Of the amount made available under the heading “<headingText>State and Tribal Assistance Grants</headingText>” under title II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/121/2125">121 Stat. 2125</ref>) for the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority, $2,953,000 is transferred to the “Salaries and Expenses” account of the Small Business Administration. The amount transferred under this section shall be for the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority and shall be available for use under the terms <page identifier="/us/stat/123/674">123 STAT. 674</page> and conditions otherwise applicable to amounts appropriated for the “<term>Salaries and Expenses</term>” account of the Small Business Administration and shall remain available until expended.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="524"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 524. </num><content class="inline">Funds made available under <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/s534">section 534 of Public Law 110–161</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/121/2125">121 Stat. 2125</ref>) for the Alabama Small Business Institute of Commerce, Small Business Incubator, Rainbow City, Alabama shall be made available to Alabama Small Business Institute of Commerce, Rainbow City, Alabama.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="525"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 525. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For an additional amount under the heading “<headingText>Small Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses</headingText>”, $65,653,678, to remain available until September 30, 2010, shall be for initiatives related to small business development and entrepreneurship, including programmatic and construction activities, and in the amounts specified in the table that appears under the heading “<headingText>Administrative Provisions–Small Business Administration</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Postal Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">payment to the postal service fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of <ref href="/us/usc/t39/s2401">section 2401 of title 39, United States Code</ref>, $111,831,000, of which $82,831,000 shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 2009:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Overseas voting.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Blind persons.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year 2009.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $239,356,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (<ref href="/us/pl/109/435">Public Law 109–435</ref>).</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Tax Court</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $48,463,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/675">123 STAT. 675</page> That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="VI">TITLE VI</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="601"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 601. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="602"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 602. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="603"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 603. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="604"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 604. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="605"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 605. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s1307">19 U.S.C. 1307</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="606"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 606. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity will comply with the Buy American Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s10a–10c">41 U.S.C. 10a–10c</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="607"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 607. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s10a–10c">41 U.S.C. 10a–10c</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="608"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 608. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates or <page identifier="/us/stat/123/676">123 STAT. 676</page> reorganizes offices, programs, or activities unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That prior to any significant reorganization or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by object class and program, project, and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fines.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date that the report has not been submitted to the Congress.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="609"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 609. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2009 from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2009 in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2010, for each such account for the purposes authorized:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure request.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="610"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 610. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official background investigation report on any individual, except when—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>such individual has given his or her express written consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to the date of such request and during the same presidential administration; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>such request is required due to extraordinary circumstances involving national security.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="611"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 611. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The cost accounting standards promulgated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (<ref href="/us/pl/93/400">Public Law 93–400</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s422">41 U.S.C. 422</ref>) shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program established under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch89">chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="612"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 612. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For the purpose of resolving litigation and implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court approval.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="613"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 613. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection <page identifier="/us/stat/123/677">123 STAT. 677</page> with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="614"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 614. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> provision of section 613 shall not apply where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="615"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 615. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In order to promote Government access to commercial information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s10a/etseq">41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.</ref>), shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of information technology (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s11101">section 11101 of title 40, United States Code</ref>), that is a commercial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s403/12">41 U.S.C. 403(12)</ref>).</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="616"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 616. </num><chapeau class="inline"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s5112">Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code</ref> (as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> the second subsection (r) as subsection (s), and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (4)</quotedText>” each place it appears in subsection (s)(5) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (3)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="617"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 617. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1353">section 1353 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating to the official duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the person or entity is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="618"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 618. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Life Insurance For Tax Court Judges Age 65 or Over.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7472">Section 7472 of title 26, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the word “<quotedText>imposed</quotedText>” where it appears in the second sentence the following phrase “<quotedText>after April 24, 1999, that is incurred</quotedText>”. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>This<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7472">26 USC 7472 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> amendment shall take effect as if included in the amendment made by section 852 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. </content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="619"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 619. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board shall have authority to obligate funds for the scholarship program established by section 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/204">Public Law 107–204</ref>) in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of funds collected by the Board as of December 31, 2008, including accrued interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2009 shall remain available until expended.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="620"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 620. </num><content class="inline">Section 910(a) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s7209/a">22 U.S.C. 7209(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization of Travel Relating to Commercial Sales of Agricultural and Medical Goods</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cuba.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury shall promulgate regulations under which the travel-related transactions listed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/678">123 STAT. 678</page> <ref href="/us/cfr/t31">title 31, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, are authorized by general license for travel to, from, or within Cuba for the marketing and sale of agricultural and medical goods pursuant to the provisions of this title.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="621"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 621. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cuba.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the amendments made to section 515.560 and <ref href="/us/cfr/t31/s515.561">section 515.561 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, related to travel to visit relatives in Cuba, that were published in the Federal Register on June 16, 2004.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="622"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 622. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the amendment made to <ref href="/us/cfr/t31/s515.533">section 515.533 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, that was published in the Federal Register on February 25, 2005.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="623"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 623. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Christopher Columbus Fellowship Authorization.</inline></heading><chapeau class="inline"> The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s5701/etseq">20 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in section 426(a) (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s5705/a">20 U.S.C. 5705(a)</ref>)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (3) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>amounts appropriated to the Foundation, as authorized under section 430; and”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold " value="430">“SEC. 430. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s5709">20 USC 5709</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="bold ">AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</heading><content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “There are authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle.”</content></section> </quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="624"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 624. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1843">12 USC 1843 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, neither the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System nor the Secretary of the Treasury may determine, by rule, regulation, order, or otherwise, for purposes of section 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, or section 5136A of the Revised Statutes of the United States, that real estate brokerage activity or real estate management activity is an activity that is financial in nature, is incidental to any financial activity, or is complementary to a financial activity. For purposes<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> of this section, “real estate brokerage activity” shall mean “real estate brokerage”, and “real estate management activity” shall mean “property management”, as those terms were understood by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System prior to March 11, 2000.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="625"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 625. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 102(a)(3)(B) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s15302/a/3/B">42 U.S.C. 15302(a)(3)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>March 1, 2008</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>November 1, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s15302">42 USC 15302 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Help America Vote Act of 2002.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="626"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 626. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Loans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1638">15 USC 1638 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding with respect to mortgage loans in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s553">section 553 of title 5, United States Code</ref>. Any violation of a rule prescribed under this subsection shall be treated as a violation of a rule under section 18 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s57a">15 U.S.C. 57a</ref>) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>Except as provided in paragraph (6), a State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of its residents in an <page identifier="/us/stat/123/679">123 STAT. 679</page> appropriate State or district court of the United States to enforce the provisions of section 128 of the Truth in Lending Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1638">15 U.S.C. 1638</ref>), any other provision of the Truth in Lending Act, or any mortgage loan rule promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission to obtain penalties and relief provided under such Act or rule whenever the attorney general of the State has reason to believe that the interests of the residents of the State have been or are being threatened or adversely affected by a violation of such Act or rule.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> State shall serve written notice to the Commission of any civil action under paragraph (1) at least 60 days prior to initiating such civil action. The notice shall include a copy of the complaint to be filed to initiate such civil action, except that if it is not feasible for the State to provide such prior notice, the State shall provide notice immediately upon instituting such civil action.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>Upon receiving the notice required by paragraph (2), the Commission may intervene in such civil action and upon intervening—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>be heard on all matters arising in such civil action; </content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>remove the action to the appropriate United States district court; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>file petitions for appeal of a decision in such civil action.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the attorney general of a State from exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general by the laws of such State to conduct investigations or to administer oaths or affirmations or to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documentary and other evidence. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the attorney general of a State, or other authorized State officer, from proceeding in State or Federal court on the basis of an alleged violation of any civil or criminal statute of that State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>In a civil action brought under paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the venue shall be a judicial district in which the defendant is found, is an inhabitant, or transacts business or wherever venue is proper under <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1391">section 1391 of title 28, United States Code</ref>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>process may be served without regard to the territorial limits of the district or of the State in which the civil action is instituted.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>Whenever a civil action or an administrative action has been instituted by or on behalf of the Commission for violation of any provision of law or rule described in paragraph (1), no State may, during the pendency of such action instituted by or on behalf of the Commission, institute a civil action under that paragraph against any defendant named in the complaint in such action for violation of any law or rule as alleged in such complaint.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>If the attorney general of a State prevails in any civil action under paragraph (1), the State can recover reasonable costs and attorney fees from the lender or related party.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Section 129 of the Truth in Lending Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1639">15 U.S.C. 1639</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">“(m) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Civil Penalties in Federal Trade Commission Enforcement Actions.—</heading><content>For purposes of enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission, any violation of a regulation issued by the Federal Reserve Board pursuant to subsection (l)(2) of this <page identifier="/us/stat/123/680">123 STAT. 680</page> section shall be treated as a violation of a rule promulgated under section 18 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s57a">15 U.S.C. 57a</ref>) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <num value="VII">TITLE VII</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE</heading> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departments, Agencies, and Corporations</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="701"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 701. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for fiscal year 2009 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s802">21 U.S.C. 802</ref>)) by the officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="702"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 702. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343">31 USC 1343 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> otherwise specifically provided, the maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (<ref href="/us/stat/60/810">60 Stat. 810</ref>), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $13,197 except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $13,631: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the limits set forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/101/549">Public Law 101–549</ref> over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="703"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 703. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations of the executive departments and independent establishments for the current fiscal year available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5922–5924">5 U.S.C. 5922–5924</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="704"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 704. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3101">5 USC 3101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> otherwise specified during the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States on the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date and is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; <page identifier="/us/stat/123/681">123 STAT. 681</page> (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (<ref href="/us/pl/102/404">Public Law 102–404</ref>):<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Affidavit.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to his or her status have been complied with: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Penalties.</p></sidenote> any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this section does not apply to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement with another country.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="705"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 705. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations available to any department or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment to the General Services Administration for charges for space and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (<ref href="/us/stat/73/479">73 Stat. 479</ref>), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (<ref href="/us/stat/86/216">86 Stat. 216</ref>), or other applicable law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="706"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 706. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline">In addition to funds provided in this or any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until expended for the following purposes:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any such programs adopted prior to the effective date of the Executive order.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Other Federal agency environmental management programs, including, but not limited to, the development and implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution prevention programs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Other employee programs as authorized by law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="707"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 707. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> made available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and agencies subject to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch91">chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and the objects specified <page identifier="/us/stat/123/682">123 STAT. 682</page> under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are made available: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="708"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 708. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="709"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 709. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United States.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="710"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 710.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5343">5 USC 5343 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2009, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5342/a/2/A">section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code</ref>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>during the period from the date of expiration of the limitation imposed by the comparable section for previous fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2009, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such section; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal year 2009, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 2009 under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5303">section 5303 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, in the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the difference between the overall average percentage of the locality-based comparability payments taking effect in fiscal year 2009 under section 5304 of such title (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average percentage of such payments which was effective in the previous fiscal year under such section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5342/a/2">section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote> the purposes of this section, the rates payable to an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2008, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be changed <page identifier="/us/stat/123/683">123 STAT. 683</page> from the rates in effect on September 30, 2008, except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>This<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> section shall apply with respect to pay for service performed after September 30, 2008.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>For the purpose of administering any provision of law (including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><content>Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit or require the payment to any employee covered by this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this section not in effect.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><content>The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.</content></subsection></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="711"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 711. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> the period in which the head of any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Federal Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> For the purposes of this section, the term “<term>office</term>” shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the individual.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="712"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 712. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1346">section 1346 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, or section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="713"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 713.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-determining character excepted from the competitive service pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3302">section 3302 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, without a certification to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the employee to the White House.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Central Intelligence Agency;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the National Security Agency;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the Defense Intelligence Agency;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;<page identifier="/us/stat/123/684">123 STAT. 684</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>the offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national foreign intelligence through reconnaissance programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department of Justice, the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Energy performing intelligence functions; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>the Director of National Intelligence or the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="714"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 714. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government from having any direct oral or written communication or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="715"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 715.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluation;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or “new age” belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/685">123 STAT. 685</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="716"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 716. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following provisions: “These restrictions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order No. 12958; <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7211">section 7211 of title 5, United States Code</ref> (governing disclosures to Congress); <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1034">section 1034 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, as amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the military); <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s2302/b/8">section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s421/etseq">50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.</ref>) (governing disclosures that could expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes which protect against disclosure that may compromise the national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of <ref href="/us/usc/t18">title 18, United States Code</ref>, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s783/b">50 U.S.C. 783(b)</ref>). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.”: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not disclose any classified information received in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="717"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 717. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="718"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 718. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee’s home address to any labor organization except when the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="719"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 719. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any organization outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/686">123 STAT. 686</page> Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="720"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 720. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by private contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofor authorized by the Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="721"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 721.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" role="definitions"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p></sidenote><chapeau>In this section, the term “<term>agency</term>”—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>means an Executive agency, as defined under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s105">section 105 of title 5, United States Code</ref>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>includes a military department, as defined under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commission; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>shall not include the Government Accountability Office.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s6301/2">section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the performance of official duties.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="722"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 722. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1346">31 U.S.C. 1346</ref> and section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="723"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 723. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1346">31 U.S.C. 1346</ref> and section 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse “General Services Administration, Government-wide Policy” with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and other contracts: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That these funds shall be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support Government-wide financial, information technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the Director (including the President’s Management Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initiatives, and the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procurement initiatives): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days following notification of the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="724"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 724. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Breastfeeding.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/687">123 STAT. 687</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="725"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 725. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1346">section 1346 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, or section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the budget of and resources connected with the National Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="726"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 726. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving the distribution of Federal funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as applicable, and the amount provided:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this provision shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="727"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 727.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of Individuals’ Internet Use</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agency—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that includes any personally identifiable information relating to an individual’s access to or use of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to enter into any agreement with a third party (including another government agency) to collect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that includes any personally identifiable information relating to an individual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exceptions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The limitations established in subsection (a) shall not apply to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>any record of aggregate data that does not identify particular persons;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any voluntary submission of personally identifiable information;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a system security action taken by the operator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site services or to protecting the rights or property of the provider of the Internet site.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For the purposes of this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The term “<term>regulatory</term>” means agency actions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The term “<term>supervisory</term>” means examinations of the agency’s supervised institutions, including assessing safety and soundness, overall financial condition, management practices and policies and compliance with applicable standards as provided in law.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="728"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 728.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contraception.</p></sidenote><content>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision <page identifier="/us/stat/123/688">123 STAT. 688</page> providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>any of the following religious plans:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Personal Care’s HMO; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious beliefs.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be contrary to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Nothing<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> in this section shall be construed to require coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="729"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 729. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Sports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Drugs and drug abuse.</p></sidenote> Congress of the United States recognizes the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic sport in the United States.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="730"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 730. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal departments and agencies may be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot program.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="731"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 731. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to <ref href="/us/cfr/t5/pt300">part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="732"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 732. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="733"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 733.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content>For fiscal year 2009, no funds shall be available for transfers or reimbursements to the E-Government initiatives sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget prior to 15 days following submission of a report to the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and receipt of approval to transfer funds by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Justification materials.</p></sidenote> report in (a) and other required justification materials shall include at a minimum—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a description of each initiative including but not limited to its objectives, benefits, development status, risks, cost effectiveness (including estimated net costs or savings to the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/689">123 STAT. 689</page> government), and the estimated date of full operational capability;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the total development cost of each initiative by fiscal year including costs to date, the estimated costs to complete its development to full operational capability, and estimated annual operations and maintenance costs; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the sources and distribution of funding by fiscal year and by agency and bureau for each initiative including agency contributions to date and estimated future contributions by agency.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>No funds shall be available for obligation or expenditure for new E-Government initiatives without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="734"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 734. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1346">section 1346 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, and section 708 of this Act and any other provision of law, the head of each appropriate executive department and agency shall transfer to or reimburse the Federal Aviation Administration, upon the direction of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available by this or any other Act for the purposes described below, and shall submit budget requests for such purposes. These funds shall be administered by the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the Director and shall be used to ensure the uninterrupted, continuous operation of the Midway Atoll Airfield by the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to an operational agreement with the Department of the Interior for the entirety of fiscal year 2009 and any period thereafter that precedes the enactment of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall mandate the necessary transfers after determining an equitable allocation between the appropriate executive departments and agencies of the responsibility for funding the continuous operation of the Midway Atoll Airfield based on, but not limited to, potential use, interest in maintaining aviation safety, and applicability to governmental operations and agency mission. The total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $6,000,000 for any 12-month period. Such sums shall be sufficient to ensure continued operation of the airfield throughout the period cited above. Funds shall be available for operation of the airfield or airfield-related capital upgrades.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of such transfers or reimbursements within 15 days of this Act.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> Such transfers or reimbursements shall begin within 30 days of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="735"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 735. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 739(a)(1) of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s501">31 USC 501 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/121/2029">121 Stat. 2029</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>more than 10</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="736"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 736. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 739 of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/121/2030">121 Stat. 2030</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (b) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Guidelines on Insourcing New and Contracted Out Functions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Guidelines required</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote> heads of executive agencies subject to the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/pl/105/270">Public Law 105–270</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s501">31 U.S.C. 501 note</ref>) shall devise and implement guidelines and procedures to ensure that <page identifier="/us/stat/123/690">123 STAT. 690</page> consideration is given to using, on a regular basis, Federal employees to perform new functions and functions that are performed by contractors and could be performed by Federal employees.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The guidelines and procedures required under subparagraph (A) may not include any specific limitation or restriction on the number of functions or activities that may be converted to performance by Federal employees.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special consideration for certain functions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The guidelines and procedures required under paragraph (1) shall provide for special consideration to be given to using Federal employees to perform any function that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>is performed by a contractor and—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>has been performed by Federal employees at any time during the previous 10 years;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is a function closely associated with the performance of an inherently governmental function;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>has been performed pursuant to a contract awarded on a non-competitive basis; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>has been performed poorly, as determined by a contracting officer during the 5-year period preceding the date of such determination, because of excessive costs or inferior quality; or</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>is a new requirement, with particular emphasis given to a new requirement that is similar to a function previously performed by Federal employees or is a function closely associated with the performance of an inherently governmental function.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exclusion of certain functions from competitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The head of an executive agency may not conduct a public-private competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other provision of law or regulation before—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>in the case of a new agency function, assigning the performance of the function to Federal employees;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of any agency function described in paragraph (2), converting the function to performance by Federal employees; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>in the case of an agency function performed by Federal employees, expanding the scope of the function.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deadline</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>The head of each executive agency shall implement the guidelines and procedures required under this subsection by not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> later than 210 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Government Accountability Office shall submit a report on the implementation of this subsection to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The term ‘<term>inherently governmental functions</term>’ has the meaning given such term in subpart 7.5 of part 7 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/691">123 STAT. 691</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The term ‘<term>functions closely associated with inherently governmental functions</term>’ means the functions described in section 7.503(d) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicability</inline>.—</heading><content>This subsection shall not apply to the Department of Defense.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="737"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 737. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or announce a study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="738"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 738. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 142(a) of division A of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/329">Public Law 110–329</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/3580">122 Stat. 3580</ref>)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5303">5 USC 5303 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Security.</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Security and shall apply to civilian employees in the Department of Defense who are represented by a labor organization as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7103/a/4">section 7103(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5303">5 USC 5303 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="739"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 739. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">News story.</p></sidenote> otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="740"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 740. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552a">section 552a of title 5, United States Code</ref> (popularly known as the Privacy Act) and regulations implementing that section.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="741"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 741. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Each<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5701">5 USC 5701 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> executive department and agency shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before issuing the individual a government travel charge card. Such evaluations for individually-billed travel charge cards shall include an assessment of the individual’s consumer report from a consumer reporting agency as those terms are defined in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (<ref href="/us/pl/91/508">Public Law 91–508</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the department or agency may not issue a government travel charge card to an individual that either lacks a credit history or is found to have an unsatisfactory credit history as a result of this evaluation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this restriction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an unsatisfactory credit history where such card is used to pay travel expenses and the agency determines there is no suitable alternative payment mechanism available before issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit history.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Guidelines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote> Each executive department and agency shall establish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraudulent, or abusive use of government charge cards, which shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use of charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that are inconsistent with the official business of the Department or agency or with applicable standards of conduct.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/692">123 STAT. 692</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="742"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 742. </inline></num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Crosscut Budget. </inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section the following definitions apply:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Great lakes</inline>.—</heading><content>The terms “Great Lakes” and “Great Lakes State” have the same meanings as such terms have in section 506 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1962d–22">42 U.S.C. 1962d–22</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Great lakes restoration activities</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>Great Lakes restoration activities</term>” means any Federal or State activity primarily or entirely within the Great Lakes watershed that seeks to improve the overall health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> than 45 days after submission of the budget of the President to Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Governor of each Great Lakes State and the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, shall submit to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives a financial report, certified by the Secretary of each agency that has budget authority for Great Lakes restoration activities, containing—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>an interagency budget crosscut report that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>displays the budget proposed, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, for each of the Federal agencies that carries out Great Lakes restoration activities in the upcoming fiscal year, separately reporting the amount of funding to be provided under existing laws pertaining to the Great Lakes ecosystem; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>identifies all expenditures since fiscal year 2004 by the Federal Government and State governments for Great Lakes restoration activities;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated by all Federal agencies and, to the extent available, State agencies using Federal funds, for Great Lakes restoration activities during the current and previous fiscal years;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>a budget for the proposed projects (including a description of the project, authorization level, and project status) to be carried out in the upcoming fiscal year with the Federal portion of funds for activities; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>a listing of all projects to be undertaken in the upcoming fiscal year with the Federal portion of funds for activities.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="743"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 743. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General.</inline>—</heading><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s395/b">6 U.S.C. 395(b)</ref>) or any subsidiary of such an entity.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waivers.</inline>—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general.</inline>—</heading><content>Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Government contract under the authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required in the interest of national security.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report to congress.</inline>—</heading><content>Any Secretary issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception.</inline>—</heading><content>This section shall not apply to any Federal Government contract entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to such contract.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/693">123 STAT. 693</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="744"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 744.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web links.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/app8L">5 USC app. 8L</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>Each executive department and agency shall establish and maintain on the homepage of its website, an obvious, direct link to the website of its respective Inspector General.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Each<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote> Office of Inspector General shall: (1) post on its website any public report or audit or portion of any report or audit issued within one day of its release; (2) provide a service on its website to allow an individual to request automatic receipt of information relating to any public report or audit or portion of that report or audit and which permits electronic transmittal of the information, or notice of the availability of the information without further request; and (3) establish and maintain a direct link on its website for individuals to anonymously report waste, fraud and abuse.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="745"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 745. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or apply the rule entitled “Competitive Area” published by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (<ref href="/us/fr/73/20180/etseq">73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="746"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 746. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce section 5(b) of Executive Order 13422 (<ref href="/us/fr/72/2763">72 Fed. Reg. 2763</ref>; relating to Regulatory Policy Officer).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="747"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 747. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">No later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a status report on the pilot program, established under <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dD/s748">section 748 of division D of Public Law 110–161</ref>, to develop and implement an inventory to track the cost and size (in contractor manpower equivalents) of service contracts, particularly with respect to contracts that have been performed poorly by a contractor because of excessive costs or inferior quality, as determined by a contracting officer within the last 5 years, involve inherently governmental functions, or were undertaken without competition.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="748"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 748. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Executive<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4321">42 USC 4321 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> Order 13423 (<ref href="/us/fr/72/3919">72 Fed. Reg. 3919</ref>; Jan. 24, 2007) shall remain in effect hereafter except as otherwise provided by law after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="749"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 749. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5501">5 USC 5501 note</ref> prec.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Effective January 20, 2009, and for each fiscal year thereafter, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act may be used for the payment of services to any individual carrying out the responsibilities of any position requiring Senate advice and consent in an acting or temporary capacity after the second submission of a nomination for that individual to that position has been withdrawn or returned to the President. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="750"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 750. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t28/s461">28 USC 461 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to “this Act” contained in any title other than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="751"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 751. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nonreduction in Pay While Federal Employee is Performing Active Service in the Uniformed Services or National Guard.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch55/schIV">Subchapter IV of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I658175"><num class="bold " value="5538">“§ 5538.</num><heading class="bold "> Nonreduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><chapeau>An employee who is absent from a position of employment with the Federal Government in order to perform active duty in the uniformed services pursuant to a call or order to active duty under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10 shall be entitled, while serving on active duty, to receive, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/694">123 STAT. 694</page> for each pay period described in subsection (b), an amount equal to the amount by which—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the amount of basic pay which would otherwise have been payable to such employee for such pay period if such employee’s civilian employment with the Government had not been interrupted by that service, exceeds (if at all)</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>the amount of pay and allowances which (as determined under subsection (d))—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is payable to such employee for that service; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>is allocable to such pay period.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Amounts under this section shall be payable with respect to each pay period (which would otherwise apply if the employee’s civilian employment had not been interrupted)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>during which such employee is entitled to reemployment rights under chapter 43 of title 38 with respect to the position from which such employee is absent (as referred to in subsection (a)); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for which such employee does not otherwise receive basic pay (including by taking any annual, military, or other paid leave) to which such employee is entitled by virtue of such employee’s civilian employment with the Government.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the period during which an employee is entitled to reemployment rights under chapter 43 of title 38—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>shall be determined disregarding the provisions of section 4312(d) of title 38; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>shall include any period of time specified in section 4312(e) of title 38 within which an employee may report or apply for employment or reemployment following completion of service on active duty to which called or ordered as described in subsection (a).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><chapeau>Any amount payable under this section to an employee shall be paid—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>by such employee’s employing agency;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>from the appropriation or fund which would be used to pay the employee if such employee were in a pay status; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>to the extent practicable, at the same time and in the same manner as would basic pay if such employee’s civilian employment had not been interrupted.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote> Office of Personnel Management shall, in consultation with Secretary of Defense, prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out the preceding provisions of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote> head of each agency referred to in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) shall, in consultation with the Office, prescribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this section apply to the employees of such agency.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall, in consultation with the Office, prescribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this section apply to the employees of that agency.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><chapeau>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p></sidenote> purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the terms ‘employee’, ‘Federal Government’, and ‘uniformed services’ have the same respective meanings as given those terms in section 4303 of title 38;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the term ‘<term>employing agency</term>’, as used with respect to an employee entitled to any payments under this section, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/695">123 STAT. 695</page> means the agency or other entity of the Government (including an agency referred to in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii)) with respect to which such employee has reemployment rights under chapter 43 of title 38; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>the term ‘<term>basic pay</term>’ includes any amount payable under section 5304.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical and Conforming Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of sections for <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch55">chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 5537 the following:<?GPOvSpace 03?> <quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“5538. </designator> <label>Nonreduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard.”.<?GPOvSpace 03?></label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5538">5 USC 5538 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to pay periods (as described in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5538/b">section 5538(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, as amended by this section) beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="752"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 752. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, each executive department and agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a report stating the total size of its workforce, differentiated by number of civilian, military, and contract workers as of December 31, 2008.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Statement.</p></sidenote> Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee a comprehensive statement delineating the workforce data by individual department and agency, as well as aggregate totals of civilian, military, and contract workers. </content></section> </level> <num value="VIII">TITLE VIII</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="801"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 801. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount that may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an amount set apart exclusively therefor.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="802"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 802. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor, or, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, funds may be expended with the authorization of the Chairman of the Council.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="803"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 803. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered against the District of Columbia government.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="804"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 804.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Lobbying.</p></sidenote><content>None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The District of Columbia may use local funds provided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any matter.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="805"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 805.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District government agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available <page identifier="/us/stat/123/696">123 STAT. 696</page> to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of funds which—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates new programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, limited or increased under this Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>increases funds or personnel by any means for any program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have been denied or restricted;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>reestablishes any program or project previously deferred through reprogramming;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>augments any existing program, project, or responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>increases<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a specific program, project or responsibility center,</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">unless in the case of Federal funds, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified in writing 15 days in advance of the reprogramming and in the case of local funds, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are provided summary reports on April 1, 2009 and October 1, 2009, setting forth detailed information regarding each such local funds reprogramming conducted subject to this subsection.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> of the local funds contained in this Act may be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency through a transfer of any local funds in excess of $3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are provided summary reports on April 1, 2009 and October 1, 2009, setting forth detailed information regarding each reprogramming conducted subject to this subsection.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The District of Columbia government is authorized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local funds under this title through December 1, 2009.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="806"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 806. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Consistent<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> with the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1301/a">section 1301(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, appropriations under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="807"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 807. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cohabiting couples.</p></sidenote> of the Federal funds made available in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9–114; D.C. Official Code, sec. 32–701 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or enforce any system of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited to registration for the purpose of extending employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis that such benefits are extended to legally married couples.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="808"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 808.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 446B(f) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46b(f), D.C. Official Code) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal years 2006 through 2008</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2006 and each succeeding fiscal year</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="809"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 809. </num><content class="inline">None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/697">123 STAT. 697</page> or other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123).</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="810"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 810. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For purposes of this section, the term “<term>official duties</term>” does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who resides in the District of Columbia or a District of Columbia government employee as may otherwise be designated by the Chief of the Department;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire Chief;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>at the discretion of the Director of the Department of Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Director;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="811"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 811. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Voting rights.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any other officer or entity of the District government to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government regarding such lawsuits.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="812"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 812. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Needle distribution.</p></sidenote> of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="813"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 813. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Nothing<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contraceptives.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Conscience exceptions.</p></sidenote> in this Act may be construed to prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue should include a “conscience clause” which provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="814"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 814. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Notwithstanding section 615(i)(3)(B) of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1415/i/3/B">20 U.S.C. 1415(i)(3)(B)</ref>), none of the funds contained in this Act or in any other Act making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2009 or any succeeding fiscal year may be made available—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to pay the fees of an attorney who represents a party in or defends an IDEA proceeding which was initiated prior to the date of the enactment of this Act in an amount in excess of $4,000 for that proceeding; or<page identifier="/us/stat/123/698">123 STAT. 698</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to pay the fees of an attorney or firm who represents a party in or defends an IDEA proceeding if the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia determines that the attorney or firm has a pecuniary interest (either directly or through an attorney, officer, or employee of the firm) in any special education diagnostic services or schools or other special education service providers.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>In<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p></sidenote> this section, the term “<term>IDEA proceeding</term>” means any action or administrative proceeding (including any ensuing or related proceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction) brought against the District of Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1400/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.</ref>).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="815"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 815. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><chapeau class="inline">The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate annual reports addressing—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>crime, including the homicide rate, implementation of community policing, the number of police officers on local beats, and the closing down of open-air drug markets;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>access to substance and alcohol abuse treatment, including the number of treatment slots, the number of people served, the number of people on waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment programs, the retention rates in treatment programs, and the recidivism/re-arrest rates for treatment participants;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>management of parolees and pre-trial violent offenders, including the number of halfway houses escapes and steps taken to improve monitoring and supervision of halfway house residents to reduce the number of escapes to be provided in consultation with the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>education, including access to special education services and student achievement to be provided in consultation with the District of Columbia Public Schools and the District of Columbia public charter schools, repeated grade rates, high school graduation rates, post-secondary education attendance rates, and teen pregnancy rates;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>improvement in basic District services, including rat control and abatement;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>application for and management of Federal grants, including the number and type of grants for which the District was eligible but failed to apply and the number and type of grants awarded to the District but for which the District failed to spend the amounts received;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>indicators of child and family well-being including child living arrangements by family structure, number of children aging out of foster care, poverty rates by family structure, crime by family structure, marriage rates by income quintile, and out-of-wedlock births; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>employment, including job status and participation in assistance programs by income, education and family structure.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="816"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 816. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote><chapeau class="inline">Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount appropriated to the District of Columbia may be increased by no more than $100,000,000 from funds identified in the annual comprehensive annual financial report as the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/699">123 STAT. 699</page> District’s immediately preceding fiscal year’s unexpended general fund surplus. The District may obligate and expend these amounts only in accordance with the following conditions:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and economic vitality.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>The District of Columbia may only use these funds for the following expenditures:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>One-time expenditures.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Expenditures to avoid deficit spending.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Debt Reduction.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>Program needs.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>Expenditures to avoid revenue shortfalls.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The amounts shall be obligated and expended in accordance with laws enacted by the Council in support of each such obligation or expenditure.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The amounts may not be used to fund the agencies of the District of Columbia government under court ordered receivership.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> amounts may not be obligated or expended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the obligation or expenditure.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="817"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 817. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, consistent with revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District of Columbia Funds may be increased—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by an aggregate amount of not more than 25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be allocated as “Other-Type Funds” in the annual Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by an aggregate amount of not more than 6 percent, in the case of any other amounts proposed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and Financial Plan.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The District of Columbia may obligate and expend any increase in the amount of funds authorized under this section only in accordance with the following conditions:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall certify—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the increase in revenue; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>that the use of the amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact on the long-term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the District.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The amounts shall be obligated and expended in accordance with laws enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia in support of each such obligation and expenditure, consistent with the requirements of this Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The amounts may not be used to fund any agencies of the District government operating under court-ordered receivership.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> amounts may not be obligated or expended unless the Mayor has notified the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the obligation or expenditure.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="818"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 818. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Loans.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow management, conduct short-<page identifier="/us/stat/123/700">123 STAT. 700</page> term borrowing from the emergency reserve fund and from the contingency reserve fund established under section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (<ref href="/us/pl/93/198">Public Law 93–198</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the amount borrowed shall not exceed 50 percent of the total amount of funds contained in both the emergency and contingency reserve funds at the time of borrowing: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the borrowing shall not deplete either fund by more than 50 percent:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That 100 percent of the funds borrowed shall be replenished within 9 months of the time of the borrowing or by the end of the fiscal year, whichever occurs earlier: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> in the event that short-term borrowing has been conducted and the emergency or the contingency reserve funds are later depleted below 50 percent as a result of an emergency or contingency, an amount equal to the amount necessary to restore reserve levels to 50 percent of the total amount of funds contained in both the emergency and contingency reserve fund must be replenished from the amount borrowed within 60 days.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="819"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 819.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Drugs and drug abuse.</p></sidenote><content>None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s801/etseq">21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.</ref>) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by the electors of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, shall not take effect.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="820"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 820. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="821"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 821. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating funds may be transferred to the District of Columbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="822"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 822. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Increase in the Hourly Rate for Attorneys Representing Indigent Defendants in the District of Columbia Courts</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 11–2604(a), District of Columbia Official Code, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$80 per hour</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$90 per hour</quotedText>”. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Rule for Compensation of Attorneys in Neglect and Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 16–2326.01(b), District of Columbia Official Code, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,760</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,980</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,760</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,980</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$2,400</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$2,700</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,200</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,350</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to cases and proceedings initiated on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="823"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 823. </num><content class="inline">Section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act Relative to the control of wharf property and certain public spaces in the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/701">123 STAT. 701</page> District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1899 (sec. 10–501.02(a), D.C. Official Code) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the last sentence.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="824"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 824. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to “this Act” contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV.</content></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009”.

 DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009.

 OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Land Management</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">management of lands and resources</subheading> <chapeau><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/96/487">Public Law 96–487</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3150/a">16 U.S.C. 3150(a)</ref>), $890,194,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $79,478,000 is available for oil and gas management; and of which $1,500,000 is for high priority projects, to be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps; and of which $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2009 subject to a match by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum grant without regard to when expenses are incurred.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $36,400,000 is for the processing of applications for permit to drill and related use authorizations, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation that shall be derived from $4,000 per new application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect upon submission of each new application, and in addition, $34,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program operations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee program; to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more than $890,194,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administering communication site activities.</p></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,590,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/702">123 STAT. 702</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">land acquisition</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 318(d) of <ref href="/us/pl/94/579">Public Law 94–579</ref>, including administrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $14,775,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">oregon and california grant lands</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; $109,949,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (<ref href="/us/stat/50/876">50 Stat. 876</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">forest ecosystem health and recovery fund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(revolving fund, special account)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to the purposes authorized in <ref href="/us/pl/102/381">Public Law 102–381</ref>, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring salvage timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities, such as release from competing vegetation and density control treatments. The Federal share of receipts (defined as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the counties under <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1181f">43 U.S.C. 1181f</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1181f–1/etseq">43 U.S.C. 1181f–1 et seq.</ref>, and <ref href="/us/pl/106/393">Public Law 106–393</ref>) derived from treatments funded by this account shall be deposited into the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">range improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1701">43 U.S.C. 1701</ref>), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s315/etseq">43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.</ref>) and the amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/703">123 STAT. 703</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">service charges, deposits, and forfeitures</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be collected under <ref href="/us/pl/94/579">Public Law 94–579</ref>, as amended, and <ref href="/us/pl/93/153">Public Law 93–153</ref>, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That,<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1735">43 USC 1735 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of <ref href="/us/pl/94/579/s305/a">section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1735/a">43 U.S.C. 1735(a)</ref>), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1735/c">43 U.S.C. 1735(c)</ref>), shall be available and may be expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged public lands.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">miscellaneous trust funds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the Act of October 21, 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1701">43 U.S.C. 1701</ref>), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">PAYMENTS FROM PROCEEDS, SALE OF WATER</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The unobligated balances available under this heading on the date of enactment of this Act are permanently rescinded.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">USE OF RECEIPTS FROM MINERAL LEASING ACTIVITIES ON CERTAIN NAVAL OIL SHALE RESERVES</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $12,996,000 are permanently rescinded.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws <page identifier="/us/stat/123/704">123 STAT. 704</page> administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s501">44 U.S.C. 501</ref>, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount of money in support of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In fiscal<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fees.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t30/s28">30 USC 28</ref><i>l</i>.</p></sidenote> year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Bureau of Land Management shall collect mining law administration fees; such fees shall be collected in the same manner as those authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t30/s28f">30 U.S.C. 28f</ref> and 28g only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The provisions of law codified at sections 28f(a) and 28g of <ref href="/us/usc/t30">title 30, United States Code</ref>, are amended to remove the modifications made under the heading “<headingText>administrative provisions</headingText>”, under the heading “<headingText>Bureau of Land Management</headingText>” in title I of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dF">division F of Public Law 110–161</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/121/2101">121 Stat. 2101</ref>).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Sums not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1474f">43 USC 1474f</ref>.</p></sidenote> to exceed 1 percent of the total value of procurements received by the Bureau of Land Management from vendors under enterprise information technology-procurements that the Department of the Interior and other Federal Government agencies may use to order information technology hereafter may be deposited into the Management of Lands and Resources account to offset costs incurred in conducting the procurement.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Fish and Wildlife Service</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">resource management</subheading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies, maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general administration, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such resources by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities, $1,140,962,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010 except as otherwise provided herein: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $2,500,000 is for high priority projects, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $19,266,000 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species that are indigenous to the United States (except for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed $10,458,000 shall be used for any activity regarding the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species listed pursuant to subsection <page identifier="/us/stat/123/705">123 STAT. 705</page> (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2008: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amount available for law enforcement, up to $400,000, to remain available until expended, may at the discretion of the Secretary be used for payment for information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain available until expended for contaminant sample analyses.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">CONSTRUCTION</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; $35,587,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That of the unobligated balances made available in <ref href="/us/pl/101/512">Public Law 101–512</ref> to carry out the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act, all remaining amounts are permanently rescinded.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">land acquisition</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460l–4">16 U.S.C. 460l–4</ref> through 11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $42,455,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, of which, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460l–9">16 U.S.C. 460l–9</ref>, not more than $1,500,000 shall be for land conservation partnerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition projects can be used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other management costs.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">cooperative endangered species conservation fund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1531/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</ref>), as amended, $80,001,000, to remain available until expended, of which $25,307,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, of which $5,145,706 shall be for the Idaho Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account pursuant to the Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004; and of which $54,694,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $4,500,000 are permanently rescinded.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national wildlife refuge fund</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s715s">16 U.S.C. 715s</ref>), $14,100,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/706">123 STAT. 706</page></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">North American Wetlands Conservation Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s4401–4414">16 U.S.C. 4401–4414</ref>), $42,647,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, as amended, (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6101/etseq">16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.</ref>), $4,750,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Multinational Species Conservation Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s4201–4203">16 U.S.C. 4201–4203</ref>, 4211–4214, 4221–4225, 4241–4246, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s4261–4266">16 U.S.C. 4261–4266</ref>), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5301–5306">16 U.S.C. 5301–5306</ref>), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6301–6305">16 U.S.C. 6301–6305</ref>), and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6601–6606">16 U.S.C. 6601–6606</ref>), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">state and tribal wildlife grants</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and federally-recognized Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amount provided herein, $7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $5,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for States, territories, and other jurisdictions with approved plans, not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall, after deducting $11,106,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the total land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the population of such State bears to the total population of all such States: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/707">123 STAT. 707</page> the total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of such projects: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant if its comprehensive wildlife conservation plan is disapproved and such funds that would have been distributed to such State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall be distributed equitably to States, territories, and other jurisdictions with approved plans: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any amount apportioned in 2009 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2010, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2011, in the manner provided herein.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated balances available under this heading from prior year appropriations, all remaining amounts are permanently rescinded.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">administrative provisions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s501">44 U.S.C. 501</ref>, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Service may use up to $2,000,000 from funds provided for contracts for employment-related legal services: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft. </proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Park Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Operation of the National Park System</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park Service (including expenses to carry out programs of the United States Park Police), and for the general administration of the National Park Service, $2,131,529,000, of which $9,851,000 for planning and interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration and $99,586,000 for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation projects for constructed assets, operation of the National Park <page identifier="/us/stat/123/708">123 STAT. 708</page> Service automated facility management software system, and comprehensive facility condition assessments shall remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">national recreation and preservation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $59,684,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">historic preservation fund</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers and rescission of funds)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s470">16 U.S.C. 470</ref>), and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/pl/104/333">Public Law 104–333</ref>), $69,500,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2010; of which $20,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for preservation of nationally significant sites, structures, and artifacts: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds; individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant; and all projects to be funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That Save America’s Treasures funds allocated for Federal projects, following approval, shall be available by transfer to appropriate accounts of individual agencies: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the unobligated balances in this account, $516,000 are permanently rescinded.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Construction</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of physical facilities, including a portion of the expense for the modifications authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $233,158,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds appropriated in this Act, or in any prior Act of Congress, for the implementation of the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park Project, shall be made available to the Army Corps of Engineers which shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, immediately and without further delay construct or cause to be constructed Alternative 3.2.2.a to U.S. Highway 41 (the Tamiami Trail) consistent with the Limited Reevaluation Report with Integrated Environmental Assessment and addendum, approved August 2008: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Study.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Bridges.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, is directed to immediately evaluate the feasibility of additional bridge length, beyond that to be constructed pursuant to the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park Project (<ref href="/us/usc/t16">16 U.S.C. </ref>§ 410r–8), including a continuous bridge, or additional bridges or some combination thereof, for the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Highway 41) to restore more natural water flow to Everglades National Park and Florida Bay and for the purpose of restoring habitat within the Park and the ecological <page identifier="/us/stat/123/709">123 STAT. 709</page> connectivity between the Park and the Water Conservation Areas. The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Study.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> feasibility study and the recommendation of the Secretary shall be submitted to the Congress no later than 12 months from the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for fiscal year 2009 and hereafter, fees paid by the National Park Service to the West Yellowstone/Hebgen Basin Solid Waste District will be restricted to operations and maintenance costs of the facility, given the capital contribution made by the National Park Service: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single procurement for the construction project at the Jefferson Memorial plaza and seawall in Washington, DC, may be issued which includes the full scope of the project: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the solicitation and the contract shall contain the clause “availability of funds” found at <ref href="/us/cfr/t48/s52.232">48 CFR 52.232</ref>.18: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the National Park Service shall grant funds not to exceed $3,000,000 to the St. Louis Metropolitan Park and Recreation District for the purpose of planning and constructing a pedestrian bridge to provide safe visitor access to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the unobligated balances in the Federal Infrastructure Improvement Fund under this heading are permanently rescinded.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">land and water conservation fund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The contract<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460">16 USC 460</ref><i>l</i>–10a note.</p></sidenote> authority provided for fiscal year 2009 by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460l–10a">16 U.S.C. 460l–10a</ref> is rescinded.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">land acquisition and state assistance</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460l–4">16 U.S.C. 460l–4</ref> through 11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, $65,190,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, of which $20,000,000 is for the State assistance program and of which $4,000,000 is available for grants, subject to a match by at least an equal amount, to States, regional entities, local communities, and the private sector for cost-shared fee simple acquisition of land or permanent, protective interests in land, to preserve, conserve, and enhance nationally significant Civil War Battlefields: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the unobligated balances under this heading for State Assistance, $1,000,000 are permanently rescinded.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">urban park and recreation fund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $1,300,000 are rescinded.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/710">123 STAT. 710</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to other uses set forth in <ref href="/us/pl/105/391/s407/d">section 407(d) of Public Law 105–391</ref>, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fiscal<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4601">42 USC 4601 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> year 2009 and hereafter, a willing seller from whom the Service acquires title to real property may be considered a “displaced person” for purposes of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policy Act and its implementing regulations, whether or not the Service has the authority to acquire such property by eminent domain.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</ref>), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 3(f) of the Act of August 21, 1935 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s463/f">16 U.S.C. 463(f)</ref>), related to the National Park System Advisory Board, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the first sentence by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010</quotedText>”.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Geological Survey</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">surveys, investigations, and research</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s31">43 U.S.C. 31</ref>, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s641">30 U.S.C. 641</ref>); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing industries (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s3">30 U.S.C. 3</ref>, 21a, and 1603; <ref href="/us/usc/t50/s98g/1">50 U.S.C. 98g(1)</ref>) and related purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities; $1,043,803,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which $64,078,000 shall be available only for cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources investigations; of which $40,150,000 shall remain available until expended for satellite operations; and of which $7,321,000 shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds provided for the biological research activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t43/s50">43 USC 50</ref>.</p></sidenote> part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more <page identifier="/us/stat/123/711">123 STAT. 711</page> than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  From within the amount appropriated for activities of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall be available for reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is administratively determined that such procedures are in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That activities funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s6302/etseq">31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s5">41 U.S.C. 5</ref>, for the temporary or intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and <ref href="/us/usc/t28/ch171">chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code</ref>, relating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Minerals Management Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">royalty and offshore minerals management</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; for energy-related or other authorized marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $157,373,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which $86,684,000 shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount not to exceed $146,730,000, to be credited to this appropriation and to remain available until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1759">30 USC 1759</ref>.</p></sidenote> in fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, fees and charges authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">31 U.S.C. 9701</ref> may be collected only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, in fiscal year 2009, such amounts as are assessed under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">31 U.S.C. 9701</ref> shall be collected and credited to this account and shall be available until expended for necessary expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That to the extent $146,730,000 in addition to receipts are not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount needed to reach $146,730,000 shall be credited to this appropriation <page identifier="/us/stat/123/712">123 STAT. 712</page> from receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the term “<term>qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues</term>”, as defined in section 102(9)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, <ref href="/us/pl/109/432/dC">division C of Public Law 109–432</ref>, shall include only the portion of rental revenues that would have been collected at the rental rates in effect before August 5, 1993: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the Director of MMS concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">oil spill research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,303,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provision</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s191/b">30 U.S.C. 191(b)</ref>), the Secretary shall deduct 2 percent from the amount payable to each State in fiscal year 2009 and deposit the amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">regulation and technology</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, <ref href="/us/pl/95/87">Public Law 95–87</ref>, as amended, $120,156,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That,<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1308a">30 USC 1308a</ref>.</p></sidenote> in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through grants to States, moneys collected for civil penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1268">30 U.S.C. 1268</ref>), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That appropriations for<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1211">30 USC 1211 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">abandoned mine reclamation fund</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission of funds)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, <ref href="/us/pl/95/87">Public Law 95–87</ref>, as amended, $52,946,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until <page identifier="/us/stat/123/713">123 STAT. 713</page> expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/97/365">Public Law 97–365</ref>, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in fiscal year 2009 and hereafter, the State of Maryland may set aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants made available to the State under title IV of the Act, if the amount set aside is deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established under a State law, pursuant to which law the amount, together with all interest earned on the amount, is expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage abatement and treatment projects, except that before any amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund, the State of Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one projects: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $8,500,000 are permanently rescinded: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That amounts provided under this heading may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provision</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  With funds available for the Technical Innovation and Professional Services program in this Act, the Secretary may transfer title for computer hardware, software and other technical equipment to State and tribal regulatory and reclamation programs.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Indian Affairs</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operation of indian programs</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s13">25 U.S.C. 13</ref>), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s450/etseq">25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.</ref>), as amended, the Education Amendments of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2001–2019">25 U.S.C. 2001–2019</ref>), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2501/etseq">25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.</ref>), as amended, $2,128,630,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010 except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed $74,915,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster; notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed $147,294,000 shall be available for payments for contract support costs associated with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2009, as authorized by such Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual <page identifier="/us/stat/123/714">123 STAT. 714</page> funding agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; of which not to exceed $499,470,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall become available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available until September 30, 2010; and of which not to exceed $58,623,000 shall remain available until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided </i><i>further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2008">25 U.S.C. 2008</ref>, not to exceed $43,373,000 within and only from such amounts made available for school operations shall be available for administrative cost grants associated with ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2008 for the operation of Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 within and only from such amounts made available for administrative cost grants shall be available for the transitional costs of initial administrative cost grants to grantees that assume operation on or after July 1, 2008, of Bureau-funded schools: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2010, may be transferred during fiscal year 2011 to an Indian forest land assistance account established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expiration date.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2011.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/87/483">Public Law 87–483</ref>, $217,688,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such amounts as may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover the road program management costs of the Bureau: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s13">25 U.S.C. 13</ref> shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for fiscal year 2009, in implementing new construction or facilities improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under <ref href="/us/pl/100/297">Public Law 100–297</ref>, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs contained in <ref href="/us/cfr/t43/pt12">43 CFR part 12</ref> as the regulatory requirements: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Negotiation.</p></sidenote> such grants shall not be subject to <ref href="/us/cfr/t43/s12.61">section 12.61 of 43 CFR</ref>; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of payments for the work to be performed: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assuring that the construction projects conform to applicable <page identifier="/us/stat/123/715">123 STAT. 715</page> building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards as required by <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2005/b">25 U.S.C. 2005(b)</ref>, with respect to organizational and financial management capabilities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if the Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements contained in <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2504/f">25 U.S.C. 2504(f)</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision in <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2507/e">25 U.S.C. 2507(e)</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project and all funds related to the project, if, within eighteen months of the date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of the project and commenced construction: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to indians</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments and necessary administrative expenses for implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 108–447, 109–379, and 109–479, and for implementation of other land and water rights settlements, $21,627,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">indian guaranteed loan program account</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of guaranteed loans, $8,186,000, of which $1,600,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amounts provided herein for administrative expenses, $500,000 is for the modernization of a management and accounting system: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $85,200,517.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s15">25 U.S.C. 15</ref>, the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in support of the management, operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the Revolving Fund for Loans Liquidating Account, Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund Liquidating Account, Indian Guaranteed Loan Financing Account, Indian Direct Loan Financing Account, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/716">123 STAT. 716</page></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except executive direction and administrative services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/413">Public Law 103–413</ref>).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropriations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools under <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s452/etseq">25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.</ref>, shall be available to support the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school system as of October 1, 1995.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Charter schools.</p></sidenote> Funds made available under this Act may not be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section 1146 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2026">25 U.S.C. 2026</ref>)), except that a charter school that is in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of the State in which the school is located if the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and performing functions related to the charter schools operation and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/ch171">chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code</ref>.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including <ref href="/us/pl/106/113/appC/tI/s113">section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113</ref>, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution formula based on <ref href="/us/pl/101/301/s5/f">section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301</ref>, the Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and administrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution formula.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/717">123 STAT. 717</page></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Offices</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the Interior, $107,264,000; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and representation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation payments and unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, for fiscal year 2009 up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by the Act of October 20, 1976, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s6901–6907">31 U.S.C. 6901–6907</ref>) may be retained for administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no payment shall be made pursuant to that Act to otherwise eligible units of local government if the computed amount of the payment is less than $100.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Management of Federal Lands for Subsistence Uses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The unobligated balances under this heading as of the date of enactment of this provision are permanently rescinded.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Insular Affairs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Assistance to Territories</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $78,665,000, of which: (1) $69,815,000 shall remain available until expended for technical assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t48/s1661/c">48 U.S.C. 1661(c)</ref>); grants to the Government of American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construction and support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/90/272">90 Stat. 272</ref>); and (2) $8,850,000 shall be available until September 30, 2010 for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t48/s1469b">48 USC 1469b</ref>.</p></sidenote> all financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch35">chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by <ref href="/us/pl/104/134">Public Law 104–134</ref>:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Pacific Basin Development Council.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant to the Pacific Basin Development Council:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Close Up Foundation.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amounts <page identifier="/us/stat/123/718">123 STAT. 718</page> provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the funds for the program of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170c">42 U.S.C. 5170c</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">compact of free association</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants and necessary expenses, $5,318,000, to remain available until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/99/658">Public Law 99–658</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/108/188">Public Law 108–188</ref>.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Solicitor</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $62,050,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $45,953,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">federal trust programs</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, $181,648,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $56,445,000 from this or any other Act, shall be available for historical accounting: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds for trust management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, “Operation of Indian Programs” account; the Office of the Solicitor, “Salaries and Expenses” account; and the Office of the Secretary, “Salaries and Expenses” account: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2009, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s450/etseq">25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.</ref>), shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not <page identifier="/us/stat/123/719">123 STAT. 719</page> commence to run on any claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 18 months and has a balance of $15.00 or less:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Account statement.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express written request of the account holder: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments to correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain available in this account for this purpose: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $6,000,000 may be transferred from unobligated balances (Treasury Accounts 14X6039, 14X6803 and 14X8030) for the purpose of one-time accounting reconciliations of the balances, as sanctioned by the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 and the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA).</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department-wide Programs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">wildland fire management</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, $859,453,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire facilities: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds are also available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That persons hired pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1469">43 U.S.C. 1469</ref> may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds available from this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1856d">42 U.S.C. 1856d</ref>, sums received by a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1856/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq.</ref>, protection of United States property, may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were expended to provide that protection, and are available without fiscal year limitation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That using the amounts designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/720">123 STAT. 720</page> That notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduction activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (<ref href="/us/pl/109/154">Public Law 109–154</ref>), or related partnerships with State, local, or non-profit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to complete such contracts:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Guidance.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent application of the authorities provided herein: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this head may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1531/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</ref>) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations to enter into non-competitive sole source leases of real property with local governments, at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000, between the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland fire management programs and projects: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal emergency response actions.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">central hazardous materials fund</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action, including associated activities, of hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</ref>), $10,148,000, to remain available until expended.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">natural resource damage assessment fund</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To conduct natural resource damage assessment and restoration activities by the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</ref>), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1251/etseq">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</ref>), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2701/etseq">33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</ref>), and <ref href="/us/pl/101/337">Public Law 101–337</ref>, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s19jj/etseq">16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.</ref>), $6,338,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/721">123 STAT. 721</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">working capital fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the acquisition of a departmental financial and business management system, $73,435,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through available excess surplus property: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft.</proviso></content></appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions, Department of the Interior</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 101. </num><content class="inline">Appropriations made in this title shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as possible.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 102. </num><content class="inline">The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in <ref href="/us/pl/99/198/s1773/b">section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/99/1658">99 Stat. 1658</ref>); for emergency reclamation projects under <ref href="/us/pl/95/87/s410">section 410 of Public Law 95–87</ref>; and shall transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement <page identifier="/us/stat/123/722">123 STAT. 722</page> to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available under this authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for “wildland fire operations” shall be exhausted within 30 days: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as possible: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 103. </num><content class="inline">Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 104. </num><content class="inline">Appropriations made in this Act under the headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and reform activities. Total funding for historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such purpose.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 105. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2009. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 106. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the authority provided by <ref href="/us/pl/104/134">Public Law 104–134</ref>, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</ref>, the Secretary may accept and retain land and other forms of reimbursement: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary may retain and use any such reimbursement until expended and without further appropriation: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all activities authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460zz">16 U.S.C. 460zz</ref>.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 107. </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of the Interior may use discretionary funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for employees and former employees of the Department of the Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. Kempthorne to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid by the Department of Justice <page identifier="/us/stat/123/723">123 STAT. 723</page> or by private insurance. In no case shall the Secretary make payments under this section that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess of the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Kempthorne.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 108. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Salmon.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified by commercial and recreational fishers.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 109. </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated for the Department of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of water levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 110. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">New York.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">New Jersey.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 111. </num><content class="inline">Title <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1473">43 U.S.C. 1473</ref>, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>, is further amended by <amendingAction type="delete">deleting</amendingAction> the phrase “<quotedText>in fiscal year 2008 only</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof “<quotedText>in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 only</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 112. </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of the Interior may be used, in relation to any proposal to store water for the purpose of export, for approval of any right-of-way or similar authorization on the Mojave National Preserve or lands managed by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, or for carrying out any activities associated with such right-of-way or similar approval.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 113. </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with a State or political subdivision (including any agency thereof), or any not-for-profit organization if the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs administered by the Department of the Interior; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives. At the discretion of the Secretary, such agreements shall not be subject to a competitive process.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 114. </num><content class="inline">Funds provided in this Act for Federal land acquisition by the National Park Service for Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District and Ice Age National Scenic Trail may be used for a grant to a State, a local government, or any other land management entity for the acquisition of lands without regard to any restriction on the use of Federal land acquisition <page identifier="/us/stat/123/724">123 STAT. 724</page> funds provided through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 as amended.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 115. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Sections 109 and 110 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1719">30 U.S.C. 1719</ref> and 1720) shall apply to any lease authorizing exploration for or development of coal, any other solid mineral, or any geothermal resource on any Federal or Indian lands and any lease, easement, right of way, or other agreement, regardless of form, for use of the Outer Continental Shelf or any of its resources under sections 8(k) or 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1337/k">43 U.S.C. 1337(k)</ref> and 1337(p)) to the same extent as if such lease, easement, right of way, or other agreement, regardless of form, were an oil and gas lease, except that in such cases the term “<term>royalty payment</term>” shall include any payment required by such lease, easement, right of way or other agreement, regardless of form, or by applicable regulation.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 116. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal buildings and grounds.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s760–4">16 USC 760–4 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Pittsford National Fish Hatchery in Chittenden, Vermont is hereby renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 117. </num><chapeau class="inline">Section 6 of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s410hhh–4">16 U.S.C. 410hhh–4</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(a) <headingText class="smallCaps">Establishment</headingText>.—(1) When</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment and Purpose</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>When”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(2) Such establishment</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date</inline>.—</heading><content>The establishment of the refuge under subparagraph (A)”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>The purpose of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge shall be to restore, enhance, and maintain wetland, upland, riparian, and other habitats for native wildlife, plant, and fish species in the San Luis Valley.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In administering the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>emphasize migratory bird conservation; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>take into consideration the role of the Refuge in broader landscape conservation efforts.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (d)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>subject to any agreement in existence as of the date of enactment of this paragraph, and to the extent consistent with the purposes of the Refuge, use decreed water rights on the Refuge in approximately the same manner that the water rights have been used historically.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/725">123 STAT. 725</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="118"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 118. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act may be used to further reduce the number of Axis or Fallow deer at Point Reyes National Seashore below the number as of the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> </level> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Science and Technology</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For science and technology, including research and development activities, which shall include research and development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of research and development, $790,051,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Environmental Programs and Management</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $2,392,079,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the funds included under this heading, not less than $95,846,000 shall be for the Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $44,791,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Buildings and Facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, $35,001,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Hazardous Substance Superfund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), <page identifier="/us/stat/123/726">123 STAT. 726</page> and (e)(4) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9611">42 U.S.C. 9611</ref>) $1,285,024,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2008, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,285,024,000 as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $9,975,000 shall be paid to the “Office of Inspector General” appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2010, and $26,417,000 shall be paid to the “Science and Technology” appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2010.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $112,577,000, to remain available until expended, of which $77,077,000 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended; $35,500,000 shall be for carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for the development and implementation of programs to manage underground storage tanks.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Oil Spill Response</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $17,687,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">State and Tribal Assistance Grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $2,968,464,000, to remain available until expended, of which $689,080,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (the “Act”); of which up to $75,000,000 shall be available for loans, including interest free loans as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1383/d/1/A">33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A)</ref>, to municipal, inter-municipal, interstate, or State agencies or nonprofit entities for projects that provide treatment for or that minimize sewage or stormwater discharges using one or more approaches which include, but are not limited to, decentralized or distributed stormwater controls, decentralized wastewater treatment, low-impact development practices, conservation easements, stream buffers, or wetlands restoration; $829,029,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as <page identifier="/us/stat/123/727">123 STAT. 727</page> amended; $20,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design, construction and related activities in connection with the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the appropriate border commission;<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Alaska.</p></sidenote> $18,500,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and waste infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, of these funds: (1) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (2) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (3) the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the State-wide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1301">33 U.S.C. 1301</ref>) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1921/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.</ref>) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in regional hub communities; $145,000,000 shall be for making special project grants for the construction of drinking water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure and for water quality protection in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and, for purposes of these grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 45 percent of the cost of the project unless the grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency; $97,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, interagency agreements, and associated program support costs; $60,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended; $15,000,000 shall be for grants for cost-effective emission reduction projects in accordance with the terms and conditions of the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); and $1,094,855,000 shall be for grants, including associated program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading in <ref href="/us/pl/104/134">Public Law 104–134</ref>, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and data collection activities subject to terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, of which $49,495,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, $10,000,000 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, including associated program support costs, $18,500,000 of the funds available for grants under section 106 of the Act shall be for water quality monitoring activities, $10,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to communities to develop plans and demonstrate and implement projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and, in addition to funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program</headingText>” to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $2,500,000 shall be for grants to States <page identifier="/us/stat/123/728">123 STAT. 728</page> under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2009 and prior years where such amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including administration: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for fiscal year 2009, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 1½ percent of the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds under title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of that Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal government unless that government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or the development within an existing colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions, Environmental Protection Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission of funds)</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s6303/1">31 U.S.C. 6303(1)</ref> and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance agreements.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Administrator<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fees.</p></sidenote> of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/110/94">Public Law 110–94</ref>, the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fiscal<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4370g">42 USC 4370g</ref>.</p></sidenote> year 2009 and thereafter, the Science and Technology and Environmental Programs and Management Accounts are available for uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–02">5 U.S.C. 5901–02</ref> and for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of the Executive Schedule. Unless specifically authorized by law, for fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, none of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/729">123 STAT. 729</page> the funds available under this title for grants may be used to pay for the salaries of individual consultants at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of the Executive Schedule.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of, or to delay the implementation of, Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 (<ref href="/us/fr/59/7629">59 Fed. Reg. 7629</ref>; relating to Federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <ref href="/us/pl/109/54/tII">Title II of Public Law 109–54</ref>, under the heading Administrative Provisions, is<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/119/531">119 Stat. 531</ref>.</p></sidenote> amended: in the fourth paragraph, strike “make not to exceed five appointments in any fiscal year under the authority provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s209">42 U.S.C. 209</ref> for the Office of Research and Development” and insert “employ up to thirty persons at any one time in the Office of Research and Development under the authority provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s209">42 U.S.C. 209</ref>”.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  From unobligated balances to carry out projects and activities funded through the State and Tribal Assistance Grants Account, $10,000,000 are permanently rescinded.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Greenhouse gas emissions.</p></sidenote> provided in the Environmental Programs and Management Account, not less than $6,500,000 shall be used for activities to develop and publish a final rule not later than June 26, 2009, and to begin implementation, to require mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions above appropriate thresholds in all sectors of the economy of the United States, as required by <ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fiscal<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4370h">42 USC 4370h</ref>.</p></sidenote> year 2009 and thereafter, the Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities provided that the cost does not exceed $85,000 per project.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Forest Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">forest and rangeland research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as authorized by law, $296,380,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the funds provided, $60,770,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis program.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">state and private forestry</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and others, and for forest health management, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabilitating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooperative forestry, and education and land conservation activities and conducting an international program as authorized, $265,861,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized <page identifier="/us/stat/123/730">123 STAT. 730</page> by law; and of which $49,445,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Forest System</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the National Forest System, $1,514,805,000, to remain available until expended, which shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance with section 4 of the Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460l–6a/i">16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the unobligated balances in this account, $5,000,000 are rescinded.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">capital improvement and maintenance</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, $495,393,000, to remain available until expended<i>, </i>for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, capital improvement, decommissioning, and maintenance of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s532–538">16 U.S.C. 532–538</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s101">23 U.S.C. 101</ref> and 205: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $50,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed road decommissioning, road and trail repair and maintenance and associated activities, and removal of fish passage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service roads may be contributing to water quality problems in streams and water bodies which support threatened, endangered or sensitive species or community water sources: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to $40,000,000 of the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall be available for the decommissioning of roads, including unauthorized roads not part of the transportation system, which are no longer needed: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Roads.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public comment.</p></sidenote> no funds shall be expended to decommission any system road until notice and an opportunity for public comment has been provided on each decommissioning project: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the decommissioning of unauthorized roads not part of the official transportation system shall be expedited in response to threats to public safety, water quality, or natural resources: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2009 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s501">16 U.S.C. 501</ref>) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are appropriated.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">land acquisition</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460l–4">16 U.S.C. 460l–4</ref> through 11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, $49,775,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/731">123 STAT. 731</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">acquisition of lands for national forests special acts</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,050,000, to be derived from forest receipts.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</ref>), to remain available until expended. (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s4601–51">16 U.S.C. 4601–51</ref>6–617a, 555a; <ref href="/us/pl/96/586">Public Law 96–586</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/76/589">Public Law 76–589</ref>, 76–591; and 78–310).</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">range betterment fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/94/579/s401/b/1">section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579</ref>, as amended, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1643/b">16 U.S.C. 1643(b)</ref>, $50,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">management of national forest lands for subsistence uses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/pl/96/487">Public Law 96–487</ref>), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">wildland fire management</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels reduction on or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, $2,131,630,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such funds including unobligated balances under this heading, are available for repayment of advances from other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for services provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/732">123 STAT. 732</page> extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $8,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation shall be used for Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science Program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That all authorities for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided shall be available for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland interface, support to Federal emergency response, and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided, $328,086,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction activities, $11,500,000 is for rehabilitation and restoration, $23,917,000 is for research activities and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1641/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.</ref>), $55,000,000 is for State fire assistance, $9,000,000 is for volunteer fire assistance, $17,252,000 is for forest health activities on Federal lands and $9,928,000 is for forest health activities on State and private lands: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the “State and Private Forestry”, “National Forest System”, and “Forest and Rangeland Research” accounts to fund State fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest health management, forest and rangeland research, the Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and watershed management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat management and restoration: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Transfer date.</p></sidenote> up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading for hazardous fuels treatments may be transferred to and made a part of the “National Forest System” account at the sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service 30 days after notifying the House and the Senate Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in addition to funds provided for State Fire Assistance programs, and subject to all authorities available to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry Appropriation, up to $15,000,000 may be used on adjacent non-Federal lands for the purpose of protecting communities when hazard reduction activities are planned on national forest lands that have the potential to place such communities at risk: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available to implement the Community Forest Restoration Act, <ref href="/us/pl/106/393/tVI">Public Law 106–393, title VI</ref>, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities available to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry Appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000, between the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland fire management programs and projects: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels reduction, not to exceed $5,000,000, may be used to make grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Service under <page identifier="/us/stat/123/733">123 STAT. 733</page> the State and Private Forestry appropriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass from national forest lands: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds designated for wildfire suppression shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis as such assessments are calculated against other agency programs.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions, Forest Service</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2225">7 U.S.C. 2225</ref>, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s428a">7 U.S.C. 428a</ref>; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s558a">16 U.S.C. 558a</ref>, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3718/c">31 U.S.C. 3718(c)</ref>.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions upon notification of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and if and only if all previously appropriated emergency contingent funds under the heading “<headingText>Wildland Fire Management</headingText>” have been released by the President and apportioned and all wildfire suppression funds under the heading “<headingText>Wildland Fire Management</headingText>” are obligated.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United States and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with United States and international organizations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s556i">16 USC 556i</ref>.</p></sidenote> the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2257">7 U.S.C. 2257</ref>), <ref href="/us/pl/106/224/s442">section 442 of Public Law 106–224</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7772">7 U.S.C. 7772</ref>), or <ref href="/us/pl/107/107/s10417/b">section 10417(b) of Public Law 107–107</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s8316/b">7 U.S.C. 8316(b)</ref>).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not more than $73,285,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/734">123 STAT. 734</page> Department of Agriculture and not more than $19,400,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Department of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct a program of up to $5,000,000 for priority projects within the scope of the approved budget, of which $2,500,000 shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps and $2,500,000 shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, <ref href="/us/pl/109/154">Public Law 109–154</ref>.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of <ref href="/us/pl/101/593">Public Law 101–593</ref>, of the funds available to the Forest Service, $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for administrative expenses or projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest Service: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That authorized investments of Federal funds held by the Foundation may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/98/244/s2/b/2">section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244</ref>, $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-recipients: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural development purposes.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and <ref href="/us/pl/99/663/s16/a/2">section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–663</ref>.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3056/etseq">42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.</ref>) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/ch171">chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/735">123 STAT. 735</page></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the Older American Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3056/c/2">42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)</ref>).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $50,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing facilities maintenance. Such assessments shall occur using a square foot rate charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, utilities, and other support services.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums previously transferred and the requested funding transfers.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Indian Health Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Indian Health Services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (<ref href="/us/stat/68/674">68 Stat. 674</ref>), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, $3,190,956,000, together with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s238/b">42 U.S.C. 238(b)</ref> and 238b for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s450">25 U.S.C. 450</ref>), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $634,477,000 for contract medical care, including $31,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no less than $36,189,000 is provided for maintaining operations of the urban Indian health program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, up to $32,000,000 shall remain available until expended for implementation of the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $16,391,000 is provided for the methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment initiative and $7,500,000 is provided for the domestic violence prevention initiative and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts available under this proviso shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided in this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds are appropriated: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian <page identifier="/us/stat/123/736">123 STAT. 736</page> Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new facilities): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funding contained herein, and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1613">25 U.S.C. 1613</ref>) shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed $282,398,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract or grant support costs associated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding agreements between the Indian Health Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2009, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be used for contract support costs associated with new or expanded self-determination contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding agreements: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/93/638">Public Law 93–638</ref>, such individually identifiable health information relating to disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1400">20 U.S.C. 1400</ref>, et seq.): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities account.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Indian Health Facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2004a">42 U.S.C. 2004a</ref>), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health Service, $390,168,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facilities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with grants by the housing programs of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/123/737">123 STAT. 737</page> not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account and the “Indian Health Services” account shall be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between the Indian Health Service and the General Services Administration: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition Fund, available until expended, to be used by the Indian Health Service for demolition of Federal buildings.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">administrative provisions, indian health service</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be available for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5376">5 U.S.C. 5376</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions or activities for which the appropriation is made or otherwise contribute to the improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2651–2653">42 U.S.C. 2651–2653</ref>) shall be credited to the account of the facility providing the service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation. Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be administered under <ref href="/us/pl/86/121">Public Law 86–121</ref>, the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and <ref href="/us/pl/93/638">Public Law 93–638</ref>, as amended.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in the budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s450">25 U.S.C. 450</ref>), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Budget request.</p></sidenote> the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published <page identifier="/us/stat/123/738">123 STAT. 738</page> in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  With respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including payment in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reimbursements received therefrom, along with the funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account that provided the funding, with such amounts to remain available until expended.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead associated with the provision of goods, services, or technical assistance.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The appropriation<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered without advance notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institutes of Health</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $78,074,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Toxic Substances and Environmental Public Health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $74,039,000, of which up to $1,000 to remain available until expended, is for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time equivalent employees of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care providers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in performing any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none <page identifier="/us/stat/123/739">123 STAT. 739</page> of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2009, and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OTHER RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Executive Office of the President</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses, $2,703,000:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Appointment.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>, and for services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5376">5 U.S.C. 5376</ref>, $10,199,000:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Government positions.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/app8G">5 USC app. 8G</ref> note.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, the individual appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $300,000 shall be paid to the “Office of Inspector General” appropriation of the Environmental Protection Agency.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/93/531">Public Law 93–531</ref>, $7,530,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate <page identifier="/us/stat/123/740">123 STAT. 740</page> eligible individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in the preceding categories: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is provided for such household: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new or replacement home: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s640d–10">25 U.S.C. 640d–10</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payment to the institute</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/99/498/tXV">title XV of Public Law 99–498</ref>, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s56">20 U.S.C. 56</ref> part A), $7,900,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Smithsonian Institution</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $593,400,000, of which not to exceed $19,352,000 for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall remain available until expended; and of which $1,553,000 for fellowships and scholarly awards shall remain available until September 30, 2010; and including such funds as may be necessary to support American overseas research centers: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to independent contractors performing research services or participating in official Smithsonian presentations.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">facilities capital</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (<ref href="/us/stat/63/623">63 Stat. 623</ref>), and for construction, including necessary personnel, $123,000,000, to remain available until <page identifier="/us/stat/123/741">123 STAT. 741</page> expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Legacy Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For major restoration, renovation, and rehabilitation of existing Smithsonian facilities, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such funds may be made available in incremental amounts for individual projects after being matched by an equal amount in private donations, which shall not include in-kind contributions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds made available under this heading, or any required matching funds, shall be used for day-to-day maintenance, general salaries and expenses, or programmatic purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the total amount of private contributions may be adjusted to reflect any provision in this or any other appropriations Act that affects the overall amount of the Federal appropriation for this Fund.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Gallery of Art</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (<ref href="/us/stat/50/51">50 Stat. 51</ref>), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose publications or services are available to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $105,388,000, of which not to exceed $3,350,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">repair, restoration and renovation of buildings</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, as authorized, $17,368,000, to remain available until expended:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/742">123 STAT. 742</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operations and maintenance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $21,300,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">capital repair and restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $15,064,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/stat/82/1356">82 Stat. 1356</ref>) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $10,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Endowment for the Arts</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">grants and administration</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $155,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the arts, including arts education and public outreach activities, through assistance to organizations and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds appropriated herein shall be expended in accordance with sections 309 and 311 of <ref href="/us/pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That hereinafter funds previously appropriated to the National Endowment for the Arts “Challenge America” account may be transferred to and merged with this account.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Endowment for the Humanities</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Grants and Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $155,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $140,700,000 shall be available for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for administering the functions of the Act; and $14,300,000 shall be available to carry out the matching grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act including $9,300,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall <page identifier="/us/stat/123/743">123 STAT. 743</page> be available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provision</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract documents which do not include the text of <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1913">18 U.S.C. 1913</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote> the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant-making purposes per year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commission of Fine Arts</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts (<ref href="/us/usc/t40/s104">40 U.S.C. 104</ref>), $2,234,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without further appropriation.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/99/190">Public Law 99–190</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s956a">20 U.S.C. 956a</ref>), as amended, $9,500,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no organization shall receive a grant in excess of $650,000 in a single year.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Advisory Council on Historic Preservation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (<ref href="/us/pl/89/665">Public Law 89–665</ref>, as amended), $5,498,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of these funds shall be available for compensation of level V of the Executive Schedule or higher positions.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Capital Planning Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (<ref href="/us/usc/t40/s71–71i">40 U.S.C. 71–71i</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $8,328,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That one-quarter <page identifier="/us/stat/123/744">123 STAT. 744</page> of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for official reception and representational expenses associated with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and physical development of world capitals.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">holocaust memorial museum</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/106/292">Public Law 106–292</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t36/s2301–2310">36 U.S.C. 2301–2310</ref>), $47,260,000, of which $515,000 for the Museum’s equipment replacement program, $1,900,000 for the museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the museum’s exhibition design and production program shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Presidio Trust</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Presidio Trust Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $17,450,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, including the costs of construction design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 401. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 402. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Lobbying.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1913">18 U.S.C. 1913</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="403"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 403. </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="404"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 404. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or <page identifier="/us/stat/123/745">123 STAT. 745</page> employee of such department or agency except as otherwise provided by law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="405"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 405. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Budget estimates.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agency or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="406"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 406. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer provided in, this Act or any other Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="407"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 407. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Forests and forest products.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in a manner different than such sales were conducted in fiscal year 2006.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="408"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 408. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Patents.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Mines and mining.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation of Funds.</inline>—</heading><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining laws.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exceptions.</inline>—</heading><content>The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s29">30 U.S.C. 29</ref> and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s35">30 U.S.C. 35</ref>, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s42">30 U.S.C. 42</ref>) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that date.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report.</inline>—</heading><content>On September 30, 2009, the Secretary of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (<ref href="/us/pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mineral Examinations.</inline>—</heading><content>In order to process patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third-party contractors.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="409"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 409. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts appropriated to or otherwise designated in committee reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–<page identifier="/us/stat/123/746">123 STAT. 746</page> 277, 106–113, 106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109–54, 109–289, division B and Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/289/dB">division B of Public Law 109–289</ref>, as amended by Public Laws 110–5 and 110–28), and <ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref> for payments for contract support costs associated with self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as funded by such Acts, are the total amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2008 for such purposes, except that for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding agreements.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="410"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 410. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1604">16 USC 1604 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Prior to October 1, 2009, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1604/f/5/A">16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)</ref>) solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1600/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.</ref>) or any other law: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="411"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 411. </num><content class="inline">No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral Leasing Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s181/etseq">30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</ref>) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1331/etseq">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</ref>) within the boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s431/etseq">16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.</ref>) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such monument.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="412"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 412. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Foreign relations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Wildfires.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">In entering into agreements with foreign countries pursuant to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1856m">42 U.S.C. 1856m</ref>) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished under said agreements to provide wildfire services are considered, for purposes of tort liability, employees of the country receiving said services when the individuals are engaged in fire suppression: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not enter into any agreement under this provision unless the foreign country (either directly or through its fire organization) agrees to assume any and all liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters engaged in firefighting in a foreign country: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That when an agreement is reached for furnishing fire fighting services, the only remedies for acts or omissions committed while fighting fires shall be those provided under the laws of the host country, and those remedies shall be the exclusive remedies for any claim arising out of fighting fires in a foreign country: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That neither the sending country nor any legal organization associated with the firefighter shall be subject to any legal action whatsoever pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter’s role in fire suppression.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/747">123 STAT. 747</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="413"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 413. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Urban and rural areas.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">In awarding a Federal contract with funds made available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and contracting laws, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior (the “Secretaries”) may, in evaluating bids and proposals, give consideration to local contractors who are from, and who provide employment and training for, dislocated and displaced workers in an economically disadvantaged rural community, including those historically timber-dependent areas that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands and other forest-dependent rural communities isolated from significant alternative employment opportunities: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and contracting laws the Secretaries may award contracts, grants or cooperative agreements to local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or related partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth groups, or small or micro-business or disadvantaged business: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is for forest hazardous fuels reduction, watershed or water quality monitoring or restoration, wildlife or fish population monitoring, or habitat restoration or management: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the terms “rural community” and “economically disadvantaged” shall have the same meanings as in <ref href="/us/pl/101/624/s2374">section 2374 of Public Law 101–624</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Guidance.</p></sidenote> the Secretaries shall develop guidance to implement this section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the Secretaries of any duty under applicable procurement laws, except as provided in this section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="414"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 414. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Competitive sourcing.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used in fiscal year 2009 for competitive sourcing studies and any related activities involving Forest Service personnel.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="415"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 415. </num><content class="inline">Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="416"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 416. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to promulgate or implement the Environmental Protection Agency proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2007 (<ref href="/us/fr/72/69">72 Fed. Reg. 69</ref>).</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="417"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 417. </num><content class="inline">Section 337(a) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/118/3012">118 Stat. 3012</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30, 2006</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30, 2010</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="418"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 418. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1701">43 USC 1701 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/106/291/s330">Section 330 of Public Law 106–291</ref> concerning Service First authorities (<ref href="/us/stat/114/996">114 Stat. 996</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/109/54/s428">section 428 of Public Law 109–54</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/119/555">119 Stat. 555</ref>–556), is further amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof “<quotedText>2011</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="419"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 419. </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dF/tIV/s422">Section 422 of title IV of division F of Public Law 110–161</ref> is<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/121/2149">121 Stat. 2149</ref>.</p></sidenote> amended by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after “<quotedText>fiscal year 2007</quotedText>” the following: “<quotedText>and subsequent fiscal years through fiscal year 2014</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="420"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 420. </num><content class="inline">In addition to the amounts otherwise provided to the Environmental Protection Agency in this Act, $8,000,000, to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/748">123 STAT. 748</page> remain available until expended, is provided to EPA to be transferred to the Department of the Navy for clean-up activities at the Treasure Island Naval Station—Hunters Point Annex.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="421"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 421. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Alaska.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The boundaries of the Tongass National Forest in the State of Alaska are modified to include the approximately 1,043.38 acres of land acquired by the United States from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, which is more particularly described as lots 1-B and 1-C, Mt. Verstovia-Gavan Hill Subdivision of U.S. Survey No. 3858 and U.S. Survey No. 3849.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="422"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 422. </num><chapeau class="inline">Title V of the Forest Service Realignment and Enhancement Act, 2005, <ref href="/us/pl/109/54">Public Law 109–54</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/119/559">119 Stat. 559</ref>–563; <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s580d">16 U.S.C. 580d note</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>In section 503, subsection (f) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof “<quotedText>2011</quotedText>” and;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>In section 504—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (a)(3) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> in whole, and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Terms, conditions, and reservations</headingText>.—The conveyance of an administrative site under this title shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and reservations as the Secretary determines to be necessary to protect the public interest</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subsection (d)(1) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subchapter I of chapter 5</quotedText>”, and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof “<quotedText>Chapter 5 of subtitle I</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in subsection (d)(4)(B) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> in whole, and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof “<quotedText>determine whether to include terms, conditions, and reservations under subsection (a)(3); and</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="423">Sec. 423. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Lake Tahoe Basin Hazardous Fuel Reduction Projects</inline>.</heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><chapeau>Hereafter, subject to subsection (b), a proposal to authorize a hazardous fuel reduction project, not to exceed 5,000 acres, including no more than 1,500 acres of mechanical thinning, on the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit may be categorically excluded from documentation in an environmental impact statement or an environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4321/etseq">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</ref>) if the project:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is consistent with the Lake Tahoe Basin Multi-Jurisdictional Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention Strategy published in December 2007 and any subsequent revisions to the Strategy; </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>is not conducted in any wilderness areas; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>does not involve any new permanent roads. </content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>A proposal that is categorically excluded under this section shall be subject to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the extraordinary circumstances procedures established by the Forest Service pursuant to <ref href="/us/cfr/t40/s1508.4">section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>an opportunity for public input.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="424"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 424. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Greenhouse gas emissions.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Not later than June 30, 2009, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall reconsider, and confirm or reverse, the decision to deny the request of the State of California to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="425"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 425. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Toxics Release Inventory Reporting.</inline></heading><chapeau class="inline"> Notwithstanding any other provision of law—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/749">123 STAT. 749</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may, hereafter, be used to implement the final rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled “Toxics Release Inventory Burden Reduction Final Rule” (<ref href="/us/fr/71/76932">71 Fed. Reg. 76932</ref>); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the final rule described in paragraph (1) shall have no force or effect. The affected regulatory text shall revert to what it was before the final rule described in paragraph (1) became effective, until any future action taken by the Administrator.</content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="426"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 426. </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/108/108/s325">Section 325 of Public Law 108–108</ref><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1752">43 USC 1752 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal years 2004–2008</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2009.</quotedText>”</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="427"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 427. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall execute an agreement that transfers management and oversight including transfer of function for the workforce, of the Centennial, Collbran, Columbia Basin, Fort Simcoe, Treasure Lake, and Weber Basin Job Corps Centers to the Forest Service. These Job Corps centers shall continue to be administered as described in <ref href="/us/pl/105/220/s147/c">section 147(c) of Public Law 105–220</ref>, Workforce Investment Act of 1998.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="428"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 428. </num><content class="inline">Section 434 of division F of Public Law<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s2104">16 USC 2104 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> 110–161 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (3) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a new paragraph (3) as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>By adding at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">“ ‘(m) </num><content>Section<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> 106 of <ref href="/us/pl/108/148">Public Law 108–148</ref> shall apply to all projects authorized by this Act. Sections 104 and 105 of <ref href="/us/pl/108/148">Public Law 108–148</ref> may be applied to projects authorized by this Act.’. ”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></quotedContent></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="429"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 429. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><chapeau>During the 60-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce may withdraw or reissue the rule described in subsection (c)(1) without regard to any provision of statute or regulation that establishes a requirement for such withdrawal; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the Secretary of the Interior may withdraw or reissue the rule referred to in subsection (c)(2) without regard to any provision of statute or regulation that establishes a requirement for such withdrawal.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>If the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce (or both) withdraws a rule under subsection (a), such Secretary shall implement the provisions of law under which the rule was issued in accordance with the regulations in effect under such provisions immediately before the effective date of such rule, except as otherwise provided by any Act or rule that takes effect after the effective date of the rule that is withdrawn.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>The rules referred to in subsection (a) are the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Endangered species.</p></sidenote> final rule relating to “Interagency Cooperation under the Endangered Species Act”, issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service and signed November 26, 2008, by the Assistant Secretary of Fish and Wildlife and Parks of the Department of the Interior and the Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Regulatory Programs of the National Marine Fisheries Service.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Polar bear.</p></sidenote> final rule relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Special Rule for the Polar Bear”, issued by the Assistant Secretary of Fish and Wildlife and Parks of the Department of the Interior on December 10, 2008.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/750">123 STAT. 750</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="430"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 430. </num><content class="inline">Within the amounts appropriated in this division, funding shall be allocated in the amounts specified for those projects and purposes delineated in the table titled “Congressionally Directed Spending” included in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act (as described in section 4, in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009”.

