[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2918 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.2918
One Hundred Eleventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine
An Act
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
references
Sec. 1. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' or ``this joint resolution'' contained in any division of
this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that
division.
DIVISION A--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
SENATE
Payment to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress
For a payment to Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of Edward M.
Kennedy, late a Senator from Massachussetts, $174,000.
Expense Allowances
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.
Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders
For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders
of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized
by law, including agency contributions, $178,982,000, which shall be
paid from this appropriation without regard to the following
limitations:
office of the vice president
For the Office of the Vice President, $2,517,000.
office of the president pro tempore
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $752,000.
offices of the majority and minority leaders
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $5,212,000.
offices of the majority and minority whips
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,288,000.
committee on appropriations
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $15,844,000.
conference committees
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, $1,726,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,452,000.
offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the
conference of the minority
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority
and the Conference of the Minority, $850,000.
policy committees
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority
Policy Committee, $1,763,000 for each such committee; in all,
$3,526,000.
office of the chaplain
For Office of the Chaplain, $415,000.
office of the secretary
For Office of the Secretary, $25,790,000.
office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $70,000,000.
offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for
the Minority, $1,836,000.
agency contributions and related expenses
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by
law, and related expenses, $45,500,000.
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the Senate, $7,154,000.
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,
$1,544,000.
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
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.
Contingent Expenses of the Senate
inquiries and investigations
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 (Public Law 96-304), and Senate Resolution 281,
96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $140,500,000.
expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics
control
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International
Narcotics Control, $520,000.
secretary of the senate
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
$2,000,000.
sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate
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, 2014.
miscellaneous items
For miscellaneous items, $19,145,000, 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: Provided, 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.
senators' official personnel and office expense account
For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,
$422,000,000.
official mail costs
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate,
$300,000.
Administrative Provisions
gross rate of compensation in offices of senators
Sec. 1. Effective on and after October 1, 2009, each of the dollar
amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A))
shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by
law and in effect on September 30, 2009, increased by an additional
$50,000 each.
reporting requirement
Sec. 2. Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act
1965 (Public Law 88-454; 2 U.S.C. 104a) is amended--
(1) in the last sentence of paragraph (1), by striking
``shall'' and inserting ``may''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Beginning with the report covering the first full semiannual
period of the 112th Congress, the Secretary of the Senate--
``(1) shall publicly post on-line on the website of the Senate
each report in a searchable, itemized format as required under this
section;
``(2) shall issue each report required under this section in
electronic form; and
``(3) may issue each report required under this section in
other forms at the discretion of the Secretary of the Senate.''.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$1,369,025,000, as follows:
house leadership offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $25,881,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $5,077,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$2,530,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,565,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $2,194,000,
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,690,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $517,000;
Republican Steering Committee, $981,000; Republican Conference,
$1,748,000; Republican Policy Committee, $362,000; Democratic Steering
and Policy Committee, $1,366,000; Democratic Caucus, $1,725,000; nine
minority employees, $1,552,000; training and program development--
majority, $290,000; training and program development--minority,
$290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $497,000; and Cloakroom
Personnel--minority, $497,000.
Members' Representational Allowances
including members' clerk hire, official expenses of members, and
official mail
For Members' representational allowances, including Members' clerk
hire, official expenses, and official mail, $660,000,000.
Committee Employees
standing committees, special and select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $139,878,000: Provided, That
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until
December 31, 2010, except that $1,000,000 of such amount shall remain
available until expended for committee room upgrading.
Committee on Appropriations
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: Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2010.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $198,301,000, 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, $30,089,000 of which $2,600,000
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, $9,509,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
including not more than $3,000 for official representation and
reception expenses, $130,782,000, of which $3,937,000 shall remain
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Inspector General, $5,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $4,445,000,
to remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of General Counsel, $1,415,000; for the Office of the Chaplain,
$179,000; 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, $2,060,000; for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House,
$3,258,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative
Counsel of the House, $8,814,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $859,000; for other authorized
employees, $1,249,000; and for salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Historian, including the cost of the House Fellows Program
(including lodging and related expenses for visiting Program
participants), $597,000.
