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:
<enum>I</enum><header>Infrastructure
Investments</header>
<chapter id="H0D83AA66D94B4A73BC003640F21B766C"><enum>1</enum><header>Transportation</header>
<appropriations-major id="H02AABE21F10B49DA9F131917A1566F00"><header>Department of
Transportation</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HE7096CD78D8B4A0892DFE87F465B3B7"><header>Federal Aviation
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H568ACB55CF634489A0F8611400193DA1"><header>Grants-in-Aid for
Airports</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H13B50BDF609C4454B6D985DA9DF9676"><header>(Airport
and Airway Trust Fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an
additional amount for <quote>Grants-in-Aid for Airports</quote>, to enable the
Secretary of Transportation to make discretionary grants as authorized by
subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United
States Code, $600,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund
and to remain available until September 30, 2009: <italic>Provided</italic>,
That in selecting projects to be funded, priority shall be given to airport
projects that can award contracts based on bids within 120 days of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H66348B7C1DF342C5A0A200578C4036EE"><header>Federal Highway
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HC018F977074841C9A4DF6F3F26065E10"><header>Highway
Infrastructure Investment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
projects and activities eligible under section 133 of title 23, United States
Code (without regard to subsection (d)), section 144 of such title (without
regard to subsection (g)), and sections 103, 119, 148, and 149 of such title,
$12,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That funds made available under this heading shall
be distributed among the States, including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam,
the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in
the same ratio as the obligation limitation for fiscal year 2008 was
distributed among the States in accordance with the formula specified in
section 120(a)(6) of division K of Public Law 110–161, but, in the case of the
Puerto Rico Highway Program and the Territorial Highway Program, under section
120(a)(5) of such division: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That in
selecting projects to be funded, priority shall be given to ready-to-go
projects that can award bids within 120 days of enactment of this Act:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds made available under this heading
shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United
States Code: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Federal share payable
on account of any project or activity carried out with funds made available
under this heading shall be 100 percent of the total cost thereof:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That amounts made available under this
heading that are not obligated within 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act shall be redistributed, in the manner described in section 120(c) of
division K of Public Law 110–161, to those States able to obligate amounts in
addition to those previously distributed: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H69BB01BCCBC844B3BDAFA5622200EDA5"><header>Federal Railroad
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H24BDDA286DC841F89FEED4BEE1C8C171"><header>Capital
and Debt Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional
amount for <quote>Capital and Debt Service Grants to the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation</quote>, $500,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2009: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary of
Transportation may retain up to one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds made
available 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of
the funds made available under this heading may be used to subsidize operating
losses of Amtrak: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds
made available under this heading shall be for debt service obligations:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That in selecting projects to be funded,
priority shall be given to Amtrak capital projects that can award contracts
based on bids within 120 days of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HDC189D6C75544A94917121EF847CD9E0"><header>Federal Transit
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H0E909313EFE14CE1AF96FA64F444BAE5"><header>Transit
Capital Assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For transit
capital assistance grants, $3,600,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2009, of which $3,240,000,000 shall be for grants under section 5307 of
title 49, United States Code and shall be apportioned in accordance with
section 5336 of such title (other than subsections (i)(1) and (j)) but may not
be combined or commingled with any other funds apportioned under such section
5336, and of which $360,000,000 shall be for grants under section 5311 of such
title and shall be apportioned in accordance with such section 5311 but may not
be combined or commingled with any other funds apportioned under that section:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That in selecting projects to be funded, priority
shall be given to projects that can award contracts based on bids within 120
days of enactment of this Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the
Federal share of the costs for which a grant is made under this heading shall
be 100 percent.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H08A15C4CC55C4858B1413053F0C11CAF"><header>Transit
Energy Assistance Grants </header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
transit energy assistance grants, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2009, of which $800,000,000 shall be for grants under section
5307 of title 49, United States Code and shall be apportioned in accordance
with section 5336 of such title (other than subsections (i)(1) and (j)) but may
not be combined or commingled with any other funds apportioned under such
section 5336, and of which $200,000,000 shall be for grants under section 5311
of such title and shall be apportioned in accordance with such section 5311 but
may not be combined or commingled with any other funds apportioned under that
section: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Federal share of the costs for
which a grant is made under this heading shall be 100 percent: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That notwithstanding such sections 5307 and 5311, funds
appropriated under this heading are available for only one or more of the
following purposes:</text>
<paragraph id="H3A03F331DCF249469F155C4E362FB890"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the recipient of the grant is reducing,
or certifies to the Secretary of Transportation within the time the Secretary
prescribes that, during the term of the grant, the recipient will reduce, one
or more fares the recipient charges for public transportation, or in the case
of subsection (f) of such section 5311, intercity bus service, those operating
costs of equipment and facilities being used to provide the public
transportation, or in the case of subsection (f) of such section 5311,
intercity bus service, that the recipient is no longer able to pay from the
revenues derived from such fare or fares as a result of such reduction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCF4FA53A1D24BDDA7D1E07B916B7510"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the recipient
of the grant is expanding, or certifies to the Secretary within the time the
Secretary prescribes that, during the term of the grant, the recipient will
expand, public transportation service, or in the case of subsection (f) of such
section 5311, intercity bus service, those operating and capital costs of
equipment and facilities being used to provide the public transportation
service, or in the case of subsection (f) of such section 5311, intercity bus
service, that the recipient incurs as a result of the expansion of such
service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6DA154EB35D44F1966D76E388D13172"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To avoid increases
in fares for public transportation, or in the case of subsection (f) of such
section 5311, intercity bus service, or decreases in current public
transportation service, or in the case of subsection (f) of such section 5311,
intercity bus service, that would otherwise result from an increase in costs to
the public transportation or intercity bus agency for transportation-related
fuel or meeting additional transportation-related equipment or facility
maintenance needs, if the recipient of the grant certifies to the Secretary
within the time the Secretary prescribes that, during the term of the grant,
the recipient will not increase the fares that the recipient charges for public
transportation, or in the case of subsection (f) of such section 5311,
intercity bus service, or, will not decrease the public transportation service,