 DIVISION F—DEPARTMENTS

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009.

Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2009.

 OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF LABOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Employment and Training Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Training and Employment Services</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (“WIA”), the Denali Commission Act of 1998, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act of 1992, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the WIA; $3,626,448,000, plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>for grants to States for adult employment and training activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment and training activities, $2,969,449,000 as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$861,540,000 for adult employment and training activities, of which $149,540,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, and of which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$924,069,000 for youth activities, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$1,183,840,000 for dislocated worker employment and training activities, of which $335,840,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, and of which $848,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010:</content></subparagraph><continuation class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding the transfer limitation under section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, up to 30 percent of such funds may be transferred by a local board if approved by the Governor;</proviso></continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>for federally administered programs, $489,429,000 as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$283,051,000 for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve, of which $71,051,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, and of which $212,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That up to $125,000,000 may be made available for Community-<page identifier="/us/stat/123/751">123 STAT. 751</page> Based Job Training grants from funds reserved under section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA and shall be used to carry out such grants under section 171(d) of such Act, except that the 10 percent limitation otherwise applicable to the amount of funds that may be used to carry out section 171(d) shall not be applicable to funds used for Community-Based Job Training grants: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may be used to provide assistance to a State for State-wide or local use in order to address cases where there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across multiple local areas and such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development plan with emerging economic development needs; and train such eligible dislocated workers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of the WIA may be used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers;</proviso></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$52,758,000 for Native American programs, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$82,620,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section 167 of the WIA, including $76,710,000 for formula grants (of which not less that 70 percent shall be for employment and training services), $5,400,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and $510,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor shall take no action limiting the number or proportion of eligible participants receiving related assistance services or discouraging grantees from providing such services;</proviso></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>$1,000,000 for carrying out the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>$70,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as described in section 173A of the WIA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That for program years 2008 and 2009, the YouthBuild program may serve an individual who has dropped out of high school and re-enrolled in an alternative school, if that re-enrollment is part of a sequential service strategy;</proviso></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>for national activities, $167,570,000, as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$48,781,000 for Pilots, Demonstrations, and Research, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, of which $5,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to address the employment and training needs of young parents (notwithstanding the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA), and of which $41,324,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Training and Employment Services</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funding <page identifier="/us/stat/123/752">123 STAT. 752</page> provided to carry out such projects shall not be subject to the requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(B) and 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, the joint funding requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of the WIA, or any time limit requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(C) and 171(c)(4)(B) of the WIA;</proviso></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$108,493,000 for ex-offender activities, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, notwithstanding the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not less than $88,500,000 shall be for youthful offender activities, of which $35,000,000 shall be for a program of competitive grants to local educational agencies or community-based organizations to develop and implement mentoring strategies that integrate educational and employment interventions designed to prevent youth violence in schools identified as persistently dangerous under section 9532 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act;</proviso></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$6,918,000 for Evaluation, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>$3,378,000 for the Denali Commission, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Community Service Employment for Older Americans</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, $571,925,000, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds made available under this heading in this Act may, in accordance with section 517(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, be recaptured and reobligated.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments during fiscal year 2009 of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment and case management services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, $958,800,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 2009.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For authorized administrative expenses, $91,698,000, together with not to exceed $3,563,167,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (“the Trust Fund”), of which:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$2,782,145,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to States for the administration of State unemployment insurance laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act (including $10,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper <page identifier="/us/stat/123/753">123 STAT. 753</page> payment reviews), the administration of unemployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service members as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8501–8523">5 U.S.C. 8501–8523</ref>, and the administration of trade readjustment allowances and alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974, and shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2009, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by the States through September 30, 2011, and funds used for unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the States through September 30, 2009 shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2009;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$11,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities necessary to support the administration of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$680,893,000 from the Trust Fund, together with $22,683,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$20,869,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities of the Employment Service, including administration of the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, including not to exceed $1,228,000 that may be used for amortization payments to States which had independent retirement plans in their State employment service agencies prior to 1980;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$67,950,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administration of foreign labor certifications and related activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which $52,821,000 shall be available for the Federal administration of such activities, and $15,129,000 shall be available for grants to States for the administration of such activities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$51,720,000 from the General Fund is to provide workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and section 171 (e)(2)(C) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$17,295,000 from the General Fund is to provide for work incentive grants to the States and shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010:</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (“AWIU”) for fiscal year 2009 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 3,487,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Labor may use funds appropriated for grants <page identifier="/us/stat/123/754">123 STAT. 754</page> to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career center system, or which are used to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, or agreements with non-State entities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States participating in the consortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration of the unemployment compensation law of the State making the request.</proviso></continuation><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $40,000,000 from the Employment Security Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> not later than June 30, 2010, the Secretary shall submit an interim report to the Congress that includes available information on expenditures, number of individuals assessed, and outcomes from the assessments:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not later than June 30, 2011, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Congress a final report containing comprehensive information on the estimated savings that result from the assessments of claimants and identification of best practices.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8509">5 U.S.C. 8509</ref>, and to the “Federal unemployment benefits and allowances” account, to remain available through September 30, 2010, $422,000,000.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15, 2009, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Program Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $85,323,000, together with not to exceed $45,140,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/755">123 STAT. 755</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Employee Benefits Security Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, $143,419,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“Corporation”) is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9104">31 U.S.C. 9104</ref> as may be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2009, for the Corporation: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2009 shall be available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of $444,722,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2009, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be available for obligation for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That an additional $50,000 shall be made available for obligation for investment management fees for every $25,000,000 in assets received by the Corporation as a result of new plan terminations or asset growth, after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That obligations in excess of the amounts provided in this paragraph may be incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination expenses after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Employment Standards Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including rescission)</inline></subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $438,166,000, together with $2,101,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fees.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C 3302</ref>, collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and for processing applications and issuing registrations under <page identifier="/us/stat/123/756">123 STAT. 756</page> title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. </proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to section 286(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, $97,000,000 are rescinded as of September 30, 2009.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">special benefits</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s81">5 U.S.C. 81</ref>; continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading “<headingText>Civilian War Benefits</headingText>” in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948; and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, $163,000,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That amounts appropriated may be used under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8104">5 U.S.C. 8104</ref>, by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2008, shall remain available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality required under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8147/c">5 U.S.C. 8147(c)</ref> to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for employees of such fair share entities through September 30, 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, $52,720,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as follows:</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>For enhancement and maintenance of automated data processing systems and telecommunications systems, $15,068,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>For automated workload processing operations, including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill processing, $23,273,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>For periodic roll management and medical review, $14,379,000; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may require that any person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s81">5 U.S.C. 81</ref>, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/757">123 STAT. 757</page></proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/107/275">Public Law 107–275</ref>, $188,130,000, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, $56,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $49,654,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Labor may require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as may be prescribed.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Black Lung Disability Trust Fund</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In fiscal<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s9501">26 USC 9501 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> year 2009 and thereafter, such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (“Fund”), to remain available until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2009 for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $32,308,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards Administration “Salaries and Expenses”; not to exceed $24,694,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, “Salaries and Expenses”; not to exceed $325,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, “Office of Inspector General”; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the Treasury.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Occupational Safety and Health Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $513,042,000, including not to exceed $92,593,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“Act”), which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary of Labor under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/758">123 STAT. 758</page> education grants:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fees.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s9a">29 U.S.C. 9a</ref>, to administer national and international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Farms and farming.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Small businesses.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification code for which such data are published, less than the national average rate as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period and for any willful violations found;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to imminent dangers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to health hazards;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such investigation authorized by the Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising rights under the Act:</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Farms and farming.</p></sidenote> the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $10,000,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of which $3,144,000 shall be used for the Institutional Competency Building training grants awarded in February 2008, provided that a grantee has demonstrated satisfactory performance:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such grants shall be awarded not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</proviso></continuation><page identifier="/us/stat/123/759">123 STAT. 759</page></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Mine Safety and Health Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t30/s962">30 USC 962</ref>.</p></sidenote> expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $347,003,000, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities, and $1,808,000 to continue the project with the United Mine Workers of America, for classroom and simulated rescue training for mine rescue teams; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health education and training activities, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associations; the Secretary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials as officers in local chapters or in the national organization; and any funds available to the Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a major disaster.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Labor Statistics</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, $518,918,000, together with not to exceed $78,264,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, of which $1,500,000 may be used to fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Survey.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Current Employment Survey shall maintain the content of the survey issued prior to June 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the women worker series.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Disability Employment Policy</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/760">123 STAT. 760</page> the training and employment of people with disabilities, $26,679,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three sedans, and including the management or operation, through contracts, grants or other arrangements of Departmental activities conducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other international labor activities, $313,871,000, of which $86,074,000 is for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (including $6,500,000 to implement model programs to address worker rights issues through technical assistance in countries with which the United States has trade preference programs), and of which $21,286,000 is for the acquisition of Departmental information technology, architecture, infrastructure, equipment, software and related needs, which will be allocated by the Department’s Chief Information Officer in accordance with the Department’s capital investment management process to assure a sound investment strategy; together with not to exceed $327,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of job corps</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act; $1,683,938,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$1,540,276,000 for Job Corps Operations, of which $949,276,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 and of which $591,000,000 shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$115,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, of which $15,000,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2012 and $100,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2012; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$28,662,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Job Corps shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009:</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> the Office of Job Corps shall have contracting authority: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Veterans Employment and Training</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $205,468,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4100–4113">38 U.S.C. 4100–4113</ref>, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327, and <ref href="/us/pl/103/353">Public Law 103–353</ref>, and which shall <page identifier="/us/stat/123/761">123 STAT. 761</page> be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2009, of which $1,949,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute. To carry out the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs under section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001 and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs under section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act, $33,971,000, of which $7,641,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $76,326,000, together with not to exceed $5,815,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 101. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 102. </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 103. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Child labor.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">In accordance with Executive Order No. 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">After<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Transit subsidy.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7905">5 USC 7905 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> September 30, 2008, the Secretary of Labor shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less than the full amount (of not less than $115) that each of its employees of the National Capital Region is eligible to receive.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 105. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this title for grants under section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may be obligated prior to the preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary of Labor to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/762">123 STAT. 762</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 106. </num><content class="inline">There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Denali Commission through the Department of Labor to conduct job training of the local workforce where Denali Commission projects will be constructed.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 107. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than training in the occupations and industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to support such training: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the preceding limitation shall not apply to multi-year grants awarded prior to June 30, 2007.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 108. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds available in this Act or available to the Secretary of Labor from other sources for Community-Based Job Training grants and grants authorized under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 shall be obligated for a grant awarded on a non-competitive basis.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 109. </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Labor shall take no action to amend, through regulatory or administration action, the definition established in section 667.220 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t20">title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref> for functions and activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, or to modify, through regulatory or administrative action, the procedure for redesignation of local areas as specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act (including applying the standards specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act, but notwithstanding the time limits specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until such time as legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall permit or require the Secretary to withdraw approval for such redesignation from a State that received the approval not later than October 12, 2005, or to revise action taken or modify the redesignation procedure being used by the Secretary in order to complete such redesignation for a State that initiated the process of such redesignation by submitting any request for such redesignation not later than October 26, 2005.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 110. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this or any other Act shall be available to finalize or implement any proposed regulation under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, or the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 until such time as legislation reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 is enacted.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 111. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Employment and Training Administration</headingText>” shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local government employees, and the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs <page identifier="/us/stat/123/763">123 STAT. 763</page> involved including Employment and Training Administration programs.</content></section> </level><level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”. </p></level> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2009.</p></sidenote><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Health Resources and Services Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Health Resources and Services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XI, XII, XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”), section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V and sections 711, 1128E, and 1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $7,234,436,000, of which $39,200,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under such section: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the funds made available under this heading, $129,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $56,000,000 of the funding provided for community health centers shall be for base grant adjustments for existing health centers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That fees collected for the full disclosure of information under the “Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program”, authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the program, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no more than $40,000 is available until expended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act including associated administrative expenses and relevant evaluations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no more than $44,055,000 is available until expended for carrying out the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/104/73">Public Law 104–73</ref> and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services pertaining to administrative claims made under such law: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $307,491,000 shall be for the program under title X of the PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortions.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Political activities.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds available under this heading, $1,886,873,000 shall remain available <page identifier="/us/stat/123/764">123 STAT. 764</page> to the Secretary of Health and Human Services through September 30, 2011, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Urban and rural areas.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That within the amounts provided for part A of title XXVI of the PHS Act, $10,853,000 is available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services through September 30, 2011, and shall be available to qualifying jurisdictions, within 30 days of enactment, for increasing supplemental grants for fiscal year 2009 to metropolitan areas that received grant funding in fiscal year 2008 under subpart I of part A of title XXVI of the PHS Act to ensure that an area’s total funding under subpart I of part A for fiscal year 2008, together with the amount of this additional funding, is not less than 93.7 percent of the amount of such area’s total funding under part A for fiscal year 2006, and to transitional areas that received grant funding in fiscal year 2008 under subpart II of part A of title XXVI of the PHS Act to ensure that an area’s total funding under subpart II of part A for fiscal year 2008, together with the amount of this additional funding, is not less than 88.7 percent of the amount of such area’s total funding under part A for fiscal year 2006: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 2603(c)(1) of the PHS Act, the additional funding to areas under the immediately preceding proviso, which may be used for costs incurred during fiscal year 2008, shall be available to the area for obligation from the date of the award through the end of the grant year for the award: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $815,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by section 2616 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in addition to amounts provided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of the PHS Act to fund section 2691 Special Projects of National Significance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed $92,551,000 is available for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,400,000 is available for projects described in paragraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding section 747(e)(2) of the PHS Act, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for general dentistry programs, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for pediatric dentistry programs including faculty loan repayment, and not less than $29,025,000 shall be for family medicine programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, $19,642,000 shall be provided to the Denali Commission as a direct lump payment pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/106/113">Public Law 106–113</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, $26,000,000 shall be provided for the Delta Health Initiative as authorized in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dG/s219">section 219 of division G of Public Law 110–161</ref> and associated administrative expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds provided under section 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards made under these sections: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $310,470,000 shall be used for the projects financing the construction and renovation (including equipment) of health care and other facilities and for other health-related activities, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Health Resources and Services</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and of which up to one percent of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/765">123 STAT. 765</page> the amount for each project may be used for related agency administrative expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $9,201,000 is available for State Offices of Rural Health: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 is available for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and adoption of health information technology.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Health Education Assistance Loans Program Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”). For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of the PHS Act, $2,847,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”), such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $5,404,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">disease control, research, and training</inline></heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, XXI, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”), sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, 501, and 514 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations; including purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $6,283,350,000, of which $151,500,000 shall remain available until expended for acquisition of real property, equipment, construction and renovation of facilities; of which $570,307,000 shall remain available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act; of which $21,997,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Disease Control, Research, and Training</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); of which $118,863,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available through September 30, 2010; and of which $70,000,000 shall be available until expended to provide screening and treatment for first response emergency services personnel, residents, students, and others related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in addition, such sums as may be derived from <page identifier="/us/stat/123/766">123 STAT. 766</page> authorized user fees, which shall be credited to this account: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $12,794,000 to carry out the National Immunization Surveys; (2) $124,701,000 to carry out the National Center for Health Statistics surveys; (3) $24,751,000 to carry out information systems standards development and architecture and applications-based research used at local public health levels; (4) $46,780,000 for Health Marketing; (5) $31,000,000 to carry out Public Health Research; and (6) $91,225,000 to carry out research activities within the National Occupational Research Agenda:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Gun control.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, up to $1,000 per eligible employee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall be made available until expended for Individual Learning Accounts: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Director may redirect the total amount made available under authority of <ref href="/us/pl/101/502">Public Law 101–502</ref>, section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so designate:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are to be notified promptly of any such redirection: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $19,528,000 may be available for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act to not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall award a single contract or related contracts for development and construction of the next building or facility designated in the Buildings and Facilities Master Plan that collectively include the full scope of the project: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause “availability of funds” found at <ref href="/us/cfr/t48/s52.232">48 CFR 52.232</ref>–18: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated, $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Public Health Service, both civilian and Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the Department of Health and Human Services during the period of detail or assignment: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That out of funds made available under this heading for domestic HIV/AIDS testing, up to $15,000,000 shall be for States newly eligible in fiscal year 2009 under section 2625 of the PHS Act as of December 31, 2008 and shall be distributed by May 31, 2009 based on standard criteria relating to a State’s epidemiological profile, and of which not more than $1,000,000 may be made available to any one State, and amounts that have not been obligated by May 31, 2009 shall be made available to States and local public health departments for HIV testing activities:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds made available in this Act to carry out part A of title XIX of the PHS Act may be used to provide more than 75 percent of any State’s allotment under section 1902 of the PHS Act until <page identifier="/us/stat/123/767">123 STAT. 767</page> such State certifies that it will submit a plan to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, not later than January 1, 2010, to reduce healthcare-associated infections: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That each such State plan shall be consistent with the Department of Health and Human Services’ national action plan for reducing healthcare-associated infections and include measurable 5-year goals and interim milestones for reducing such infections:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Review.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall conduct a review of the State plans submitted pursuant to the preceding proviso and report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than June 1, 2010, regarding the adequacy of such plans for achieving State and national goals for reducing healthcare-associated infections: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for purposes of the two preceding provisos, the term “<term>State</term>” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended, of which $4,500,000 shall be for use by or in support of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (“the Board”) to carry out its statutory responsibilities, including obtaining audits, technical assistance, and other support from the Board’s audit contractor with regard to radiation dose estimation and reconstruction efforts, site profiles, procedures, and review of Special Exposure Cohort petitions and evaluation reports: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this amount shall be available consistent with the provision regarding administrative expenses in <ref href="/us/pl/106/554/dB/tI/s151/b">section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554</ref>.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institutes of Health</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Cancer Institute</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $4,968,973,000, of which up to $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National Cancer Institute-Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $3,015,689,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, $402,652,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,761,338,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/768">123 STAT. 768</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $1,593,344,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $4,702,572,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $300,000,000 may be made available to International Assistance Programs “Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis”, to remain available until expended.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of General Medical Sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, $1,997,801,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to child health and human development, $1,294,894,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Eye Institute</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $688,480,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health sciences, $662,820,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute on Aging</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to aging, $1,080,796,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $524,872,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $407,259,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/769">123 STAT. 769</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Nursing Research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, $141,879,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $450,230,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute on Drug Abuse</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,032,759,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Mental Health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health, $1,450,491,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Human Genome Research Institute</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to human genome research, $502,367,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, $308,208,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Center for Research Resources</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to research resources and general research support grants, $1,226,263,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to complementary and alternative medicine, $125,471,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to minority health and health disparities research, $205,959,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">John E. Fogarty International Center</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of the Public Health Service Act), $68,691,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Library of Medicine</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”) with respect to health information communications, $330,771,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until <page identifier="/us/stat/123/770">123 STAT. 770</page> expended for improvement of information systems: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in fiscal year 2009, the National Library of Medicine may enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the purposes of the National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology established under section 478A of the PHS Act and related health services.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of the Director</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (“NIH”), $1,246,864,000, of which up to $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 214 of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the NIH is authorized to collect third party payments for the cost of clinical services that are incurred in NIH research facilities and that such payments shall be credited to the NIH Management Fund: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That all funds credited to such Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to $192,300,000 shall be available for continuation of the National Children’s Study: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $541,133,000 shall be available for the Common Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the NIH: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Buildings and Facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of real property, $125,581,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">substance abuse and mental health services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”) with respect to substance abuse and mental health services and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, $3,334,906,000, of which $15,666,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A are available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $2,000,000 shall be <page identifier="/us/stat/123/771">123 STAT. 771</page> available to establish State-administered controlled substance monitoring systems as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/109/60">Public Law 109–60</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $772,000 shall be for reimbursing the General Services Administration for environmental testing and remediation on the federally owned facilities at St. Elizabeths Hospital, including but not limited to testing and remediation conducted prior to fiscal year 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; (2) $21,039,000 to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX; (3) $22,750,000 to carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health; and (4) $8,596,000 to collect and analyze data and evaluate substance abuse treatment programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this Act for fiscal year 2009.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Healthcare Research and Quality</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”), part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the amount made available pursuant to section 937(c) of the PHS Act shall not exceed $372,053,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">grants to states for medicaid</inline></heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $149,335,031,000, to remain available until expended. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making, after May 31, 2009, payments to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2009 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, $71,700,038,000, to remain available until expended. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/772">123 STAT. 772</page></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">payments to health care trust funds</inline></heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, <ref href="/us/pl/97/248/s278/d">section 278(d) of Public Law 97–248</ref>, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $195,383,000,000. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844, and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">program management</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”), and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not to exceed $3,305,386,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 302 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all funds derived in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">31 U.S.C. 9701</ref> from organizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $35,700,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, shall be for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $108,900,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, shall be for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Medicare contracting reform activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Healthy Start, Grow Smart program under which the CMS may, directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, produce and distribute informational materials including, but not limited to, pamphlets and brochures on infant and toddler health care to expectant parents enrolled in the Medicaid program and to parents and guardians enrolled in such program with infants and children:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fees.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2009 from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $4,542,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Program Management</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $75,000,000 is available for the State high risk health insurance pool program as authorized by the State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2006.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/773">123 STAT. 773</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity and program management, $198,000,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, of which $147,038,000 shall be for the Medicare Integrity Program at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to conduct oversight of activities for Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program authorized in title XVIII of the Social Security Act, including activities listed in section 1893(b) of such Act; of which $18,967,000 shall be for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General; of which $13,028,000 shall be for the Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (“SCHIP”) program integrity activities; and of which $18,967,000 shall be for the Department of Justice:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2009 shall include measures of the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs for the funds provided by this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration for Children and Families</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, $2,759,078,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making payments to each State for carrying out the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under title IV–A of the Social Security Act before the effective date of the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families with respect to such State, such sums as may be necessary: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the sum of the amounts available to a State with respect to expenditures under such title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and under such title IV–A as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such Act.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Refugee and Entrant Assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, for costs associated with the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children, and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $633,442,000, of which up to $9,814,000 <page identifier="/us/stat/123/774">123 STAT. 774</page> shall be available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided and other activities to remain available through September 30, 2011.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, $2,127,081,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $18,960,000 shall be available for child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll-free hotline: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, $271,401,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $99,534,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $9,910,000 shall be for use by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Social Services Block Grant</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be 10 percent.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">children and families services programs</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), sections 330F and 330G of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”), the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, sections 261 and 291 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, part B–1 of title IV and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act; for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act (“CSBG Act”), sections 439(i), 473B, and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, and the Assets for Independence Act; and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out such Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and section 505 of the Family Support Act of 1988, $9,301,111,000, of which $36,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, shall <page identifier="/us/stat/123/775">123 STAT. 775</page> be for grants to States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions completed before September 30, 2009:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Adoption incentives.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That without regard to the fiscal year limitations set forth in section 473A of the Social Security Act, from the amounts appropriated herein, the Secretary shall pay adoption incentives for fiscal year 2008 in the same manner as such incentives were awarded in fiscal year 2008 for the previous fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $7,112,786,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act, of which $2,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, shall be designated to fund section 657B: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $746,000,000 shall be for making payments under the CSBG Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not less than $10,000,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B) of the CSBG Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $5,762,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the provisions of section 1110 of the Social Security Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under the CSBG Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9921">42 USC 9921 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and program income that permit such assets acquired with, and program income derived from, grant funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business enterprises owned by community development corporations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $47,688,000 shall be for a compassion capital fund to provide grants to charitable organizations to emulate model social service programs and to encourage research on the best practices of social service organizations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $17,410,000 shall be for activities authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, of which $12,154,000 shall be for payments to States to promote access for voters with disabilities, and of which $5,256,000 shall be for payments to States for protection and advocacy systems for voters with disabilities:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abstinence education.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $94,659,000 shall be for making competitive grants to provide abstinence education (as defined by section 510(b)(2) of the Social Security Act) to adolescents, and for Federal costs of administering the grants: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That grants under the immediately preceding proviso shall be made only to public and private entities which agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide abstinence education under such grants, the entities will not provide to that adolescent any other education regarding sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an entity expressly required <page identifier="/us/stat/123/776">123 STAT. 776</page> by law to provide health information or services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking health information or services from the entity in a different setting than the setting in which abstinence education was provided: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That information provided through such competitive grants for abstinence education shall be scientifically accurate and shall comply with section 317P(c)(2) of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That within amounts provided herein for abstinence education for adolescents, up to $10,000,000 may be available for a national abstinence education campaign: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in addition to amounts provided herein for abstinence education for adolescents, $4,455,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of adolescent pregnancy prevention approaches: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants to States to support data collection for a study of the system’s effectiveness: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $16,910,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Children and Families Services Programs</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">promoting safe and stable families</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and section 437 of such Act, $63,311,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Payments to States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, $5,050,000,000.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, $1,800,000,000.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or other non-Federal entities under section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration on Aging</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Aging Services Programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, section 398 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, $1,491,343,000, of which $5,500,000 shall be available for activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $5,123,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Aging Services Programs</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/777">123 STAT. 777</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">general departmental management</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, XXI, and XXIX of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”), the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $389,925,000, together with $5,851,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, and $46,756,000 from the amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or human services research and evaluation activities:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of this amount, $51,891,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities; $5,789,000 shall be to assist Afghanistan in the development of maternal and child health clinics, consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002; and $1,000,000 shall be transferred, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, to the National Institute of Mental Health to administer the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading for carrying out title XX of the PHS Act, $13,120,000 shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), all of which shall be for prevention service demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of such title XX:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Embryo adoption.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide, to individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such services shall be provided consistent with <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s59.5/a/4">42 CFR 59.5(a)(4)</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $2,854,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>General Departmental Management</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That specific information requests from the chairmen and ranking members of the Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, on scientific research or any other matter, shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate (“Committees on Appropriations”) in a prompt, professional manner and within the time frame specified in the request:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Scientific information.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That scientific information, including such information provided in congressional testimony, requested by the Committees on Appropriations and prepared by government researchers and scientists shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations, uncensored and without delay.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of medicare hearings and appeals</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for administrative law judges responsible for hearing cases under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (and related provisions of title XI of such Act), $64,604,000, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/778">123 STAT. 778</page> to be transferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of the national coordinator for health information technology</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of interoperable health information technology, $43,552,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $17,679,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $45,279,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of such amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing protective services to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s228">18 U.S.C. 228</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That at least forty percent of the funds provided in this Act for the Office of Inspector General shall be used only for investigations, audits, and evaluations pertaining to the discretionary programs funded in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office for civil rights</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $36,785,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">public health and social services emergency fund</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological and chemical threats to civilian populations, and for other public health emergencies, $537,704,000, of which not to exceed $22,052,000 shall be to pay the costs described in section 319F–2(c)(7)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”). <page identifier="/us/stat/123/779">123 STAT. 779</page></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to support advanced research and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act, $275,000,000, to be derived by transfer from funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Biodefense Countermeasures</headingText>” in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004, to remain available through September 30, 2010. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic, $448,091,000, together with $137,000,000 to be derived by transfer from funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Biodefense Countermeasures</headingText>” in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004, of which $507,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That products purchased with these funds may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated herein may be transferred to other appropriation accounts of the Department of Health and Human Services, as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, to be used for the purposes specified in this paragraph.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 201. </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 202. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Government employees.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Children and youth.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">AIDS.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 203. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 204. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department of Health and Human Services, prior to the preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 205. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary of Health and Human <page identifier="/us/stat/123/780">123 STAT. 780</page> Services shall determine, but not more than 2.4 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under such Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of such programs.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 206. </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Health and Human Services in this Act may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 207. </num><content class="inline">The Director of the National Institutes of Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 208. </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available in this Act for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the “Office of AIDS Research” account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="209"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 209. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available to any entity under title X of the Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="210"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 210. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="211"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 211. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary of Health and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/781">123 STAT. 781</page> Human Services denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity’s enrollees): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="212"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 212. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Drugs and drug abuse.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Tobacco and tobacco products.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Except as provided by subsection (e) none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act if such State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by May 1, 2009, that the State will commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The amount of funds to be committed by a State under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such State’s substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary under section 1926 of such Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The State is to maintain State expenditures in fiscal year 2009 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at a level that is not less than the level of such expenditures maintained by the State for fiscal year 2008, and <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> to that level the additional funds for tobacco compliance activities required under subsection (a).<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> The State is to submit a report to the Secretary on all fiscal year 2008 State expenditures and all fiscal year 2009 obligations for tobacco prevention and compliance activities by program activity by July 31, 2009.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing the timing of the State obligation of the additional funds required by the certification described in subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2009.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act from a territory that receives less than $1,000,000.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="213"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 213. </num><chapeau class="inline">In order for the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2009:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Secretary of Health and Human Services may exercise authority equivalent to that available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes administered by the Department of State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to provide such funds by advance or reimbursement to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/782">123 STAT. 782</page> the Secretary of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United States for the use of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of State shall cooperate fully with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that the Department of Health and Human Services has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other health activities abroad.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="214"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 214. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority.</inline>—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (“Director”) may use funds available under section 402(b)(7) or 402(b)(12) of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”) to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research identified pursuant to such section 402(b)(7) (pertaining to the Common Fund) or research and activities described in such section 402(b)(12).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Peer Review.</inline>—</heading><content>In entering into transactions under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures (including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical merit.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="215"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 215. </num><content class="inline">Funds which are available for Individual Learning Accounts for employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (“ATSDR”) may be transferred to “Disease Control, Research, and Training”, to be available only for Individual Learning Accounts: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds may be used for any individual full-time equivalent employee while such employee is employed either by CDC or ATSDR.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="216"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 216. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2940o">42 USC 2940o note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, funds made available in this Act may be used to continue operating the Council on Graduate Medical Education established by <ref href="/us/pl/102/408/s301">section 301 of Public Law 102–408</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="217"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 217. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Electronic records.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s282c">42 USC 282c</ref>.</p></sidenote> Director of the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) shall require in the current fiscal year and thereafter that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/783">123 STAT. 783</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="218"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 218. </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed $35,000,000 <i> </i> of funds appropriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $2,500,000 per project.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="219"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 219. </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available for the National Institutes of Health, 1 percent of the amount made available for National Research Service Awards (“NRSA”) shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for research in primary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have received grants or contracts under section 747 of the Public Health Service Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA awards for health service research.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="220"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 220. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 223 of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008,<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3514a">42 USC 3514a</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in its first proviso by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for</quotedText>” the first time it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>in</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="221"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 221. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1927(c)(1)(D) of the Social Security Act<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–8">42 USC 1396r–8</ref>.