Allowances and Expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or
law, $313,665,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs
and Federal tort claims, $3,948,000; 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, $276,703,000, including employee
tuition assistance benefit payments, $3,500,000, if authorized, and
employee child care benefit payments, $1,000,000, if authorized;
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $25,098,000, of which
$5,425,000 shall remain available until expended; transition activities
for new members and staff, $2,907,000; Wounded Warrior Program,
$2,500,000, to be derived from funding provided for this purpose in
Division G of Public Law 111-8; Office of Congressional Ethics,
$1,548,000; Energy Demonstration Projects, $2,500,000, if authorized,
to remain available until expended; and 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, $760,000.
Child Care Center
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
(2 U.S.C. 2062), subject to the level specified in the budget of the
Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 101. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members'
Representational Allowances to Be Used for Deficit Reduction or to
Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any amounts appropriated under this Act for ``House of
Representatives--Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational
Allowances'' shall be available only for fiscal year 2010. Any amount
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal
year 2010 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).
(b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations
to carry out this section.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member of the
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
Sec. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal year 2010 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:
(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority Whip is
increased by $96,000.
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority Whip is
increased by $96,000.
house fitness center
Sec. 103. Any active duty member of the Armed Forces who is
assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Armed Forces at the
House of Representatives may obtain membership in the exercise facility
established for employees of the House of Representatives (as described
in section 103(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005)
in the same manner as an employee of the House of Representatives, in
accordance with such regulations as the Committee on House
Administration may promulgate.
Sec. 104. (a) Section 101(d) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(d)), as added by section 103(a)
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009, is amended by
striking ``and made available'' and inserting ``and merged with and
made available''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to funds
appropriated for fiscal year 2010 and succeeding fiscal years.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$4,814,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$11,327,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives. For other joint items, as follows:
Office of the Attending Physician
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 Attending
Physician; (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 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) $2,366,000 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, $3,805,000, to be disbursed by
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
Office of Congressional Accessibility Services
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional
Accessibility Services, $1,377,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
CAPITOL POLICE
Salaries
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, $265,188,000, to be
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.
General Expenses
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, 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, $63,130,000, to be
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided,
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 2010 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.
Administrative Provision
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 1001. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2010 for the
Capitol Police may be transferred between the headings ``Salaries'' and
``General expenses'' upon the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,377,000, of which $884,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 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.
Administrative Provision
disposition of surplus or obsolete personal property
Sec. 1101. (a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is amended by
inserting after section 305 the following:
``SEC. 306. DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
``The Executive Director may, within the limits of available
appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by
interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is
amended by inserting after section 305 the following:
``Sec. 306. Disposition of surplus or obsolete personal property.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year
thereafter.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
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, $45,165,000.
Administrative Provision
executive exchange program for the congressional budget office
Sec. 1201. Section 1201 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 611 note; Public law 110-161; 121 Stat. 2238) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``3'' and inserting
``5''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``3'' and inserting
``5'';
(2) by striking subsection (d), and redesignating subsection
(e) as subsection (d); and
(3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by this section), by
striking ``Subject to subsection (d), this'' and inserting
``This''.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
General Administration
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 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, $106,783,000, of which $5,400,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2014.
Capitol Building
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the Capitol, $33,182,000, of which $6,499,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2014.
Capitol Grounds
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the
Capitol Power Plant, $10,974,000, of which $1,410,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2014.
Senate Office Buildings
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, $74,392,000, of which $15,390,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2014.
House Office Buildings
For necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of
the House office buildings, $100,466,000, of which $53,360,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2014.
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings
Revitalization Trust Fund, $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
Capitol Power Plant
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, $119,133,000, of which $25,610,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 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 2010.
Library Buildings and Grounds
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds,
$45,795,000, of which $19,560,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2014.
Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security
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, $27,012,000, of which $8,150,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2014.
Botanic Garden
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, $11,390,000, of which $900,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 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 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon
vouchers approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee.
Capitol Visitor Center
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol Visitor
Center, $22,459,000.