or in the case of subsection (f) of such section 5311, intercity bus service,
that the recipient provides.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E28200E91044C29B0AD3ED8BE6E5E86"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the recipient
of the grant is acquiring, or certifies to the Secretary within the time the
Secretary prescribes that, during the term of the grant, the recipient will
acquire, clean fuel or alternative fuel vehicle-related equipment or facilities
for the purpose of improving fuel efficiency, the costs of acquiring the
equipment or facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FCF7E74670A4389A80433A1E187CA95"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If the recipient
of the grant is establishing or expanding, or certifies to the Secretary within
the time the Secretary prescribes that, during the term of the grant, the
recipient will establish or expand, commuter matching services to provide
commuters with information and assistance about alternatives to single
occupancy vehicle use, those administrative costs in establishing or expanding
such services.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-small></chapter><chapter id="H764FC3701F4346B2A5ACC08EAF455688"><enum>2</enum><header>Clean
Water</header>
<appropriations-major id="HC2242F4B60894FCEA66D82752C6012B6"><header>Environmental Protection
Agency</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H8A47277B723C46709C4F0968BD019F7D"><header>State and Tribal Assistance
Grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional
amount for <quote>State and Tribal Assistance Grants</quote>, $7,500,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2009, for capitalization grants for
State revolving funds, which shall be used as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H6128CE89B50541B4BBBADE8E509C535D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,500,000,000 shall be for making
capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, except that the funds shall not be
subject to the state matching requirements in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section
602(b) of such Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BC3CE56F5554B26931C1EAAE5A5B780"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000,000 shall be for capitalization
grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act, except that the funds shall not be subject to the
state matching requirements of section 1452(e) of such Act:</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-intermediate><section id="LEXA-Repairid3FBE6C986C394614989981F0F7596E47"><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section"><italic>Provided</italic>, That a State
shall agree to enter into binding commitments with the funds appropriated under
this heading no later than 120 days after the date on which the State receives
the funds: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That, notwithstanding the
limitation on amounts specified in section 518(c) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 1.5 percent of the funds made available
under paragraph (1) of this heading may be reserved by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency for grants under section 518(c) of such Act:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That section 1452(k) of the Safe Drinking
Water Act shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading.</continuation-text></section></chapter><chapter id="H89E68285EBC640E4BBFD04E397C41765"><enum>3</enum><header>Flood Control and
Water Resources</header>
<appropriations-major id="HE56F28B1DC1546BF9301399CFF88BBDA"><header>Department of
Defense—Civil</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-major id="H44D9053292574881AE098C2F49B4D8B8"><header>Department
of the Army</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HA7487DB7AA2D4232A3B03646856FC009"><header>Corps of
Engineers—Civil</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H6BD8336209D7455283FDD49EAE1EF34"><header>Construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for
<quote>Construction</quote>, $2,500,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2010: <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall not be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund:
<italic>Provided further,</italic> That the Corps of Engineers is directed to
prioritize funding for activities based on the ability to accelerate existing
contracts or fully fund project elements and contracts for such elements in a
time period of 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act and to give
preference to those activities that are labor
intensive.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H8377EE9579794EFE0082F9AD2F6BF747"><header>Mississippi River and
Tributaries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional
amount for <quote>Mississippi River and Tributaries</quote>, $500,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2010: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the
Corps of Engineers is directed to prioritize funding for activities based on
the ability to accelerate existing contracts or fully fund project elements and
contracts for such elements in a time period of 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act and to give preference to those activities that are labor
intensive.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H71C94D8077D941A79EF8CEEB5F3CAA1B"><header>Operation
and Maintenance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an
additional amount for <quote>Operation and Maintenance</quote>, $2,000,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2010: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
the Corps of Engineers is directed to prioritize funding for activities based
on the ability to accelerate existing contracts or fully fund project elements
and contracts for such elements in a time period of 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act and to give preference to those activities that are labor
intensive.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-major id="H6EA4B5F4522E4283BE4BF7B6C3DDD730"><header>Department
of the Interior </header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H5B46DF4812FC427399DC9E9EE291994"><header>Bureau of Reclamation
</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HA3BB51F1A47445518353E5B64084A7C1"><header>Water and
Related Resources </header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an
additional amount for <quote>Water and Related Resources</quote>, $300,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2010: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
such sums shall be used for capital improvement projects, including authorized
rural water projects: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, $126,000,000 shall be used for water
reclamation and reuse projects authorized under title XVI of Public Law
102–575.</text>
</appropriations-small></chapter><chapter id="H9E9A01AB7BF948BDA7101936B09496AF"><enum>4</enum><header>21st Century Green
High-Performing Public School Facilities</header>
<appropriations-major id="H6DA5D027117D40419BA7C4E9CE1B5FE2"><header>Department of
Education</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HF540D8EADC4B41D3BD6D001804A7ED9D"><header>School Modernization,
Renovation, and Repair</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><section id="HF4F2612A2D8341B7BC78CF572FCF19D2" section-type="undesignated-section"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For carrying out section 1401,
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2009.</text>
<appropriations-major id="H91757A55BDDA45A5AF34B500DE1F7E73"><header>General Provisions, This
Chapter</header>
</appropriations-major></section><section id="H9CBDDD05332A4A608C0037BC6C27239F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1401.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H263981A34D394345B700580025C9A3F7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H8DA188D4B78645048BFA74189D3F8E2F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>Bureau-funded school</term> has the meaning given to such term in section
1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H039C3D9BEE14475EA38FDB49CB29F01C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<term>charter school</term> has the meaning given such term in section 5210 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7FC5C56BA4F4C48914CB64700C5B5C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>local educational agency</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H59780E840C7D482C9766097BEE71D1B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has the meaning given to that term in
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and shall
also include the Recovery School District of Louisiana and the New Orleans
Public Schools; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB69685F06F6F42048531BCEE71B1E38D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes any public charter school that