</p></sidenote> (<ref href="/us/usc/t42">42 U.S.C. </ref>§ 1396r–8(c)(1)(D)), as added by section 6001(d)(2) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in clause (i)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subclause (IV) as subclause (VI); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subclause (III) the following:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp4 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><chapeau>An entity that—</chapeau><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Act or is State-owned or operated; and</content></item><item class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>would be a covered entity described in section 340(B)(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act insofar as the entity provides the same type of services to the same type of populations as a covered entity described in such section provides, but does not receive funding under a provision of law referred to in such section; </content></item></subclause><subclause class="indentUp4 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>A public or nonprofit entity, or an entity based at an institution of higher learning whose primary purpose is to provide health care services to students of that institution, that provides a service or services described under section 1001(a) of the Public Health Service Act, <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300">42 U.S.C. 300</ref>.”</content></subclause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory or regulatory prohibition on services with respect to an entity described in clause (i)(IV), including the prohibition set forth in section 1008 of the Public Health Service Act.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–8">42 USC 1396r–8 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> amendments made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the amendment made by section 6001(d)(2) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/784">123 STAT. 784</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="222"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 222. </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/102/394/s202">Section 202 of Public Law 102–394</ref><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s238f">42 USC 238f note</ref>.</p></sidenote> is hereby amended by substituting “4,000” for “2,800”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="223"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 223. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public comment.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Within 60 days of passage of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to solicit public comment in advance of modifying regulations at <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/pt50">42 CFR Part 50</ref> Subpart F for the purpose of strengthening Federal oversight and identifying enhancements of policies, including requirements for financial disclosure to institutions, governing financial conflicts of interest among extramural investigators receiving grant support from the National Institutes of Health.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="224"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 224. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Designation.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s280g–1">42 USC 280g–1 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Hereafter, the activities authorized under section 399M of the Public Health Service Act shall be known as the “James T. Walsh Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program.”</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="225"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 225. </num><content class="inline">Of the funds available for carrying out section 204 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/170">Public Law 106–170</ref>), $21,500,000 are rescinded: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding subsection (c)(3)(B) of such section, in no case may the aggregate amount of payments made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to States under such section exceed $223,500,000.</proviso></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="226"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 226. </num><content class="inline">Section 1941(b)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 7002(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, is<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396w–1">42 USC 1396w–1</ref>.</p></sidenote> amended by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each of</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>for</quotedText>”.</content></section> </level><level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2009.</p></sidenote><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Education for the Disadvantaged</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (“ESEA”) and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $15,760,086,000, of which $4,739,881,000 shall become available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, and of which $10,841,176,000 shall become available on October 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, for academic year 2009–2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $6,597,946,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to $4,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education on October 1, 2008, to obtain annually updated local educational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $1,365,031,000 shall be for concentration grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $3,264,712,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $3,264,712,000 shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $9,167,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 and 1503 of the ESEA.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/785">123 STAT. 785</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Impact Aid</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,265,718,000, of which $1,128,535,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 8003(b), $48,602,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $17,509,000 shall be for construction under section 8007(b) and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, $66,208,000 shall be for Federal property payments under section 8002, and $4,864,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 8008: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 8003(a) for school year 2008–2009, children enrolled in a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as such children reside on Federal property as described in section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible students under such section, provided such students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the same local educational agency they attended prior to their change in eligibility status.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">School Improvement Programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by parts A, B, and D of title II, part B of title IV, subparts 6 and 9 of part D of title V, parts A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (“ESEA”); the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,362,016,000, of which $3,495,865,000 shall become available on July 1, 2009, and remain available through September 30, 2010, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, for academic year 2009–2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds available for section 2103(a) of the ESEA, $5,000,000 shall be available for a school leadership partnership initiative and up to $7,500,000 shall be available for teacher and principal quality national activities administered by the Secretary of Education, as specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available to carry out part B of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction, renovation and modernization of any elementary school, secondary school, or structure related to an elementary school or secondary school, run by the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Hawaii.</p></sidenote> from the funds referred to in the preceding proviso, not less than $1,500,000 shall be for a grant to the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii for the activities described in such proviso, and $1,500,000 shall be for a grant to the University of Hawaii School of Law for a Center <page identifier="/us/stat/123/786">123 STAT. 786</page> of Excellence in Native Hawaiian law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to 100 percent of the funds available to a State educational agency under part D of title II of the ESEA may be used for subgrants described in section 2412(a)(2)(B) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $57,113,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $33,791,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds appropriated under this heading may be used to carry out section 5494 under the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $17,687,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to 5 percent of these amounts may be reserved by the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands to administer the Supplemental Education Grants programs and to obtain technical assistance, oversight and consultancy services in the administration of these grants and to reimburse the United States Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for such services: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $7,360,000 of the funds available for the Foreign Language Assistance Program shall be available for 5-year grants to local educational agencies that would work in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education to establish or expand articulated programs of study in languages critical to United States national security that will enable successful students to advance from elementary school through college to achieve a superior level of proficiency in those languages.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Indian Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $122,282,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Innovation and Improvement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out activities authorized by part G of title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $996,425,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $10,649,000 shall be provided to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to carry out section 2151(c), including $1,000,000 to develop a National Board certification for principals of elementary and secondary schools: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That from funds for subpart 4, part C of title II, up to 3 percent shall be available to the Secretary of Education for technical assistance and dissemination of information: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $347,640,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $88,015,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Innovation and Improvement</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $97,270,000 of the funds for subpart 1 shall be for competitive grants to local educational agencies, including charter schools that are local educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of: (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both; and (2) at least one <page identifier="/us/stat/123/787">123 STAT. 787</page> non-profit organization to develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need schools: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such performance-based compensation systems must consider gains in student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each school year among other factors and provide educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to 5 percent of such funds for competitive grants shall be available for technical assistance, training, peer review of applications, program outreach and evaluation activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds available for part B of title V, the Secretary shall use up to $21,031,000 to carry out activities under section 5205(b) and under subpart 2, and shall use not less than $195,000,000 to carry out other activities authorized under subpart 1.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Safe Schools and Citizenship Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 of part C of title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 3 and 10 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $690,370,000, of which $294,759,000 shall become available on July 1, 2009, and remain available through September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $294,759,000 shall be available for subpart 1 of part A of title IV and $220,240,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $141,912,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That of the funds available to carry out subpart 3 of part C of title II, up to $13,383,000 may be used to carry out section 2345 and $2,957,000 shall be used by the Center for Civic Education to implement a comprehensive program to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support of the Congress and the State legislatures.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">English Language Acquisition</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out part A of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $730,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2008, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, to carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of Education shall use the American Community Survey child counts to calculate State allocations under such part but, for any State that would otherwise receive greater than a 10-percent reduction from its previous year’s allocation, the Secretary shall carry out such calculation using the average of the American Community Survey child counts for the 3 most recent years.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Special Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, $12,579,677,000, of which $3,726,354,000 shall become available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, and of which $8,592,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 2009, and shall remain available through <page identifier="/us/stat/123/788">123 STAT. 788</page> September 30, 2010, for academic year 2009–2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $13,250,000 shall be for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., to support the development, production, and circulation of recorded educational materials: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $737,000 shall be for the recipient of funds provided by <ref href="/us/pl/105/78">Public Law 105–78</ref> under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the IDEA (as in effect prior to the enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004) to provide information on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for children with disabilities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during fiscal year 2008, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percentage increase in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available for the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 may be used to support expenses associated with the Special Olympics National and World games hosted in the United States.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $3,387,762,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $3,088,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">american printing house for the blind</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, $22,599,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">national technical institute for the deaf</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $64,212,000, of which $1,175,000 shall be for construction and shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That from the total amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Gallaudet University</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $124,000,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be for construction and shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That from the total amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Career, Technical, and Adult Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/789">123 STAT. 789</page> Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, subpart 4 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (“ESEA”) and title VIII–D of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, $1,944,348,000, of which $4,400,000 shall become available on October 1, 2008 and remain available until September 30, 2010, of which $1,148,948,000 shall become available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the amount provided for Adult Education State Grants, $67,896,000 shall be made available for integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education, notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based on a State’s absolute need as determined by calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years for which United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence are available, except that no State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the amounts made available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, $6,878,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 243 and $6,468,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under section 242: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $88,000,000 shall be available to support the activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the ESEA, of which up to 5 percent shall become available October 1, 2008, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, for evaluation, technical assistance, school networks, peer review of applications, and program outreach activities, and of which not less than 95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2009, and remain available through September 30, 2010, for grants to local educational agencies: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available to local educational agencies under this subpart shall be used only for activities related to establishing smaller learning communities within large high schools or small high schools that provide alternatives for students enrolled in large high schools.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Student Financial Assistance</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including deferral of funds)</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $19,156,973,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2010.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The maximum<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1070a">20 USC 1070a note</ref>.</p></sidenote> Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2009–2010 shall be $4,860.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the funds made available under section 401A(e)(1)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $887,000,000 shall not be available until October 1, 2009.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/790">123 STAT. 790</page></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Student Aid Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $753,402,000, which shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Higher Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“HEA”), section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, part I of subtitle A of title VI of the America COMPETES Act, section 515 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, $2,100,150,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $9,687,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, shall be available to fund fellowships for academic year 2010–2011 under subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the HEA, under the terms and conditions of such subpart 1: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $609,000 shall be for data collection and evaluation activities for programs under the HEA, including such activities needed to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign language training and international studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the professions, or international development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That up to $6,556,000 shall be available to continue funding for recipients of multi-year awards under section 204 of the HEA, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (“HEOA”), in accordance with the terms of their awards: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available under section 371 of the HEA for Tribal Colleges and Universities may be used for construction grants, including such funds to recipients of continuation grants for multi-year awards that were made in fiscal year 2008 under section 316 of the HEA, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of enactment of the HEOA, in accordance with the terms of such multi-year awards: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient of a multi-year award under section 316 of the HEA, as that section was in effect prior to the date of enactment of the HEOA, that would have otherwise received a continuation award for fiscal year 2009 under that section, shall receive under section 316, as amended by the HEOA, not less than the amount that such recipient would have received under such a continuation award: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the portion of the funds received under section 316 by a recipient described <page identifier="/us/stat/123/791">123 STAT. 791</page> in the preceding proviso that is equal to the amount of such continuation award shall be used in accordance with the terms of such continuation award: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available to carry out a scholarship program for the purpose of increasing the skilled workforce for industrial health and safety occupations, including mine safety: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Designation.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of Education shall identify these scholarships as “Erma Byrd Scholarships”:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That such scholarships shall be awarded without regard to an applicant’s prior work experience, but the Secretary shall, notwithstanding section 437 of the General Education Provisions Act and <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s553">5 U.S.C. 553</ref>, by notice in the Federal Register, establish the eligibility requirements, service obligations, payback requirements, and other program requirements similar to those specified in section 515 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act as are necessary to implement such a program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That such scholarship funds may be used to replace a student’s expected family contribution, but institutions accepting such scholarship funds may not use these funds to supplant existing institutional aid: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That the Secretary shall be authorized to accept contributions for such scholarships from private sources: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That these funds shall be used for scholarships for academic year 2009–2010 and may be available for scholarships in academic year 2010–2011: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $91,243,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Higher Education</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Howard University</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For partial support of Howard University, $234,977,000, of which not less than $3,464,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $461,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program Account</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 344(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“HEA”), the aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds insured under the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program is authorized to equal but not exceed $725,000,000, which may be used for loans to public and private historically black colleges and universities without regard to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 344(a).</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of guaranteed loans, $10,000,000, as authorized pursuant to Part D of title III of the HEA: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed <page identifier="/us/stat/123/792">123 STAT. 792</page> $100,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $354,000.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Institute of Education Sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $617,175,000, of which $312,241,000 shall be available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for Statewide data systems that include postsecondary and workforce information: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to $5,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for State data coordinators and for awards to public or private organizations or agencies to improve data coordination.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">program administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $433,482,000, of which $5,400,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation of buildings occupied by, Department staff.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office for Civil Rights</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $96,826,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of the Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $54,539,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 301. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Racial desegregation.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="302"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 302. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose <page identifier="/us/stat/123/793">123 STAT. 793</page> of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="303"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 303. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Voluntary prayer.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Meditation.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="304"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 304. </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="305"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 305. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Montana.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The signature pages submitted by Heart Butte School District in Pondera County, Montana, as part of its application for Impact Aid under title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, shall be considered to have been timely and complete for purposes of receiving funding under such program for fiscal year 2009.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="306"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 306. </num><content class="inline">The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds received under this Act as well as any remaining funds received under the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2008, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t48/s1469a">48 U.S.C. 1469a</ref>, under part A of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.</content></section> </level><level><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2009</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by <ref href="/us/pl/92/28">Public Law 92–28</ref>, $5,094,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Corporation for National and Community Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">operating expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and Community Service to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (“1973 Act”) and the National and Community Service <page identifier="/us/stat/123/794">123 STAT. 794</page> Act of 1990 (“1990 Act”), $680,564,000, of which $309,835,000 shall be to carry out the 1973 Act and $370,729,000 shall be to carry out the 1990 Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $27,500,000 of the amount provided under this heading shall be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act at five campuses throughout the United States: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this heading for activities authorized by section 122 and part E of title II of the 1973 Act shall be used to provide stipends or other monetary incentives to program participants or volunteer leaders whose incomes exceed the income guidelines in subsections 211(e) and 213(b) of the 1973 Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding subtitle H of title I of the 1990 Act, none of the funds provided for quality and innovation activities shall be used to support salaries and related expenses (including travel) attributable to Corporation for National and Community Service employees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amounts provided under this heading: (1) not more than $55,000,000 of grants made under subtitle C of the 1990 Act may be used to administer, reimburse, or support any national service program authorized under section 129(d)(2) of the 1990 Act; and (2) $11,790,000 shall be to provide assistance to State commissions on national and community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(4) of the 1990 Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">national service trust</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the National Service Trust established under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (“1990 Act”), $131,075,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Corporation for National and Community Service may transfer additional funds from the amount provided within “Operating Expenses” for grants made under subtitle C of the 1990 Act to this appropriation upon determination that such transfer is necessary to support the activities of national service participants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1513/b">31 U.S.C. 1513(b)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and under section 504(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $71,715,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/795">123 STAT. 795</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $6,512,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 401. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term “<term>qualified student loan</term>” with respect to national service education awards shall mean any loan determined by an institution of higher education to be necessary to cover a student’s cost of attendance at such institution and made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a State agency, in addition to other meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 402. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (“1990 Act”) to assist entities in placing applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 121 of the 1990 Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="403"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 403. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public comment.</p></sidenote> Corporation for National and Community Service (“the Corporation”) shall make any significant changes to program requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2009, during any grant selection process, an officer or employee of the Corporation shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized by the Corporation to receive such information.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="404"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 404. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Professional Corps programs described in section 122(a)(8) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 may apply to the Corporation for National and Community Service for a waiver of application of section 140(c)(2).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="405"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 405. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1342">31 U.S.C. 1342</ref>, the Corporation for National and Community Service (“the Corporation”) may solicit and accept the services of organizations and individuals (other than participants) to assist the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under the national service laws: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That an individual who provides services under this section shall be subject to the same protections and limitations as volunteers under section 196(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="406"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 406. </num><content class="inline">Organizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps Education Awards Program shall do so without regard to the requirements of sections 121(d) and (e), 131(e), 132, and 140(a), (d), and (e) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="407"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 407. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12571">42 USC 12571 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the first three years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share requirement as provided in <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s2521.60">section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, without regard to the operating costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, and subject to partial waiver <page identifier="/us/stat/123/796">123 STAT. 796</page> consistent with <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s2521.70">section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="408"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 408. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, formula-based grants to States and territories under section 129(a)(1)–(2) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to operate AmeriCorps programs may be made if the application describes proposed positions into which participants will be placed, the proposed minimum qualifications of such participants, and includes an assurance that the State will select national service programs for subgrants on a competitive basis, and an assurance that the aforementioned information will be provided for each subgrant awarded prior to the execution of such subgrants.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="409"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 409. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12601a">42 USC 12601a</ref>.</p></sidenote> fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, in addition to amounts otherwise provided to the National Service Trust, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated or otherwise made available, unobligated balances of appropriations available for grants under the National Service Trust Program under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act during such fiscal year may be transferred to the National Service Trust after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, if such funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their period of availability.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="410"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 410. </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts provided in this Act which the Corporation for National and Community Service (“the Corporation”) allocates for the provision of assistance under subsections 129(a) and (b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (“1990 Act”), the Corporation shall apply the formula in section 129(a)(1) of the 1990 Act in such a manner so as to ensure that each State shall receive a minimum of $500,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, in no event shall the total amount allotted under section 129(a)(1) exceed 33⅓ percent of the funds allocated by the Corporation for the provision of assistance under subsections 129(a) and (b) of the 1990 Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="411"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 411. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding section 139(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (“1990 Act”), an individual in an approved national service position performing full-time or part-time national service directly related to disaster relief efforts may continue in that term of service for a period of 6 months beyond the periods otherwise specified in sections 139(b) and 153(e) of the 1990 Act or section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. Service in an extended term as provided under this section shall constitute a single term of service for purposes of sections 146(b) and (c) of the 1990 Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="412"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 412. </num><content class="inline">Donations made to the Corporation for National and Community Service (“the Corporation”) under section 196 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (“1990 Act”) for the purposes of financing programs and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitles B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and not supplant current programs and operations.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/797">123 STAT. 797</page></content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Corporation for Public Broadcasting</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (“Corporation”), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2011, $430,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no funds made available to the Corporation by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government officials or employees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Political test.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds made available to the Corporation by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of the Corporation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2009, in addition to the amounts provided above, $34,591,000 shall be for costs related to digital program production, development, and distribution, associated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital broadcasting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation in consultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, or their designated representatives: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2009, in addition to the amounts provided above, $26,642,000 is available pursuant to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications Act of 1934 for replacement and upgrade of the public radio interconnection system: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to the Corporation by this Act, division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, or the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, shall be used to support the Television Future Fund or any similar purpose.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (“Service”) to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, $45,476,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for education, training, and professional development of the agency workforce: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/798">123 STAT. 798</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, $8,653,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Institute of Museum and Library Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of museum and library services: grants and administration</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act, $274,840,000, of which $10,737,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “<headingText>Office of Museum and Library Services: Grants and Administration</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds may be made available for support through inter-agency agreement or grant to commemorative Federal commissions that support museum and library activities, in partnership with libraries and museums that are eligible for funding under programs carried out by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Medicare Payment Advisory Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social Security Act, $11,403,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Council on Disability</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $3,206,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Labor Relations Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $262,595,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated <page identifier="/us/stat/123/799">123 STAT. 799</page> on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Mediation Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President, $12,992,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, $11,186,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Railroad Retirement Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Dual Benefits Payments Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $72,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2009 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of <ref href="/us/pl/98/76">Public Law 98–76</ref>; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual benefits: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal year.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Federal Payments to the Railroad Retirement Accounts</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010, which shall be the maximum amount available for payment pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/98/76/s417">section 417 of Public Law 98–76</ref>.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Limitation on Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board (“Board”) for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $105,463,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">limitation on the office of inspector general</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General (“Office”) for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $7,806,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds <page identifier="/us/stat/123/800">123 STAT. 800</page> made available in any other paragraph of this Act may be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, office supplies, communications facilities or services, maintenance services, or administrative services for the Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office, except as permitted pursuant to the last proviso under this heading in division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Social Security Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Payments to Social Security Trust Funds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,406,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Supplemental Security Income Program</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, <ref href="/us/pl/92/603/s401">section 401 of Public Law 92–603</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/93/66/s212">section 212 of Public Law 93–66</ref>, as amended, and <ref href="/us/pl/95/216/s405">section 405 of Public Law 95–216</ref>, including payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $30,471,537,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, $15,400,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Limitation on Administrative Expenses</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation expenses, not more than $10,067,500,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2009 not needed for fiscal year 2009 shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7131">5 U.S.C. 7131</ref>, and for facilities or <page identifier="/us/stat/123/801">123 STAT. 801</page> support services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are made.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  From funds provided under the first paragraph, not less than $264,000,000 shall be available for the cost associated with conducting continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to the amounts made available above, and subject to the same terms and conditions, $240,000,000, for additional continuing disability reviews and redeterminations of eligibility: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of these additional amounts, similar to the reports that were required by <ref href="/us/pl/104/121/s103/d/2">section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121</ref> for fiscal years 1996 through 2002.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $145,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or <ref href="/us/pl/93/66/s212/b/3">section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66</ref>, which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2009 exceed $145,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2010 only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, which shall remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $28,000,000, together with not to exceed $70,127,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. </p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the “Limitation on Administrative Expenses”, Social Security Administration, to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for which this account is available:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That notice of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="V">TITLE V</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 501. </num><content class="inline">The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall <page identifier="/us/stat/123/802">123 STAT. 802</page> be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 502. </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="503"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 503. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Lobbying.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State legislature itself.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="504"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 504. </num><content class="inline">The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for “Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and expenses”; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for “National Mediation Board, Salaries and expenses”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="505"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 505. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Needle distribution.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="506"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 506. </num><chapeau class="inline">When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="507"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 507. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> term “<term>health benefits coverage</term>” means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/803">123 STAT. 803</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="508"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 508. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>In this subsection, the term “<term>health care entity</term>” includes an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="509"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 509. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Human embryos.</p></sidenote><chapeau>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s46.204/b">45 CFR 46.204(b)</ref> and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s289g/b">42 U.S.C. 289g(b)</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> purposes of this section, the term “<term>human embryo or embryos</term>” includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/pt46">45 CFR 46</ref> as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="510"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 510. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Drugs and drug abuse.</p></sidenote><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/804">123 STAT. 804</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="511"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 511. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="512"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 512. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4212/d">38 U.S.C. 4212(d)</ref> regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>such<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="513"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 513. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="514"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 514. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="515"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 515. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be made available to any elementary or secondary school covered by paragraph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act, as amended by the Children’s Internet Protection Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, unless the local educational agency with responsibility for such covered school has made the certifications required by paragraph (2) of such section.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="516"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 516. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notifications.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates new programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>relocates an office or employees;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>reorganizes or renames offices;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>reorganizes programs or activities; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/805">123 STAT. 805</page></continuation></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>augments existing programs, projects (including construction projects), or activities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier.</continuation></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="517"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 517. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Political disclosures.</p></sidenote><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Scientific information.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false or misleading.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="518"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 518. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Within<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Operating plan.</p></sidenote> 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2009 that are different than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or the fiscal year 2009 budget request.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="519"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 519. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Aliens.</p></sidenote> of the funds in this Act may be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="520"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 520. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding $100,000 in value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2009, but not to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental purpose, including a justification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report is submitted.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="521"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 521. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies <page identifier="/us/stat/123/806">123 STAT. 806</page> in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="522"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 522. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage based on work performed under a social security account number that is not the claimant’s number and the performance of such work under such number has formed the basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="523"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>523. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 14002(a)(2)(A)(i) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/5">Public Law 111–5</ref>) is<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><i>Ante</i>, p. 280.</p></sidenote> amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>education</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>secondary</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Section 14002(b)(1) of such division <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>14001</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>14001(d)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Section 14003(a) of such division<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><i>Ante</i>, p. 281.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the Adult and Family Literacy Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1400/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.</ref>)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s9201/etseq">20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.</ref>)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Section 14005(a) of such division<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><i>Ante</i>, p. 282.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>14001</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>14001(d)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>Section 14005(d)(4)(C) of such division<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><i>Ante</i>, p. 283.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>6401(e)(1)(9)(A)(ii)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>6401(e)(1)(A)(ii)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><chapeau>Section 14005(d)(5) of such division <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1116(a)(7)(C)(iv)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1116(b)(7)(C)(iv)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1116(a)(8)(B)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1116(b)(8)(B)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><content>Section 14011 of such division<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><i>Ante</i>, p. 285.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period at the end the following: “<quotedText>, unless such funds are used to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities, as authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1400/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.</ref>)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><content>Section 14012(c) of such division<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><i>Ante</i>, p. 286.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Criteria.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall not grant a waiver or modification under this section unless the Secretary determines that the State receiving such waiver or modification will not provide for elementary, secondary, and public higher education, for the fiscal year under consideration, a smaller percentage of the total revenues available to the State than the percentage provided for such purpose in the preceding fiscal year.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/807">123 STAT. 807</page></content></subsection></section> <num value="VI">TITLE VI</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101">8 USC 1101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">AFGHAN ALLIES PROTECTION ACT OF 2009<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Afghan Allies</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Protection Act</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">of 2009.</p></sidenote></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="601">SEC. 601. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009</shortTitle>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num value="602">SEC. 602. </num><heading>PROTECTION FOR AFGHAN ALLIES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section, the term “<term>appropriate committees of Congress</term>” means—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Immigrant Status for Certain Afghans</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary of Homeland Security, or, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may provide an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) with the status of a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/27">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)</ref>), if the alien—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>or an agent acting on behalf of the alien, submits a petition for classification under section 203(b)(4) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1153/b/4">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)</ref>);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant visa;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>is otherwise admissible to the United States for permanent residence (excluding the grounds for inadmissibility specified in section 212(a)(4) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1182/a/4">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)</ref>); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>clears a background check and appropriate screening, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Aliens described</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Principal aliens</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An alien is described in this subparagraph if the alien—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>is a citizen or national of Afghanistan;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>was or is employed by or on behalf of the United States Government in Afghanistan on or after October 7, 2001, for not less than one year;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>provided faithful and valuable service to the United States Government, which is documented in a positive recommendation or evaluation, subject to subparagraph (D), from the employee’s senior supervisor or the person currently occupying that position, or a more senior person, if the employee’s senior supervisor has left the employer or has left Afghanistan; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>has experienced or is experiencing an ongoing serious threat as a consequence of the alien’s employment by the United States Government.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Spouse or child</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An alien is described in this subparagraph if the alien—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/808">123 STAT. 808</page> <clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>is the spouse or child of a principal alien described in subparagraph (A); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>is accompanying or following to join the principal alien in the United States.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Surviving spouse or child</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An alien is described in this subparagraph if the alien—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>was the spouse or child of a principal alien described in subparagraph (A) who had a petition for classification approved pursuant to this section or section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/163">Public Law 109–163</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 note</ref>) which included the alien as an accompanying spouse or child; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>due to the death of the principal alien—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>such petition was revoked or terminated (or otherwise rendered null); and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>such petition would have been approved if the principal alien had survived.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Approval by chief of mission required</inline>.—</heading><content>A<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Risk assessment.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p></sidenote> recommendation or evaluation required under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be accompanied by approval from the appropriate Chief of Mission, or the designee of the appropriate Chief of Mission, who shall conduct a risk assessment of the alien and an independent review of records maintained by the United States Government or hiring organization or entity to confirm employment and faithful and valuable service to the United States Government prior to approval of a petition under this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Numerical limitations</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the total number of principal aliens who may be provided special immigrant status under this section may not exceed 1,500 per year for each of the fiscal years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exclusion from numerical limitations</inline>.—</heading><content>Aliens provided special immigrant status under this subsection shall not be counted against any numerical limitation under sections 201(d), 202(a), or 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1151/d">8 U.S.C. 1151(d)</ref>, 1152(a), and 1153(b)(4)).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Carry forward</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fiscal years 2009 through 2013</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If the numerical limitation specified in subparagraph (A) is not reached during a given fiscal year, with respect to fiscal year 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, or 2013, the numerical limitation specified in such subparagraph for the following fiscal year shall be increased by a number equal to the difference between—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>the numerical limitation specified in subparagraph (A) for the given fiscal year; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>the number of principal aliens provided special immigrant status under this section during the given fiscal year.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fiscal year 2014</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If the numerical limitation determined under clause (i) is not reached in fiscal year 2013, the total number of principal aliens who may be provided special immigrant status under this <page identifier="/us/stat/123/809">123 STAT. 809</page> subsection for fiscal year 2014 shall be equal to the difference between—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>the numerical limitation determined under clause (i) for fiscal year 2013; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>the number of principal aliens provided such status under this section during fiscal year 2013.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition on fees</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of State may not charge an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) any fee in connection with an application for, or issuance of, a special immigrant visa under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance with passport issuance</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of State shall make a reasonable effort to ensure that an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) who is issued a special immigrant visa pursuant to this subsection is provided with the appropriate series Afghan passport necessary to enter the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Protection of aliens</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall make a reasonable effort to provide an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) who is seeking special immigrant status under this subsection protection or to immediately remove such alien from Afghanistan, if possible, if the Secretary determines, after consultation, that such alien is in imminent danger.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other eligibility for immigrant status</inline>.—</heading><content>No alien shall be denied the opportunity to apply for admission under this subsection solely because such alien qualifies as an immediate relative or is eligible for any other immigrant classification.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Resettlement support</inline>.—</heading><content>A citizen or national of Afghanistan who is granted special immigrant status described in section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/27">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)</ref>) shall be eligible for resettlement assistance, entitlement programs, and other benefits available to refugees admitted under section 207 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1157">8 U.S.C. 1157</ref>) for a period not to exceed 8 months.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Adjustment of status</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding paragraph (2), (7), or (8) of subsection (c) of section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</ref>), the Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the status of an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) of this subsection or in section 1244(b) of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/181">Public Law 110–181</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/397">122 Stat. 397</ref>) to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under subsection (a) of such section 245 if the alien—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>was paroled or admitted as a nonimmigrant into the United States; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>is otherwise eligible for special immigrant status under—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i)</num><subclause class="inline"><num value="I">(I) </num><content>this subsection; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>such section 1244(b); and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101/etseq">8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</ref>).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report on implementation and authority to carry out administrative measures</inline>.—</heading><page identifier="/us/stat/123/810">123 STAT. 810</page> <subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement for report</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the implementation of this subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Content of report</inline>.—</heading><content>The report required by subparagraph (A) shall describe actions taken, and additional administrative measures that may be needed, to ensure the integrity of the program established under this subsection and the national security interests of the United States related to such program.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority to carry out administrative measures</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State shall implement any additional administrative measures described in subparagraph (B) as they may deem necessary and appropriate to ensure the integrity of the program established under this subsection and the national security interests of the United States related to such program.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual report on use of special immigrant status</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the number of citizens or nationals of Afghanistan or Iraq who have applied for status as special immigrants under this subsection or section 1244 of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/181">Public Law 110–181</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/396">122 Stat. 396</ref>).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Content</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each report required by subparagraph (A) submitted in a fiscal year shall include the following information for the previous fiscal year:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>The number of citizens or nationals of Afghanistan or Iraq who submitted an application for status as a special immigrant pursuant to this section or section 1244 of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/181">Public Law 110–181</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/396">122 Stat. 396</ref>), disaggregated—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by the number of principal aliens applying for such status; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by the number of spouses and children of principal aliens applying for such status.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>The number of applications referred to in clause (i) that—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>were approved; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>were denied, including a description of the basis for each denial.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information Regarding Citizens or Nationals of Afghanistan Employed by the United States or Federal Contractors in Afghanistan</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement to compile information</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p></sidenote> later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/811">123 STAT. 811</page> <clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>review internal records and databases of their respective agencies for information that can be used to verify employment of citizens or nationals of Afghanistan by the United States Government; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>request from each prime contractor or grantee that has performed work in Afghanistan since October 7, 2001, under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with their respective agencies that is valued in excess of $25,000, information that may be used to verify the employment of such citizens or nationals by such contractor or grantee.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information required</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent data is available, the information referred to in subparagraph (A) shall include the name and dates of employment of, biometric data for, and other data that can be used to verify the employment of each citizen or national of Afghanistan who has performed work in Afghanistan since October 7, 2001, under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an executive agency.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report on establishment of database</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report examining the options for establishing a unified and classified database of information related to contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements entered into by executive agencies for the performance of work in Afghanistan since October 7, 2001, including the information described and collected under paragraph (1), to be used by relevant Federal departments and agencies to adjudicate refugee, asylum, special immigrant visa, and other immigration claims and applications.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report on noncompliance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the inability or unwillingness of any contractor or grantee to provide the information requested under paragraph (1)(A)(ii); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the reasons that such contractor or grantee provided for failing to provide such information.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Executive agency defined</inline>.—</heading><content>In this subsection, the term “<term>executive agency</term>” has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s403">41 U.S.C. 403</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security under section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/163">Public Law 109–163</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 note</ref>).</content></subsection><page identifier="/us/stat/123/812">123 STAT. 812</page></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009”.

 DIVISION G—LEGISLATIVE

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009.

 BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s60a">2 USC 60a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">LEGISLATIVE BRANCH</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SENATE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Expense Allowances</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $180,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries, Officers and Employees</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, $171,699,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the following limitations:</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of the vice president</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Office of the Vice President, $2,413,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of the president pro tempore</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $720,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of the president pro tempore emeritus</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $100,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">offices of the majority and minority leaders</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $4,998,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">offices of the majority and minority whips</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,096,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">committee on appropriations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $15,200,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/813">123 STAT. 813</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">conference committees</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, $1,655,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,310,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the conference of the minority</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $814,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">policy committees</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,690,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,380,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of the chaplain</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Office of the Chaplain, $397,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of the secretary</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Office of the Secretary, $24,020,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $66,800,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $1,758,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">agency contributions and related expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by law, and related expenses, $44,693,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $6,743,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Senate Legal Counsel</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, $1,484,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority of the Senate</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,500; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; in all, $30,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/814">123 STAT. 814</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Contingent Expenses of the Senate</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">inquiries and investigations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (<ref href="/us/pl/96/304">Public Law 96–304</ref>), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $137,400,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics control</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, $520,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">secretary of the senate</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, $2,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $153,601,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">miscellaneous items</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For miscellaneous items, $21,043,000, of which up to $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the purpose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) at which the Senator will personally attend: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other funds available to the Senator.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">senators’ official personnel and office expense account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, $400,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Official Mail Costs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, $300,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s61–1">2 USC 61–1</ref></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">and note.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of Senators.</inline> <i> </i></heading><content class="inline"> Effective on and after October 1, 2008, each of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s61–1/d/1/A">2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)</ref>) shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in effect on September 30, 2008, increased by an additional $50,000 each.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s61h–6">2 USC 61h–6</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultants.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><page identifier="/us/stat/123/815">123 STAT. 815</page> <paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s61h–6/a">2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>eight individual consultants</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>nine individual consultants</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The second sentence of section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s61h–6/a">2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>two individual consultants</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>three individual consultants</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>This<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s61h–6">2 USC 61h–6 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter.</content></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $1,301,267,000, as follows:</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">house leadership offices</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $25,113,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $4,879,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,436,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,390,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $2,115,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,630,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $501,000; Republican Steering Committee, $950,000; Republican Conference, $1,777,000; Republican Policy Committee, $337,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,315,000; Democratic Caucus, $1,749,000; nine minority employees, $1,502,000; training and program development—majority, $290,000; training and program development—minority, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $476,000; and Cloakroom Personnel—minority, $476,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Members’ Representational Allowances Including Members’ Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and Official Mail</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $609,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Committee Employees</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Standing Committees, Special and Select</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and select, authorized by House resolutions, $154,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2010, except that $9,500,000 of such amount shall remain available until expended for committee room upgrading.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/816">123 STAT. 816</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Committee on Appropriations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, $31,300,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2010.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries, Officers and Employees</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as authorized by law, $187,954,000, including: for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $23,000, of which not more than $20,000 is for the Family Room, for official representation and reception expenses, $27,457,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until December 31, 2010 and $2,060,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $8,355,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, including not more than $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $125,838,000, of which $7,057,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $4,945,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $3,974,000, to remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,357,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $173,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $2,007,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,057,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $8,337,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $777,000; for other authorized employees, $1,158,000; and for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian, including the costs of the House Fellows Program (including lodging and related expenses for visiting Program participants), $519,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Allowances and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or law, $293,900,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, $11,656,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $201,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $260,703,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor Center, $1,900,000, to remain available until expended; Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $18,698,000, of which $6,260,000 shall remain available until expended; and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/817">123 STAT. 817</page> miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $742,000. </content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Child Care Center</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s2062">2 U.S.C. 2062</ref>), subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 101. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members’ Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction or To Reduce the Federal Debt</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—<inline class="smallCaps">Salaries and Expenses—Members’ Representational Allowances</inline>” shall be available only for fiscal year 2009. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2009 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition</inline>.—</heading><content>As used in this section, the term “<term>Member of the House of Representatives</term>” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 102. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall deposit all amounts received as promotional rebates and incentives on credit card purchases, balances, and payments into the House Services Revolving Fund under section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s117m/a">2 U.S.C. 117m(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>The collection of promotional rebates and incentives on credit card purchases, balances, and payments.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s117m">2 USC 117m note</ref>.</p></sidenote> amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 103. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s95b">2 U.S.C. 95b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><content>Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the heading ‘<headingText>Allowances and Expenses</headingText>’ may be transferred to the Architect of the Capitol and made available under the heading ‘<headingText>House Office Buildings</headingText>’, subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s95b">2 USC 95b note</ref>.</p></sidenote> amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/818">123 STAT. 818</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 104. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s74a–10a">2 USC 74a–10a</ref>.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Effective with respect to fiscal year 2008 and each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for each of the following offices is increased as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The allowance for the office of the Majority Floor Leader is increased by $200,000.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The allowance for the office of the Minority Floor Leader is increased by $200,000.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Effective<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote> with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for each of the following offices is increased as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The allowance for the office of the Majority Whip is increased by $72,000.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The allowance for the office of the Minority Whip is increased by $72,000.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 105. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s95b">2 U.S.C. 95b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>transferred among</quotedText>” each place it appears in subsections (a), (b), and (c)(1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>transferred among and merged with</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Section 101(c)(2) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s95b/c">2 U.S.C. 95b(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The headings referred to in paragraph (1) are ‘House Leadership Offices’, ‘Members’ Representational Allowances’, ‘Committee Employees’, ‘Salaries, Officers and Employees’, and ‘Allowances and Expenses’.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s95b">2 USC 95b note</ref>.</p></sidenote> amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 106. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Permitting House Child Care Center To Offer Services for School-Age Children.</inline></heading><content class="inline">—Section 312(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s2062/a/1">2 U.S.C. 2062(a)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>pre-school child care</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: “<quotedText>pre-school child care and (subject to the approval of regulations by the Committee on House Administration) child care for school age children other than during the course of the ordinary school day</quotedText>”.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">JOINT ITEMS</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Joint Committees, as follows:</chapeau><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Joint Economic Committee</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, $4,626,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Joint Committee on Taxation</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, $10,719,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For other joint items, as follows:</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Attending Physician</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/819">123 STAT. 819</page> Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to one Senior Medical Officer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to two assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (5) $2,223,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, $3,105,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Congressional Accessibility Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, $800,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $9,940,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and Special Services Office.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Statements of Appropriations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the statements for the second session of the 110th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CAPITOL POLICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government contributions for health, retirement, social security, professional liability insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $248,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal and professional services, the employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, communication services, travel advances, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/820">123 STAT. 820</page> relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official representation and reception expenses, $57,750,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2009 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provision</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1001"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1001. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfer Authority</inline>.</heading><content class="inline">—Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the headings “<inline class="smallCaps">salaries</inline>” and “<inline class="smallCaps">general expenses</inline>” upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1385">2 U.S.C. 1385</ref>), $4,072,000, of which $800,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not more than $500 may be expended on the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in connection with official representation and reception expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception expenses, $44,082,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the general and administrative support of the operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings <page identifier="/us/stat/123/821">123 STAT. 821</page> and office equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle, $90,659,000, of which $1,505,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Building</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol, $35,840,000, of which $10,681,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Grounds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $9,649,000, of which $340,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Senate Office Buildings</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, $69,359,000, of which $9,743,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">House Office Buildings</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the House office buildings, $65,814,000, of which $19,603,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Power Plant</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $149,042,000, of which $63,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not more than $8,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2009.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Library Buildings and Grounds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/822">123 STAT. 822</page> grounds, $39,094,000, of which $13,640,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security operations, $18,996,000, of which $3,497,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Botanic Garden</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, $10,906,000, of which $2,055,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amount made available under this heading, the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the National Garden established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s2146">2 U.S.C. 2146</ref>), upon vouchers approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Visitor Center</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center project, $31,124,000, to remain available until expended, and in addition, $9,103,000 for Capitol Visitor Center operations costs: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which are made available for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an obligation plan approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1101. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1811">2 USC 1811 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Collection and Sale of Recyclable Materials</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment of program</inline>.—</heading><content>The Architect of the Capitol shall establish a program for the collection and sale of recyclable materials collected from or on the Capitol buildings and grounds, in accordance with the procedures applicable under subchapter III of chapter 5 of <ref href="/us/usc/t40/stI">subtitle I of title 40, United States Code</ref> to the sale of surplus property by an executive agency.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exclusion of materials subject to other programs</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The program established under this section shall not apply with respect to any materials which are subject to collection and sale under—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the third undesignated paragraph under the center heading “<headingText>MISCELLANEOUS</headingText>” in the first section of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes”, approved August 7, 1882 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s117">2 U.S.C. 117</ref>);<page identifier="/us/stat/123/823">123 STAT. 823</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by reference in identical form by <ref href="/us/pl/99/500/s101/j">section 101(j) of Public Law 99–500</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/99/591">Public Law 99–591</ref>) (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s117e">2 U.S.C. 117e</ref>);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the Senate waste recycling program referred to in section 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s121f">2 U.S.C. 121f</ref>); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>any other authorized program for the collection and sale of recyclable materials.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Revolving Fund</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>There is established in the Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, which shall consist of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>proceeds from the sale of recyclable materials under the program established under this section; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>such amounts as may be appropriated under law.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of fund</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Amounts<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p></sidenote> in the revolving fund established under paragraph (1) shall be available without fiscal year limitation to the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the Architect providing prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>to carry out the program established under this section;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>to carry out authorized programs and activities of the Architect to improve the environment; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>to carry out authorized programs and activities of the Architect to promote energy savings.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>This section shall apply with respect to each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1102. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1823a">2 USC 1823a</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Permitting Leasing of Space.</inline>—</heading><chapeau>Subject to the availability of funds, the Architect of the Capitol may acquire real property by lease for the use of the Library of Congress in any State or the District of Columbia if—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Property request.</p></sidenote> Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress submit a joint request for the Architect to lease the property to the Joint Committee on the Library and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the Joint Committee on the Library and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate each approve the request.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfer of Funds.</inline>—</heading><content>Subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress may transfer between themselves appropriations or other available funds to pay the costs incurred in acquiring real property pursuant to the authority of this section and the costs of necessary expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of the property.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limit on Obligations.</inline>—</heading><content>No obligation entered into pursuant to the authority of this section shall be in advance of, or in excess of, available appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date.</inline>—</heading><content>This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/824">123 STAT. 824</page></content></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $419,030,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2009, and shall remain available until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; <ref href="/us/stat/32/480">32 Stat. 480</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s150">2 U.S.C. 150</ref>) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2009 and shall remain available until expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal information database and activities related thereto: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $6,350,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the total amount appropriated, $17,959,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011 for the partial acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions to the collections: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, $7,170,000 shall remain available until expended for the digital collections and educational curricula program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,495,000 shall remain available until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the purposes of <ref href="/us/pl/106/173">Public Law 106–173</ref>, of which $10,000 may be used for official representation and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the total amount appropriated, $560,000 shall be transferred to the Federal Library and Information Center’s FEDLINK Program:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the total amount appropriated, $190,000 shall be used to provide a grant to the New York Historical Society for the digitization of its collection:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the total amount appropriated, $95,000 shall be used to provide a grant to the University of Florida for development of a library of original case studies.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/825">123 STAT. 825</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Copyright Office</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $51,592,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to remain available until expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2009 under <ref href="/us/usc/t17/s708/d">section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under such section, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $4,564,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2009 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $33,315,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an “International Copyright Institute” in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and policies: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any provision of <ref href="/us/usc/t17/ch8">chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code</ref>, any amounts made available under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 802(e).</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Congressional Research Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s166">2 U.S.C. 166</ref>) and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America, $107,323,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; <ref href="/us/stat/46/1487">46 Stat. 1487</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s135a">2 U.S.C. 135a</ref>), $68,816,000, of which $30,155,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be <page identifier="/us/stat/123/826">123 STAT. 826</page> available to contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents at no cost to the individual.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1201. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incentive Awards Program.</inline></heading><content class="inline">—Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for the incentive awards program.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1202. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General.</inline>—</heading><content>For fiscal year 2009, the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed $134,212,000.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Activities.</inline>—</heading><content>The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfer of Funds.</inline>—</heading><content>During fiscal year 2009, the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act, under the heading “<headingText>Library of Congress</headingText>”, under the subheading “<headingText>Salaries and expenses</headingText>”, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/481">Public Law 106–481</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s182c">2 U.S.C. 182c</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the total amount of such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before the period of availability of the Library appropriation expires.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1203. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfer Authority.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General.</inline>—</heading><content>Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for the Library of Congress may be transferred during fiscal year 2009 between any of the headings under the heading “<headingText>Library of Congress</headingText>” upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation.</inline>—</heading><content>Not more than 10 percent of the total amount of funds appropriated to the account under any heading under the heading “<headingText>Library of Congress</headingText>” for fiscal year 2009 may be transferred from that account by all transfers made under subsection (a).</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1204. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> Section 5(d) of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t36">36 U.S.C. note</ref> prec. 101; <ref href="/us/pl/106/173">Public Law 106–173</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>that member may continue to serve on the Commission for not longer than the 30-day period beginning on the date that member ceases to be a Member of Congress</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>that member may continue to serve on the Commission for the life of the Commission</quotedText>”.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Congressional Printing and Binding</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary <page identifier="/us/stat/123/827">123 STAT. 827</page> for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t44/s902">section 902 of title 44, United States Code</ref>); printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient, $96,828,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s906">section 906 of title 44, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s718">section 718 of title 44, United States Code</ref>, none of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress under <ref href="/us/usc/t44/ch7">chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code</ref>, may be expended to print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s718">section 718 of title 44, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Superintendent of Documents</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $38,744,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 to depository and other designated libraries: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Government Printing Office Revolving Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund, $4,995,000 for information technology development and facilities repair: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts <page identifier="/us/stat/123/828">123 STAT. 828</page> and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9104">section 9104 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer in connection with official representation and reception expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t44">title 44, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent services under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109/b">section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That activities financed through the revolving fund may provide information in any format: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings “Office of Superintendent of Documents” and “Salaries and Expenses” may not be used for contracted security services at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE </heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Government Accountability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109/b">section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3324">section 3324 of title 31, United States Code</ref>; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4081/5">22 U.S.C. 4081(5)</ref>, (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $531,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not more than $5,375,000 of payments received under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s782">section 782 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not more than $2,260,000 of reimbursements received under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9105">section 9105 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/829">123 STAT. 829</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provision</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 1301. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal and Modification of Certain Reporting Requirements.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Spectrum Relocation Fund Transfers</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 118(e)(1)(B) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t47/s928/e/1/B">47 U.S.C. 928(e)(1)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (ii) by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in clause (iii) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a period; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> clause (iv).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of Funds in Projects Constructed Under Projected Cost</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 211(d) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3151/d">42 U.S.C. 3151(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (d) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Review by Comptroller General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Comptroller General of the United States shall regularly review the implementation of this section.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">GAO Study and Report on Impact of Safe Harbor on Medigap Policies</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 5201(b)(2) of title V of division J of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (<ref href="/us/pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7a">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a note</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">GAO Report on Date Rape Drug Campaign</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 7(b)(3) of the Hillary J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/172">Public Law 106–172</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s801">21 U.S.C. 801 note</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Inspector General Audit and GAO Report on Enrollees Eligible for Medicaid</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2108(d) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397hh/d">42 U.S.C. 1397hh(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the heading by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">and GAO Report</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (3).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">GAO Report on MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 1858(e)(7) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–27a/e/7">42 U.S.C. 1395w–27a(e)(7)</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Breast Implants; Study by Comptroller General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 214 of the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/250">Public Law 107–250</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s289g–3">42 U.S.C. 289g–3 note</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disposition of Rights</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><ref href="/us/usc/t35/s202/b">Section 202(b) of title 35, United States Code</ref> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (3); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1151">2 U.S.C. 1151</ref>), $13,900,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1105">2 U.S.C. 1105</ref>), $430,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/830">123 STAT. 830</page></content></appropriations> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 201. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance and Care of Private Vehicles.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 202. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fiscal Year Limitation.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2009 unless expressly so provided in this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 203. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rates of Compensation and Designation.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (<ref href="/us/stat/46/32/etseq">46 Stat. 32 et seq.</ref>) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 204. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consulting Services.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 205. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Awards and Settlements.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1415/a">2 U.S.C. 1415(a)</ref>) to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 206. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Costs of LBFMC.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> Amounts available for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 207. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Landscape Maintenance.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 208. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on Transfers.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/831">123 STAT. 831</page> or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="209"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 209. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Guided Tours of the Capitol.</inline></heading><subsection class="inline"><num value="a"> (a) </num><content>Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employees and interns described in subsection (a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="210"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 210. </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on Certain Inspectors General Authority To Use Firearms.</inline></heading><content class="inline"> None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Inspector General of the Architect of the Capitol or the Inspector General of the Library of Congress to purchase, maintain, or carry any firearm.</content></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009”.

 DIVISION H—DEPARTMENT

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009.

 OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF STATE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration of Foreign Affairs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">diplomatic and consular programs</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $5,360,318,000, of which $1,117,000,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection (to remain available until expended), to be allocated as follows: </chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Human resources</inline>.—</heading><content>For necessary expenses for training, human resources management, and salaries, including employment without regard to civil service and classification laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, $2,118,598,000 to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which not less than $130,637,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy American salaries.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Overseas programs</inline>.—</heading><content>For necessary expenses for the regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, $1,548,617,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which not less than <page identifier="/us/stat/123/832">123 STAT. 832</page> $264,169,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy international information programs. </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Diplomatic policy and support</inline>.—</heading><content>For necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department of State including representation to certain international organizations in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament activities as authorized, $585,078,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010. </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Security programs</inline>.—</heading><content>For necessary expenses for security activities, $1,108,025,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fees and payments collected</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In addition to amounts otherwise made available under this heading—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>not to exceed $1,605,150 shall be derived from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of facilities located at the International Center in accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act, and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by that section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section; </content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>as authorized by section 810 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, and publication programs and from fees from educational advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges and fees for use of Blair House facilities. </content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfer and reprogramming</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and between subsections under this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. </content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Of the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service</headingText>”, to be available only for emergency evacuations and rewards, as authorized.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Funds appropriated under this heading are available for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1108/g">31 U.S.C. 1108(g)</ref>, for the field examination of programs and activities in the United States funded from any account contained in this title.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">CIVILIAN STABILIZATION INITIATIVE<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Establishment.</p></sidenote></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to establish, support, maintain, mobilize, and deploy a civilian response corps in coordination with the United States Agency for International Development, and for related reconstruction and stabilization assistance to prevent or <page identifier="/us/stat/123/833">123 STAT. 833</page> respond to conflict or civil strife in foreign countries or regions, or to enable transition from such strife, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That up to $23,014,000 may be made available in fiscal year 2009 to provide administrative expenses for the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Transfer authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law and following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, the President may exercise transfer authorities contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for reconstruction and stabilization assistance managed by the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, United States Department of State, only to support an actively deployed civilian response corps, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall submit a coordinated joint spending plan for funds made available under this heading and under the heading “<headingText>Civilian Stabilization Initiative</headingText>” in title II of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Capital Investment Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, $71,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That <ref href="/us/pl/103/236/s135/e">section 135(e) of Public Law 103–236</ref> shall not apply to funds available under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $37,000,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/pl/96/465">Public Law 96–465</ref>), as it relates to post inspections.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, as authorized, $538,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments received from or in connection with English teaching, educational advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs as authorized.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Representation Allowances</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For representation allowances as authorized, $8,175,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">protection of foreign missions and officials</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as authorized, $22,814,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s292–303">22 U.S.C. 292–303</ref>), preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings that are owned or directly leased by the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds <page identifier="/us/stat/123/834">123 STAT. 834</page> otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, $801,344,000, to remain available until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and overseas representation as authorized: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other departments and agencies. </proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, $770,000,000, to remain available until expended:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds made available by this paragraph may not be obligated until a plan is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations with the proposed allocation of funds made available by this Act and by proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2009:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Under Secretary for Management, United States Department of State, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on a regular and ongoing basis on the design of any proposed self-financed New Embassy Compound. </proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for necessary expenses for overseas facility construction and related costs for the United States Agency for International Development, pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $135,225,000, to remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Repatriation Loans Program Account</headingText>”, subject to the same terms and conditions.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and/or overseas wage and price changes, as authorized by section 24(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2696/b">22 U.S.C. 2696(b)</ref>), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. </content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Repatriation Loans Program Account</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(Including Transfer of Funds)</subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, $678,000, as authorized: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $675,000, which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Diplomatic and Consular Programs</headingText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/835">123 STAT. 835</page></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act (<ref href="/us/pl/96/8">Public Law 96–8</ref>), $16,840,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $157,100,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Organizations</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">contributions to international organizations</inline><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s269a">22 USC 269a note</ref>.</p></sidenote></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet annual obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conventions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,529,400,000:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Budget.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">United Nations.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">United Nations.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any United Nations action to increase funding for any United Nations program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any payment of arrearages under this title shall be directed toward activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respective international organization: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for a United States contribution to an international organization for the United States share of interest costs made known to the United States Government by such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external borrowings.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">contributions for international peacekeeping activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance or restoration of international peace and security, $1,517,000,000, of which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2010:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notifications.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Human trafficking.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable): (1) the Committees on Appropriations are notified of the estimated cost and length of the mission, the national interest that will be served, and the planned exit strategy; (2) the Committees on Appropriations are notified that the United Nations has taken appropriate measures to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping forces serving in any United Nations peacekeeping mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting <page identifier="/us/stat/123/836">123 STAT. 836</page> victims of trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation, and to hold accountable individuals who engage in such acts while participating in the peacekeeping mission, including the prosecution in their home countries of such individuals in connection with such acts; and (3) notification pursuant to section 7015 of this Act is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, setting forth the source of funds that will be used to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a certification by the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropriations that American manufacturers and suppliers are being given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Commissions<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s269a">22 USC 269a note</ref>.</p></sidenote></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation; as follows:</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, $32,256,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized projects, $43,250,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">American Sections, International Commissions</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Canada.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Great Britain.</p></sidenote> expenses, not otherwise provided, $11,649,000, of which $7,559,000 is for the International Joint Commission and $1,970,000 is for the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and $2,120,000 is for the Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/103/182">Public Law 103–182</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Availability date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> of the amount provided under this heading for the International Joint Commission, $9,000 may be made available for representation expenses 45 days after submission to the Committees on Appropriations of a report detailing obligations, expenditures, and associated activities for fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, including any unobligated funds which expired at the end of each fiscal year and the justification for why such funds were not obligated.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/837">123 STAT. 837</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">international fisheries commissions</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $29,925,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the United States share of such expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3324">31 U.S.C. 3324</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Broadcasting Board of Governors</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">International Broadcasting Operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cuba.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Middle East.</p></sidenote> expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out international communication activities, including the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio and television transmission and reception and purchase, lease, and installation of necessary equipment for radio and television transmission and reception to Cuba, and to make and supervise grants for radio and television broadcasting to the Middle East, $698,187,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the total amount in this heading, not to exceed $16,000 may be used for official receptions within the United States as authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for official reception and representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from cooperating international organizations, and not to exceed $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, to remain available until expended for carrying out authorized purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">broadcasting capital improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio and television transmission and reception, and purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio and television transmission and reception as authorized, $11,296,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">The Asia Foundation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by the Asia Foundation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4402">22 U.S.C. 4402</ref>), $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Institute of Peace</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of Peace Act, $31,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/838">123 STAT. 838</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 2009, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s5204–5205">20 U.S.C. 5204–5205</ref>), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2009, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5376">5 U.S.C. 5376</ref>; or for purposes which are not in accordance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation for personal services.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Israeli Arab Scholarship Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2452">22 U.S.C. 2452</ref>), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2009, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">East-West Center</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To enable<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Hawaii.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, $21,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5376">5 U.S.C. 5376</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Endowment for Democracy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants made by the Department of State to the National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National Endowment for Democracy Act, $115,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $100,000,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner among the core institutes and $15,000,000 shall be for democracy, human rights, and rule of law programs, of which $250,000 shall be for programs and activities in Tibet: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> the President of the National Endowment for Democracy shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act a report on the proposed uses of funds under this heading on a regional and country basis: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available by this Act for the promotion of democracy may be made available <page identifier="/us/stat/123/839">123 STAT. 839</page> for the National Endowment for Democracy notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OTHER COMMISSIONS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $599,000, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/99/83/s1303">section 1303 of Public Law 99–83</ref>.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commission on International Religious Freedom</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/pl/105/292">Public Law 105–292</ref>), $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/94/304">Public Law 94–304</ref>, $2,610,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as authorized, $2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for the purpose of official representation, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, $4,000,000, including not more than $4,000 for the purpose of official representation, to remain available until September 30, 2010:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Commission shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that were received by the Commission during any previous fiscal year:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That section 308(e) of the United States-China Relations Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s6918/e">22 U.S.C. 6918(e)</ref>) (relating to the treatment of employees as Congressional employees), and section 309 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s6919">22 U.S.C. 6919</ref>) (relating to printing and binding costs), shall apply to the Commission in the same manner as such section applies to the Congressional-Executive Commission <page identifier="/us/stat/123/840">123 STAT. 840</page> on the People’s Republic of China:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Compliance.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Commission shall comply with <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch43">chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, regarding the establishment and regular review of employee performance appraisals: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Commission shall comply with <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s4505a">section 4505a of title 5, United States Code</ref>, with respect to limitations on payment of performance-based cash awards: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That compensation for the executive director of the Commission may not exceed the rate payable for level II of the Executive Schedule under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5313">section 5313 of title 5, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That travel by members of the Commission and its staff shall be arranged and conducted under the rules and procedures applying to travel by members of the House of Representatives and its staff.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group, as authorized under section 153 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s276n">22 U.S.C. 276n</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/108/99">Public Law 108–99</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/118/448">118 Stat. 448</ref>), $150,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operating expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $808,584,000, of which up to $85,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> none of the funds appropriated under this heading and under the heading “<headingText>Capital Investment Fund</headingText>” in this Act may be made available to finance the construction (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), unless the USAID Administrator has identified such proposed construction (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices in a report submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the previous proviso shall not apply when the total cost of construction (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices does not exceed $1,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That contracts or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds through fiscal year 2010:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any decision to open a new USAID overseas mission or office or, except where there is a substantial security risk to mission personnel, to close or significantly reduce the number of personnel of any such mission or office, shall be subject to the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/841">123 STAT. 841</page> regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to “Operating Expenses” in accordance with the provisions of those sections: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated or made available under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 shall be available for representation and entertainment allowances, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for entertainment allowances, for USAID during the current fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no such entertainment funds may be used for the purposes listed in section 7020 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">CIVILIAN STABILIZATION INITIATIVE</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish, support, maintain, mobilize, and deploy a civilian response corps in coordination with the Department of State, and for related reconstruction and stabilization assistance to prevent or respond to conflict or civil strife in foreign countries or regions, or to enable transition from such strife, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall submit a coordinated joint spending plan for funds made available under this heading and under the heading “<headingText>Civilian Stabilization Initiative</headingText>” in title I of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">capital investment fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $35,775,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">office of inspector general</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $42,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, which sum shall be available for the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/842">123 STAT. 842</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until September 30, 2009, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">global health and child survival</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $1,955,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, and which shall be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for International Development:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">HIV/AIDS.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this amount shall be made available for such activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which directly address the needs of mothers and children, and related education programs; (4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases, and for assistance to communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including children infected or affected by AIDS; and (6) family planning/reproductive health: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may be made available for such assistance for ongoing health activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, not to exceed $400,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, maternal and family planning/reproductive health, and infectious disease programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, $75,000,000 should be made available for a United States contribution to The GAVI Fund, and up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Operating Expenses</headingText>” in title II for costs directly related to global health, but funds made available for such costs may not be derived from amounts made available for contributions under this and preceding provisos:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Sterilization.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any organization or program which, as determined by the President of the United States, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any determination made under the previous proviso must be made no later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the evidence and criteria utilized to make the determination:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used to pay for the performance of <page identifier="/us/stat/123/843">123 STAT. 843</page> abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Lobbying.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Family planning.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Requirements.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, or information about access to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, and that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet the following requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning (this provision shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions that might render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only in the context of a scientific study in which participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development determines that there has been a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Non-</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">discrimination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Compliance.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, the term “<term>motivate</term>”, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy options:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Condoms.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That information provided about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be <page identifier="/us/stat/123/844">123 STAT. 844</page> medically accurate and shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of such use. </proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,159,000,000, to remain available until expended, and which shall be apportioned directly to the Department of State: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, not less than $600,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/25">Public Law 108–25</ref>), as amended, for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2009 may be made available to the United States Agency for International Development for technical assistance related to the activities of the Global Fund: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, up to $14,000,000 may be made available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">development assistance</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 103, 105, 106, and sections 251 through 255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading that are made available for assistance programs for displaced and orphaned children and victims of war, not to exceed $44,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight of such programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than $245,000,000 shall be made available for microenterprise and microfinance development programs for the poor, especially women: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $22,500,000 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available for cooperative development programs within the Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than $300,000,000 shall be made available for water and sanitation supply projects pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/121">Public Law 109–121</ref>), of which not less than $125,000,000 should be made available for such projects in Africa: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $375,000,000 shall be made available for agricultural development programs, of which not less than $29,000,000 shall be made available for Collaborative Research Support Programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $75,000,000 shall be made available to enhance global food security, including for local or regional purchase and distribution of food, in addition <page identifier="/us/stat/123/845">123 STAT. 845</page> to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, and notwithstanding any other provision of law:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Strategy.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to the previous proviso and after consultation with other relevant Federal departments and agencies, the Committees on Appropriations, and relevant nongovernmental organizations, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a strategy for achieving the goals of funding for global food security programs, specifying the intended country beneficiaries, amounts of funding, types of activities to be funded, and expected quantifiable results: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds appropriated under this heading for agricultural development programs, not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for a United States contribution to the endowment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s3202">section 3202 of Public Law 110–246</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for programs to improve women’s leadership capacity in recipient countries.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">international disaster assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">transition initiatives</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support transition to democracy and to long-term development of countries in crisis: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such support may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the United States Agency for International Development shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assistance:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if the President determines that it is important to the national interests of the United States to provide transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">development credit authority</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by the United States Agency for International Development, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $25,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and under <page identifier="/us/stat/123/846">123 STAT. 846</page> the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>”: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds provided under this paragraph and funds provided as a gift pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for micro and small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs which further the purposes of part I of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Loans.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $700,000,000. </proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs administered by the United States Agency for International Development, $8,000,000, which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Operating Expenses</headingText>” in title II of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds made available under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2011.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">economic support fund</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $3,007,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Egypt.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $200,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will undertake significant economic and democratic reforms which are additional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for Egypt, up to $20,000,000 shall be made available for democracy, human rights and governance programs, and not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for education programs, of which not less than $10,000,000 is for scholarships for Egyptian students with high financial need:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cyprus.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading should be made available for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification of the island and designed to reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation between the two communities on Cyprus:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Jordan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $263,547,000 shall be made available for assistance for Jordan: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading <page identifier="/us/stat/123/847">123 STAT. 847</page> not more than $75,000,000 may be made available for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, to carry out programs in the West Bank and Gaza:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Lebanon.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $67,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for educational scholarships for students in Lebanon with high financial need:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Afghanistan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $200,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for such assistance only after the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Afghanistan at both the national and provincial level is cooperating fully with United States-funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the President may waive the previous proviso if the President determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the national security interests of the United States: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $200,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to USAID for alternative development/institution building programs in Colombia: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading that are available for Colombia, not less than $3,500,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Migration and Refugee Assistance</headingText>” and shall be made available only for assistance to nongovernmental organizations that provide emergency relief aid to Colombian refugees in neighboring countries.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">DEMOCRACY FUND</heading> <subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><content>For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, $116,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, of which not less than $74,000,000 shall be made available for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State, and not less than $37,000,000 shall be made available for the Office of Democracy and Governance of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are made available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, not less than $17,000,000 shall be made available for the promotion of democracy in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and not less than $6,500,000 shall be made available for the promotion of democracy in countries located outside the Middle East region with a significant Muslim population, and where such programs and activities would be important to respond to, deter, or prevent extremism: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That assistance for Taiwan should be matched from sources other than the United States Government. </proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are made available to the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, not less than $19,500,000 shall be made available for the Elections and Political Process Fund, $7,500,000 shall be made available for international labor programs, and not less than <page identifier="/us/stat/123/848">123 STAT. 848</page> $10,000,000 shall be made available to provide institutional and core support for organizations that promote human rights, independent media and the rule of law.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for the promotion of democracy may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law. Funds appropriated under this heading are in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>For the purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term “<term>promotion of democracy</term>” means programs that support good governance, human rights, independent media, and the rule of law, and otherwise strengthen the capacity of democratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations and institutions, and citizens to support the development of democratic states, institutions, and practices that are responsive and accountable to citizens.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Any<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> contract, grant, or cooperative agreement (or any amendment to any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement) in excess of $1,000,000 of funds under this heading, and in excess of $2,500,000 under other headings in this Act, for the promotion of democracy, with the exception of programs and activities of the National Endowment for Democracy, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">international fund for ireland</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $15,000,000, which shall be available for the United States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (<ref href="/us/pl/99/415">Public Law 99–415</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such amount shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2010.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act, and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for assistance and for related programs for countries identified in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 3(c) of the SEED Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, funds appropriated in prior years under the headings “Independent States of the Former Soviet Union” and similar headings and “Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States” and similar headings, and currencies generated by or converted from such funds, shall be available for use in any country for which funds are made available under <page identifier="/us/stat/123/849">123 STAT. 849</page> this heading without regard to the geographic limitations of the heading under which such funds were originally appropriated: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available for the Southern Caucasus region may be used for confidence-building measures and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution of conflicts, including in Nagorno-Karabagh.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of State</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">international narcotics control and law enforcement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $875,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That during fiscal year 2009, the Department of State may also use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property from an agency of the United States Government for the purpose of providing it to a foreign country or international organization under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of State shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a report on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, project, or activity:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Afghanistan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for Afghanistan may be made available for eradication programs through the aerial spraying of herbicides unless the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the President of Afghanistan has requested assistance for such aerial spraying programs for counternarcotics or counterterrorism purposes:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in the event the Secretary of State makes a determination pursuant to the previous proviso, the Secretary shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds for such eradication programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 should be made available to combat piracy of United States copyrighted materials, consistent with the requirements of section 688(a) and (b) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dJ">division J of Public Law 110–161</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Colombia.</p></sidenote> none of the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for Colombia shall be made available for budget support or as cash payments:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds appropriated under this heading for administrative expenses, ten percent shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State submits a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing all salaries funded under this heading in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, and such salaries proposed in fiscal year 2009. </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">andean counterdrug programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South America, $315,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of State, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/850">123 STAT. 850</page> in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a report on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, project, or activity: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That assistance provided with funds appropriated under this heading that is made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Bolivia.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Human rights.</p></sidenote> funds appropriated under this heading that are made available for assistance for the Bolivian military and police may be made available for such purposes only if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Bolivian military and police are respecting internationally recognized human rights and cooperating fully with investigations and prosecutions by civilian judicial authorities of military and police personnel who have been credibly alleged to have violated such rights: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than $16,730,000 may be available for administrative expenses of the Department of State, and not more than $8,000,000 of the funds made available for alternative development/institution building programs under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>” in this Act may be available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses of USAID.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, $525,000,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including activities implemented through nongovernmental and international organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of this amount not to exceed $41,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation and disarmament: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such funds may also be used for such countries other than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and international organizations when it is in the national security interest of the United States to do so:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Israel.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for IAEA only if the Secretary of State determines (and so reports to the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/851">123 STAT. 851</page> Congress) that Israel is not being denied its right to participate in the activities of that Agency: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than $750,000 may be made available for public-private partnerships for conventional weapons and mine action by grant, cooperative agreement or contract: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available for demining and related activities, not to exceed $700,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used for administrative expenses related to the operation and management of the demining program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds appropriated under this heading that are available for “Anti-terrorism Assistance” and “Export Control and Border Security” shall remain available until September 30, 2010.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">migration and refugee assistance</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by law, a contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contributions to the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, $931,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for refugees resettling in Israel.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2601/c">22 U.S.C. 2601(c)</ref>), $40,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Independent Agencies</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">peace corps</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace Corps Act (<ref href="/us/stat/75/612">75 Stat. 612</ref>), including the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the United States, $340,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2010:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Director of the Peace Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2515">22 U.S.C. 2515</ref>, an amount not to exceed $4,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas operations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $4,000 shall be made available for entertainment expenses:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any <page identifier="/us/stat/123/852">123 STAT. 852</page> decision to open a new domestic office or to close, or significantly reduce the number of personnel of, any office, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Millennium Challenge Corporation</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, $875,000,000 to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $95,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (the Corporation): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to 10 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 for candidate countries for fiscal year 2009:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds available to carry out section 616 of such Act may be made available until the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation provides a report to the Committees on Appropriations listing the candidate countries that will be receiving assistance under section 616 of such Act, the level of assistance proposed for each such country, a description of the proposed programs, projects and activities, and the implementing agency or agencies of the United States Government:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That section 605(e)(4) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 only if such Compact obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the United States Government funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Corporation should reimburse the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for all expenses incurred by USAID with funds appropriated under this heading in assisting the Corporation in carrying out the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s7701/etseq">22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.</ref>), including administrative costs for compact development, negotiation, and implementation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for representation and entertainment allowances, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for entertainment allowances.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Inter-American Foundation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $22,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for entertainment and representation allowances.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law <page identifier="/us/stat/123/853">123 STAT. 853</page> 96–533), $32,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds made available to grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the Board of Directors of the Foundation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was made:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by up to $10,000 if the increase is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Foundation shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations after each time such waiver authority is exercised.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of the Treasury</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">International Affairs Technical Assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, which shall be available notwithstanding any other provision of law.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Debt Restructuring</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available for programs within the International Affairs Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of modifying concessional credit agreements with least developed countries, as authorized under section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, of concessional loans, guarantees and credit agreements, as authorized under section 572 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (<ref href="/us/pl/100/461">Public Law 100–461</ref>), and of canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduction pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by <ref href="/us/pl/106/113/s1000/a/5">section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113</ref>, $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not less than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That amounts paid to the HIPC Trust Fund may be used only to fund debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative by—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Inter-American Development Bank;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the African Development Fund;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the African Development Bank; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the Central American Bank for Economic Integration:</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Human rights.</p></sidenote> funds may not be paid to the HIPC Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary of State has credible evidence that the government of such country is engaged <page identifier="/us/stat/123/854">123 STAT. 854</page> in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights or in military or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote adequate human and financial resources to that end:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That on the basis of final appropriations, the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations concerning which countries and international financial institutions are expected to benefit from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund during the fiscal year:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Treasury shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not less than 15 days in advance of the signature of an agreement by the United States to make payments to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such countries and institutions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Treasury may disburse funds designated for debt reduction through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the benefit of countries that—</proviso></continuation><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>have committed, for a period of 24 months, not to accept new market-rate loans from the international financial institution receiving debt repayment as a result of such disbursement, other than loans made by such institutions to export-oriented commercial projects that generate foreign exchange which are generally referred to as “enclave” loans; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>have documented and demonstrated their commitment to redirect their budgetary resources from international debt repayments to programs to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that are additional to or expand upon those previously available for such purposes:</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That any limitation of subsection (e) of section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Sudan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Burma.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> none of the funds made available under this heading in this or any other appropriations Act shall be made available for Sudan or Burma unless the Secretary of the Treasury determines and notifies the Committees on Appropriations that a democratically elected government has taken office.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">peacekeeping operations</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $250,200,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the funds made available under this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for a United States contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated or expended except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/855">123 STAT. 855</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">International Military Education and Training</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> expenses to carry out the provisions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $91,000,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain available until expended and may only be provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the civilian personnel for whom military education and training may be provided under this heading may include civilians who are not members of a government whose participation would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, or respect for human rights:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Foreign countries.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available under this heading for assistance for Haiti, Guatemala, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Libya, and Angola may only be provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations and any such notification shall include a detailed description of proposed activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $55,000 shall be available for entertainment allowances.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">foreign military financing program</inline></heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $4,635,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $2,380,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made available for grants only for Egypt, including for border security programs and activities in the Sinai:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Israel.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than $670,650,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including research and development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, $235,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Jordan: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than $53,000,000 shall be available for Colombia, of which $12,500,000 is available to support maritime interdiction:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Pakistan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for Pakistan may be made available only for border security, counter-terrorism and law enforcement activities directed against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and associated terrorist groups: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this heading shall be made available to support or continue any program initially funded under the authority of section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/163">Public Law 109–163</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/119/3456">119 Stat. 3456</ref>) unless the Secretary of State has previously justified such program to the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control <page identifier="/us/stat/123/856">123 STAT. 856</page> Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this paragraph shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of <ref href="/us/usc/t31">title 31, United States Code</ref>, section 1501(a). </proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds made available under this heading shall be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services that are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such procurements has first signed an agreement with the United States Government specifying the conditions under which such procurements may be financed with such funds:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all country and funding level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the regular notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Foreign countries.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for assistance for Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Guatemala, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo except pursuant to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include activities implemented through nongovernmental and international organizations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That only those countries for which assistance was justified for the “Foreign Military Sales Financing Program” in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security assistance programs may utilize funds made available under this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense services or design and construction services that are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense articles and services:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $51,420,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside of the United States, for the general costs of administering military assistance and sales, except that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading for general costs of administering military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 shall be available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $130,000 shall be available for representation allowances:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $470,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2009 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Egypt.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading estimated to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2009 shall be transferred to an interest bearing account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York within 30 days of enactment of this Act.</proviso></p><page identifier="/us/stat/123/857">123 STAT. 857</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="V">TITLE V</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">international organizations and programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973, $352,500,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">international financial institutions</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">global environment facility</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the United States contribution for the Global Environment Facility, $80,000,000, to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the Treasury, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">contribution to the international development association</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the International Development Association by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,115,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Contribution to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United States contribution to the fund, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">contribution to the asian development fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Development Bank Act, as amended, $105,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">contribution to the african development fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African Development Fund, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contribution to the international fund for agricultural development</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the Treasury to increase the resources of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/858">123 STAT. 858</page></content></appropriations> <num value="VI">TITLE VI</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Export-Import Bank of the United States</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">INSPECTOR GENERAL</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds available during the current fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive economic or military assistance under this Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment of this Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t12/s635">12 USC 635 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/103/428/s1/c">section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428</ref>, as amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of <ref href="/us/pl/103/428">Public Law 103–428</ref> shall remain in effect through October 1, 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That not less than 10 percent of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority available to the Export-Import Bank under this Act should be used for renewable energy technologies or energy efficient end-use technologies.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">subsidy appropriation</inline></heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, not to exceed $41,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such funds shall remain available until September 30, 2024, for the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or any prior Acts appropriating funds for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for tied-aid credits or grants may be used for any other purpose except through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease of any product by any Eastern European country, any Baltic State or any agency or national thereof.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/859">123 STAT. 859</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">administrative expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation expenses for members of the Board of Directors, not to exceed $81,500,000: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Export-Import Bank may accept, and use, payment or services provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, or technical services in connection with any transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t12/s635a">12 USC 635a note</ref>.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 2009.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">receipts collected</inline></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $0: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of amounts collected in fiscal year 2009 in excess of obligations, up to $75,000,000, shall become available on September 1, 2009 and shall remain available until September 30, 2012.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Overseas Private Investment Corporation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">noncredit account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9104">31 U.S.C. 9104</ref>, such expenditures and commitments within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law as may be necessary: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the amount available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an amount for official reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed $50,600,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That project-specific transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with services provided to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">program account</heading> <content><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/860">123 STAT. 860</page> loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2009 remain available for disbursement through 2017; funds obligated in fiscal year 2010 remain available for disbursement through 2018; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2011 remain available for disbursement through 2019: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake any program authorized by title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available pursuant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived from amounts available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said account.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">trade and development agency</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num value="VII">TITLE VII</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">allowances and differentials</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7001"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7001. </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and differentials as authorized by sub<ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch59">chapter 59 of title 5, United States Code</ref>; for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">unobligated balances report</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7002"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7002. </num><content class="inline">Any Department or Agency to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumulative balances by program, project, and activity of the funds received by such Department or Agency in this fiscal year or any previous fiscal year that remain unobligated and unexpended.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">consulting services</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7003"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7003. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The expenditure of any appropriation under title I of this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/861">123 STAT. 861</page></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">embassy construction</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7004"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7004. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Of funds provided under title I of this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not include office space or other accommodations for an employee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary of State determines that such department or agency has not provided to the Department of State the full amount of funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by <ref href="/us/pl/106/113/s1000/a/7">section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113</ref> and contained in appendix G of that Act; <ref href="/us/stat/113/1501A-453">113 Stat. 1501A-453</ref>), as amended by section 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United States may include office space or other accommodations for members of the United States Marine Corps.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Personnel Actions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7005"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7005. </num><content class="inline">Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available under title I to such department or agency: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That use of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">CONSULAR AFFAIRS REFORM</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7006"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7006. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations that the Department of State is implementing recommendations contained in the Office of Inspector General audit “Review of Controls and Notification for Access to Passport Records in the Department of State’s Passport Information Electronic Records System (PIERS)” (AUD/IP–08–29), July 2008.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">prohibition against direct funding for certain countries</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7007"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7007. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">military coups</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7008"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7008. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be <page identifier="/us/stat/123/862">123 STAT. 862</page> obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That assistance may be resumed to such government if the President determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that subsequent to the termination of assistance a democratically elected government has taken office: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the provisions of this section shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or public participation in democratic processes:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">transfer authority</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7009"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7009. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors.—</heading><content>Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of State under title I of this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I of this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015(a) and (b) of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Export Financing Transfer Authorities.—</heading><content>Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 2009, for programs under title VI of this Act may be transferred between such appropriations for use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in such receiving account may be used, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such transfer:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Limitation on Transfers Between Agencies.—</heading><content>None of the funds made available under titles II through V of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the United States Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transfers Between Accounts</inline>.—</heading><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available under titles II through V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriation account to which they were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless the President provides notification in accordance with the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/863">123 STAT. 863</page> regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Audit of Inter-Agency Transfers.—</heading><content>Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between the United States Agency for International Development and another agency of the United States Government under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the use of such funds: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That funds transferred under such authority may be made available for the cost of such audits.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">reporting requirement</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7010"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7010. </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of State shall provide the Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 2009, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on the uses of funds made available under the headings “Foreign Military Financing Program”, “International Military Education and Training”, and “Peacekeeping Operations”: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such report shall include a description of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose of the assistance provided by such funds.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">availability of funds</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7011"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7011. </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 661, section 667, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided under the headings “Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia” and “Development Credit Authority”, shall remain available for an additional 4 years from the date on which the availability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of availability contained in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available until expended.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">limitation on assistance to countries in default</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7012"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7012. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation provided under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the government of any country which is in default during a period in excess of one calendar year in payment to the United States of principal or interest on any loan made to the government of such country by the United States pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated under this Act unless the President <page identifier="/us/stat/123/864">123 STAT. 864</page> determines, following consultations with the Committees on Appropriations, that assistance to such country is in the national interest of the United States.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">prohibition on taxation of united states assistance</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7013"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7013. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Prohibition on Taxation.—</heading><content>None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be made available to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions under which such assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a provision stating that assistance provided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Secretary of State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this requirement.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes.—</heading><content>An amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2009 on funds appropriated by this Act by a foreign government or entity against commodities financed under United States assistance programs for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontractors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal year 2010 and allocated for the central government of such country and for the West Bank and Gaza program to the extent that the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been reimbursed to the Government of the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="smallCaps">De Minimis Exception.—</heading><content>Foreign taxes of a de minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (b).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Reprogramming of Funds.—</heading><content>Funds withheld from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to countries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance or which have an effective arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Determinations.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>The provisions of this section shall not apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State determines—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>does not assess taxes on United States assistance or which has an effective arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the foreign policy interests of the United States outweigh the purpose of this section to ensure that United States assistance is not subject to taxation.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of this subsection with regard to any country or entity.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Implementation.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote> Secretary of State shall issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assistance contained in this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Definitions.—</heading><chapeau>As used in this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the terms “taxes” and “taxation” refer to value added taxes and customs duties imposed on commodities financed with United States assistance for programs for which funds are appropriated by this Act; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/865">123 STAT. 865</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the term “<term>bilateral agreement</term>” refers to a framework bilateral agreement between the Government of the United States and the government of the country receiving assistance that describes the privileges and immunities applicable to United States foreign assistance for such country generally, or an individual agreement between the Government of the United States and such government that describes, among other things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded the United States assistance provided under that agreement.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">reservations of funds</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7014"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7014. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Funds appropriated under titles II through VI of this Act which are specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same account notwithstanding the designation if compliance with the designation is made impossible by operation of any provision of this or any other Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under the same terms and conditions as originally provided.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>In<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> addition to the authority contained in subsection (a), the original period of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and administered by the United States Agency for International Development that are specifically designated for particular programs or activities by this or any other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Administrator of such agency determines and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a country or a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds can be obligated during the original period of availability: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such designated funds that continue to be available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose of such designation.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That specifically designated funding levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">reprogramming notification requirements</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7015"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7015. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available in title I of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts to the agencies and departments funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made available by transfer, to the agencies and departments funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) closes or opens a mission or post; (6) reorganizes or renames offices; <page identifier="/us/stat/123/866">123 STAT. 866</page> (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or (8) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>For the purposes of providing the executive branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of the funds provided under title I of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agency or department funded under title I of this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agency or department funded by title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $750,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>For the purposes of providing the executive branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of the funds made available under titles II through V in this Act under the headings “Global Health and Child Survival”, “Development Assistance”, “International Organizations and Programs”, “Trade and Development Agency”, “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement”, “Andean Counterdrug Programs”, “Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia”, “Economic Support Fund”, “Democracy Fund”, “Peacekeeping Operations”, “Capital Investment Fund”, “Operating Expenses”, “Office of Inspector General”, “Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs”, “Millennium Challenge Corporation”, “Foreign Military Financing Program”, “International Military Education and Training”, “Peace Corps”, and “Migration and Refugee Assistance”, shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation under any of these specific headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are previously notified 15 days in advance: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote> the President shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this subsection shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, program, or project for which funds are appropriated under titles II through IV of this Act of less than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the current fiscal year.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Audits.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, funds transferred by the Department of Defense to the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/867">123 STAT. 867</page> funds made available for programs authorized by section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/163">Public Law 109–163</ref>), shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and the agency receiving the transfer or allocation shall perform periodic program financial audits of the use of such funds and such funds may be made available for the cost of such audits.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote> requirements of this section or any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Explanation.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emergency circumstances.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Foreign countries.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended for assistance for Serbia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Iran, Haiti, Libya, Ethiopia, Nepal, Mexico, or Cambodia and countries listed in section 7045(f)(4) of this Act except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">notification on excess defense equipment</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7016"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7016. </num><content class="inline">Prior to providing excess Department of Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions as other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for specific countries that would receive such excess defense articles: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such Committees shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense articles.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">limitation on availability of funds for international organizations and programs</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7017"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7017. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act or any previously enacted Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, which are returned or not made available for <page identifier="/us/stat/123/868">123 STAT. 868</page> organizations and programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7018"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7018. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for any country or organization if the President certifies that the use of these funds by any such country or organization would violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and involuntary sterilizations.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">allocations</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7019"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7019. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Funds provided in this Act for the following accounts shall be made available for programs and countries in the amounts contained in the respective tables included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “International Fisheries Commissions”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “International Broadcasting Operations”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “Global Health and Child Survival”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “Development Assistance”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “Economic Support Fund”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “Andean Counterdrug Programs”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “Foreign Military Financing Program”</p></quotedContent>.<quotedContent><p class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">  “International Organizations and Programs”</p></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> the purposes of implementing this section and only with respect to the tables included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), the Secretary of State, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as appropriate, may propose deviations to the amounts referenced in subsection (a), subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The requirements contained in subsection (a) shall apply to the table under the headings “Bilateral Economic Assistance” and “General Provisions” in such explanatory statement.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/869">123 STAT. 869</page></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">prohibition of payment of certain expenses</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7020"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7020. </num><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the headings “International Military Education and Training” or “Foreign Military Financing Program” for Informational Program activities or under the headings “Global Health and Child Survival”, “Development Assistance”, and “Economic Support Fund” may be obligated or expended to pay for—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>alcoholic beverages; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>entertainment expenses for activities that are substantially of a recreational character, including but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, and amusement parks.</content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">prohibition on assistance to foreign governments that export lethal military equipment to countries supporting international terrorism</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7021"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7021. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by titles III through VI of this Act may be available to any foreign government which provides lethal military equipment to a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined is a government that supports international terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Termination date.</p></sidenote> The prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after that government ceases to provide such military equipment.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> This section applies with respect to lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Assistance<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> restricted by subsection (a) or any other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President determines that furnishing such assistance is important to the national interests of the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Whenever<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> the President makes a determination pursuant to subsection (b), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report with respect to the furnishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, including the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States national interests.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">prohibition on bilateral assistance to terrorist countries</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7022"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7022. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance under any heading in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appropriated under any such heading in a provision of law enacted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made available to any country which the President determines—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or group which has committed an act of international terrorism; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>otherwise supports international terrorism.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> President may waive the application of subsection (a) to a country if the President determines that national security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver (including the justification for the waiver) <page identifier="/us/stat/123/870">123 STAT. 870</page> in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">authorization requirements</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7023"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7023. </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Trade and Development Agency</headingText>”, may be obligated and expended notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/91/672/s10">section 10 of Public Law 91-672</ref>, section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/236">Public Law 103-236</ref>), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s414/a/1">50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)</ref>).</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">definition of program, project, and activity</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7024"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7024. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">For the purpose of titles II through VI of this Act “program, project, and activity” shall be defined at the appropriations Act account level and shall include all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for the following accounts: “Economic Support Fund” and “Foreign Military Financing Program”, “program, project, and activity” shall also be considered to include country, regional, and central program level funding within each such account; for the development assistance accounts of the United States Agency for International Development “program, project, and activity” shall also be considered to include central, country, regional, and program level funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2) allocated by the executive branch in accordance with a report, to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">authorities for the peace corps, inter-american foundation and african development foundation</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7025"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7025. </num><content class="inline">Unless expressly provided to the contrary, provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Development Foundation Act.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> The agency shall promptly report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">commerce, trade and surplus commodities</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7026"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7026. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial commitments for establishing or expanding production of any commodity for export by any country other than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance will cause <page identifier="/us/stat/123/871">123 STAT. 871</page> substantial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to industry and employment in the United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connection with the growth or production in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the United States: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this subsection shall not prohibit—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>activities designed to increase food security in developing countries where such activities will not have a significant impact on the export of agricultural commodities of the United States; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>research activities intended primarily to benefit American producers.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s262h">22 USC 262h note</ref>.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North American Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the African Development Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act, for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">separate accounts</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7027"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7027. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2362">22 USC 2362 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Separate Accounts for Local Currencies</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the generation of local currencies of that country, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>require that local currencies be deposited in a separate account established by that government;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>enter into an agreement with that government which sets forth—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the amount of the local currencies to be generated; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the terms and conditions under which the currencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with this section; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/872">123 STAT. 872</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>establish by agreement with that government the responsibilities of the United States Agency for International Development and that government to monitor and account for deposits into and disbursements from the separate account.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Uses of local currencies</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>As may be agreed upon with the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used only—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such purposes as—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>project and sector assistance activities; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>debt and deficit financing; or</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>for the administrative requirements of the United States Government.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Programming accountability</inline>.—</heading><content>The United States Agency for International Development shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination of assistance programs</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon termination of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a separate account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by the government of that country and the United States Government.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall report on an annual basis as part of the justification documents submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use of local currencies for the administrative requirements of the United States Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount of local currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose in each applicable country.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>If assistance is made available to the government of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate account and not commingle them with any other funds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicability of other provisions of law</inline>.—</heading><content>Such funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance including provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98–1159).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notification</inline>.—</heading><content>At least<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote> 15 days prior to obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the President shall submit a notification through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a detailed description of how the funds proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion <page identifier="/us/stat/123/873">123 STAT. 873</page> of the United States interests that will be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such assistance).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exemption</inline>.—</heading><content>Nonproject sector assistance funds may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) only through the notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">eligibility for assistance</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7028"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7028. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance Through Nongovernmental Organizations</inline>.—</heading><content>Restrictions contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>”:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That before using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify the Committees on Appropriations under the regular notification procedures of those committees, including a description of the program to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such assistance:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Sterilization.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Public Law</inline> 480.—</heading><content>During fiscal year 2009, restrictions contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and made available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>This section shall not apply—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support international terrorism; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a country that violates internationally recognized human rights.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">impact on jobs in the united states</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7029"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7029. </num><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to provide—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>any financial incentive to a business enterprise currently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number of employees of such business enterprise in the United States because United States production is being replaced by such enterprise outside the United States; or<page identifier="/us/stat/123/874">123 STAT. 874</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>assistance for any program, project, or activity that contributes to the violation of internationally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any designated zone or area in that country: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be commensurate with the level of development of the recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agriculture.</proviso></content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">international financial institutions</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7030"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7030. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated in title V of this Act may be made as payment to any international financial institution while the United States Executive Director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate which, together with whatever compensation such Director receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5315">section 5315 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or while any alternate United States Director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5316">section 5316 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution to oppose any loan, grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would require user fees or service charges on poor people for primary education or primary healthcare, including prevention, care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, in connection with the institutions’ financing programs.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan, project, agreement, memorandum, instrument, or other program of the International Monetary Fund that would not exempt increased government spending on health care or education from national budget caps or restraints, hiring or wage bill ceilings or other limits imposed by the International Monetary Fund in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>For purposes of this section “international financial institutions” are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, the North American Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">debt-for-development</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7031"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7031. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">In order to enhance the continued participation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a grantee or contractor of the United States Agency for International Development may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to that organization as a result of economic assistance <page identifier="/us/stat/123/875">123 STAT. 875</page> provided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to that organization.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Authority to Engage in Debt Buybacks or Sales</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7032"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7032. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Loans Eligible for Sale, Reduction, or Cancellation.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority to sell, reduce, or cancel certain loans</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may, in accordance with this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any concessional loan or portion thereof made before January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for the purpose of facilitating—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a debt buyback by an eligible country of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible country uses an additional amount of the local currency of the eligible country, equal to not less than 40 percent of the price paid for such debt by such eligible country, or the difference between the price paid for such debt and the face value of such debt, to support activities that link conservation and sustainable use of natural resources with local community development, and child survival and other child development, in a manner consistent with sections 707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation would not contravene any term or condition of any prior agreement relating to such loan.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Terms and conditions</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, the President shall, in accordance with this section, establish the terms and conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, or canceled pursuant to this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administration</inline>.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> Facility, as defined in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that the President has determined to be eligible, and shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such agency shall make adjustment in its accounts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>The authorities of this subsection shall be available only to the extent that appropriations for the cost of the modification, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, are made in advance.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Deposit of Proceeds</inline>.—</heading><content>The proceeds from the sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the United States Government account or accounts established for the repayment of such loan.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible Purchasers</inline>.—</heading><content>A loan may be sold pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the loan for the purpose of engaging <page identifier="/us/stat/123/876">123 STAT. 876</page> in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Debtor Consultations</inline>.—</heading><content>Before the sale to any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country, the President should consult with the country concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of Funds</inline>.—</heading><content>The authority provided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Debt Restructuring</headingText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Special Debt Relief for the Poorest</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7033"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7033. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority to Reduce Debt</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The President may reduce amounts owed to the United States (or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country as a result of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms Export Control Act; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>any obligation or portion of such obligation, to pay for purchases of United States agricultural commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation under export credit guarantee programs authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 1966, as amended (<ref href="/us/pl/89/808">Public Law 89–808</ref>), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amended (<ref href="/us/pl/95/501">Public Law 95–501</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The authority provided by subsection (a) may be exercised only to implement multilateral official debt relief and referendum agreements, commonly referred to as “Paris Club Agreed Minutes”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The authority provided by subsection (a) may be exercised only in such amounts or to such extent as is provided in advance by appropriations Acts.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The authority provided by subsection (a) may be exercised only with respect to countries with heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from the International Development Association, but not from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, commonly referred to as “IDA-only” countries.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conditions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The authority provided by subsection (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country whose government—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>does not have an excessive level of military expenditures;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>has not repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>is not failing to cooperate on international narcotics control matters;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>(including its military or other security forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>is not ineligible for assistance because of the application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/877">123 STAT. 877</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of Funds</inline>.—</heading><content>The authority provided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Debt Restructuring</headingText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certain Prohibitions Inapplicable</inline>.—</heading><content>A reduction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered assistance for the purposes of any provision of law limiting assistance to a country. The authority provided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 321 of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">special authorities</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7034"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7034. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Lebanon, Montenegro, Victims of War, Displaced Children, and Displaced Burmese</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act that are made available for assistance for Afghanistan may be made available notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act or any similar provision of law and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appropriated in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available for Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for victims of war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese, and to assist victims of trafficking in persons and, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to combat such trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver</inline>.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> President may waive the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/100/204/s1003">section 1003 of Public Law 100–204</ref> if the President determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national security interests of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Period of Application of Waiver</inline>.—</heading><content>Any waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Small Business</inline>.—</heading><content>In entering into multiple award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, the United States Agency for International Development may provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under such contracts when the order is placed with any category of small or small disadvantaged business.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Vietnamese Refugees</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 594(a) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (enacted as <ref href="/us/pl/108/447/dD">division D of Public Law 108–447</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/118/3038">118 Stat. 3038</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2009</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reconstituting Civilian Police Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from instability, as well as a nation emerging from instability.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">International Prison Conditions</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1 and 11 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, shall be made available for assistance to address inhumane conditions in prisons and other detention facilities <page identifier="/us/stat/123/878">123 STAT. 878</page> administered by foreign governments that the Secretary of State determines are making efforts to address, among other things, prisoners’ health, sanitation, nutrition and other basic needs:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Designation.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of State shall designate a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to have primary responsibility for diplomatic efforts related to international prison conditions.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extension of Authority</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/167">Public Law 101–167</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in section 599D (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1157">8 U.S.C. 1157 note</ref>)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (b)(3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2008</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008, and 2009</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subsection (e), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2009</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in section 599E (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1255">8 U.S.C. 1255 note</ref>) in subsection (b)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2008</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2009</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">World Food Program</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds managed by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance of the United States Agency for International Development, from this or any other Act, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribution to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any other provision of law.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Library of Congress</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</headingText>”, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for the Capital Security Cost-Sharing fees of the Library of Congress.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings “Economic Support Fund”, “Peacekeeping Operations”, “International Disaster Assistance”, and “Transition Initiatives” should be made available to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate into civilian society former members of foreign terrorist organizations:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to this subsection: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> for the purposes of this subsection the term “<term>foreign terrorist organization</term>” means an organization designated as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">(k) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Nongovernmental Organizations</inline>.—</heading><content>With respect to the provision of assistance for democracy, human rights and governance activities, the organizations implementing such assistance and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be subject to the prior approval by the government of any foreign country.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">(l) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading, “Economic Support Fund”, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (title VIII) as authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 1983 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4501-4508">22 U.S.C. 4501-4508</ref>, as amended).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/879">123 STAT. 879</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">(m) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Nuclear security.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">North Korea.</p></sidenote> appropriated or otherwise made available by title III of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dJ">division J of Public Law 110–161</ref>) under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>” that are available for a competitively awarded grant for nuclear security initiatives relating to North Korea shall be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="n">(n) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Middle East Foundation</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> appropriated by this Act and prior Acts for a Middle East Foundation shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="o">(o) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Global Food Security</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, to include minimum funding requirements or funding directives, funds made available under the headings “Development Assistance” and “Economic Support Fund” in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available to address critical food shortages, subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. </content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">arab league boycott of israel</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7035"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7035. </num><chapeau class="inline">It is the sense of the Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>all Arab League states should normalize relations with their neighbor Israel;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the President and the Secretary of State should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into consideration the participation of any recipient country in the boycott when determining to sell weapons to said country; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>the President should report to Congress annually on specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses that do comply.