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[H.R. 3081 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3081

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten


                                 An Act


 
  Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other 
                                purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,  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 2011, 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 2010 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 Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2010, and for which 
appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the 
following appropriations Acts:
        (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
    Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 
    (Public Law 111-80).
        (2) Division A of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
    2010 (division A of Public Law 111-118).
        (3) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
    Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-85).
        (4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
    2010 (Public Law 111-83) and section 601 of the Supplemental 
    Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212).
        (5) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
    Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (division A of Public Law 111-
    88).
        (6) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 (division A 
    of Public Law 111-68).
        (7) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-
    117).
        (8) Chapter 3 of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations 
    Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212), except for appropriations under the 
    heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' relating to Haiti following 
    the earthquake of January 12, 2010, or the Port of Guam: Provided, 
    That the amount provided for the Department of Defense pursuant to 
    this paragraph shall not exceed a rate for operations of 
    $29,387,401,000: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
    shall allocate such amount to each appropriation account, budget 
    activity, activity group, and subactivity group, and to each 
    program, project, and activity within each appropriation account, 
    in the same proportions as such appropriations for fiscal year 
    2010.
        (9) Section 102(c) of chapter 1 of title I of the Supplemental 
    Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212) that addresses 
    guaranteed loans in the rural housing insurance fund.
        (10) The appropriation under the heading ``Department of 
    Commerce--United States Patent and Trademark Office'' in the United 
    States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
    2010 (Public Law 111-224).
    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 2010 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 
above those sustained with fiscal year 2010 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 2010.
    (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 2010.
    Sec. 105.  Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to 
this Act 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 Act.
    Sec. 106.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011, appropriations and 
funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act 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 Act; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 without any provision for such 
project or activity; or (3) December 3, 2010.
    Sec. 107.  Expenditures made pursuant to this Act 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 Act 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 Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing 
the apportionment of funds.
    Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 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 2011 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 Act that would 
impinge on final funding prerogatives.
    Sec. 110.  This Act shall be implemented so that only the most 
limited funding action of that permitted in the Act 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 
2010, 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 2010, 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 
2010 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 2010, 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 Act 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.  The following amounts are designated as an emergency 
requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 
403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010:
        (1) Amounts incorporated by reference in this Act that were 
    previously designated as available for overseas deployments and 
    other activities pursuant to such concurrent resolution.
        (2) Amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (8) of section 
    101 of this Act.
    Sec. 115.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Food for Peace Title II Grants'' in 
chapter 1 of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 
(Public Law 111-212) may be used to reimburse obligations incurred for 
the purposes provided therein prior to the enactment of such Act.
    Sec. 116.  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 earlier of the date of enactment 
of an authorization Act related to the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act or the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
    Sec. 117.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
``Department of Commerce--Bureau of the Census--Periodic Censuses and 
Programs'', for necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics 
for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, at a rate for 
operations of $964,315,000.
    Sec. 118.  The authority provided by section 1202 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163), as 
most recently amended by section 1222 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 
2518), shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this Act.
    Sec. 119.  Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 310 of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32; 123 Stat. 
1870), a claim described in that subsection that is submitted before 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act shall be treated as a 
claim for which payment may be made under such section 310.
    Sec. 120. (a) Rescission.--The unobligated balance of authority 
provided for investigations under the heading ``Department of Defense--
Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers--Civil, 
Investigations'', in chapter 4 of title I of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212; 124 Stat. 2312) is 
rescinded as of the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other provision in this 
Act--
        (1) there is appropriated to the Department of the Army, Corps 
    of Engineers, an amount equal to the unobligated balance rescinded 
    by subsection (a), to remain available until expended, for 
    investigations;
        (2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment of 
    this Act; and
        (3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement and 
    necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 403(a) and 
    423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent 
    resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
    Sec. 121. (a) Rescission.--The unobligated balance of authority 
provided for in section 401 of chapter 4 of title I of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212; 124 Stat. 2313) for 
drought emergency assistance is rescinded as of the date of enactment 
of this Act.
    (b) Appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other provision in this 
Act--
        (1) there is appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation, an 
    amount equal to the unobligated balance rescinded by subsection 
    (a), to remain available until expended, for drought emergency 
    assistance: Provided, That financial assistance may be provided 
    under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 
    (43 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and any other applicable Federal law 
    (including regulations) for the optimization and conservation of 
    project water supplies to assist drought-plagued areas of the West;
        (2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment of 
    this Act; and
        (3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement and 
    necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 403(a) and 
    423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent 
    resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
    Sec. 122.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
``Department of Energy--Weapons Activities'' at a rate for operations 
of $7,008,835,000.