constitutes a local educational agency under State law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H985854D8AF264861964845353CAE958C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>outlying area</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98C4E53850DF434FB4F5E503FEB8E087"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF7849B29187431AAE218F2E56E8E77C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes the
freely associated states of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H54F2A5E73A964A198CDE541429491818"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term
<quote>public school facilities</quote> includes charter schools.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD91F8F79C9F8417DB95B779D84228941"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term
<term>State</term> means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3A4AFB445344AD5BCA7566D64001F9E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The term
<quote>LEED Green Building Rating System</quote> means the United States Green
Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building
rating standard referred to as the LEED Green Building Rating System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FAC59C4CD6F4413946701EDEB9DD72"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Energy Star</quote> means the Energy Star program of the United States
Department of Energy and the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E5BEF9C33994567879E99F880E24DF4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The term
<quote>CHPS Criteria</quote> means the green building rating program developed
by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FD9487251BC4813B107EA3C812351BB"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Green Globes</quote> means the Green Building Initiative environmental
design and rating system referred to as Green Globes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H534C3ABAE71C403B9CC79DB8818CA302"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Grants
under this section shall be for the purpose of modernizing, renovating, or
repairing public school facilities, based on their need for such improvements,
to be safe, healthy, high-performing, and up-to-date technologically.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2FECD9C3A7ED442FB15800AC0033B5FA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="H1519A6BF7E1F4D419DD7D56806881B90"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>From
the amount appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary of Education
shall reserve 1 percent of such amount, consistent with the purpose described
in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H52A1A314B7A0446F8858001228A736C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide
assistance to the outlying areas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69EFDD06C076470296CD7C78E297B700"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for payments to the Secretary of the
Interior to provide assistance to Bureau-funded schools.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFACE9BA1813940C200D33BA1F3B7951"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation to
States</header>
<subparagraph id="H61E71DD4C9A64597BD9414632B44ADDD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State-by-State
allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount
appropriated to carry out this section, and not reserved under paragraph (1),
each State shall be allocated an amount in proportion to the amount received by
all local educational agencies in the State under part A of title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal year 2008 relative to
the total amount received by all local educational agencies in every State
under such part for such fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H602DFD5A54634B8090FB40283E8BA1BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State
administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may
reserve up to 1 percent of its allocation under subparagraph (A) to carry out
its responsibilities under this section, including—</text>
<clause id="H6908F19B25E54144A5F7322E816F549C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing technical assistance to local
educational agencies;</text>
</clause><clause id="H41FFA8050DF148AD8F962808EC9EF8F0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>developing,
within 6 months of receiving its allocation under subparagraph (A), a plan to
develop a database that includes an inventory of public school facilities in
the State and the modernization, renovation, and repair needs of, energy use
by, and the carbon footprint of such schools; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H12A07B63519F494B9D5295D4478603DF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing a school energy efficiency
quality plan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CDADFF273094F889788A7BF6DAA21C2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Grants to local
educational agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the
amount allocated to a State under subparagraph (A), each local educational
agency in the State that meets the requirements of section 1112(a) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall receive an amount in
proportion to the amount received by such local educational agency under part A
of title I of that Act for fiscal year 2008 relative to the total amount
received by all local educational agencies in the State under such part for
such fiscal year, except that no local educational agency that received funds
under part A of title I of that Act for such fiscal year shall receive a grant
of less than $5,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4376944CE5454D688F2BAC2D752960FA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1122(c)(3) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall not apply to
subparagraph (A) or (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46479FACA8E44D69A2B6A636A1523544"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<subparagraph id="H918AA635511744EFA0E4A92BD44000A1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Distributions by
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Education shall make and distribute the reservations and allocations described
in paragraphs (1) and (2) not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7080B528F2FE4255B310B1D009097A3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Distributions by
States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall make and
distribute the allocations described in paragraph (2)(C) within 30 days of
receiving such funds from the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D56DF3109D0476C8BB9A340C0D17EE7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allowable uses
of funds</header><text>A local educational agency receiving a grant under this
section shall use the grant for modernization, renovation, or repair of public
school facilities, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H12BAC5DA8B264F788531AFD1721DE78B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">repairing, replacing, or installing roofs,
including extensive, intensive or semi-intensive green roofs, electrical
wiring, plumbing systems, sewage systems, lighting systems, or components of
such systems, windows, or doors, including security doors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA61D98555624E1C00585086936184AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">repairing, replacing, or installing
heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems, or components of such systems
(including insulation), including indoor air quality assessments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA19B9D6B56AE4202888DE589D46F2E97"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bringing public schools into compliance
with fire, health, and safety codes, including professional installation of
fire/life safety alarms, including modernizations, renovations, and repairs
that ensure that schools are prepared for emergencies, such as improving
building infrastructure to accommodate security measures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90F5978E82024BECBBFEA155F66798F5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>modifications
necessary to make public school facilities accessible to comply with the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), except that such
modifications shall not be the primary use of the grant;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA11DE13E2FA742F98B50A05873B19B17"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">asbestos or polychlorinated biphenyls
abatement or removal from public school facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E448222806A499F8644C75CCF4005E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>implementation of
measures designed to reduce or eliminate human exposure to lead-based paint
hazards through methods including interim controls, abatement, or a combination
of each;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF175C27076A4479CB47F355576CAB312"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementation of measures designed to
reduce or eliminate human exposure to mold or mildew;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA9D3015B8DC439AB02E1F44DC00D0F3"><enum>(8)</enum><text>upgrading or