</content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">palestinian statehood</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7036"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7036. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on Assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>the governing entity of a new Palestinian state—<page identifier="/us/stat/123/880">123 STAT. 880</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>is taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate security organizations; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>the Palestinian Authority (or the governing entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in the region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and an independent Palestinian state to exist within the context of full and normal relationships, which should include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>termination of all claims or states of belligerency;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of every state in the area through measures including the establishment of demilitarized zones;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>a framework for achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><content>It is the sense of Congress that the governing entity should enact a constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact other laws and regulations assuring transparent and accountable governance.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver</inline>.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote> President may waive subsection (a) if he determines that it is important to the national security interests of the United States to do so.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exemption</inline>.—</heading><content>The restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 7040 of this Act (“Limitation on Assistance to the Palestinian Authority”).</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">restrictions concerning the palestinian authority</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7037"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7037. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated under titles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office of any department or agency of the United States Government for the purpose of conducting official United States Government business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this restriction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That meetings between officers and employees of the United States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of conducting official United States Government business with such authority should continue to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, officers and employees <page identifier="/us/stat/123/881">123 STAT. 881</page> of the United States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental discussions.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">prohibition on assistance to the palestinian broadcasting corporation</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7038"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7038. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">assistance for the west bank and gaza</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7039"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7039. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Oversight</inline>.—</heading><content>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> fiscal year 2009, 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations that procedures have been established to assure the Comptroller General of the United States will have access to appropriate United States financial information in order to review the uses of United States assistance for the Program funded under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>” for the West Bank and Gaza.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Vetting</inline>.—</heading><content>Prior<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Terrorism.</p></sidenote> to the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>” for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through any individual, private or government entity, or educational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private entities or educational institutions, those that have as a principal officer of the entity’s governing board or governing board of trustees any individual that has been determined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a member of a designated foreign terrorist organization.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote> The Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational institution which she has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist activity.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza Program may be made available for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have committed acts of terrorism.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by this or prior appropriations act, including funds made available by transfer, may be made available for obligation for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been established for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Audits</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/123/882">123 STAT. 882</page></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall ensure that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, among other things, compliance with this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to $500,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development for audits, inspections, and other activities in furtherance of the requirements of this subsection. Such funds are in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><chapeau>Subsequent<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Audits.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Investigation.</p></sidenote> to the certification specified in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds provided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2009 under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>”. The audit shall address—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the extent to which such Program complies with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>an examination of all programs, projects, and activities carried out under such Program, including both obligations and expenditures.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> made available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations updating the report contained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of <ref href="/us/pl/109/13/tII">title II of Public Law 109-13</ref>.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">limitation on assistance for the palestinian authority</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7040"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7040. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition of Funds</inline>.—</heading><content>None of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver</inline>.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> prohibition included in subsection (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important to the national security interests of the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Period of Application of Waiver</inline>.—</heading><content>Any waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed. The report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/883">123 STAT. 883</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certification</inline>.—</heading><content>If the President exercises the waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of State must certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Palestinian Authority has established a single treasury account for all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil service roster and payroll.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated in titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by Hamas or any power-sharing government of which Hamas is a member unless the President certifies in writing and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that Hamas has accepted and is complying with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">broadcasting transparency</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7041"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7041. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading “<headingText>International Broadcasting Operations</headingText>” for Middle East Broadcasting Networks, 10 percent of the funds shall not be available for obligation until the Broadcasting Board of Governors reports to the Committee on Appropriations on—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The results of the independent outside evaluation of Alhurra programming to examine its journalistic integrity and adherence to standards and principles of the United States International Broadcasting Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Whether the directives in the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dJ">division J of Public Law 110–161</ref>) regarding Alhurra have been implemented and are operational.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall monitor adherence to the standards of the Journalistic Code of Ethics of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, as updated in May 2007.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">iraq</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7042"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7042. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for assistance for Iraq, except funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs</headingText>” for the removal and disposal of landmines and other unexploded ordnance, small arms and light weapons in Iraq.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Matching Requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> terms and conditions of section 1402(e)(1), (2), (3) and (4) of <ref href="/us/pl/110/252">Public Law 110–252</ref> shall apply to assistance for Iraq in fiscal year 2009.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Transition Plan</inline>.—</heading><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Classified information.</p></sidenote> later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with relevant <page identifier="/us/stat/123/884">123 STAT. 884</page> United States Government agencies, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report, in classified form if necessary, that details the plans, costs and timelines associated with the transition of programs and activities funded under titles III through VI of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs to the Government of Iraq. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Base Rights</inline>.—</heading><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Government of the United States to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement between the United States and Iraq.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">report on iran sanctions</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7043"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7043. </num><chapeau class="inline">Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of multilateral and bilateral United States sanctions against Iran and actions taken by the United States and the international community to enforce sanctions against Iran. The report, which may be submitted in classified form if necessary, shall include the following: </chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>A list of all current United States bilateral and multilateral sanctions against Iran;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>A list of all United States and foreign registered entities which the Secretary of State has reason to believe may be in violation of existing United States bilateral and multilateral sanctions;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>A detailed description of United States efforts to enforce sanctions, including a list of all investigations initiated in the 12 months preceeding the enactment of this Act that have resulted in a determination that a sanctions violation has occurred and United States government actions taken pursuant to the determination;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>In the instances when sanctions were waived or otherwise not imposed against entities that were determined to have violated United States bilateral or multilateral sanctions, the reason in each instance of why action was not taken to sanction the entity; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>A description of United States diplomatic efforts to expand bilateral and multilateral sanctions against Iran and strengthen international efforts to enforce existing sanctions.</content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">lebanon</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7044"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7044. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Foreign Military Financing Program</headingText>” in this Act for assistance for Lebanon shall be made available only to professionalize the Lebanese Armed Forces and to strengthen border security and combat terrorism, including training and equipping the Lebanese Armed Forces to secure Lebanon’s borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups and implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p></sidenote> of the funds in subsection (a) may be made available for obligation until after the Secretary of State provides the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spending plan, which shall include a strategy for professionalizing the Lebanese Armed Forces, strengthening border security and combating terrorism in Lebanon.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/885">123 STAT. 885</page></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">western hemisphere</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7045"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7045. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Free Trade Agreements</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act not less than $10,000,000 from “Development Assistance” and not less than $10,000,000 from “Economic Support Fund” shall be made available for labor and environmental capacity building activities relating to the free trade agreements with countries of Central America, Peru and the Dominican Republic.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Haiti</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms Export Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2751/etseq">22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.</ref>), for the Coast Guard.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $251,126,000 shall be made available for assistance for Haiti.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</headingText>” may be used to transfer excess weapons, ammunition or other lethal property of an agency of the United States Government to the Government of Haiti for use by the Haitian National Police until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that any members of the Haitian National Police who have been credibly alleged to have committed serious crimes, including drug trafficking and violations of internationally recognized human rights, have been suspended.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Dominican Republic</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for the Dominican Republic, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for basic health care, nutrition, sanitation, education, and shelter for migrant workers and other residents of batey communities.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance for Guatemala</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>International Military Education and Training</headingText>” (IMET) that are available for assistance for Guatemala, other than for expanded IMET, may be made available only for the Guatemalan Air Force, Navy and Army Corps of Engineers: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That assistance for the Army Corps of Engineers shall only be available for training to improve disaster response capabilities and to participate in international peacekeeping operations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> such funds may be made available only if the Secretary of State certifies that the Air Force, Navy and Army Corps of Engineers are respecting internationally recognized human rights and cooperating with civilian judicial investigations and prosecutions of current and retired military personnel who have been credibly alleged to have committed violations of such rights, and with the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) by granting access to CICIG personnel, providing evidence to CICIG, and allowing witness testimony.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Foreign Military Financing Program</headingText>”, not more than $500,000 may be made available for the Guatemalan Air Force, Navy and Army Corps of Engineers: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That assistance for the Army Corps of Engineers shall only be available for training to improve disaster response capabilities and to participate in international peacekeeping operations:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <page identifier="/us/stat/123/886">123 STAT. 886</page> That such funds may be made available only if the Secretary of State certifies that the Air Force, Navy and Army Corps of Engineers are respecting internationally recognized human rights and cooperating with civilian judicial investigations and prosecutions of current and retired military personnel who have been credibly alleged to have committed violations of such rights, including protecting and providing to the Attorney General’s office all military archives pertaining to the internal armed conflict, and cooperating with the CICIG by granting access to CICIG personnel, providing evidence to CICIG, and allowing witness testimony.</proviso></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance for Mexico</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Of the funds appropriated under the headings “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement”, “Foreign Military Financing Program”, and “Economic Support Fund” in this Act, not more than $300,000,000 may be made available for assistance for Mexico, only to combat drug trafficking and related violence and organized crime, and for judicial reform, institution building, anti-corruption, and rule of law activities, of which not less than $75,000,000 shall be used for judicial reform, institution building, anti-corruption, and rule of law activities: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds made available under this section shall be made available for budget support or as cash payments.</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocation of funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Fifteen<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> percent of the funds made available under this section in this Act, for assistance for Mexico, not including assistance for judicial reform, institution building, anti-corruption, and rule of law activities, may not be obligated until the Secretary of State reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Mexico is continuing to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>improve the transparency and accountability of Federal police forces and to work with State and municipal authorities to improve the transparency and accountability of State and municipal police forces through mechanisms including police complaints commissions with authority and independence to receive complaints and carry out effective investigations;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>conduct regular consultations with Mexican human rights organizations and other relevant Mexican civil society organizations on recommendations for the implementation of the Merida Initiative in accordance with Mexican and international law;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>ensure that civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities are investigating and prosecuting, in accordance with Mexican and international law, members of the Federal police and military forces who have been credibly alleged to have violated internationally recognized human rights, and the Federal police and military forces are fully cooperating with the investigations; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>enforce the prohibition, in accordance with Mexican and international law, on the use of testimony obtained through torture or other ill-treatment.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>The report required in paragraph (1) shall include a description of actions taken with respect to each requirement.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Spending plan</inline>.—</heading><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spending plan, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/887">123 STAT. 887</page> developed after consulting with relevant Mexican Government authorities, for funds made available for Mexico under this section, with concrete goals, programs and activities to be funded, and anticipated results. </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Analysis of alternatives</inline>.—</heading><content>Prior to the obligation of funds for the procurement or lease of aircraft, the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations an Analysis of Alternatives for the acquisition of all aircraft for the Merida Initiative.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance for the Countries of Central America</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Of the funds appropriated under the headings “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement”, “Foreign Military Financing Program”, and “Economic Support Fund”, $105,000,000 may be made available for assistance for the countries of Central America only to combat drug trafficking and related violence and organized crime, and for judicial reform, institution building, anti-corruption, rule of law activities, and maritime security, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for judicial reform, institution building, anti-corruption, and rule of law activities: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>”, $12,000,000 shall be made available through the United States Agency for International Development for an Economic and Social Development Fund for Central America: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds shall be made available for budget support or as cash payments.</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Allocation of funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Fifteen<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> percent of the funds made available by this Act for assistance for the countries of Central America under the headings “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement” and “Foreign Military Financing Program” may not be obligated until the Secretary of State reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the government of such country is continuing to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>support police complaints commissions with authority and independence to receive complaints and carry out effective investigations;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>implement reforms to improve the capacity and ensure the independence of the judiciary; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>investigate and prosecute members of the Federal police and military forces who have been credibly alleged to have committed violations of internationally recognized human rights.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>The report required in paragraph (1) shall include a description of actions taken with respect to each requirement.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Spending plan</inline>.—</heading><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spending plan for funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the countries of Central America by this Act, with concrete goals, actions to be taken, budget proposals, and anticipated results.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition</inline>.—</heading><content>For the purposes of this section, the term “<term>countries of Central America</term>” means Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Aircraft Operations and Maintenance</inline>.—</heading><content>To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and maintenance, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/888">123 STAT. 888</page> including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act should be borne by the recipient country. </content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">colombia</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7046"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7046. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><content><p>Of the funds appropriated in titles III and IV of this Act, not more than $545,050,000 shall be available for assistance for Colombia.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated by this Act and made available to the Department of State for assistance to the Government of Colombia may be used to support a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking and organizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and successor organizations, and to take actions to protect human health and welfare in emergency circumstances, including undertaking rescue operations: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That assistance made available in prior Acts for the Government of Colombia to protect the Cano-Limon pipeline may also be used for purposes for which funds are made available under the heading “<headingText>Andean Counterdrug Programs</headingText>”: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no United States Armed Forces personnel or United States civilian contractor employed by the United States will participate in any combat operation in connection with assistance made available by this Act for Colombia: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That rotary and fixed wing aircraft supported with funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Andean Counterdrug Programs</headingText>” for assistance for Colombia may be used for aerial or manual drug eradication and interdiction including to transport personnel and supplies and to provide security for such operations, and to provide transport in support of alternative development programs and investigations of cases under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General, the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, and the Defensoria del Pueblo:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Helicopters.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the President shall ensure that if any helicopter procured with funds in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, is used to aid or abet the operations of any illegal self-defense group, paramilitary organization, illegal security cooperative or successor organizations in Colombia, such helicopter shall be immediately returned to the United States.</proviso></p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> funds available under the heading “<headingText>Andean Counterdrug Programs</headingText>” in this Act for the Colombian national police for the procurement of chemicals for aerial coca and poppy eradication programs, not more than 20 percent of such funds may be made available for such eradication programs unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that: (1) the herbicide is being used in accordance with EPA label requirements for comparable use in the United States and with Colombian laws; and (2) the herbicide, in the manner it is being used, does not pose unreasonable risks or adverse effects to humans or the environment, including endemic species:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such funds may not be made available unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that complaints of harm to health or licit crops caused by such aerial eradication are thoroughly evaluated and fair compensation is being paid in a timely manner for meritorious claims: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such funds may not be made available for such purposes unless programs are being implemented by the United States Agency for International Development, the Government of Colombia, or other organizations, in consultation and coordination with local communities, to provide <page identifier="/us/stat/123/889">123 STAT. 889</page> alternative sources of income in areas where security permits for small-acreage growers and communities whose illicit crops are targeted for aerial eradication: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of the funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Colombia shall be made available for the cultivation or processing of African oil palm, if doing so would contribute to significant loss of native species, disrupt or contaminate natural water sources, reduce local food security, or cause the forced displacement of local people: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> funds appropriated by this Act may be used for aerial eradication in Colombia’s national parks or reserves only if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that there are no effective alternatives and the eradication is conducted in accordance with Colombian laws.</proviso></p></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance for the Armed Forces</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces, may be made available as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Up to 70 percent of such funds may be obligated prior to the certification and report by the Secretary of State pursuant to subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>Up<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> to 15 percent of such funds may be obligated only after the Secretary of State consults with, and subsequently certifies and submits a written report to, the Committees on Appropriations that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>The Government of Colombia is suspending, and investigating and prosecuting in the civilian justice system, those members of the Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever rank, who have been credibly alleged to have committed violations of internationally recognized human rights, including extra-judicial killings, or to have aided, abetted or benefitted from paramilitary organizations or successor armed groups, and the Colombian Armed Forces are cooperating fully with civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in such cases.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>The Government of Colombia has taken all necessary steps to sever links with paramilitary organizations or successor armed groups.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>The Government of Colombia is dismantling paramilitary networks, including by arresting and prosecuting under civilian criminal law individuals who have provided financial, planning, or logistical support, or have otherwise aided, abetted or benefitted from paramilitary organizations or successor armed groups, and by returning land and other assets illegally acquired by such organizations or their associates to their rightful occupants or owners.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>The Government of Colombia is respecting the rights of Colombia’s indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities, and the Colombian Armed Forces are implementing procedures to distinguish between civilians, including displaced persons, and combatants in their operations.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> balance of such funds may be obligated after July 31, 2009, if, prior to such obligation, the Secretary of State consults with, and submits a written certification to, the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/890">123 STAT. 890</page> Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Colombia is continuing to meet the requirements described in paragraph (1) and is conducting vigorous operations to strengthen civilian institutions and respect for internationally recognized human rights in areas under the influence of paramilitary organizations or successor armed groups and guerrilla organizations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certain funds exempted</inline>.—</heading><content>The requirement to withhold funds from obligation shall not apply with respect to funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Andean Counterdrug Programs</headingText>” in this Act for continued support for the Critical Flight Safety Program or for any alternative development programs in Colombia administered by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Department of State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>At the time the Secretary of State submits certifications pursuant to paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall also submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report that contains, with respect to each such paragraph, a detailed description of the specific actions taken by the Government and Armed Forces of Colombia which support each requirement of the certification, and the cases or issues brought to the attention of the Secretary, including through the Department of State’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, for which the actions taken by the Colombian Government or Armed Forces have been determined by the Secretary of State to be inadequate.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultative Process</inline>.—</heading><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until September 30, 2009, the Secretary of State shall consult with Colombian and internationally recognized human rights organizations regarding progress in meeting the requirements contained in subsection (b)(1).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance for Reintegration of Former Combatants</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of funds</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>”, up to $16,769,000 may be made available in fiscal year 2009 for assistance for the reintegration of former members of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) or other illegal armed groups in Colombia, if the Secretary of State consults with and makes a certification described in paragraph (2) to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of amounts for such assistance for the fiscal year involved.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Certification</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A certification described in this subsection is a certification that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>assistance for the fiscal year will be provided only for individuals who have: (i) verifiably renounced and terminated any affiliation or involvement with FTOs or other illegal armed groups; (ii) are meeting all the requirements of the Colombia demobilization program, including having disclosed their involvement in past crimes and their knowledge of the FTO’s structure, financing sources, illegal assets, and the location of kidnapping victims and bodies of the disappeared; and (iii) are not involved in criminal activity;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the Government of Colombia is providing full cooperation to the Government of the United States to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/891">123 STAT. 891</page> prosecute the extradited leaders and members of FTOs who have been indicted in the United States for murder, torture, kidnapping, narcotics trafficking, or other violations of United States law;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the Government of Colombia is not knowingly taking any steps to legalize the titles of land or other assets illegally obtained and held by FTOs, their associates, or successors, has established effective procedures to identify such land and other assets, and is seizing and returning such land and other assets to their rightful occupants or owners;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the Government of Colombia is dismantling the organizational structures of FTOs and successor armed groups; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>funds shall not be made available as cash payments to individuals and are available only for activities under the following categories: verification, reintegration (including training and education), vetting, recovery of assets for reparations for victims, and investigations and prosecutions.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Illegal Armed Groups</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Denial of visas</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa to any alien who the Secretary determines, based on credible evidence—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>has willfully provided any support to or benefitted from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), or successor armed groups, including taking actions or failing to take actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such groups; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the commission of a violation of internationally recognized human rights, including extra-judicial killings, in Colombia.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waiver</inline>.—</heading><content>Paragraph<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> (1) shall not apply if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations, on a case-by-case basis, that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to support the peace process in Colombia or for urgent humanitarian reasons.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Aided or abetted</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>aided or abetted</term>” means to provide any support to paramilitary or successor armed groups, including taking actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such groups.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Paramilitary groups</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>paramilitary groups</term>” means illegal self-defense groups and illegal security cooperatives, including those groups and cooperatives that have formerly demobilized but continue illegal operations, as well as parts thereof.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Foreign terrorist organization</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>foreign terrorist organization</term>” means an organization designated as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/892">123 STAT. 892</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">community-based police assistance</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7047"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7047. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Authority.—</heading><content>Funds made available by titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of civilian police authority through training and technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian police roles that support democratic governance including assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations with the communities they serve.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Notification.—</heading><content>Assistance provided under subsection (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">prohibition of payments to united nations members</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7048"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7048. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of another country’s delegation at international conferences held under the auspices of multilateral or international organizations.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">war crimes tribunals drawdown</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7049"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7049. </num><content class="inline">If the President determines that doing so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other violations of international humanitarian law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the determination required under this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required under section 552(c):<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available for tribunals other than the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">peacekeeping missions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7050"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7050. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under title I of this Act may be used for any United Nations undertaking when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that: (1) the United Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2) such undertaking will involve United States Armed Forces under the command or operational control of a foreign national; and (3) the President’s military advisors <page identifier="/us/stat/123/893">123 STAT. 893</page> have not submitted to the President a recommendation that such involvement is in the national interests of the United States and the President has not submitted to the Congress such a recommendation.</content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">PEACEKEEPING ASSESSMENT</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7051"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7051. </num><content class="inline">Section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s287e">22 U.S.C. 287e note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">deleting</amendingAction> subsection (v) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof: <quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>For assessments made during each of the calendar years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, 27.1 percent.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7052"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7052. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for a United States contribution to the United Nations Human Rights Council.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply if—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the provision of funds to support the United Nations Human Rights Council is in the national interest of the United States; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the United States is a member of the Human Rights Council.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="definitions"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Attendance at International Conferences</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7053"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7053. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees of agencies or departments of the United States Government who are stationed in the United States, at any single international conference occurring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such attendance is in the national interest:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That for purposes of this section the term “<term>international conference</term>” shall mean a conference attended by representatives of the United States Government and of foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">restrictions on united nations delegations</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7054"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7054. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under title I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for any United States delegation to any specialized agency, body, or commission of the United Nations if such commission is chaired or presided over by a country, the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/app2405">50 U.S.C. App. 2405</ref>(j)(1)), supports international terrorism.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">parking fines and real property taxes owed by foreign governments</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7055"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7055. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Subject to subsection (c), of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI by this Act that are made available for assistance for a foreign country, an amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of the unpaid fully adjudicated <page identifier="/us/stat/123/894">123 STAT. 894</page> parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes owed by the central government of such country shall be withheld from obligation for assistance for the central government of such country until the Secretary of State submits a certification to the Committees on Appropriations stating that such parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes are fully paid.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to subsection (a) may be made available for other programs or activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, provided that no such funds shall be made available for assistance for the central government of a foreign country that has not paid the total amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes owed by such country.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have been withheld under any other provision of law.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> Secretary of State may waive the requirements set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it is in the national interests of the United States to do so.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Secretary of State may waive the requirements set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the unpaid property taxes if the Secretary of State determines that it is in the national interests of the United States to do so.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> later than 6 months after the initial exercise of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary of State, after consultations with the City of New York, shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing a strategy, including a timetable and steps currently being taken, to collect the parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by nations receiving foreign assistance under this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><chapeau>In<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p></sidenote> this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>The term “<term>fully adjudicated</term>” includes circumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle is registered—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A)</num><clause class="inline"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>has not responded to the parking violation summons; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>has not followed the appropriate adjudication procedure to challenge the summons; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the period of time for payment of or challenge to the summons has lapsed.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>The term “<term>parking fines and penalties</term>” means parking fines and penalties—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>owed to—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the District of Columbia; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>New York, New York; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>incurred during the period April 1, 1997, through September 30, 2008.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The term “<term>unpaid property taxes</term>” means the amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined to be owed by a foreign country on real property in the District of Columbia or New York, New York in a court order or judgment entered against such country by a court of the United States or any State or subdivision thereof.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/895">123 STAT. 895</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">landmines and cluster munitions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7056"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7056. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Landmines</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, demining equipment available to the United States Agency for International Development and the Department of State and used in support of the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the President may prescribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cluster Munitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>No military assistance shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or transferred, unless—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the submunitions of the cluster munitions have a 99 percent or higher functioning rate; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the agreement applicable to the assistance, transfer, or sale of the cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology specifies that the cluster munitions will only be used against clearly defined military targets and will not be used where civilians are known to be present.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">millennium challenge corporation</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7057"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7057. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall, not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Appropriations a report on the proposed uses, on a country-by-country basis, of all funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Millennium Challenge Corporation</headingText>” in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs projected to be obligated and expended in fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal years.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The report required in paragraph (a) shall be updated on a semi-annual basis and shall include, at a minimum, a description of—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>compacts in development, including the status of negotiations and the approximate range of value of the proposed compact;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>compacts in implementation, including the projected expenditure and disbursement of compact funds during fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal years as determined by the country compact;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>threshold country programs in development, including the approximate range of value of the threshold country agreement;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>major programmatic changes to existing compacts funded by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>threshold country programs in implementation; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>use of administrative funds.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior to signing any new country compact or new threshold country program; terminating or suspending any country compact or threshold country program; or commencing negotiations for any new compact or threshold country program.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/896">123 STAT. 896</page></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">limitation on residence expenses</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7058"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7058. </num><content class="inline">Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to title II of this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses of the United States Agency for International Development during the current fiscal year: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.</proviso></content></section> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">united states agency for international development management</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7059"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7059. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s3948">22 USC 3948 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Up to $81,000,000 of the funds made available in title III of this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>”, may be used by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Restrictions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a) may not exceed 175.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expiration date.</p></sidenote> authority to hire individuals contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2010.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Conditions.—</heading><content>The authority of subsection (a) may only be used to the extent that an equivalent number of positions that are filled by personal services contractors or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>”, are eliminated.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Priority Sectors.—</heading><content>In exercising the authority of this section, primary emphasis shall be placed on enabling USAID to meet personnel positions in technical skill areas currently encumbered by contractor or other non-direct hire personnel.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Consultations.—</heading><content>The USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at least on a quarterly basis concerning the implementation of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Program Account Charged.—</heading><content>The account charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority of this section shall be the account to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate. Funds made available to carry out this section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading “<headingText>Operating Expenses</headingText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Foreign Service Limited Extensions</inline>.—</heading><content>Individuals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation set forth in such section. <page identifier="/us/stat/123/897">123 STAT. 897</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Junior Officer Placement Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds made available in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to $15,000,000 to fund overseas support costs of members of the Foreign Service with a Foreign Service rank of four or below: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such authority is only used to reduce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services contractors or other non-direct hire employees compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>”.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Disaster Surge Capacity.—</heading><content>Funds appropriated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>”, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in response to natural disasters.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical Advisors</inline>.—</heading><content>Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act in title III for assistance under the heading “<headingText>Global Health and Child Survival</headingText>”, may be used to reimburse United States Government agencies, agencies of State governments, institutions of higher learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the full cost of individuals (including for the personal services of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted by, as the case may be, USAID for the purpose of carrying out activities under that heading: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for assistance under the heading “<headingText>Development Assistance</headingText>” may be used to reimburse such agencies, institutions, and organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying out other development assistance activities.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">(k) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Personal Services Contractors</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used by USAID to employ up to 25 personal services contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or expanded overseas programs and activities managed by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assignment.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not more than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made available only for personal services contractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">(l) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recruitment Strategy</inline>.—</heading><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> later than December 31, 2009, the USAID Administrator, after consulting with the Secretaries of Defense, Treasury, Agriculture, Interior, Energy, and Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a recruitment strategy for current and former employees from such departments and agencies who possess skills and/or overseas experience which would enhance USAID’s capacity to carry out its mission:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds made available under the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/898">123 STAT. 898</page> heading “<headingText>Operating Expenses</headingText>” in title II of this Act may be made available to implement the strategy described in the previous proviso, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">(m) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Hiring Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding section 307 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, the USAID Administrator may hire up to 30 individuals under the Development Leadership Initiative: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expiration date.</p></sidenote> the authority contained in this subsection shall expire on September 30, 2010.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">global health activities</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7060"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7060. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assistance for child survival activities or disease programs including activities relating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law except for the provisions under the heading “<headingText>Global Health and Child Survival</headingText>” and the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/stat/117/711">117 Stat. 711</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s7601/etseq">22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.</ref>), as amended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $545,000,000 should be made available for family planning/reproductive health.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> any other provision of this Act, 10 percent of the funds that are appropriated by this Act for a contribution to support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the “Global Fund”) shall be withheld from obligation to the Global Fund until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Global Fund—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is releasing incremental disbursements only if grantees demonstrate progress against clearly defined performance indicators; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>is implementing a reporting system that breaks down grantee budget allocations by programmatic activity.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7061"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7061. </num><content class="inline">Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Development Assistance</headingText>”, not less than $40,000,000 shall be made available for the Development Grants Program established pursuant to section 674 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dJ">division J of Public Law 110–161</ref>): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds made available under this section are in addition to other funds available for such purposes including funds designated by this Act by section 7065.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">women in development</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7062"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7062. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Programs funded under title III of this Act should include, where appropriate, gender considerations in the planning, assessment, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of such programs.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Funds made available under title III of this Act should be made available to support programs to enhance economic opportunities for poor women in developing countries, including increasing the number and capacity of women-owned enterprises, improving property rights for women, increasing access to financial <page identifier="/us/stat/123/899">123 STAT. 899</page> services, and improving women’s ability to participate in the global economy.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">gender-based violence</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7063"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7063. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Funds appropriated under the headings “Development Assistance” and “Economic Support Fund” in this Act shall be made available for programs to address sexual and gender-based violence. </content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Programs and activities funded under titles III and IV of this Act that provide training for foreign police, judicial, and military officials shall address, where appropriate, gender-based violence. </content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">education</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7064"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7064. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Basic Education</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act and by prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than $700,000,000 should be made available for assistance for basic education, of which not less than $400,000,000 shall be made available under the heading “<headingText>Development Assistance</headingText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>There<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Continuation.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2651a">22 USC 2651a note</ref>.</p></sidenote> shall continue to be a Coordinator of United States government actions to provide basic education assistance in developing countries as established in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dJ/s664">section 664 of division J of Public Law 110–161</ref>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Strategic plan.</p></sidenote> appropriated for basic education in this Act shall be made available for a pilot program in three countries to develop and evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a 5-year basic education strategic plan.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Higher Education</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act and by prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than $133,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for higher education.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">reconciliation programs</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7065"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7065. </num><content class="inline">Of the funds appropriated under the headings “Development Assistance” and “Economic Support Fund” in this Act, $25,000,000 shall be made available for reconciliation programs which bring together and facilitate interaction between individuals of different ethnic, religious and political backgrounds from areas of civil conflict and war, of which $9,000,000 shall be made available for such programs in the Middle East:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of funds, on the most effective uses of such funds.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">comprehensive expenditures report</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7066"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7066. </num><content class="inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the total amount of United States Government expenditures in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, by Federal agency, for assistance programs and activities in each foreign country, identifying the line item as presented in the President’s Budget Appendix and the purpose for which the funds were <page identifier="/us/stat/123/900">123 STAT. 900</page> provided: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if required, information may be submitted in classified form.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">requests for documents</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7067"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7067. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental organization, including any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for International Development.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">senior policy operating group</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7068"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7068. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons, established under section 105(f) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s7103/f">22 U.S.C. 7103(f)</ref>) to coordinate agency activities regarding policies (including grants and grant policies) involving the international trafficking in persons, shall coordinate all such policies related to the activities of traffickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds provided under title I of this or any other Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be expended to perform functions that duplicate coordinating responsibilities of the Operating Group.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The Operating Group shall continue to report only to the authorities that appointed them pursuant to section 105(f).</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">prohibition on use of torture</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7069"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7069. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture, cruel or inhumane treatment by any official or contract employee of the United States Government.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">africa</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7070"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7070. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expanded International Military Education and Training</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>International Military Education and Training</headingText>” in this Act that are made available for assistance for Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, and Guinea may be made available only for expanded international military education and training.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>International Military Education and Training</headingText>” in this Act may be made available for assistance for Equatorial Guinea. </content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sudan Limitation on Assistance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subject to subsection (2):</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Government of Sudan.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the cost, as defined in section 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/901">123 STAT. 901</page> cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and credit agreements.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>Subsection<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> (b)(1) shall not apply if the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The Government of Sudan honors its pledges to cease attacks upon civilians and disarms and demobilizes the Janjaweed and other government-supported militias.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The Government of Sudan and all government-supported militia groups are honoring their commitments made in all previous cease-fire agreements.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>The Government of Sudan is allowing unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid organizations, the human rights investigation and humanitarian teams of the United Nations, including protection officers, and an international monitoring team that is based in Darfur and has the support of the United States.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exceptions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The provisions of subsection (b)(1) shall not apply to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>humanitarian assistance;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, and Abyei; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>assistance to support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur Peace Agreement or any other internationally-recognized viable peace agreement in Sudan.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>For the purposes of this Act, the term “<term>Government of Sudan</term>” shall not include the Government of Southern Sudan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other law, assistance in this Act may be made available to the Government of Southern Sudan to provide non-lethal military assistance, military education and training, and defense services controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 CRF 120.1 et seq.) if the Secretary of State—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>determines<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> that the provision of such items is in the national interest of the United States; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> later than 15 days before the provision of any such assistance, notifies the Committees on Appropriations of such determination.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Horn of Africa and Pan Sahel Program</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>” in this Act that are made available for programs and activities to counter extremism in the Horn of Africa and the Pan Sahel region of Africa, shall be administered by the United States Agency for International Development, and are in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">War Crimes in Africa</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Congress reaffirms its support for the efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) to bring to justice individuals responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in a timely manner.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> appropriated by this Act, including funds for debt restructuring, may be made available for assistance for the central government of a country in which individuals indicted by ICTR and SCSL are credibly alleged to be living, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/902">123 STAT. 902</page> if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is cooperating with ICTR and SCSL, including the surrender and transfer of indictees in a timely manner: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this subsection shall not apply to assistance provided under section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or to project assistance under title VI of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the United States shall use its voice and vote in the United Nations Security Council to fully support efforts by ICTR and SCSL to bring to justice individuals indicted by such tribunals in a timely manner.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote> prohibition in subsection (2) may be waived on a country-by-country basis if the President determines that doing so is in the national security interest of the United States:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That prior to exercising such waiver authority, the President shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, on—</proviso></chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the steps being taken to obtain the cooperation of the government in surrendering the indictee in question to the court of jurisdiction;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a strategy, including a timeline, for bringing the indictee before such court; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the justification for exercising the waiver authority.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Zimbabwe</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Loans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2151">22 USC 2151 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director to each international financial institution to vote against any extension by the respective institution of any loans to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and association, and a transition government has been established that reflects the will of the people as they voted in the March 2008 elections.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for assistance for the central government of Zimbabwe unless the Secretary of State makes the determination pursuant to subsection (e)(1).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">asia</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7071"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7071. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Tibet</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States executive director to each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to support projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs-assessment; foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture and traditions; and are subject to effective monitoring.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not less than $7,300,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>” should be made available to nongovernmental organizations to support activities which <page identifier="/us/stat/123/903">123 STAT. 903</page> preserve cultural traditions and promote sustainable development and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Burma</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Loans.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1701">50 USC 1701 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director to each appropriate international financial institution in which the United States participates, to oppose and vote against the extension by such institution any loan or financial or technical assistance or any other utilization of funds of the respective bank to and for Burma.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>”, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available to support democracy activities in Burma, along the Burma-Thailand border, for activities of Burmese student groups and other organizations located outside Burma, and for the purpose of supporting the provision of humanitarian assistance to displaced Burmese along Burma’s borders: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Thailand.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in addition to assistance for Burmese refugees provided under the heading “<headingText>Migration and Refugee Assistance</headingText>” in this Act, not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for community-based organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, medical and other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons in eastern Burma:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds made available under this paragraph shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Indonesia</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Of<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Foreign Military Financing Program</headingText>”, not to exceed $15,700,000 shall be made available for assistance for Indonesia, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available only after the Secretary of State submits to the Committees on Appropriations the report on Indonesia detailed in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) under such heading.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>” that are available for assistance for Indonesia, not less than $300,000 should be made available for grants for capacity building of Indonesian human rights organizations, including in Papua.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cambodia</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Human trafficking.</p></sidenote> appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>” in this Act for assistance for Cambodia may be used for an endowment, and shall be made available to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Cambodia to combat human trafficking, notwithstanding any other provision of law.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">North Korea</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Refugees.</p></sidenote> made available under the heading “<headingText>Migration and Refugee Assistance</headingText>” in this Act shall be made available for assistance for refugees from North Korea.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Of the funds made available under the heading “<headingText>International Broadcasting Operations</headingText>” in title I of this Act, not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for broadcasts into North Korea.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Energy.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> of the funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>” in fiscal year 2009 may be made <page identifier="/us/stat/123/904">123 STAT. 904</page> available for obligation for energy-related assistance for North Korea unless the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that North Korea is continuing to fulfill its commitments under the Six Party Talks agreements.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">People’s Republic of China</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Development Assistance</headingText>” in this Act, not less than $11,000,000 shall be made available to United States educational institutions and nongovernmental organizations for programs and activities in the People’s Republic of China relating to the environment, governance and the rule of law.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Exports and imports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Diplomatic and Consular Programs</headingText>” in this Act may be obligated or expended for processing licenses for the export of satellites of United States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite components) to the People’s Republic of China unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Mandarin.</p></sidenote> later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing, to the extent practicable, the amount of assistance provided by the People’s Republic of China to governments and entities in Latin America and Africa during the previous calendar year, and shall make such report publicly available in a timely manner on the website of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development in English and Mandarin. </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Of<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Mandarin.</p></sidenote> the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Diplomatic and Consular Programs</headingText>” in this Act, $1,000,000 shall be made available to the Bureau of International Information Programs to disseminate information, in Mandarin, in the People’s Republic of China:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Text messaging.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such information shall include issues of governance, transparency, corruption, rule of law, and the environment, and the findings of the report required by paragraph (3) of this subsection, and shall be disseminated through the Internet, text messaging or other means, and directed to economically depressed areas of the People’s Republic of China: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such funds are in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Department of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of funds made available by this subsection.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">People’s Liberation Army.</p></sidenote> terms and requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s Republic of China, to include such projects or activities by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/905">123 STAT. 905</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Philippines</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Of<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Foreign Military Financing Program</headingText>”, not to exceed $30,000,000 may be made available for assistance for the Philippines, of which $2,000,000 may not be obligated until the Secretary of State reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Government of the Philippines is taking effective steps to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, to include prosecutions and convictions for extrajudicial executions; sustaining the decline in the number of extra-judicial executions; addressing allegations of a death squad in Davao City; and strengthening government institutions working to eliminate extra-judicial executions;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the Government of the Philippines is implementing a policy of promoting military personnel who demonstrate professionalism and respect for internationally recognized human rights, and is investigating and prosecuting military personnel and others who have been credibly alleged to have violated such rights; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the Philippine Armed Forces do not have a policy of, and are not engaging in, acts of intimidation or violence against members of legal organizations who advocate for human rights.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Vietnam</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Development Assistance</headingText>” in this Act may be made available for programs and activities in the central highlands of Vietnam, and shall be made available for environmental remediation and related health activities in Vietnam.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">serbia</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7072"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7072. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central Government of Serbia after May 31, 2009, if the President has made the determination and certification contained in subsection (c).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>After May 31, 2009, the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States executive directors to the international financial institutions to support loans and assistance to the Government of Serbia subject to the conditions in subsection (c).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Ratko Mladic.</p></sidenote> determination and certification referred to in subsection (a) is a determination and a certification by the President to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Serbia is—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access for investigators, the provision of documents, timely information on the location, movement, and sources of financial support of indictees, and the surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehension, including Ratko Mladic;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>taking steps that are consistent with the Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, security and other support which has served to maintain separate Republika Srpska institutions; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>taking steps to implement policies which reflect a respect for minority rights and the rule of law.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>This section shall not apply humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote democracy.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/906">123 STAT. 906</page></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">independent states of the former soviet union</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7073"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7073. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>” shall be made available for assistance for a government of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if that government directs any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds may be made available without regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President determines that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>” for the Russian Federation, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Of<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>” that are allocated for assistance for the Government of the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the President determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of the Russian Federation—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>has terminated implementation of arrangements to provide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile capability; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>is providing full access to international non-government organizations providing humanitarian relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in Chechnya.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>assistance to combat infectious diseases, child survival activities, or assistance for victims of trafficking in persons; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>activities authorized under title V (Nonproliferation and Disarmament Programs and Activities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply to—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>activities to support democracy or assistance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and <ref href="/us/pl/104/201/s1424">section 1424 of Public Law 104–201</ref> or non-proliferation assistance;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any assistance provided by the Trade and Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2421">22 U.S.C. 2421</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>any activity carried out by a member of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within his or her official capacity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or other assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2191/etseq">22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>humanitarian assistance.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/907">123 STAT. 907</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">repression in the russian federation</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7074"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7074. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><content>None of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>” in this Act may be made available for the Government of the Russian Federation, after 180 days from the date of the enactment of this Act, unless the President determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of the Russian Federation: (1) has implemented no statute, Executive order, regulation or similar government action that would discriminate, or which has as its principal effect discrimination, against religious groups or religious communities in the Russian Federation in violation of accepted international agreements on human rights and religious freedoms to which the Russian Federation is a party; and (2) is (A) honoring its international obligations regarding freedom of expression, assembly, and press, as well as due process; (B) investigating and prosecuting law enforcement personnel credibly alleged to have committed human rights abuses against political leaders, activists and journalists; and (C) immediately releasing political leaders, activists and journalists who remain in detention.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> Secretary of State may waive the requirements of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that to do so is important to the national interests of the United States.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">central asia</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7075"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7075. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Kazakhstan.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determinations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content>Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Kazakhstan has made significant improvements in the protection of human rights and civil liberties during the preceding 6 month period, including by fulfilling obligations recommended by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the areas of election procedures, media freedom, freedom of religion, free assembly and minority rights, and by meeting the commitments it made in connection with its assumption of the Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote> Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such a waiver is important to the national security of the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> later than October 1, 2009, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The defense articles, defense services, and financial assistance provided by the United States to the countries of Central Asia during the 12-month period ending 30 days prior to submission of such report.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The use during such period of defense articles, defense services, and financial assistance provided by the United States by units of the armed forces, border guards, or other security forces of such countries.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> purposes of this section, the term “<term>countries of Central Asia</term>” means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/908">123 STAT. 908</page></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">uzbekistan</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7076"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7076. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Human rights.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determinations.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central Government of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Uzbekistan is making substantial and continuing progress—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in meeting its commitments under the “Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Framework Between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the United States of America”, including respect for internationally recognized human rights, establishing a genuine multi-party system, and ensuring free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and the independence of the media; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in investigating and prosecuting the individuals responsible for the deliberate killings of civilians in Andijan in May 2005.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>If<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of State has credible evidence that any current or former official of the Government of Uzbekistan was responsible for the deliberate killings of civilians in Andijan in May 2005, or for other violations of internationally recognized human rights in Uzbekistan, not later than 6 months after enactment of this Act any person identified by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection shall be ineligible for admission to the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The restriction in subsection (b) shall cease to apply if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Uzbekistan has taken concrete and measurable steps to improve respect for internationally recognized human rights, including allowing peaceful political and religious expression, releasing imprisoned human rights defenders, and implementing recommendations made by the United Nations on torture.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote> Secretary may waive the application of subsection (b) if the Secretary determines that admission to the United States is necessary to attend the United Nations or to further United States law enforcement objectives.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>For<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> the purpose of this section “assistance” shall include excess defense articles.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">afghanistan</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7077"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7077. </num><content class="inline">Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $1,041,950,000 should be made available for assistance for Afghanistan, of which not less than $100,000,000 shall be made available to support programs that directly address the needs of Afghan women and girls, including for the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and for women-led nonprofit organizations in Afghanistan.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">enterprise funds</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7078"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7078. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Distribution plan.</p></sidenote><content>Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with the regular notification <page identifier="/us/stat/123/909">123 STAT. 909</page> procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Funds made available under titles III through VI of this Act for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">united nations population fund</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7079"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7079. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contribution</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds made available under the headings “International Organizations and Programs” and “Global Health and Child Survival” in this Act for fiscal year 2009, $50,000,000 shall be made available for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), of which not more than $30,000,000 shall be derived from funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>International Organizations and Programs</headingText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of Funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> appropriated by this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available because of the operation of any provision of law, shall be made available to UNFPA notwithstanding any such provision of law, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, only for the following purposes and subject to the provisions of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>provide and distribute equipment, medicine, and supplies, including safe delivery kits and hygiene kits, to ensure safe childbirth and emergency obstetric care;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>make available supplies of contraceptives for the prevention of unintended pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>prevent and treat cases of obstetric fistula;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>reestablish maternal health services in areas where medical infrastructure and such services have been destroyed or limited by natural disasters, armed conflict, or other factors;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>promote abandonment of female genital mutilation and cutting and child marriage; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>promote access to basic services, including clean water, sanitation facilities, food, and health care, for poor women and girls.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition on Use of Funds in China</inline>.—</heading><content>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Republic of China.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conditions on Availability of Funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Funds made available by this Act for UNFPA may be made available if—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>UNFPA maintains funds made available by this Act in an account separate from other accounts of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with other sums; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>UNFPA<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Abortion.</p></sidenote> does not fund abortions.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report to Congress and Witholding of Funds</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount of funds that the UNFPA is budgeting for the year in which the report is submitted for a country program in the People’s Republic of China.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>If the report under this subparagraph indicates that the UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country program in the People’s Republic of China in the year covered by the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/910">123 STAT. 910</page> report, then the amount of such funds the UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of China shall be deducted from the funds made available to the UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">prohibition on publicity or propaganda</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7080"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7080. </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not authorized before the date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/96/533/s316">section 316 of Public Law 96–533</ref>.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">opic</heading><subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7081"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7081. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Termination date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2194">22 USC 2194 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2195/a/2">22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)</ref>), the authority of subsections (a) through (c) of section 234 of such Act shall remain in effect through September 30, 2009.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>Whenever<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> the President determines that it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Account, to be subject to the terms and conditions of that account: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such funds shall not be available for administrative expenses of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That designated funding levels in this Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this section:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">extradition</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7082"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7082. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds provided under the headings “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement”, “Migration and Refugee Assistance”, “Emergency Migration and Refugee Assistance”, and “Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance”) for the central government of a country which has notified the Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or for killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United States extradition request.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Subsection<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> (a) shall only apply to the central government of a country with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations and with which the United States has an extradition treaty and the government of that country is in violation of the terms and conditions of the treaty.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> Secretary of State may waive the restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary certifies to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/911">123 STAT. 911</page> the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is important to the national interests of the United States.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7083"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7083. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clean Energy</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $100,000,000 shall be made available to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, for programs and activities that reduce global warming by promoting the sustainable use of renewable energy technologies and energy efficient end-use technologies, carbon sequestration, and carbon accounting.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Climate Change Adaptation</inline>.—</heading><content>Of<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> the funds appropriated by this Act, up to $10,000,000 shall be made available for a United States contribution to the Least Developed Countries Fund to support grants for climate change adaptation programs and activities, if the Global Environment Facility makes publicly available on its website an annual report detailing the criteria used to determine which programs and activities receive funds, the manner in which such programs and activities meet such criteria, the extent of local involvement in such programs and activities, the amount of funds provided, and the results achieved.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Biodiversity</inline>.—</heading><content>Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act and by prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than $195,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activities which directly protect biodiversity, including tropical forests and wildlife, in developing countries, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for USAID’s conservation programs in the Amazon Basin: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of the funds made available under this paragraph, not less than $17,500,000 shall be made available for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership of which not less than $2,500,000 shall be made available to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for conservation programs in Africa: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and biodiversity conservation activities and energy programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Development Assistance</headingText>” may be made available as a contribution to the Galapagos Invasive Species Fund. </proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d)</num><paragraph class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Extraction of Natural Resources</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the managements of the international financial institutions and the public that it is the policy of the United States to oppose any assistance by such institutions (including but not limited to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other natural resource unless the government of the country has in place functioning systems for: (i) accurately accounting for payments for companies involved in the extraction and export of natural resources; (ii) the independent auditing of accounts receiving such payments and the widespread public dissemination of the findings of such audits; and (iii) verifying government receipts against company payments including widespread dissemination of such payment information, and disclosing such documents as Host Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and bidding documents, <page identifier="/us/stat/123/912">123 STAT. 912</page> allowing in any such dissemination or disclosure for the redaction of, or exceptions for, information that is commercially proprietary or that would create competitive disadvantage.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing, for each international financial institution, the amount and type of assistance provided, by country, for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other natural resources in the preceeding 12 months, and whether each institution considered, in its proposal for such assistance, the extent to which the country has functioning systems described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">prohibition on promotion of tobacco</inline></heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7084"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7084. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">commercial leasing of defense articles</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7085"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7085. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense articles from United States commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for those defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale under such Act.</content></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">anti-kleptocracy</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7086"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7086. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1182">8 USC 1182 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>In furtherance of the National Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy and Presidential Proclamation 7750, the Secretary of State shall compile and maintain a list of officials of foreign governments and their immediate family members who the Secretary has credible evidence have been involved in corruption relating to the extraction of natural resources in their countries.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Any individual on the list compiled under subsection (a) shall be ineligible for admission to the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> Secretary may waive the application of subsection (b) if the Secretary determines that admission to the United States is necessary to attend the United Nations or to further United States law enforcement objectives, or that the circumstances which caused the individual to be included on the list have changed sufficiently to justify the removal of the individual from the list.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Classified information.</p></sidenote> later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall report in writing, in classified form if necessary, to the Committees on Appropriations <page identifier="/us/stat/123/913">123 STAT. 913</page> describing the evidence of corruption concerning individuals listed pursuant to subsection (a).</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">training and equipment reports</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7087"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7087. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The annual foreign military training report required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropriations by the date specified in that section.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with other relevant United States Government agencies, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report detailing the equipment to be purchased with funds appropriated or otherwise made available under the headings “Andean Counterdrug Programs”, “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement”, and “Foreign Military Financing Program” in this Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such report shall include a description of the anticipated costs associated with the operation and maintenance of such equipment in subsequent fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That for the purposes of this subsection, “equipment” shall be defined as any aircraft, vessel, boat or vehicle.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7088"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7088. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">United Nations</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> made available by this Act shall be made available to continue reform efforts at the United Nations: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not later than September 30, 2009, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing actions taken by United Nations organizations under the headings “Contributions to International Organizations” and “International Organizations and Programs” to continue reform of United Nations financial management systems and program oversight.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">World Bank</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 668(c)(1) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>)<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/121/2351">121 Stat. 2351</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>that</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>on the extent to which</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="smallCaps">National Budget Transparency.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central government of any country that fails to make publicly available on an annual basis its national budget, to include income and expenditures.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> Secretary of State may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) on a country-by-country basis if the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is important to the national interest of the United States.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">disability programs</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7089"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7089. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Economic Support Fund</headingText>”, not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activities administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to address the needs and protect the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries, and for programs to make publicly available information on independent living, advocacy, education, and transportation for people with disabilities and disability <page identifier="/us/stat/123/914">123 STAT. 914</page> advocacy organizations in developing countries, including for the cost of translation.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Operating Expenses</headingText>” in title II of this Act shall be made available to develop and implement training for staff in overseas USAID missions to promote the full inclusion and equal participation of people with disabilities in developing countries.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the USAID Administrator shall seek to ensure that, where appropriate, construction projects funded by this Act are accessible to people with disabilities and in compliance with the USAID Policy on Standards for Accessibility for the Disabled, or other similar accessibility standards.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (a), not more than 7 percent may be for management, oversight and technical support.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">ORPHANS, DISPLACED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7090"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7090. </num><chapeau class="inline">Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, $3,000,000 should be made available for activities to improve the capacity of foreign government agencies and nongovernmental organizations to prevent child abandonment, address the needs of orphans, displaced and abandoned children and provide permanent homes through family reunification, guardianship and domestic adoptions: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That funds made available under title III of this Act should be made available, as appropriate, consistent with—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the goal of enabling children to remain in the care of their family of origin, but when not possible, placing children in permanent homes through adoption;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the principle that such placements should be based on informed consent which has not been induced by payment or compensation;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the view that long-term foster care or institutionalization are not permanent options and should be used when no other suitable permanent options are available; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the recognition that programs that protect and support families can reduce the abandonment and exploitation of children.</content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">SRI LANKA</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7091"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7091. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><chapeau>None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Foreign Military Financing Program</headingText>” may be made available for assistance for Sri Lanka, no defense export license may be issued, and no military equipment or technology shall be sold or transferred to Sri Lanka pursuant to the authorities contained in this Act or any other Act, until the Secretary of State certifies to the Committee on Appropriations that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Sri Lankan military is suspending and the Government of Sri Lanka is bringing to justice members of the military who have been credibly alleged to have violated internationally recognized human rights or international humanitarian law, including complicity in the recruitment of child soldiers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the Government of Sri Lanka is providing access to humanitarian organizations and journalists throughout the country consistent with international humanitarian law; and<page identifier="/us/stat/123/915">123 STAT. 915</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the Government of Sri Lanka has agreed to the establishment of a field presence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sri Lanka with sufficient staff and mandate to conduct full and unfettered monitoring throughout the country and to publicize its findings.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Subsection (a) shall not apply to technology or equipment made available for the limited purposes of maritime and air surveillance, including communications equipment previously committed or approved for the limited purposes of air and maritime surveillance.</content></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">export-import bank rescission</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including rescissions)</inline></subheading> </appropriations> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7092"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7092. </num><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Subsidy Appropriation</headingText>” for the Export-Import Bank of the United States that are available for tied-aid grants in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, $17,000,000 are rescinded.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Of the unobligated balances available under the heading “<headingText>Subsidy Appropriation</headingText>” for the Export-Import Bank of the United States in <ref href="/us/pl/109/102">Public Law 109–102</ref>, $27,000,000 are rescinded.</content></subsection></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009”.