Administrative Provisions
disposition of surplus or obsolete personal property
Sec. 1301. (a) In General.--The Architect of the Capitol shall have
the authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to
dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency
transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received for
the sale or trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds
available for the operations of the Architect of the Capitol and be
available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property. Such
funds shall be available for such purposes during the fiscal year
received and the following fiscal year.
(b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to
fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter.
flexible and compressed work schedules
Sec. 1302. Chapter 61 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 6121(1) by striking ``and the Library of
Congress'' and inserting ``the Library of Congress, the Architect
of the Capitol, and the Botanic Garden''; and
(2) in section 6133(c) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) With respect to employees of the Architect of the Capitol
and the Botanic Garden, the authority granted to the Office of
Personnel Management under this subchapter shall be exercised by
the Architect of the Capitol.''.
acceptance of voluntary student services
Sec. 1303. (a) Section 3111 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) For purposes of this section the term `agency' shall include
the Architect of the Capitol. With respect to the Architect of the
Capitol, the authority granted to the Office of Personnel Management
under this section shall be exercised by the Architect of the
Capitol.''.
house historic buildings revitalization trust fund
Sec. 1304. (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the
Treasury of the United States, as an account for the Architect of the
Capitol, the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ``Fund'').
(b) Use of Amounts.--Amounts in the Fund shall be used by the
Architect of the Capitol for the revitalization of the major historical
buildings and assets of the House of Representatives which the
Architect is responsible for maintaining and preserving, except that
the Architect may not obligate any amounts in the Fund without the
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(c) Continuing Availability of Funds.--Any amounts transferred to
and merged with, or otherwise deposited into, the Fund shall remain
available until expended.
(d) Permitting Transfers From Amounts Appropriated for House of
Representatives.--Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b), as amended by section 103(a) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009, is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
``(e) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of
Representatives under any heading other than the heading `Members'
Representational Allowances' may be transferred to the Architect of the
Capitol and merged with and made available under the heading `House
Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund', subject to the approval
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.''.
(e) Effective Date.--This section and the amendment made by this
section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 and each
succeeding fiscal year.
support and maintenance during emergencies
Sec. 1305. (a) During an emergency involving the safety of human
life or the protection of property, as determined or declared by the
Capitol Police Board, the Architect of the Capitol--
(1) may accept contributions of comfort and other incidental
items and services to support employees of the Office of the
Architect of the Capitol while such employees are on duty in
response to the emergency; and
(2) may incur obligations and make expenditures out of
available appropriations for meals, refreshments, and other support
and maintenance for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol if,
in the judgment of the Architect, such obligations and expenditures
are necessary to respond to the emergency.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 and
each succeeding fiscal year.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and Expenses
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; activities
under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009; 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, $446,151,000, of which not
more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this
appropriation during fiscal year 2010, and shall remain available until
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2
U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2010 and shall remain available until
expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal
information database and activities related thereto: Provided, 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:
Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $6,350,000:
Provided further, 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: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $7,315,000 shall remain available until
expended for the digital collections and educational curricula program:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall
be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for
carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106-173, of which $10,000 may
be used for official representation and reception expenses of the
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall be used to carry out
activities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009: Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $200,000 shall be used
for the purpose of preserving, digitizing and making available
historically and culturally significant materials related to the
development of Nebraska and the American West, which amount shall be
transferred to the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $55,476,000, 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 2010 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code:
Provided, 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:
Provided further, That not more than $5,861,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2010 under sections 111(d)(2),
119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the
amount by which collections are less than $34,612,000: Provided
further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States
Code, 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).
Congressional Research Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of
America, $112,490,000: Provided, 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.
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $70,182,000, of which
$30,577,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract
to provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents at
no cost to the individual.
Administrative Provisions
reimbursable and revolving fund activities
Sec. 1401. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2010, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in
subsection (b) may not exceed $123,328,000.
(b) Activities.--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.