installing educational technology infrastructure to ensure that students have
access to up-to-date educational technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45FBD8B714FE49A298D500EE54007931"><enum>(9)</enum><text>modernization,
renovation, or repair of science and engineering laboratory facilities,
libraries, and career and technical education facilities, including those
related to energy efficiency and renewable energy, and improvements to building
infrastructure to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian access;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD67E759F5304B2FA06003A3E9D8133"><enum>(10)</enum><text>renewable energy
generation and heating systems, including solar, photovoltaic, wind,
geothermal, or biomass, including wood pellet, systems or components of such
systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF38CEB5F482A46CD96FA2DA4ACC8AF09"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other modernization, renovation, or repair
of public school facilities to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86B864FFA4FF4800B4BBBDC67859B1FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve teachers’
ability to teach and students’ ability to learn;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90402A31693F4EB7BCB4C085F9CAB73B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure the health
and safety of students and staff;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA392690FC7264573BDB7054883834B29"><enum>(C)</enum><text>make them more
energy efficient; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE67FC6345694DD982F8BEA35FD36F8E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reduce class size;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H78FFF1B8D536416D0060AEDD04AF71D4"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">required environmental remediation related
to public school modernization, renovation, or repair described in paragraphs
(1) through (11).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBBCF636BDCF94F80A600D5993EE15BD1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Impermissible
uses of funds</header><text>No funds received under this section may be used
for—</text>
<paragraph id="H5EBC726D48E84D7AB4FBA4DDF05070C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>payment of
maintenance costs; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51CB295F240B443A878632E35CBF918F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>stadiums or other
facilities primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events
for which admission is charged to the general public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB598F11C4D2444199D3329E7DD081B2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Supplement, not
supplant</header><text>A local educational agency receiving a grant under this
section shall use such Federal funds only to supplement and not supplant the
amount of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be available
for modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H94718ADB7FE644A6845C02A2A9AEE499"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition
regarding State aid</header><text>A State shall not take into consideration
payments under this section in determining the eligibility of any local
educational agency in that State for State aid, or the amount of State aid,
with respect to free public education of children.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H69ABDC93E1624B01B196AD3F8C48B553"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Special rule on
contracting</header><text>Each local educational agency receiving a grant under
this section shall ensure that, if the agency carries out modernization,
renovation, or repair through a contract, the process for any such contract
ensures the maximum number of qualified bidders, including local, small,
minority, and women- and veteran-owned businesses, through full and open
competition.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE50843F8B4B437FB3C9D027BE7064EB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Special rule on
use of iron and steel produced in the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<paragraph id="HC898B64A9E3F4F16ABE5005631BCE2BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A local educational agency shall not obligate or expend
funds received under this section for a project for the modernization,
renovation, or repair of a public school facility unless all of the iron and
steel used in such project is produced in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4A3B600BB2A49F5A2E3B14317674B04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The
provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply in any case in which the local
educational agency finds that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12B7FE4E7C064380AE117831EBD5179"><enum>(A)</enum><text>their application
would be inconsistent with the public interest;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FE4F190EB3C4D00B55C0970AC7E7E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>iron and steel are
not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available
quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AAB315EE5AC4C41B7347B7E86246033"><enum>(C)</enum><text>inclusion of iron
and steel produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall
project contract by more than 25 percent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE769BC0052604969AF049878834162E7"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Application of
GEPA</header><text>The grant program under this section is an applicable
program (as that term is defined in section 400 of the General Education
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221)) subject to section 439 of such Act (20 U.S.C.
1232b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B5F99D0AADA423281F5EC4EA33049FA"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Green
schools</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<paragraph id="H6EC489D62838409EAD6D38F8F116B0F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A local educational agency shall use not less than 25
percent of the funds received under this section for public school
modernization, renovation, or repairs that are certified, verified, or
consistent with any applicable provisions of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC6CF3418B974884BC19541E51A6059E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the LEED Green
Building Rating System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3641D50260F04FFAA38936C2243F832F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Energy
Star;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0E6952A677F4A5E9135D765C23E007F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the CHPS
Criteria;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A8FB764693D4305B106DDD9568D6F5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Green Globes;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59BBE4CE88024422B250BCDD812E63F0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an equivalent
program adopted by the State or another jurisdiction with authority over the
local educational agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD10AFC4FD1CF47A99000D14CEFEC0200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall
provide outreach and technical assistance to States and school districts
concerning the best practices in school modernization, renovation, and repair,
including those related to student academic achievement and student and staff
health, energy efficiency, and environmental protection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53E8127C49AF48DEA8DCD3EAA36CB67F"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Reporting</header>
<paragraph id="H45C05B7AC812434C9EE15243F646BDAA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports by local
educational agencies</header><text>Local educational agencies receiving a grant
under this section shall compile, and submit to the State educational agency
(which shall compile and submit such reports to the Secretary), a report
describing the projects for which such funds were used, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1250D38AD69A414700B13BCC2D17EFBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of public schools in the agency,
including the number of charter schools;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2786FDE7D594CDAB4656CA542211148"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of funds received by the
local educational agency under this section and the amount of such funds
expended, including the amount expended for modernization, renovation, and
repair of charter schools;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47BA724F1AF847D7A99904CED7D42903"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of
public schools in the agency with a metro-centric locale code of 41, 42, or 43
as determined by the National Center for Education Statistics and the
percentage of funds received by the agency under this section that were used