    Sec. 123.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 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. 3677 
(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 Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request Act (D.C. Act 18-448), 
as modified as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 124.  Section 550(b) of Public Law 109-295, as amended by 
section 550 of Public Law 111-83, shall be applied by substituting the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``October 4, 2010''.
    Sec. 125.  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 Act for 
``September 30, 2010''.
    Sec. 126.  Any funds made available pursuant to section 101 for the 
Federal Air Marshals may be obligated at a rate for operations not 
exceeding that necessary to sustain domestic and international flight 
coverage at the same level as the final quarter of fiscal year 2010.
    Sec. 127.  Any funds made available pursuant to section 101 for 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be obligated at a rate for 
operations not exceeding that necessary to sustain the numbers of 
personnel in place in the final quarter of fiscal year 2010. The 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section.
    Sec. 128.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
``Department of the Interior--Minerals Management Service--Royalty and 
Offshore Minerals Management'' at a rate for operations of 
$365,000,000: Provided, That amounts provided herein from the general 
fund shall be reduced in an amount not to exceed $154,890,000, as 
receipts from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from 
cost recovery fees are received: Provided further, That of the prior-
year unobligated balances available for ``Department of the Interior--
Minerals Management Service--Royalty and Offshore Minerals 
Management'', $25,000,000 are rescinded.
    Sec. 129.  Section 2(e)(1)(B) of Public Law 109-129 shall be 
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
Act for ``September 30, 2010''.
    Sec. 130.  From funds transferred to ``Department of Health and 
Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health and Social 
Services Emergency Fund'' by Public Law 111-117 in the fourth paragraph 
under such heading, amounts shall be available through the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this Act to support advanced research 
and development pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service 
Act, at a rate for operations of $305,000,000.
    Sec. 131. (a) Extension of the Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families Program.--Activities authorized by part A of title IV and 
section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other than the Emergency 
Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
Programs established under subsection (c) of section 403 of such Act) 
shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act 
in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, subject to the 
amendments made by subsection (b) of this section, and out of any money 
in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there 
are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 
Grants and payments may be made pursuant to this authority through the 
applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 at the pro 
rata portion of the level provided for such activities through the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2010.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
        (1) Supplemental grants for population increases.--Section 
    403(a)(3)(H)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
    603(a)(3)(H)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:
                ``(ii) subparagraph (G) shall be applied as if `the 
            date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
            Appropriations Act, 2011' were substituted for `fiscal year 
            2001'; and''.
        (2) Contingency fund.--
            (A) Deposit into fund.--Section 403(b)(2) of such Act (42 
        U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended--
                (i) by striking ``fiscal years 1997'' and all that 
            follows through ``2003'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2011 
            and 2012''; and
                (ii) by striking ``$2,000,000,000'' and inserting ``, 
            in the case of fiscal year 2011, $506,000,000 and in the 
            case of fiscal year 2012, $612,000,000''.
            (B) Conforming amendment.--Section 403(b)(3)(C)(ii) of such 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking 
        ``fiscal years 1997 through 2010 shall not exceed the total 
        amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
        ``fiscal year 2011 and 2012, respectively, shall not exceed the 
        total amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) for each 
        such fiscal year''.
        (3) Maintenance of effort.--Section 409(a)(7) of such Act (42 
    U.S.C. 609(a)(7)) is amended--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or 2011'' and 
        inserting ``2011, or 2012''; and
            (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``2010'' and 
        inserting ``2011''.
    Sec. 132.  Activities authorized by section 429 of the Social 
Security Act shall continue through September 30, 2011, in the manner 
authorized for fiscal year 2010, and out of any money in the Treasury 
of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and 
payments may be made pursuant to this authority on a quarterly basis 
through fiscal year 2011 at the level provided for such activities for 
the corresponding quarter of fiscal year 2010.
    Sec. 133.  Effective October 1, 2010, subpart 2 of part B of title 
IV of the Social Security Act is amended--
        (1) in section 436 (42 U.S.C. 629f)--
            (A) in subsection (a)--
                (i) by striking ``2011'' and inserting ``2010''; and
                (ii) by inserting before the period the following: ``, 
            and $365,000,000 for fiscal year 2011''; and
            (B) by striking ``$10,000,000'' in subsection (b)(2) and 
        inserting ``$30,000,000''; and
        (2) in section 438 (42 U.S.C. 629h)--
            (A) by striking ``2010'' in subsection (c)(2)(A) and 
        inserting ``2011''; and
            (B) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the following 
        flush sentence: ``For fiscal year 2011, out of the amount 
        reserved pursuant to section 436(b)(2) for such fiscal year, 
        there are available $10,000,000 for grants referred to in 
        subsection (b)(2)(B), and $10,000,000 for grants referred to in 
        subsection (b)(2)(C).''.
    Sec. 134.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for 
payment in equal shares to the children and grandchildren of Robert C. 