(c) Transfer of Funds.--During fiscal year 2010, the Librarian of
Congress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act, under
the heading ``Library of Congress'', under the subheading ``Salaries
and Expenses'', 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 (Public Law 106-
481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, 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.
transfer authority
Sec. 1402. (a) In General.--Amounts appropriated for fiscal year
2010 for the Library of Congress may be transferred during fiscal year
2010 between any of the headings under the heading ``Library of
Congress'' upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
(b) Limitation.--Not more than 10 percent of the total amount of
funds appropriated to the account under any heading under the heading
``Library of Congress'' for fiscal year 2010 may be transferred from
that account by all transfers made under subsection (a).
classification of library of congress positions above gs-15
Sec. 1403. Section 5108 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(c) The Librarian of Congress may classify positions in the
Library of Congress above GS-15 pursuant to standards established by
the Office in subsection (a)(2).''.
leave carryover for certain library of congress executive positions
Sec. 1404. Section 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period and inserting
``; or'' and
(3) by adding after subparagraph (G) the following:
``(H) a position in the Library of Congress the
compensation for which is set at a rate equal to the annual
rate of basic pay payable for positions at level III of the
Executive Schedule under section 5314.''.
(4) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to annual leave accrued during pay periods beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
(including transfer of funds)
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 for
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional
Record, as authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States
Code); 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, $93,768,000: Provided,
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
section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations
incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding
fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year
limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 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 chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 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 section 718 of title 44, United States
Code: Provided further, 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.
Office of Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
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, $40,911,000: Provided, 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 2008 and 2009 to
depository and other designated libraries: Provided further, 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.
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund,
$12,782,000 for information technology development and facilities
repair: Provided, 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 and
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 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:
Provided further, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on the
certification of the Public Printer in connection with official
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the
revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more
than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 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
title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund
shall be available for temporary or intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 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:
Provided further, That activities financed through the revolving fund
may provide information in any format: Provided further, 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.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary 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 section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
Code, 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 section 3324
of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable
under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by
the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters
in foreign countries, $556,849,000: Provided, That not more than
$5,449,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided
further, That not more than $2,350,000 of reimbursements received under
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for
use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than
$7,423,000 of reimbursements received under section 3521 of title 31,
United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2010:
Provided further, 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: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs
involved are initially financed.
Administrative Provision
repeal of certain audits, studies, and reviews of the government
accountability office
Sec. 1501. (a) Use of Funds in Projects Constructed Under Projected
Cost.--Section 211 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3151) is amended by striking subsection (d).
(b) Audits of Small Business Participation in Construction of the
Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline.--Section 112 of the Alaska Natural Gas
Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720j) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(c) Audits of Assistance Under Compacts of Free Association.--
Section 104(h) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of
2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(d) Semiannual Audits of Independent Counsel Expenditures.--The
matter under the heading ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal
Activities'' under the heading ``Legal Activities'' under title II of
the Department of Justice Appropriation Act of 1988, (28 U.S.C. 591
note; Public Law 100-202; 101 Stat. 1329, 1329-9) is amended by
striking ``Provided further, That the Comptroller General shall perform
semiannual financial reviews of expenditures from the Independent
Counsel permanent indefinite appropriation, and report their findings
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate:''.
(e) Reports on Ambulance Service Costs.--Section 414 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-173) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (f); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND
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 (2 U.S.C. 1151),
$12,000,000.
Administrative Provision
open world leadership center
Sec. 1601. (a) Board Membership.--Section 313(a)(2) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(a)(2)) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``members'' and inserting
``Members of the House of Representatives''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``members'' and inserting
``Senators''.
(b) Executive Director.--Section 313(d) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended in the first
sentence by striking ``The Board shall appoint'' and inserting ``On
behalf of the Board, the Librarian of Congress shall appoint''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection shall
apply with respect to--
(1) appointments made on and after the date of enactment of
this Act; and
(2) the remainder of the fiscal year in which enacted, and each
fiscal year thereafter.
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
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 (2
U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.
TITLE II
GENERAL PROVISIONS
maintenance and care of private vehicles
Sec. 201. 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.
fiscal year limitation
Sec. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2010 unless
expressly so provided in this Act.
rates of compensation and designation
Sec. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat.