for projects at such schools;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD88D30059F0E4350B84353B856E4FCE4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of public schools in the agency
that are eligible for schoolwide programs under section 1114 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the percentage of funds received by the
agency under this section that were used for projects at such schools;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB389FA31A7964BBC8117FF87BD1309B6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the cost of each
project, which, if any, of the standards described in subsection (k)(1) the
project met, and any demonstrable or expected academic, energy, or
environmental benefits as a result of the project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96C70355D37E4149B843F191C9A7B5D8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>if flooring was
installed, whether—</text>
<clause id="HA2801A393AD04BCB87DF50F8FE83763C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>it
was low- or no-VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) flooring;</text>
</clause><clause id="H04634C48D3AD4EB4B32BCDB916F77D4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>it
was made from sustainable materials; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD6344AD2F64F421287B487949BDA8071"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>use of flooring
described in clause (i) or (ii) was cost effective; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6150FBCF1D644D30BE3DF0D20025BE97"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the total number
and amount of contracts awarded, and the number and amount of contracts awarded
to local, small, minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned
businesses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H646E8035949246B186F73867D6EAE8B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports by
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
December 31, 2010, the Secretary of Education shall submit to the Committees on
Education and Labor and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committees on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Appropriations of the
Senate a report on grants made under this section, including the information
described in paragraph (1), the types of modernization, renovation, and repair
funded, and the number of students impacted, including the number of students
counted under section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></chapter><chapter id="H0DE3811ADF1E40980053766D89001734"><enum>5</enum><header>Housing</header>
<appropriations-major id="H644DE82D0B1A4B7DA3F7B2FCD12C28C7"><header>Department of Housing and Urban
Development</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HAA2AD66CDD0340A9ABCEC765D1001F"><header>Public and Indian
Housing</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HB81DC83C83544123BB560000EBDA54"><header>Public
Housing Capital Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an
additional amount for the <quote>Public Housing Capital Fund</quote> to carry
out capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as
authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437g), $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That this additional amount shall be allocated to
public housing agencies according to the same funding formula used for other
amounts already made available in fiscal year 2008, and not later than 120 days
after enactment of this Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That in
selecting projects to be funded, public housing agencies shall give priority to
capital projects for which contract awards based on competitive bids can be
executed within 120 days of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small></chapter><chapter id="H0026C8EF10134E2A9E76566FCF38CE2E"><enum>6</enum><header>Energy
Development</header>
<appropriations-major id="H87621F7EE90A461F99A70096605500FD"><header>Department of
Energy</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H236010A8435F4F52ABFB9D38491EF440"><header>Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional
amount for <quote>Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</quote>, $500,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2009: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
funds shall be available for expenses necessary for energy efficiency and
renewable energy research and development and demonstration activities to
accelerate the development of technologies that will diversify the nation’s
energy portfolio and contribute to a reliable, domestic energy
supply.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H81E0774273DB4417B9C4CC2B6885716B"><header>Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional
amount for <quote>Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability</quote>,
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That funds shall be available for expenses necessary
for electricity delivery and energy reliability activities to modernize the
electric grid, enhance security and reliability of the energy infrastructure,
and facilitate recovery from disruptions to the energy
supply.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H180337446AC94D6D8241C7072CC07852"><header>Advanced Battery Loan Guarantee
Program Account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost
of guaranteed loans as authorized by section 135 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 17012), $1,000,000,000 to
remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of such
amount, $5,000,000 shall be used for administrative expenses in carrying out
the guaranteed loan program: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
commitments for guaranteed loans using such amount shall not exceed
$3,333,000,000 in total loan principal: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
the cost of such loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate></chapter><enum>II</enum><header>Unemployment
Compensation and Job Training</header>
<chapter id="H9784A67D57114071A3EA5FCA83A05DBC"><enum>1</enum><header>Extension of
Unemployment Compensation</header>
<section id="HB772D48F099B4411B4912DD25C77C69D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2101.</enum><header>Additional
first-tier benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
4002(b)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H81EF2E27A5814CF588DECB565DF2D96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>50</quote> and inserting
<quote>80</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDC19890FADD4EAEB7D0A5EEDAA7BFD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>13</quote> and inserting <quote>20</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA94941D27CCB4079865527869BCF51D3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2102.</enum><header>Second-tier
benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4002 of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B356DD70CCB42BB87FD62262DDB9A8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC452783F76F342C0929F3006DA34A728"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special
rule</header>
<paragraph id="HA3C22ECE59DF468EB9F09D73A90083E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If, at the time that the amount established in an
individual’s account under subsection (b)(1) is exhausted or at any time
thereafter, such individual’s State is in an extended benefit period (as
determined under paragraph (2)), such account shall be augmented by an amount
equal to the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6110807B7D3F4C76BB8B3004A6C92D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent of the
total amount of regular compensation (including dependents’ allowances) payable
to the individual during the individual’s benefit year under the State law,
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H691412A0E6FC48AD84ABD67392B499B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>13 times the
individual’s average weekly benefit amount (as determined under subsection
(b)(2)) for the benefit year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H948A5FA42AD14E0491A3B906D862C9E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extended benefit
period</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), a State shall be considered
to be in an extended benefit period, as of any given time, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC7979E9C3B02424184985B001D16EEC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such a period is
then in effect for such State under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 1970;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H718D0A82A5AF4EC8805CF143AA1B303E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such a period
would then be in effect for such State under such Act if section 203(d) of such
Act—</text>
<clause id="HF8129B9A3D934E1BB4BCAEAD2988FE1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>were applied by
substituting <quote>4</quote> for <quote>5</quote> each place it appears;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCF12579C4E9B4D25BC18E1724C17738E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>did not include