 DIVISION I—TRANSPORTATION,

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009.

Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2009.

 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATONS ACT, 2009 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $98,248,000, of which not to exceed $2,400,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $759,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,838,000 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed $10,107,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $10,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $26,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,020,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,595,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $1,369,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed $8,675,000 for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed $12,885,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Transfer authority.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized <page identifier="/us/stat/123/916">123 STAT. 916</page> to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in <ref href="/us/pl/107/71">Public Law 107–71</ref>, there may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Audits.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds provided under this heading, $100,000 shall be provided through reimbursement to the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General to audit the Working Capital Fund’s financial statements.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Financial Management Capital</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department of Transportation’s financial systems, and reengineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Office of Civil Rights</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,384,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Transportation Planning, Research, and Development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, systems development, development activities, and making grants, to remain available until expended, $18,300,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Working Capital Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $128,094,000, shall be paid from appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transportation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal administrator:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Minority Business Resource Center Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of guaranteed loans, $353,000, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s332">49 U.S.C. 332</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the <page identifier="/us/stat/123/917">123 STAT. 917</page> Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $559,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Minority Business Outreach</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center outreach activities, $3,056,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s332">49 U.S.C. 332</ref>, these funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Payments to Air Carriers </heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(Airport and Airway Trust Fund) </subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry out the essential air service program under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s41731">49 U.S.C. 41731</ref> through 41742, $73,013,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, in determining between or among carriers competing to provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to meet the costs of the essential air service program in the current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums as may be necessary to carry out the essential air service program from any available amounts appropriated to or directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for such fiscal year.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Compensation for Air Carriers</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the amounts made available under this heading, all unobligated balances as of the date of enactment of this Act are hereby permanently rescinded.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions—Office of the Secretary of Transportation </heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 101. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Transfer authority.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the bonding assistance program from “Office of the Secretary, Salaries and expenses” to “Minority Business Outreach”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 102. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assessments.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, except for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process for Congressional notification.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 103. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or implement a program under which essential air service communities are required to <page identifier="/us/stat/123/918">123 STAT. 918</page> assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local participation program. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 104. </num><content class="inline">The Secretary or his or her designee may engage in activities with States and State legislators to consider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Aviation Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Operations </heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(airport and airway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities related to commercial space transportation, administrative expenses for research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by <ref href="/us/pl/108/176">Public Law 108–176</ref>, $9,042,467,000, of which $5,238,005,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,099,019,000 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not to exceed $1,164,597,000 shall be available for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $14,094,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed $111,004,000 shall be available for financial services activities; not to exceed $96,091,000 shall be available for human resources program activities; not to exceed $331,000,000 shall be available for region and center operations and regional coordination activities; not to exceed $180,859,000 shall be available for staff offices; and not to exceed $46,500,000 shall be available for information services: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary utilize not less than $10,000,000 of the funds provided for aviation safety activities to pay for staff increases in the Office of Aviation Flight Standards and the Office of Aircraft Certification:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s44506">49 USC 44506 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/108/176/s221">section 221 of Public Law 108–176</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fines.</p></sidenote> the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the Congress:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Safety standards.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for the second career training program:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">User fees.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any regulation <page identifier="/us/stat/123/919">123 STAT. 919</page> that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $9,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing program:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Premium pay.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5546/a">5 U.S.C. 5546(a)</ref> to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such employee actually performed work during the time corresponding to such premium pay: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit card.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Facilities and Equipment</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(airport and airway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/stVII/ptA">part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code</ref>, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,742,095,000, of which $2,281,595,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011, and of which $460,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2009: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and modernization of air navigation facilities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Submission date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Investment plan.</p></sidenote> upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2010 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2010 through 2014, with total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and Budget:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Study.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of Transportation shall conduct an analysis that compares the current status of air traffic management and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/920">123 STAT. 920</page> the national airspace system to the planned architecture of the “next generation” air transportation system:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Submission date.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Interim architecture.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cost estimate.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2010 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an interim architecture for the “next generation” air transportation system that establishes a list of priority capabilities to be achieved by 2017 and provides an estimated cost for each of those priorities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Research, Engineering, and Development </heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(airport and airway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, engineering, and development, as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/stVII/ptA">part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code</ref>, including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $171,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and development.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Grants-in-Aid for Airports</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(liquidation of contract authorization)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(limitation on obligations)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(airport and airway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and <ref href="/us/usc/t49/ch475/schI">subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s41743">section 41743 of title 49, United States Code</ref>; and for inspection activities and administration of airport safety programs, including those related to airport operating certificates under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s44706">section 44706 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $3,600,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,514,500,000 in fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s47117/g">section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code</ref>:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Explosive detection systems.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than $87,454,000 shall be obligated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for the airport cooperative research program, not less than $19,348,000 shall be for Airport Technology Research, and $8,000,000, to remain available until <page identifier="/us/stat/123/921">123 STAT. 921</page> expended, shall be available and transferred to “Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses” to carry out the Small Community Air Service Development Program.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the amounts authorized under sections 48103 and 48112 of <ref href="/us/usc/t49">title 49, United States Code</ref>, $80,000,000 are permanently rescinded from amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions—Federal Aviation Administration </heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 110. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 2009. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 111. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on “below-market” rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. </proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 112. </num><content class="inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s41742/a/1">49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1)</ref> from fees credited under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s45303">49 U.S.C. 45303</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That during fiscal year 2009, <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s41742/b">49 U.S.C. 41742(b)</ref> shall not apply, and any amount remaining in such account at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 113. </num><content class="inline">Amounts collected under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s40113/e">section 40113(e) of title 49, United States Code</ref>, shall be credited to the appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes of such appropriation.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 114. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">New Jersey.</p></sidenote> of the funds appropriated or limited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 115. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Airline schedules.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>No funds provided in this Act may be used by the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations or take any action regarding the scheduling of airline operations at any commercial airport in the United States if such regulation or action involves:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the auctioning by the Secretary or the FAA Administrator of rights or permission to conduct airline operations at such an airport,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the implementation by said Secretary or Administrator of peak-period or other forms of congestion pricing at such an airport,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>either: </chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>withdrawal by the Secretary or Administrator of a right or permission to conduct operations at such an <page identifier="/us/stat/123/922">123 STAT. 922</page> airport (except when the withdrawal is for operational reasons or pursuant to the terms or conditions of such operating right or permission), or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>requiring a carrier to transfer involuntarily any such right or permission to another person, </content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the charging by the Secretary or Administrator of a fee for the right or permission to use navigable airspace at such an airport, or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>requiring or providing incentives or disincentives to airport proprietors to take such actions themselves.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Nothing in this section shall be construed to:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>prohibit the Secretary or the Administrator from imposing per-operation limitations on airports for the purpose of alleviating congestion at such airports,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>prohibit individual airports from implementing peak-period or other congestion pricing at such airports, consistent with regulations pertaining to airport rates and charges, or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>limit the ability of a State, political subdivision of a State, or political authority of at least two States that owns or operates a commercial airport from carrying out its proprietary powers and rights.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 116. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds limited by this Act for grants under the Airport Improvement Program shall be made available to the sponsor of a commercial service airport if such sponsor fails to agree to a request from the Secretary of Transportation for cost-free space in a non-revenue producing, public use area of the airport terminal or other airport facilities for the purpose of carrying out a public service air passenger rights and consumer outreach campaign.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 117. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Within 60 days of the publication date of any Government Accountability Office report reviewing the Federal Aviation Administration’s project to redesign the airspace over the New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia region, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall report in writing to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, on actions the agency intends to take in order to address any concerns and recommendations identified in the Government Accountability Office report.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="118"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 118. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Apportionment.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air service from a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or such other regulations as may be issued by the Secretary under the authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the minimum apportionment specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s47114/c">49 U.S.C. 47114(c)</ref>, if the Secretary determines that airport had more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, based on data submitted to the Secretary under <ref href="/us/cfr/t14/pt241">part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Highway Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">limitation on administrative expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $390,000,000, together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made <page identifier="/us/stat/123/923">123 STAT. 923</page> available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration for necessary expenses for administration and operation. In addition, not to exceed $3,524,000 shall be paid from appropriations made available by this Act and transferred to the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs associated with audits and investigations of projects and programs of the Federal Highway Administration, and not to exceed $300,000 shall be paid from appropriations made available by this Act and provided to that office through reimbursement to conduct the annual audits of financial statements in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3521">section 3521 of title 31, United States Code</ref>. In addition, not to exceed $3,124,000 shall be paid from appropriations made available by this Act and transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s104">section 104 of title 23, United States Code</ref>.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Federal-Aid Highways</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(limitation on obligations)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t23/s104">23 USC 104 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of $40,700,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 2009: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That within the $40,700,000,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, not more than $429,800,000 shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs for transportation research (<ref href="/us/usc/t23/ch5">chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code</ref>; sections 111, 5505, and 5506 of <ref href="/us/usc/t49">title 49, United States Code</ref>; and <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/t5">title 5 of Public Law 109–59</ref>) for fiscal year 2009: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That this limitation on transportation research programs shall not apply to any authority previously made available for obligation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s605/b">section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code</ref>, collect and spend fees to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit instruments: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such amounts are in addition to administrative expenses that are also available for such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s608">section 608 of title 23, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(liquidation of contract authorization)</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t23">title 23, United States Code</ref>, that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s308">23 U.S.C. 308</ref>, $41,439,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until expended. <page identifier="/us/stat/123/924">123 STAT. 924</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission)</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each State under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/ch1">chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, $3,150,000,000 are permanently rescinded: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such rescission shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance with sections 130(f) and 104(b)(5) of <ref href="/us/usc/t23">title 23, United States Code</ref>; sections 133(d)(1) and 163 of such title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of <ref href="/us/pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</ref>; and the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/110/140/s1132">section 1132 of Public Law 110–140</ref>, in administering the rescission required under this heading, the Secretary of Transportation shall allow each State to determine the amount of the required rescission to be drawn from the programs to which the rescission applies.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Appalachian Development Highway System </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for West Virginia corridor H of the Appalachian Development Highway System as authorized under <ref href="/us/pl/102/240/s1069/y">section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240</ref>, as amended, $9,500,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Denali Access System Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Denali Access System Program as authorized under <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s1960">section 1960 of Public Law 109–59</ref>, $5,700,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions—Federal Highway Administration</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescissions) </subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="120"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 120. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t23/s104">23 USC 104 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>For fiscal year 2009, the Secretary of Transportation shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for administrative expenses and programs by <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s104/a">section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code</ref>; programs funded from the administrative takedown authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s104/a/1">section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code</ref> (as in effect on the date before the date of enactment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users); the highway use tax evasion program; and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; </content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety programs for previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>determine the ratio that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated <page identifier="/us/stat/123/925">123 STAT. 925</page> for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s105">section 105 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4)</num><subparagraph class="inline"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users; sections 117 (but individually for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) and <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s144/g">section 144(g) of title 23, United States Code</ref>; and <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s14501">section 14501 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, so that the amount of obligation authority available for each of such sections is equal to the amount determined by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for that section for the fiscal year; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>distribute $2,000,000,000 for <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s105">section 105 of title 23, United States Code</ref>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for each of the programs that are allocated by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and <ref href="/us/usc/t23">title 23, United States Code</ref> (other than to programs to which paragraphs (1) and (4) apply), by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such program for such fiscal year; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><chapeau>distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs (other than the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program, but only to the extent that the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program for the fiscal year are greater than $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development highway system program) that are apportioned by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and <ref href="/us/usc/t23">title 23, United States Code</ref>, in the ratio that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>amounts authorized to be appropriated for such programs that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal year, bear to</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for such programs that are apportioned to all States for such fiscal year.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.</inline>—</heading><content>The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations: (1) under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s125">section 125 of title 23, United States Code</ref>; (2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections (b) and (c) <page identifier="/us/stat/123/926">123 STAT. 926</page> of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s157">section 157 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s105">section 105 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years; (9) for Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation authority was made available under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws for multiple years or to remain available until used, but only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used; (10) under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s105">section 105 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009; and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made available for obligation.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Distribution date.</p></sidenote><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.</inline>—</heading><content>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year, revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if the amount distributed cannot be obligated during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of <ref href="/us/usc/t23">title 23, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation Research Programs.</inline>—</heading><content>The obligation limitation shall apply to transportation research programs carried out under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/ch5">chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, and title V (research title) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made available for such programs under such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.</inline>—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general.</inline>—</heading><chapeau>Not<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> later than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways programs; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Ratio.</inline>—</heading><content>Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/927">123 STAT. 927</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability.</inline>—</heading><content>Funds distributed under paragraph (1) shall be available for any purposes described in <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s133/b">section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Special Limitation Characteristics.</inline>—</heading><chapeau>Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection (a)(4) shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>remain available until used for obligation of funds for that provision; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">High Priority Project Flexibility.</inline>—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general.</inline>—</heading><content>Subject to paragraph (2), obligation authority distributed for such fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may be obligated for any other project in such section in the same State.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Restoration.</inline>—</heading><content>Obligation authority used as described in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the original purpose on the date on which obligation authority is distributed under this section for the next fiscal year following obligation under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation on Statutory Construction.</inline>—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(4)(A) for each of the individual projects numbered greater than 3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="121"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 121. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s111">49 U.S.C. 111</ref> may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="122"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 122. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to amounts provided in this or any other Act for fiscal year 2009, $143,031,303, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), shall be available for the Transportation, Community, and System Preservation Program under section 1117 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (<ref href="/us/pl/109/59">Pub. L. 109–59</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/119/1144">119 Stat. 1144</ref>, 1177–1179): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all funds made available under this section shall be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs set forth in this Act or any other Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such funds shall be administered in accordance with section 1117(g)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="123"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 123. </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s104/a">section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code</ref>, $33,401,492 are permanently rescinded. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="124"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 124. </num><content class="inline">Of the unobligated balances of funds made available in fiscal year 2005 and prior fiscal years for the implementation or execution of programs for transportation research, training and <page identifier="/us/stat/123/928">123 STAT. 928</page> education, and technology deployment including intelligent transportation systems, $11,756,527 are permanently rescinded. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="125"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 125. </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation $161,326,625 for surface transportation priorities: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the amount provided by this section shall be made available for the programs, projects and activities identified under this section in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided by this section, at the request of a State, shall be transferred by the Secretary to another Federal agency: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Federal share payable on account of any program, project, or activity carried out with funds set aside by this section shall be 100 percent: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sums set aside by this section shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds set aside by this section shall be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs set forth in this Act or any other Act. </proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="126"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 126. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public comments.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t23/s313">23 USC 313 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid highway projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall provide an annual report to the Appropriations Committees of the Congress on any waivers granted under the Buy America requirements. </proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="127"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 127. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Montana.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref> for “Bridge over Broadway, Missoula to Rattlesnake National Recreation Area, MT” shall be available for a new pedestrian and bicycle-friendly at-grade crossing of East Broadway Street in Missoula, Montana.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="128"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 128. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Texas.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available, limited, or otherwise affected by this Act shall be used to approve or otherwise authorize the imposition of any toll on any segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in the State of Texas that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not tolled;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>is constructed with Federal assistance provided under <ref href="/us/usc/t23">title 23, United States Code</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>is in actual operation as of the date of enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exceptions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Number of toll lanes</inline>.—</heading><content>Subsection (a) shall not apply to any segment of highway on the Federal-aid system described in that subsection that, as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the segment, will have the same number of non-toll lanes as were in existence prior to that date.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">High-occupancy vehicle lanes</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A high-occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane shall not be subject to this section, and shall not be considered to be a non-toll lane for purposes of determining whether a highway will have fewer non-toll lanes than prior to the date of imposition of the toll, if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the number of passengers specified by the entity operating the toll lane may use the toll lane without paying a toll, unless <page identifier="/us/stat/123/929">123 STAT. 929</page> otherwise specified by the appropriate county, town, municipal or other local government entity, or public toll road or transit authority; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was converted to a toll lane was constructed as a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane under a plan approved by the appropriate county, town, municipal or other local government entity, or public toll road or transit authority.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="129"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 129. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>In the explanatory statement referenced in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dK/s129">section 129 of division K of Public Law 110–161</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/121/2388">121 Stat. 2388</ref>), the item relating to “Route 116 and Bay Road Intersection and Road Improvements, Amherst, MA” in the table of projects for such section 129 is deemed to be amended by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, including Bike, Pedestrian, or Other Off Road Paths</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Improvements</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>In the explanatory statement referenced in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dK/s129">section 129 of division K of Public Law 110–161</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/121/2388">121 Stat. 2388</ref>), the item relating to “Highway 77 Rail Grade Separation, Marion, AR”, in the table of projects for such section 129 is deemed to be amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Highway 77 Rail Grade Separation, Marion, AR</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>BNSF main line overpass within the Marion, Arkansas, planning jurisdiction</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>In the explanatory statement referenced in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dK/s186">section 186 of division K of Public Law 110–161</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/121/2406">121 Stat. 2406</ref>), in the table of projects under the heading “<headingText>Federal Highway Administration—Federal-Aid Highways (Limitation on Obligations)—Federal Lands</headingText>” in division K of such explanatory statement, the item relating to “U.S. Forest Highway 4, Winston County, Alabama” is deemed to be amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Highway 4</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Highway 9</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>In the explanatory statement referenced in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dK/s186">section 186 of division K of Public Law 110–161</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/121/2406">121 Stat. 2406</ref>), the item relating to “Street Improvements in Burnham, IL” in the table of projects under the heading “<headingText>Transportation, Community and System Preservation Program</headingText>” is deemed to be amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Street Improvements in Burnham, IL</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Repair of Side Streets and Relocation of Water Mains resulting from rerouting of traffic and reconstruction of 159th Street in Harvey, IL</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>In the explanatory statement referenced in <ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dK/s186">section 186 of division K of Public Law 110–161</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/121/2406">121 Stat. 2406</ref>), the item relating to “Street Improvements in Thornton, IL” in the table of projects under the heading “<headingText>Transportation, Community and System Preservation Program</headingText>” is deemed to be amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Street Improvements in Thornton, IL</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Engineering, Right-of-Way, and Construction of Joe Orr Road Extension and Main Street Project in Lynwood, IL</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Funds made available from the amount appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Federal Highway Administration—Highway Demonstration Projects</headingText>” of title I of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (<ref href="/us/pl/102/143">Public Law 102–143</ref>) for the Miller Highway from 59th Street to 72nd Street, west side of Manhattan, New York, and from the amount appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Federal Highway Administration—Highway Projects</headingText>” of title I of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (<ref href="/us/pl/102/388">Public Law 102–388</ref>) for design improvements on Miller Highway, New York City, New York, shall be made available for the project specified in item 4599 of section 1702 of SAFETEA–LU (<ref href="/us/pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</ref>), as <page identifier="/us/stat/123/930">123 STAT. 930</page> amended by the SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/244">Public Law 110–244</ref>).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="130"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 130. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">New York.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any unexpended amounts available for obligation for item number 48 under <ref href="/us/pl/102/240/s1106/b">section 1106(b) of Public Law 102–240</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/105/2046">105 Stat. 2046</ref>) for the Southern State Parkway Improvement project shall be available for obligation and expenditure on the I–90 connector, Rensselaer County, New York, including reimbursement for expenses incurred on such connector prior to the date of enactment of this section.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="131"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 131. </num><subsection class="inline" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (<ref href="/us/stat/119/1256">119 Stat. 1256</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the project description for item number 189 and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: “<quotedText>Planning, design, engineering, environmental analysis, acquisition of rights-of-way, and construction for the Long Valley Bypass</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (<ref href="/us/stat/119/1256">119 Stat. 1256</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the project description for item number 3546 and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: “<quotedText>Port of Coos Bay to acquire and repair the Coos Bay Line</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">motor carrier safety operations and programs</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(liquidation of contract authorization)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(limitation on obligations)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission)</subheading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of obligations incurred for administration of motor carrier safety operations and programs pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31104/i">section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code</ref>, and sections 4127 and 4134 of <ref href="/us/pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</ref>, $234,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds derived from the Highway Trust Fund in this Act shall be available for the implementation, execution or administration of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of $234,000,000, for “Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs”, of which $8,500,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2011, is for the research and technology program and $1,000,000 shall be available for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry out <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s4134">section 4134 of Public Law 109–59</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds under this heading for outreach and education shall be available for transfer:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall transmit to Congress a report on March 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009 on the agency’s ability to meet its requirement to conduct compliance reviews on high-risk carriers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $4,839,259 in unobligated balances are permanently rescinded.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/931">123 STAT. 931</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">motor carrier safety grants</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(liquidation of contract authorization)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(limitation on obligations)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescission)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of <ref href="/us/usc/t49">title 49, United States Code</ref>, and sections 4126 and 4128 of <ref href="/us/pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</ref>, $307,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of $307,000,000, for “Motor Carrier Safety Grants”; of which $209,000,000 shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance program to carry out sections 31102 and 31104(a) of <ref href="/us/usc/t49">title 49, United States Code</ref>; $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial driver’s license improvements program to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31313">section 31313 of title 49, United States Code</ref>; $32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement grants program to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31107">section 31107 of title 49, United States Code</ref>; $5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and registration information system management program to carry out sections 31106(b) and 31109 of <ref href="/us/usc/t49">title 49, United States Code</ref>; $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment program to carry out <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s4126">section 4126 of Public Law 109–59</ref>; $3,000,000 shall be available for the safety data improvement program to carry out <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s4128">section 4128 of Public Law 109–59</ref>; and $8,000,000 shall be available for the commercial driver’s license information system modernization program to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31309/e">section 31309(e) of title 49, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of the funds made available for the motor carrier safety assistance program, $29,000,000 shall be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That $6,502,558 in unobligated balances are permanently rescinded.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Motor Carrier Safety</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission) </subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the amounts made available under this heading in prior appropriations Acts, $2,231,259 in unobligated balances are permanently rescinded.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Motor Carrier Safety Program </heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund) </subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission) </subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the amounts made available under this heading in prior appropriations Acts, $19,571,910 in unobligated balances are permanently rescinded. <page identifier="/us/stat/123/932">123 STAT. 932</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions—Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration </heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="135"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 135. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in <ref href="/us/pl/107/87/s350">section 350 of Public Law 107–87</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/110/28/s6901">section 6901 of Public Law 110–28</ref>, including that the Secretary submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees annually on the safety and security of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="136"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 136. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be used, directly or indirectly, to establish, implement, continue, promote, or in any way permit a cross-border motor carrier demonstration program to allow Mexican-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commercial zones along the international border between the United States and Mexico, including continuing, in whole or in part, any such program that was initiated prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operations and research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under subtitle C of <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/tX">title X of Public Law 109–59</ref> and chapter 301 and <ref href="/us/usc/t49/stVI/ptC">part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $127,000,000, of which $31,670,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t49">title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref> any requirement pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) already in effect.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Operations and Research</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(liquidation of contract authorization)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(limitation on obligations)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s403">23 U.S.C. 403</ref>, $105,500,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2009, are in excess of $105,500,000 for programs authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s403">23 U.S.C. 403</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That within the $105,500,000 obligation limitation for operations and research, $26,908,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010 and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/933">123 STAT. 933</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">National Driver Register</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(Liquidation of contract authorization)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(Limitation on obligations)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(Highway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/ch303">chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $4,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2009, are in excess of $4,000,000 for the National Driver Register authorized under such chapter.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">highway traffic safety grants</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(liquidation of contract authorization)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(llimitation on obligations)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s402">23 U.S.C. 402</ref>, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of <ref href="/us/pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</ref>, to remain available until expended, $619,500,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2009, are in excess of $619,500,000 for programs authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s402">23 U.S.C. 402</ref>, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of <ref href="/us/pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</ref>, of which $235,000,000 shall be for “Highway Safety Programs” under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s402">23 U.S.C. 402</ref>; $25,000,000 shall be for “Occupant Protection Incentive Grants” under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s405">23 U.S.C. 405</ref>; $124,500,000 shall be for “Safety Belt Performance Grants” under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s406">23 U.S.C. 406</ref>, and such obligation limitation shall remain available until September 30, 2010 in accordance with subsection (f) of such section 406 and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for such grants for future fiscal years; $34,500,000 shall be for “State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements” under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s408">23 U.S.C. 408</ref>; $139,000,000 shall be for “Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Incentive Grant Program” under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s410">23 U.S.C. 410</ref>; $18,500,000 shall be for “Administrative Expenses” under <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s2001/a/11">section 2001(a)(11) of Public Law 109–59</ref>; $29,000,000 shall be for “High Visibility Enforcement Program” under <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s2009">section 2009 of Public Law 109–59</ref>; $7,000,000 shall be for “Motorcyclist Safety” under <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s2010">section 2010 of Public Law 109–59</ref>; and $7,000,000 shall be for “Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety Incentive Grants” under <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s2011">section 2011 of Public Law 109–59</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That none of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or structures: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 “Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants” shall be available for technical assistance to the States: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That <page identifier="/us/stat/123/934">123 STAT. 934</page> not to exceed $750,000 of the funds made available for the “High Visibility Enforcement Program” shall be available for the evaluation required under <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s2009/f">section 2009(f) of Public Law 109–59</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">administrative provisions—national highway traffic safety administration</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescissions)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="140"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 140. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law or limitation on the use of funds made available under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s403">section 403 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, an additional $130,000 shall be made available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount limited for <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s402">section 402 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, to pay for travel and related expenses for State management reviews and to pay for core competency development training and related expenses for highway safety staff.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="141"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 141. </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available under the heading “<headingText>Operations and Research (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)</headingText>” in prior appropriations Acts, $10,900,000 in unobligated balances are permanently rescinded. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="142"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 142. </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available under the heading “<headingText>National Driver Register (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)</headingText>” in prior appropriations Acts, $544,000 in unobligated balances are permanently rescinded. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="143"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 143. </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available under the heading “<headingText>Highway Traffic Safety Grants (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)</headingText>” in prior appropriations Acts, $60,200,000 in unobligated balances are permanently rescinded.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Railroad Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Safety and Operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not otherwise provided for, $159,445,000, of which $12,268,890 shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">railroad research and development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, $33,950,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">capital assistance to states—intercity</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">passenger rail service</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To enable the Federal Railroad Administrator to make grants to States for the capital costs of improving existing intercity passenger rail service and providing new intercity passenger rail service, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That grants shall be provided to a State only on a reimbursable basis: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That grants cover no more than 50 percent of the total capital cost of a project selected for funding: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no more than 10 percent of funds made available under this program may be used for planning activities that lead <page identifier="/us/stat/123/935">123 STAT. 935</page> directly to the development of a passenger rail corridor investment plan consistent with the requirements established by the Administrator: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Criteria.</p></sidenote> no later than eight months following enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and publish criteria for project selection, set a deadline for grant applications, and provide a schedule for project selection: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That to be eligible for this assistance, States must include intercity passenger rail service as an integral part of statewide transportation planning as required under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s135">section 135 of title 23, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That to be eligible for capital assistance the specific project must be on the Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan at the time of the application to qualify: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary give priority to capital and planning applications for projects that improve the safety and reliability of intercity passenger trains, involve a commitment by freight railroads to an enforceable on-time performance of passenger trains of 80 percent or greater, involve a commitment by freight railroads of financial resources commensurate with the benefit expected to their operations, improve or extend service on a route that requires little or no Federal assistance for its operations, and involve a commitment by States or railroads of financial resources to improve the safety of highway/rail grade crossings over which the passenger service operates: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> the Administrator is directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 180 days upon enactment of this Act detailing the recipients and outcomes of grants issued pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/110/116">Public Law 110–116</ref>, under this heading, the Capital Assistance to States Program, any and all usage and performance fees paid to a freight railroad for access to the right of way: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Administrator may retain up to one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/pl/94/210">Public Law 94–210</ref>), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2009. </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program </heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of carrying out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s20154">section 20154 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/109/59/s9002">section 9002 of Public Law 109–59</ref>, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. <page identifier="/us/stat/123/936">123 STAT. 936</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for operation of intercity passenger rail, $550,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary shall withhold such sums as shall be necessary for the costs associated with the second retroactive wage payment to Amtrak employees and shall transmit such funding to the corporation for the sole and exclusive purpose of making such payments only at such time as said payments are due: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That such remaining amounts available under this paragraph shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding to cover operating losses for the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific train route: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That each such grant request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Corporation is directed to achieve savings through operating efficiencies including, but not limited to, modifications to food and beverage service and first class service:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations beginning 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter with estimates of the savings accrued as a result of all operational reforms instituted by the Corporation:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plans.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the status of its plan to improve the financial performance of food and beverage service and its plan to improve the financial performance of first class service (including sleeping car service):<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Corporation shall report quarterly to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on its progress against the milestones and target dates contained in the plan provided in fiscal year 2008 and quantify savings realized to date on a monthly basis compared to those projected in the plan, identify any changes in the plan or delays in implementing these plans, and identify the causes of delay and proposed corrective measures:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Business plan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation a comprehensive business plan approved by the Board of Directors for fiscal year 2009 under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s24104/a">section 24104(a) of title 49, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the business plan shall include, as applicable, targets for ridership, revenues, and capital and operating expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the plan shall also include a separate accounting of such targets for the Northeast Corridor; commuter service; long-distance Amtrak service; State-supported service; each intercity train route, including Autotrain; and commercial activities including contract operations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the business plan shall include a description of the work to be funded, along with cost estimates and an estimated timetable for completion of the projects <page identifier="/us/stat/123/937">123 STAT. 937</page> covered by this business plan:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Corporation shall continue to provide monthly reports in electronic format regarding the pending business plan, which shall describe the work completed to date, any changes to the business plan, and the reasons for such changes, and shall identify all sole source contract awards which shall be accompanied by a justification as to why said contract was awarded on a sole source basis:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Corporation’s business plan and all subsequent supplemental plans shall be displayed on the Corporation’s website within a reasonable timeframe following their submission to the appropriate entities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds under this heading may be obligated or expended until the Corporation agrees to continue abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary of conditions for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided in this Act may be used after March 1, 2006, to support any route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 50 percent off the normal, peak fare: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where the operating loss as a result of the discount is covered by a State and the State participates in the setting of fares: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading not less than $18,500,000 shall be available for the Amtrak Office of Inspector General.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Capital and Debt Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the maintenance and repair of capital infrastructure owned by the Corporation, including railroad equipment, rolling stock, legal mandates and other services, $940,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $285,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary may retain up to one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds under this heading to fund the oversight by the Federal Railroad Administration of the design and implementation of capital projects funded by grants made under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall approve funding for capital expenditures, including advance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific capital grant justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds under this heading may be used to subsidize operating losses of the Corporation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds under this heading may be used for capital projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2009 business plan:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fleet plan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That, the business plan shall be accompanied by a comprehensive fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling stock which shall address the Corporation’s detailed plans and timeframes for the maintenance, refurbishment, replacement and expansion of the Amtrak fleet: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That said fleet plan shall establish year-specific goals and milestones and discuss potential, current, and preferred financing options for all such activities.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/123/938">123 STAT. 938</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(RESCISSION)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Laws 109–115 and 110–5, all unobligated balances as of the date of enactment of this provision are hereby rescinded.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions—Federal Railroad Administration</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="151"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 151. </num><content class="inline">The Secretary may purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities to accomplish the purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s20134">49 U.S.C. 20134</ref>:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Guidelines.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the administration of such purchases and use.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="152"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 152. </num><content class="inline">Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to said Corporation in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from any location outside the United States.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> For purposes of this section, the word “services” shall mean any service that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment is located within the United States. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="153"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 153. </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Transportation may receive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, from non-United States Government sources to repair damages to or replace United States Government owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as a result of third party liability for such damages, and any amounts collected under this section shall be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain available until expended for the repair, operation and maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with the automated track inspection program.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="154"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 154. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Federal Railroad Administrator shall submit a quarterly report on April 1, 2009, and quarterly reports thereafter, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations detailing the Administrator’s efforts at improving the on-time performance of Amtrak intercity rail service operating on non-Amtrak owned property. Such reports shall compare the most recent actual on-time performance data to pre-established on-time performance goals that the Administrator shall set for each rail service, identified by route. Such reports shall also include whatever other information and data regarding the on-time performance of Amtrak trains the Administrator deems to be appropriate.<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Fines.</p></sidenote> The amounts made available in this title under the heading “<headingText>Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses</headingText>” shall be reduced $100,000 for each day after the first day of each quarter that the quarterly reports required by this section are not submitted to the Congress. <page identifier="/us/stat/123/939">123 STAT. 939</page></content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Transit Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration’s programs authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t49/ch53">chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $94,413,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds available under this heading, not to exceed $1,800,000 shall be available for travel and not to exceed $23,322,000 shall be available for the central account: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any funding transferred from the central account shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit security under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds in this Act available for the execution of contracts under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5327/c">section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs associated with audits and investigations of transit-related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway systems:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2010 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on new starts, including proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2010. </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Formula and Bus Grants</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(liquidation of contract authority)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(limitation on obligations)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(highway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5305">49 U.S.C. 5305</ref>, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and <ref href="/us/pl/105/178/s3038">section 3038 of Public Law 105–178</ref>, as amended, $8,670,000,000 to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds available for the implementation or execution of programs authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5305">49 U.S.C. 5305</ref>, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and <ref href="/us/pl/105/178/s3038">section 3038 of Public Law 105–178</ref>, as amended, shall not exceed total obligations of $8,260,565,000 in fiscal year 2009.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Research and University Research Centers</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5306">49 U.S.C. 5306</ref>, 5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $67,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $10,000,000 is available to carry out the transit cooperative research program under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5313">section 5313 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $4,300,000 is available for the National Transit Institute under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5315">section 5315 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, and $7,000,000 is available for university transportation centers program under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5506">section 5506 of title 49, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $45,700,000 is available to carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and 5322 of <ref href="/us/usc/t49">title 49, United States Code</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/940">123 STAT. 940</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Capital Investment Grants</heading> <content class="indentUp0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5309">section 5309 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $1,809,250,000, to remain available until expended, of which no less than $200,000,000 is for section 5309(e) of such title: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds available under this heading, amounts are to be made available as follows:</proviso><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  AC Transit BRT Corridor, California, $4,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Bellevue-Redmond BRT, King County, Washington, $10,952,330.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  BRT, Potomac Yard-Crystal City, City of Alexandria and Arlington County, Virginia, $1,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  BRT, State Avenue Corridor, Wyandotte County, Kansas, $1,500,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Project, Minnesota, $20,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Central Florida Commuter Rail, Florida, $13,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Central Link Initial Segment, Seattle, Washington, $25,962,062.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail, Arizona, $91,800,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension, North Carolina, $20,500,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Commuter Rail Improvements, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, $30,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Commuter Rail Study—Phoenix to Tucson, Arizona, $3,500,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  CTA Brown Line (Ravenswood), Illinois, $30,474,404.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  CTA Circle Line, Illinois, $6,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Dallas Area Rapid Transit Northwest/Southeast Light Rail MOS, Texas, $87,974,716.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Downtown Orlando East-West Circulator System, Florida, $8,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Dulles Corridor Metrorail, Virginia, $29,100,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project, Hawaii, $20,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority Advanced Transit Program/METRO Solutions Phase 2, Texas, $15,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Hudson-Bergen MOS–2, Northern, New Jersey, $1,103,860.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  I–69 HOV/BRT, Mississippi, $7,650,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Improvements to the Rosslyn Metro Station, Virginia, $2,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  JTA BRT System, Jacksonville, Florida, $1,280,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Largo Metrorail Extension, District of Columbia/Maryland, $34,700,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Livermore-Amador BRT, Livermore, California, $7,990,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Long Island Rail Road East Side Access, New York, $209,623,898.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Mason Corridor BRT, Fort Collins, Colorado, $11,182,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  MARC Capacity Improvements, Maryland, $13,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Metra, Illinois, $24,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, Los Angeles, California, $81,600,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Metrorail Orange Line Extension Project, Florida, $20,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Metro Rapid Bus System Gap Closure, Los Angeles, California, $332,620.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/941">123 STAT. 941</page></listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Mid-City Rapid, San Diego, California, $19,485,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Mid Jordan Light Rail Extension, Utah, $20,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Mountain Links BRT, Flagstaff, Arizona, $5,614,200.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Norfolk LRT, Virginia, $53,592,108.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  North Shore LRT Connector, Pennsylvania, $670,885.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District, Indiana, $5,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Northstar Corridor Rail, Minnesota, $71,166,060.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Pacific Highway South BRT, King County, Washington, $281,520.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Perris Valley Line, Riverside, California, $45,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Pioneer Parkway EmX BRT, Springfield, Oregon, $296,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail—Central Subway Project, California, $10,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Second Avenue Subway Phase 1, New York, $277,697,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  South Corridor BRT, Kent County, Michigan, $600,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  South Corridor I–205/Portland Mall LRT, Oregon, $81,600,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  South County Commuter Rail, Wickford Junction Station, Rhode Island, $1,345,500.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  South Sacramento Light Rail Extension, California, $7,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Southeast Corridor, LRT, Colorado, $1,031,210.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut, $3,650,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Streetcar Loop, Portland, Oregon, $45,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, New Jersey, $48,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Troost Corridor BRT, Kansas City, Missouri, $125,200.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Tucson Modern Streetcar/Light Rail Transit System, Tucson, Arizona, $2,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  University Link LRT Extension, Washington, $100,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Van Ness BRT Project, San Francisco, California, $400,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  VRE Rolling Stock, Virginia, $5,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Weber County to Salt Lake City Commuter Rail, Utah, $81,600,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  West Corridor LRT, Colorado, $60,000,000.</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Wilshire Boulevard Bus-Only Lane, Los Angeles, California, $9,857,097.</listContent></listItem></list></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions—Federal Transit Administration</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(including rescissions)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="160"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 160. </num><content class="inline">The limitations on obligations for the programs of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5338">49 U.S.C. 5338</ref>, previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="161"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 161. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the Federal Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants account and for bus and bus facilities under the Federal Transit Administration, Formula and Bus Grants account for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2011, and other recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="162"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 162. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2008, under any section of <ref href="/us/usc/t49/ch53">chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, that remain available <page identifier="/us/stat/123/942">123 STAT. 942</page> for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation heading for any such section.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="163"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 163. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds made available for new fixed guideway system projects under the heading “<headingText>Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants</headingText>” in any appropriations Act prior to this Act may be used during this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="164"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 164. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During fiscal year 2009, each Federal Transit Administration grant for a project that involves the acquisition or rehabilitation of a bus to be used in public transportation shall be funded for 90 percent of the net capital costs of a biodiesel bus or a factory-installed or retrofitted hybrid electric propulsion system and any equipment related to such a system: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary shall have the discretion to determine, through practicable administrative procedures, the costs attributable to the system and related-equipment.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="165"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 165. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in regard to the Central Link Initial Segment Project, to the extent that Federal funds remain available within the current budget for the project, the Secretary shall, immediately upon the date of enactment of this Act, amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement for said project to allow remaining Federal funds to be used to support completion of the Airport Link extension of said project. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="166"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 166.</inline><inline class="smallCaps"> </inline> </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Kansas.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Any unexpended funds in Federal Transit Administration grant numbers KS–03–0018 and KS–03–0032 shall be made available, at the request of the State, for a bus rapid transit project and related capital purchases and facility improvements, in Johnson County, Kansas City, KS under the terms and conditions required to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5309/b/3">section 5309(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code</ref> to the extent applicable.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="167"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 167. </num><content class="inline">Of the balances available for this fiscal year to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5309/b">49 U.S.C. 5309(b)</ref> left to the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation, $100,000,000 are permanently rescinded. </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="168"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 168. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided or limited under this Act may be used to issue a final regulation under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5309">section 5309 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, except that the Federal Transit Administration may continue to review comments received on the proposed rule (Docket No. FTA–2006–25737). </content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="169"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 169. </num><content class="inline">Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5309/m/2/B">49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B)</ref> may be used to construct new vessels and facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities, including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not more than $4,000,000 of the funds made available pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5309/m/2/B">49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B)</ref> may be used by the City and County of Honolulu to operate a passenger ferry boat service demonstration project to test the viability of different intra-island ferry boat routes and technologies.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="170"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 170. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds or recoveries under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5309">section 5309 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, that are available to the Secretary of Transportation for reallocation shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="171"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 171. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the $2,695,000 appropriated for the Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension—Northeast Corridor Light Rail Project, North Carolina under <page identifier="/us/stat/123/943">123 STAT. 943</page> the Alternatives Analysis Account in division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>) shall be used for the Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension—Northeast Corridor to carry out new fixed guideway or extension to existing fixed guideway activities described in <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5309">section 5309 of title 49, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Saint<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure authority.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote> Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">operations and maintenance</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(harbor maintenance trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for operations, maintenance, and capital asset renewal of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated<i>,</i> and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $31,842,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</ref>.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Maritime Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Maritime Security Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United States, $174,000,000, to remain available until expended. </content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Operations and Training</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of operations and training activities authorized by law, $123,360,000, of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for maintenance and repair of Schoolships at State Maritime Schools, of which $8,150,000 shall remain available until expended for capital improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which $53,208,000 shall be available for operations at the United States Merchant Marine Academy: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That amounts apportioned for the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only upon allotments made personally by the Secretary of Transportation and not a designee: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource Management of the United States Merchant Marine Academy may not be allotment holders for the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the Administrator of Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation under the previous proviso:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That 50 percent of the funding made available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy under this heading shall be available only after the Secretary, in consultation with the Maritime Administration, completes a plan detailing by program or activity and by object class how such <page identifier="/us/stat/123/944">123 STAT. 944</page> funding will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Ship Disposal</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. </content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Assistance to Small Shipyards<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote></heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under <ref href="/us/pl/109/163/s3506">section 3506 of Public Law 109–163</ref> or <ref href="/us/usc/t46/s54101">section 54101 of title 46, United States Code</ref>, $17,500,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That to be considered for assistance, a qualified shipyard shall submit an application for assistance no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That from applications submitted under the previous proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for necessary costs of grant administration.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account</inline></heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $3,531,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Operations and Training”, Maritime Administration.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Ship Construction </heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(rescission) </subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $1,382,554 are rescinded. </content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658189"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Provisions—Maritime Administration</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="175"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 175. </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="176"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 176. </num><content class="inline">No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t46/s53101">46 U.S.C. 53101 note</ref> (cds)), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appropriations Act. </content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="177"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 177. </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/usc/t46/s51509">Section 51509 of title 46, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in subsection (b) by <amendingAction type="delete">deleting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$4,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof “<quotedText>$8,000</quotedText>” and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>tuition,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>uniforms,</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/123/945">123 STAT. 945</page></content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Administrative Expenses</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(pipeline safety fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $19,130,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to “Pipeline Safety” in order to fund “Pipeline safety information grants to communities” as authorized in <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s60130">section 60130 of title 49, United States Code</ref>:<sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That grants described under the previous proviso shall be awarded within 120 days of enactment of this Act. </proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">hazardous materials safety</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $32,000,000, of which $3,302,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That up to $800,000 in fees collected under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5108/g">49 U.S.C. 5108(g)</ref> shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Pipeline Safety</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(pipeline safety fund)</subheading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(oil spill liability trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s60107">49 U.S.C. 60107</ref>, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $93,291,000, of which $18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 2011; and of which $74,481,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $40,081,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not less than $1,043,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for the one-call State grant program.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Emergency Preparedness Grants</heading> <subheading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">(emergency preparedness fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5128/b">49 U.S.C. 5128(b)</ref>, $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2010: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2009 from amounts made available by <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5116/i">49 U.S.C. 5116(i)</ref> and 5128(b)–(c): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available by <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5116/i">49 U.S.C. 5116(i)</ref>, 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made <page identifier="/us/stat/123/946">123 STAT. 946</page> available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research and Innovative Technology Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Research and Development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, $12,900,000, of which $6,936,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $71,400,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app3">5 U.S.C. App. 3</ref>), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (<ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1001">18 U.S.C. 1001</ref>), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the Department: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the funds made available under this heading shall be used to investigate, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s41712">section 41712 of title 49, United States Code</ref>: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Surface Transportation Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, including services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $26,847,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009, to result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no more than $25,597,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions—Department of Transportation</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="180"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 180. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/123/947">123 STAT. 947</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="181"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 181. </num><content class="inline">Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="182"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 182. </num><sidenote><p class="indentUp0 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Appointees.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="183"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 183. </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be