32 et seq.) 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: Provided, 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.
consulting services
Sec. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through procurement contract, under section 3109
of title 5, United States Code, 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.
awards and settlements
Sec. 205. 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 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and
settlements as authorized under such subsection.
costs of lbfmc
Sec. 206. 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.
landscape maintenance
Sec. 207. 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.
limitation on transfers
Sec. 208. 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.
guided tours of the capitol
Sec. 209. (a) 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 or restrict 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.
(b) 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.
This division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2010''.
DIVISION B--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2010
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable
corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of
Government for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal
year 2009 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts,
for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct
loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided
for in this joint resolution, that were conducted in fiscal year 2009,
and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made
available in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) Chapter 2 of title IX of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252).
(2) Section 155 of division A of the Consolidated Security,
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
(Public Law 110-329), except that subsections (c), (d), and (e) of
such section shall not apply to funds made available under this
joint resolution.
(3) Divisions C through E of the Consolidated Security,
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
(Public Law 110-329).
(4) Divisions A through I of the Omnibus Appropriations Act,
2009 (Public Law 111-8), as amended by section 2 of Public Law 111-
46.
(5) Titles III and VI (under the heading ``Coast Guard'') of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32).
Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be
used for (1) the new production of items not funded for production in
fiscal year 2009 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates
above those sustained with fiscal year 2009 funds; or (3) the
initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity,
operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject,
activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a
program element, and for any investment items defined as a P-1 line
item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R-1
line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other
authority were not available during fiscal year 2009.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted
pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to
initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding
for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically
appropriated later.
Sec. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to
the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent
appropriations Act.
Sec. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to
section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available
during fiscal year 2009.
Sec. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to
this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures
incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds
or authority for such project or activity are available under this
joint resolution.
Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution
or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010,
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant
to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the
following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation
for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2)
the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal
year 2010 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3)
October 31, 2009.
Sec. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or
authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation,
fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law.
Sec. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by or
authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of
apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States
Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive
any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise
have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of
appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2010 because of
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or
others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution
shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs
funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding
prerogatives.
Sec. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only
the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint
resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
projects and activities.
Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose
budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year
2009, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels
under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments
due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October
2009 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section
106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such
payments.
Sec. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid
furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the
department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer
non-personnel-related administrative expenses.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may be
obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and
section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
414(a)(1)).
Sec. 114. Amounts made available by this joint resolution related
to amounts provided in chapter 2 of title IX of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252), and titles III and VI of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32), are
designated as being for overseas deployments and other activities
pursuant to sections 401(c)(4) and 423(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2010, except that amounts so designated under this section shall not
exceed $129,989,000,000.
Sec. 115. The provisions of section 14103 of Public Law 111-32
shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3)
of this joint resolution, and such provisions shall also apply to funds
made available in this joint resolution.
Sec. 116. Section 9(f)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(f)(5)) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution for ``September 30, 2009''.
Sec. 117. The authority provided by paragraphs (3) and (4) of
section 9(h) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1758(h)(3); 1758(h)(4)) shall continue in effect through the
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 118. The authority provided by section 18(h)(5) of the
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(h)(5))
shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3)
of this joint resolution.
Sec. 119. Section 21(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(g)(1)(A)(ii)) shall be
applied by substituting ``October 1, 2008, and October 1, 2009'' for
``October 1, 2008'' and shall continue in effect through the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 120. The authority provided by section 26(d) of the Richard
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) shall
continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution.
Sec. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Department of Commerce--Bureau of the Census--Periodic Censuses and
Programs'' at a rate for operations of $7,065,707,000.
Sec. 122. The authority provided by section 8116 of division C of
Public Law 110-329 and section 310 of title III of Public Law 111-32
shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3)
of this joint resolution.
Sec. 123. The authority provided by section 1202 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163), as
amended by section 1214 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417), shall
continue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 or the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 124. The authority provided by section 1022 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136), as
amended by section 1022 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417), shall
continue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 or the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 125. The authority provided by section 1033 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85), as
amended by section 1024 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417), shall
continue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 or the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend
local funds for programs and activities under the heading ``District of
Columbia Funds'' for such programs and activities under title IV of S.