the requirement under paragraph (1)(A) thereof; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09937E10D0F545C792F96DEC7E44B6C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such a period
would then be in effect for such State under such Act if—</text>
<clause id="HFCF1F95E20354C68BB6324ACFB42008C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 203(f) of
such Act were applied to such State (regardless of whether the State by law had
provided for such application); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H550F87C121FF4DB7B9D62C70379FFA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such section
203(f)—</text>
<subclause id="HBFC49377734D45BF9B01CFDE1EEA4D82"><enum>(I)</enum><text>were applied by
substituting <quote>6.0</quote> for <quote>6.5</quote> in paragraph (1)(A)(i)
thereof; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H14AFBE4674DA4FFDA709EE4542434B69"><enum>(II)</enum><text>did not include
the requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) thereof.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAEB5E5BEE6A14078A66FAE5DEE436B9D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
account of an individual may be augmented not more than once under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H342AEEA861194EF382005BD0AFB26955"><enum>2103.</enum><header>Phaseout
provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4007(b) of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE4B8E5A815DC4C81A6D348C82BCC845C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>paragraph (2),</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (2)
and (3),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2198A55D8E374CCFB30986AAF4DC9BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD1221AB60BD48B4801362EF02E5DFF6" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB3A5184087194E338D077C6500D6C8D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No augmentation
after March 31, 2009</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
amount established in an individual’s account under subsection (b)(1) is
exhausted after March 31, 2009, then section 4002(c) shall not apply and such
account shall not be augmented under such section, regardless of whether such
individual’s State is in an extended benefit period (as determined under
paragraph (2) of such section).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CC0B4C23F5E489DB2EAD3BC8DC95DA0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No compensation under this title shall be
payable for any week beginning after August 27,
2009.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2A488E7BF85A4139BCAB36552002562"><enum>2104.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H614575557FE14044BBF9181E2882BD37"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made
by this chapter shall apply as if included in the enactment of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008, subject to
<internal-xref idref="HA27E8FF344D842E9ADE658B7D251F17D" legis-path="2104.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA27E8FF344D842E9ADE658B7D251F17D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
benefits</header><text>In applying the amendments made by sections
<internal-xref idref="HB772D48F099B4411B4912DD25C77C69D" legis-path="2101.">2101</internal-xref> and
<internal-xref idref="HA94941D27CCB4079865527869BCF51D3" legis-path="2102.">2102</internal-xref>, any additional emergency unemployment
compensation made payable by such amendments (which would not otherwise have
been payable if such amendments had not been enacted) shall be payable only
with respect to any week of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></chapter><chapter id="H5BA1CAEA8778467BAC8E53CDA59396F2"><enum>2</enum><header>Job
Training</header>
<appropriations-major id="H1F6F039E9A36468395519C1757C0BDB9"><header>Department of
Labor</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H36DB703E6C1D42D2B7908F6754AB707B"><header>Employment and Training
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HE6CD83F3F9B7476F8D5727393126FECE"><header>Training
and Employment Services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an
additional amount for <quote>Training and Employment Services</quote> for
activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, $400,000,000, to remain
available through June 30, 2009, of which $200,000,000 is for grants to the
States for dislocated worker employment and training activities and
$200,000,000 is for grants to the States for youth activities:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That no portion of such funds shall be reserved to
carry out section 127(b)(1)(A) or section 128(a) of such Act: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That the work readiness performance indicator described in
section 136(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of such Act shall be the only measure of
performance used to assess the effectiveness of youth activities provided with
such funds: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That, with respect to the youth
activities provided with such funds, section 101(13)(A) of such Act shall be
applied by substituting <quote>age 24</quote> for <quote>age
21</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HA2A490C6C162498A8CDEF737307600EE"><header>State
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations </header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for <quote>State
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations</quote> for grants to
the States for reemployment services in accordance with section 6 of the
Wagner-Peyser Act, $100,000,000, which may be expended from the Employment
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, and which shall
remain available through September 30, 2009: <italic>Provided</italic>, That,
with respect to such funds, section 6(b)(1) of such Act shall be applied by
substituting <quote>one-third</quote> for <quote>two-thirds</quote> in
subparagraph (A), with the remaining one-third of the sums to be allotted in
accordance with section 132(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998.</text>
</appropriations-small></chapter><enum>III</enum><header>Temporary
Increase in Medicaid Matching Rate</header>
<section id="H84687469BC4F453E874E391CE341C900" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Temporary increase
of Medicaid FMAP for 14 months</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD44BA26D44E64D6AAF2E6F42D24C959D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Permitting maintenance
of fiscal year 2008 or 2009 FMAP</header><text>Subject to subsections (d), (e),
and (f), if the FMAP determined without regard to this section for a State
for—</text>
<paragraph id="H334AB92D583344CE9E5D8D3C6B04CC5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD10439F74BB4BE9BCF1E5ECD077EC1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fiscal year 2010
is less than the FMAP as so determined for fiscal year 2009, the FMAP for the
State for fiscal year 2009 shall be substituted for the State’s FMAP for fiscal
year 2010, before the application of this section, but only for the portion of
the first calendar quarter in fiscal year 2010 before December 1, 2009.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HABEFCFB351194C89BAAABC51979ECD07"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General 1
percentage point increase</header>
<paragraph id="HF3F07A98928E4F7598F15C60A08E4F06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsections (d), (e), and (f), for each State
for fiscal year 2009 and the portion of the first calendar quarter in fiscal
year 2010 before December 1, 2009, the FMAP (taking into account the
application of subsection (a) and before the application of subsection (c))
shall be increased by 1 percentage point.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC4CA1C79DE94895B0D22121ED6D0861"><enum>(2)</enum><header> Increase in cap
on Medicaid payments to territories</header><text>Subject to subsections (e)
and (f), with respect to fiscal year 2009 and with respect to fiscal year 2010
in proportion to the portion of the fiscal year that occurs during the first
calendar quarter before December 1, 2009, 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 U.S.C. 1308) shall each be increased by 4 percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H86EB2ECA58354BD5ADC43379299FE8A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
percentage points increase for qualifying States</header>
<paragraph id="H029B2E1C527D4A0AB4C574FCACE18972"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subsections (d), (e), and (f), in the case of a State that is 1 of the 50
States or the District of Columbia, if the State is awarded a total of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3D2849BAA9C74107A6E386FB4C247241"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 or more points under paragraph (2) for a
calendar quarter in fiscal year 2009 or for the first calendar quarter in
fiscal year 2010, then for that calendar quarter or, in the case the State is
awarded such points for the calendar quarter in fiscal year 2010, for the
portion of such quarter before December 1, 2009, (and each succeeding calendar