Byrd, $193,400 is appropriated.
    Sec. 135.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
deposit into ``Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005'' at a 
rate for operations of $2,354,285,000.
    Sec. 136.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
``Department of State--Administration of Foreign Affairs--Diplomatic 
and Consular Programs'' at a rate for operations of $8,601,000,000.
    Sec. 137.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
``International Security Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the 
President--Foreign Military Financing Program'' at a rate for 
operations of $5,160,000,000, of which not less than $2,775,000,000 
shall be available for grants only for Israel, not less than 
$1,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Egypt, and not 
less than $300,000,000 shall be available for assistance for Jordan: 
Provided, That the dollar amount in the fourth proviso under such 
heading in title IV of division F of Public Law 111-117 shall be deemed 
to be $729,825,000.
    Sec. 138. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
``International Security Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the 
President--Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund'' at a rate for 
operations of $700,000,000.
    (b) Amounts provided by subsection (a) shall be available to the 
Secretary of State under the terms and conditions provided for this 
Fund in Public Law 111-32 and Public Law 111-212 through the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
    Sec. 139.  Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 
U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2010''.
    Sec. 140. (a) Section 1115(d) of Public Law 111-32 shall be applied 
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 
``October 1, 2010''.
    (b) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4064(g)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 
106(3) of this Act for ``October 1, 2010'' in paragraph (2).
    (c) Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be applied by substituting the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``October 1, 2010'' in 
paragraph (2).
    (d) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this Act for ``October 1, 2010'' in subparagraph 
(B).
    Sec. 141.  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 
Act.
    Sec. 142.  Commitments to guarantee loans incurred under the 
General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 
and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), 
shall not exceed a rate for operations of $20,000,000,000: Provided, 
That total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, may 
be apportioned through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
Act, at $80,000,000 multiplied by the number of days covered by this 
Act.
    Sec. 143.  The provisions of title II of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) shall continue in 
effect, notwithstanding section 209 of such Act, through the earlier 
of: (1) the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act; or (2) the 
date of the enactment into law of an authorization Act relating to the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
    Sec. 144.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this 
Act, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for 
the borrower during fiscal year 2011, the second sentence of section 
255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)) shall be 
considered to require that in no case may the benefits of insurance 
under such section 255 exceed 150 percent of the maximum dollar amount 
in effect under the sixth sentence of section 305(a)(2) of the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)).
    Sec. 145. (a) Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels.--For mortgages 
for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during 
fiscal year 2011, if the dollar amount limitation on the principal 
obligation of a mortgage determined under section 203(b)(2) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) for any size residence for 
any area is less than such dollar amount limitation that was in effect 
for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 202 
of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-185; 122 Stat. 
620), notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, the 
maximum dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation of a 
mortgage for such size residence for such area for purposes of such 
section 203(b)(2) shall be considered (except for purposes of section 
255(g) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g))) to be such dollar amount 
limitation in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008.
    (b) Discretionary Authority for Sub-areas.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or of this Act, if the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development determines, for any geographic area that is smaller 
than an area for which dollar amount limitations on the principal 
obligation of a mortgage are determined under section 203(b)(2) of the 
National Housing Act, that a higher such maximum dollar amount 
limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of residences 
in such sub-area by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the 
Secretary may, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit 
approval for the borrower during fiscal year 2011, increase the maximum 
dollar amount limitation for such size or sizes of residences for such 
sub-area that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this section), but in no case to an amount that exceeds the 
amount specified in section 202(a)(2) of the Economic Stimulus Act of 
2008.
    Sec. 146. (a) Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels.--For mortgages 
originated during fiscal year 2011, if the limitation on the maximum 
original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by 
the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation determined under section 302(b)(2) of the Federal 
National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)) or 
section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 
U.S.C. 1754(a)(2)) respectively, for any size residence for any area is 
less than such maximum original principal obligation limitation that 
was in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant 
to section 201 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
185; 122 Stat. 619), notwithstanding any other provision of law or of 
this Act, the limitation on the maximum original principal obligation 
of a mortgage for such Association and Corporation for such size 
residence for such area shall be such maximum limitation in effect for 
such size residence for such area for 2008.
    (b) Discretionary Authority for Sub-areas.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or of this Act, if the Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency determines, for any geographic area that is 
smaller than an area for which limitations on the maximum original 
principal obligation of a mortgage are determined for the Federal 
National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, that a higher such maximum original principal obligation 
limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of residences 
in such sub-area by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the 
Director may, for mortgages originated during fiscal year 2011, 
increase the maximum original principal obligation limitation for such 
size or sizes of residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in 
effect (including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) for such 
Association and Corporation, but in no case to an amount that exceeds 
the amount specified in the matter following the comma in section 
201(a)(l)(B) of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
     This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2011''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.