1432 (111th Congress), as reported by the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate, at the rate set forth under ``District of Columbia
Funds'' as included in the Second Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request Act
(D.C. Act 18-188).
Sec. 127. The authority provided by section 5739 of title 5,
United States Code, shall continue in effect through the date specified
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, notwithstanding subsection
(e) of such section 5739.
Sec. 128. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) shall be
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution for ``the 11-year period beginning on the first day
the pilot program is in effect''.
Sec. 129. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016a and 4026) shall each be applied
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution for ``September 30, 2009''.
Sec. 130. The requirement set forth in section 610(b) of the
Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall continue
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 131. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109-295 shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution for ``three years after the date of enactment of this Act''.
Sec. 132. Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution for ``September 30, 2009''.
Sec. 133. Subclauses (II) and (III) of section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii))
shall each be applied by substituting the date specified in section
106(3) of this joint resolution for ``September 30, 2009''.
Sec. 134. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be applied
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution for ``September 30, 2009''.
Sec. 135. Section 331 of the Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-291), as
amended by section 336 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
(Public Law 108-447), shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``September
30, 2009''.
Sec. 136. Section 339(h) of the Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by
Public Law 106-113), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108-
108, shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section
106(3) of this joint resolution for ``September 30, 2009''.
Sec. 137. The authority provided by section 325 of the Department
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public
Law 108-108), as amended by section 426 of division E of Public Law
111-8, shall continue to apply through the date specified in section
106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 138. The authority provided by the 19th unnumbered paragraph
under heading ``Administrative Provisions, Forest Service'' in title
III of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Public Law 109-54, shall continue in
effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution.
Sec. 139. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
section 703 of Public Law 109-415, the authorities provided in title
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff et seq.) shall
continue in effect as they were in effect during fiscal year 2009, and
apply through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution.
Sec. 140. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall
be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution for ``the end of fiscal year 2009''.
Sec. 141. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Veterans Health Administration--Medical Services'', ``Veterans Health
Administration--Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Veterans Health
Administration--Medical Facilities'' of the Department of Veterans
Affairs at rates for operations not exceeding the lower of the amount
in the President's fiscal year 2010 Budget Request (H. Doc. 111-3), the
amount in H.R. 3082, as passed by the House of Representatives on July
10, 2009, or the amount in S. 1407, as reported by the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate on July 7, 2009.
Sec. 142. Notwithstanding section 7042(b) of division H of Public
Law 111-8, amounts provided by section 101 of this joint resolution for
Iraq shall be obligated under the terms and conditions of section
1106(b) of Public Law 111-32.
Sec. 143. Notwithstanding section 7040(f) of division H of Public
Law 111-8, amounts provided by section 101 of this joint resolution for
the Palestinian Authority shall be obligated under the terms and
conditions of section 1107 of Public Law 111-32.
Sec. 144. Notwithstanding sections 7042(a) and 7070(e) of division
H of Public Law 111-8, amounts provided by section 101 of this joint
resolution for assistance for Iraq and Zimbabwe shall be obligated
under the terms and conditions of section 1108 of Public Law 111-32.
Sec. 145. The authority provided by section 1113 of Public Law
111-32 shall continue in effect through the date specified in section
106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 146. The authority provided by section 309(f) of the United
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208(f)) shall
remain in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution.
Sec. 147. The authority provided by section 1334 of the Foreign
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall
remain in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution.
Sec. 148. The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the
Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C.
4831 (a)(3)) shall remain in effect through the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, other than section 106, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall obligate funds provided by section 101 at a rate the
Secretary determines is necessary to renew or amend, in a timely
manner, all section 8 project-based, section 202, and section 811,
rental assistance contracts. In renewing or amending such contracts,
the Secretary may provide for payments to be made beyond the period
covered by this joint resolution.
Sec. 150. Commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by the
National Housing Act and insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance
Fund, shall not exceed a loan principal of $1,500,000,000 multiplied by
the number of days covered by this joint resolution.
Sec. 151. Commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by section
306 of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed a loan principal of
$2,500,000,000 multiplied by the number of days covered by this joint
resolution.