quarter, if any, in fiscal year 2009 and the portion of the first calendar
quarter in fiscal year 2010 before December 1, 2009) the FMAP (taking into
account the application of subsections (a) and (b)(1)) shall be further
increased by 3 percentage points; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E32DD2436B24ACB9613D67394401F1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>2 points under
paragraph (2) for a calendar quarter in fiscal year 2009 or in the first
calendar quarter in fiscal year 2010 and has not been awarded 3 or more points
under such paragraph for a previous calendar quarter in fiscal year 2009, then
for that calendar quarter or, in the case the State is awarded such points for
the calendar quarter in fiscal year 2010, for the portion of such quarter
before December 1, 2009, (and each succeeding calendar quarter, if any, in
fiscal year 2009 and the portion of the first calendar quarter in fiscal year
2010 before December 1, 2009) the FMAP (taking into account the application of
subsections (a) and (b)(1)) shall be further increased by 1 percentage
point.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H034932179D0A4F6C8D0412C6F249F97"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Awarding of
points based on qualifying criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1), each State
shall be awarded points for a calendar quarter equal to the total of the points
awarded under each of the following subparagraphs:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1CF8B4F69E8942DFB0CDAE5ED100936B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reduction in
employment</header>
<clause id="H5EFFE93E36FE440486ABA5B78750A9BA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State shall be awarded under this subparagraph—</text>
<subclause id="H63C2398E5D994CD8B49D9F23E27700C9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>2
points if the State’s employment for the quarter decreased or if such
employment for the quarter increased but by not more than 0.25 percent;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBC4F2DB51FA74A36AEFB3FE18ECF89C8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>1 point if the
State’s employment for the quarter increased by more than 0.25 percent but by
less than 2.0 percent.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HA1BE1A724CD2437989A1BCE1B5C395B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Measurement of
employment</header><text>For purposes of clause (i), an increase or decrease in
a State’s employment for a quarter shall be measured by comparing—</text>
<subclause id="HE9C9A90C36714AE9837F004D8D39C86B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average total nonfarm employment for
the State in the 3 most recent months, as determined based on the most recent
monthly publications of the Current Employer Statistics Survey of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics available as of the first day of the quarter; to</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEC96E9999FC148E682A5613BA4DAAFC9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the average total
nonfarm employment for the State in the same months two years earlier, as so
determined.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC554A5D90A04024B8E4C5D71CE900DD"><enum>(B)</enum><header> Increase in
food stamps or supplemental nutrition assistance program participation</header>
<clause id="H04CFD4E601D44C6C9ED0E624CECCECDE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State shall be awarded under this subparagraph 1 point
if the State’s food stamp or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
participation for the quarter increased by more than 4 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H259C53208FAA41AD835E1C9FA1043BE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Food stamp or
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program participation</header><text>For
purposes of clause (i), an increase in a State’s food stamp or Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program participation for a quarter shall be measured by
comparing—</text>
<subclause id="H4F9CB71A465341C88404076E8EFA4049"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average monthly participation by
persons in food stamps or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for the State in the
3 most recent months, as determined based on the most recent monthly
publications of Food and Nutrition Service Data of the Department of
Agriculture available as of the first day of the quarter, adjusted for
participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (7. U.S.C. 2014(h)); to</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4503038EFB344D20896B733901013400"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the average
monthly participation by persons in food stamps or the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program for the State in the same months two years earlier, as so
determined.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE490E9C83E554806A1C9BF135985009B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Increase in
foreclosures</header>
<clause id="H86743E74F0FD45ABB8BC41F8A2FDB19C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall be
awarded under this subparagraph —</text>
<subclause id="H96950FB9B9A048BA86633D8086183C17"><enum>(I)</enum><text>2
points if the State’s foreclosure rate for the quarter increased by greater
than 200 percent; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB643B2949FB543B689CD35E6A7E74100"><enum>(II)</enum><text>1 point if the
State’s foreclosure rate increased by greater than 60 percent, but not more
than 200 percent.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H1BE3CE1FA95549B683EF6DF08F38D7E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Foreclosure
rate</header><text>For purposes of clause (i), an increase in a State’s
foreclosure rate for a quarter shall be measured by comparing—</text>
<subclause id="HD2DB7BD00511414F910416C7DC674FD9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of total mortgages in
foreclosure for the State for the most recent quarter, as determined by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System based on the most recent
satisfactory data available to such Board available as of the first day of the
quarter; to</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB78EA7473B6442B5B1E0508BBD20941D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such percentage
for the State for the same quarter two years earlier, as so determined.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA800FF17FEB64530B44B495F06C1D295"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Scope of
application</header><text>The increases in the FMAP for a State under this
section shall apply only for purposes of title XIX of the Social Security Act
and shall not apply with respect to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0B2DF7D30DB45A1A3D018FFB3299F3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>disproportionate
share hospital payments described in section 1923 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1396r–4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC366021404544667B46002E96FF00038"><enum>(2)</enum><text>payments under
title IV or XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq. and 1397aa et seq.);
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7F2622B6C454D739EE8B7746E2465C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any payments under
title XIX of such Act that are based on the enhanced FMAP described in section
2105(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(b)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA87DC3A8DAE04158A7F899EDC5149E8F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State
ineligibility</header>
<paragraph id="HD5B24B18A7B546669780ADE4BB201752"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), a State is not eligible for an
increase in its FMAP under subsection (b)(1) or (c), or an increase in a cap
amount under subsection (b)(2), 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 (42
U.S.C. 1315)) are more restrictive than the eligibility standards,
methodologies, or procedures, respectively, under such plan (or waiver) as in
effect on July 1, 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB94C672521F49A5A4AA1150353D6B7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
reinstatement of eligibility permitted</header><text>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 (42 U.S.C. 1315)) after July 1,
2008, is no longer ineligible under paragraph (1) 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4DA111798B243E08C421CDF088EBEF0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be construed
as affecting a State’s flexibility with respect to benefits offered under the
State Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396 et seq.) (including any waiver under such title or under section 1115 of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA48C6557A3134A7F945457D6962EF9D2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirement for
certain states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (42 U.S.C.