Sec. 152. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of
section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, through the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, insure, and enter
into commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 of such Act.
During the period covered by this joint resolution, for new loans
guaranteed pursuant to section 255 of the National Housing Act (12.
U.S.C. 1715z-20), the Secretary shall adjust the factors used to
calculate the principal limit (as such term is defined in HUD Handbook
4235.1) that were assumed in the President's Budget Request for 2010
for such loans, as necessary to ensure that the program operates at a
net zero subsidy rate.
Sec. 153. Section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for the date
specified in such section 24(o).
Sec. 154. Funds made available under section 101 for the National
Transportation Safety Board shall include amounts necessary to make
lease payments due in fiscal year 2010 only, on an obligation incurred
in 2001 under a capital lease.
Sec. 155. (a) Section 48103(6) of title 49, United States Code,
shall be applied: (1) by substituting the amount specified in such
section with an amount that equals $3,820,000,000 multiplied by the
ratio of the number of days covered by this joint resolution to 365;
and (2) by substituting the fiscal year specified in such section with
the period beginning October 1, 2009, through the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution. This subsection shall be in
effect through the earlier of the date of enactment of an Act amending
section 48103 of title 49, United States Code, or the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
(b) Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, shall be
applied by substituting ``2010'' for ``2009''.
(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the availability of any
balances of contract authority provided under section 48103 of title
49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2009 and any prior fiscal year.
Sec. 156. (a) Sections 4081(d)(2)(B), 4261(j)(1)(A)(ii), and
4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall each be
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution for ``September 30, 2009''.
(b) Subsections (d)(1) and (e)(2) of section 9502 of such Code
shall each be applied by substituting the date that is 1 day after the
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``October
1, 2009''.
(c) Subparagraph (A) of section 9502(d)(1) of such Code is amended
by inserting ``or any joint resolution making continuing appropriations
for the fiscal year 2010'' before the semicolon at the end.
Sec. 157. (a) Extension of Surface Transportation Programs.--Except
as otherwise provided in this section, requirements, authorities,
conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized
under titles I through VI of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1144), the
SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 1572), titles I
through VI of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 (105 Stat. 1914), titles I through V of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107), title 23, United States Code,
and chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, which would otherwise
expire on or cease to apply after September 30, 2009, are incorporated
by reference and shall continue in effect through the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
(b) Use of Funds.--Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
section, funds made available for obligation under this joint
resolution and expended under the authority of this section shall be
distributed, administered, limited, and made available for obligation
in the same manner and at the same rate as funds authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2009 to carry out programs, projects,
activities, eligibilities, and requirements under the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy
for Users (119 Stat. 1144), the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of
2008 (122 Stat. 1572), titles I through VI of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1914), titles I
through V of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112
Stat. 107), title 23, United States Code, chapter 53 of title 49,
United States Code, including section 5338(f)(1) of title 49, United
States Code, chapter 303 of part A of subtitle VI of title 49, United
States Code, and part B of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code.
(c) Distribution of Funds Under Titles III and V of SAFETEA-LU.--
Funds made available for programs authorized under titles III and V of
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1544 and 1779) and continued under this
joint resolution shall be distributed to major program areas under
those programs in the same proportion as funds were allocated for those
program areas for fiscal year 2009, except that any designations for
specific activities in sections 3044 and 3046 under title III and in
title V of such Act shall not be required to be continued for the
duration of this joint resolution.
(d) Extension and Flexibility for Certain Allocated Programs.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the portion of the share of
funds of a State under subsection (b) determined by the amount that the
State received for fiscal year 2009 to carry out sections 1301(m),
1302(e), 1307, 1702, and 1934 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat.
1202, 1205, 1217, 1256, and 1485), and section 144(f)(1) of title 23,
United States Code, shall be--
(1) made available to the State for purposes described in
section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code; and
(2) administered in the same manner and with the same period of
availability as such funding is administered under section 133 of
title 23, United States Code, except that subsections (d)(2) and
(d)(3) of such section shall not apply to amounts administered
pursuant to this section.
Sec. 158. (a) Appropriation of Funding for Certain Highway Trust
Fund Programs.--For the period from October 1, 2009, through the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, an amount shall
be available from the Highway Trust Fund (including from the Mass
Transit Account) to carry out each program, project, and activity
continued under section 157 of this joint resolution that was funded
from the Highway Trust Fund (including from the Mass Transit Account)
during fiscal year 2009 in a sum equal to and from the same account
as--
(1) the total amount available for such program, project, and
activity for fiscal year 2009 under titles I through VI of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1144) and the SAFETEA-LU Technical
Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 1572), divided by 365; and
multiplied by
(2) the number of days between September 30, 2009, and the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
(b) Contract Authority.--Funds made available under this joint
resolution to be expended under the authority of section 157 of this
joint resolution shall be available for obligation in the same manner
as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United
States Code, or section 5338(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code,
whichever appropriate.
(c) Calculation.--The amounts made available under this joint
resolution to be expended under the authority of this section shall be
calculated by taking into account any rescission or cancellation of
funds or contract authority for fiscal year 2009 under the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy
for Users or any other law.
Sec. 159. (a) Extension of Authority for Expenditures From Highway
Trust Fund.--
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 shall be applied--
(A) by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of
this joint resolution for ``September 30, 2009''; and
(B) by substituting the date that is 1 day after the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for
``October 1, 2009''.
(2) Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of such Code is amended by
striking ``under'' and all that follows and inserting ``under the
first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010
enacted into law or any other provision of law which was referred
to in this paragraph before the date of the enactment of such
Continuing Appropriations Resolution (as such Resolution and
provisions of law are in effect on the date of the enactment of
such Resolution).''.
(b) Mass Transit Account.--
(1) Paragraph (3) of section 9503(e) of such Code shall be
applied by substituting the date that is 1 day after the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``October
1, 2009''.
(2) Paragraph (3) of section 9503(e) of such Code is amended by
striking ``in accordance with'' and all that follows and inserting
``in accordance with the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution
for Fiscal Year 2010 enacted into law or any other provision of law
which was referred to in this paragraph before the date of the
enactment of such Continuing Appropriations Resolution (as such
Resolution and provisions of law are in effect on the date of the
enactment of such Resolution).''.
(c) Exception to Limitations on Transfers.--Subparagraph (B) of
section 9503(b)(6) of such Code shall be applied--
(1) by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of
this joint resolution for ``September 30, 2009''; and
(2) by substituting the date that is 1 day after the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``October
1, 2009''.
Sec. 160. Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration
Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and the period from
October 1, 2009, through the date specified in section 106(3) of
the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010
enacted into law,'' after ``2009,''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ``and the period from
October 1, 2009, through the date specified in section 106(3) of
the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010
enacted into law,'' after ``2009''.
Sec. 161. (a) Paragraph (2) of section 9504(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``(as in effect'' in subparagraph (A) and all
that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ``(as in effect on
the date of the enactment of the first Continuing Appropriations
Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010),'';
(2) by striking ``(as in effect'' in subparagraph (B) and all
that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ``(as in effect on
the date of the enactment of the first Continuing Appropriations
Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010), and''; and
(3) by striking ``(as in effect'' in subparagraph (C) and all
that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ``(as in effect on
the date of the enactment of the first Continuing Appropriations
Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010).''.
(b) Paragraph (2) of section 9504(d) of such Code shall be applied
by substituting the date that is one day after the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``October 1, 2009''.
Sec. 162. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution
or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds made
available and authority granted pursuant to sections 157 through 161 of
this joint resolution shall be available until (1) enactment into law
of an Act to extend or reauthorize surface transportation programs, or
(2) the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution,
whichever first occurs, and shall be charged to the applicable
appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such
applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is
enacted into law.
Sec. 163. None of the funds made available by this joint
resolution or any prior Act may be provided to the Association of
Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its
affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations.
Sec. 164. (a) Clause (iii) of section 8909a(d)(3)(A) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(iii) $1,400,000,000, not later than September 30, 2009;''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if
included in the enactment of section 803(a)(1)(B) of the Postal
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109-435; 120 Stat.
3251).
This division may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2010''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.