1396a(a)(2)), the State is not eligible for an increase in its FMAP under
subsection (b)(1) or (c), or an increase in a cap amount under subsection
(b)(2), if it requires that such political subdivisions pay a greater
percentage of the non-Federal share of such expenditures for fiscal year 2009,
than the percentage that would have been required by the State under such plan
on September 30, 2008, prior to application of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1CB983E217BF481794AD33202CA7E000"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H11BCE288D1B64E9BA85C505243FF67D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>FMAP</header><text>The
term <term>FMAP</term> means the Federal medical assistance percentage, as
defined in section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396d(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CF8CF5050EF439AA52F611CA778A032"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> has the meaning given such term for purposes of title
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H25CC919220524CA3B5276987BBD9B4C1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Effective
as of October 1, 2010, this section is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H93822DB511BC4D7D8999C32237C194FC"><enum>3002.</enum><header>Adjustment in
computation of Medicaid FMAP to disregard an extraordinary employer pension
contribution</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H36082D9CD9074F408C1ECD06EF9FEED8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H95D41A3558ED45108F2EB338D9F706F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Significantly
Disproportionate Employer Pension and Insurance Fund Contribution</header>
<paragraph id="H5CCE1D24AE8149AEA181DF3D7C49DC81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC56F14F8888145B69BCF7EB568E8364D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data to be
used</header><text>For estimating and adjusting 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 of Health and Human Services shall use the personal income data set
originally used in calculating such FMAP.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1CA733A4DDE4F22971739BEDFE0301B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special
adjustment for negative growth</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H288240B33A8647DE88E6D6BA9481C560"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Hold
harmless</header><text>No State shall have its FMAP for a fiscal year reduced
as a result of the application of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4FCC4837D7D3426997A9AB3FA5DDE21"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall submit to 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD79350EDEADD44F392B0FD80FBAF4D26"><enum>(e)</enum><header>FMAP
defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<quote>FMAP</quote> means the Federal medical assistance percentage, as defined
in section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396(d)).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Temporary Increase
in Food Assistance</header>
<section id="H07ACD9A8FD0D4A03A7C851F8BC3446B5"><enum>4001.</enum><header>Temporary
Increase in Benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE73EA0D38AB841628961C300F4208925"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maximum Benefit
Increase</header>
<paragraph id="HC4C91DE3F82348D88F4991161F9308C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning 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 105 percent of the June 2008 value of the thrifty food plan as specified
under section 3(o) of such Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E5D952D87574F7098D2FACEA25C487"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority provided by this subsection
shall terminate after September 30, 2009.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4E6CF51D28174549A022A8CE16274702"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for
the secretary</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF0383D47FC734C94BDF3F6B495886817"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider the
benefit increases described in subsection (a) to be a <quote>mass
change</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC581BDA2500F44FBBBDF9D91709854B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require a simple
process for States to notify households of the increase in benefits;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1D08FEAA7974D4E80B188310045F2DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consider section
16(c)(3)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(3)(A)) to
apply to any errors in the implementation of this section, without regard to
the 120-day limit described in that section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7580D66E2030402098DEB4D9CDBFFF1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have the authority to take such measures as
necessary to ensure the efficient administration of the benefits provided in
this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H51B819D770494490A773F846C71791EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State
Administrative Expenses</header>
<paragraph id="HB22BB7FF328041E589754EACC63C7D86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the costs of
State administrative expenses associated with carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall make available $50,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22A81D6BF8B94FA985A6A6CE5E24C031"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds described in
paragraph (1) shall be made available as grants to State agencies based on each
State’s share of households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program as reported to the Department of Agriculture for the
12-month period ending with June, 2008.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3830AD33F7E34BCAA5E609C6F61B953F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There
is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture such sums as are necessary to
carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>General Provisions</header>
<section id="H95474635C7D14CAEA1EC4B9F52270E0"><enum>5001.</enum><header>Short
Title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited
as the <quote>Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H87BCF6079A6249D890C8D404264760CA"><enum>5002.</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, none of the funds made available in this Act may be used to employ workers
in violation of section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1324a).</text>
</section><section id="H45E3B0E5C5EE455BA0BCF77F1DA71387"><enum>5003.</enum><header>Emergency
Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each amount in
each title of 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.</text>
</section><section id="HF217754680BA4BC9942847BC6B235738"><enum>5004.</enum><header>Supplemental
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless
otherwise expressly provided, each amount in this Act is made available in
addition to amounts otherwise available for fiscal year 2009.</text>
</section>
Passed the House of
Representatives September 26, 2008.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.
November 18, 2008
Read the second time and placed on the
calendar