Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Continuing Extension Act of 2010

Extension of unemployment insurance provisions

(a)

In general

(1)Section 4007 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— (A)by striking April 5, 2010 each place it appears and inserting May 5, 2010; (B)in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking

april 5, 2010

and inserting

may 5, 2010

; and (C)in subsection (b)(3), by striking September 4, 2010 and inserting October 2, 2010. (2)Section 2002(e) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 438), is amended— (A)in paragraph (1)(B), by striking April 5, 2010 and inserting May 5, 2010; (B)in the heading for paragraph (2), by striking

april 5, 2010

and inserting

may 5, 2010

; and (C)in paragraph (3), by striking October 5, 2010 and inserting November 5, 2010. (3)Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), is amended— (A)by striking April 5, 2010 each place it appears and inserting May 5, 2010; and (B)in subsection (c), by striking September 4, 2010 and inserting October 2, 2010. (4)Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking September 4, 2010 and inserting October 2, 2010. (b)

Funding

Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— (1)in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2)by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:

(E)the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of the Continuing Extension Act of 2010; and

(c)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by section 2 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144).

Extension and improvement of premium assistance for COBRA benefits

Subsection (a)(3)(A) of section 3001 of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), as amended by section 3(a) of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is amended by striking March 31, 2010 and inserting April 30, 2010.

Increase in the Medicare physician payment update

Paragraph (10) of section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 1011(a) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118) and as amended by section 5 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is amended— (1)in subparagraph (A), by striking March 31, 2010 and inserting April 30, 2010; and (2)in subparagraph (B), by striking April 1, 2010 and inserting May 1, 2010.

EHR clarification

(a)

Qualification for clinic-based physicians

(1)

Medicare

Section 1848(o)(1)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(o)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking setting (whether inpatient or outpatient) and inserting inpatient or emergency room setting. (2)

Medicaid

Section 1903(t)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(t)(3)(D)) is amended by striking setting (whether inpatient or outpatient) and inserting inpatient or emergency room setting. (b)

Effective date

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in the enactment of the HITECH Act (included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5)). (c)

Implementation

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments made by this section by program instruction or otherwise.

Elimination of a sweetheart deal that increases Medicare reimbursement just for frontier States

Effective as if included in the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, section 10324 of such Act (and the amendments made by such section) is repealed.

Extension of use of 2009 poverty guidelines

Section 1012 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118), as amended by section 7 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is amended by striking March 31, 2010 and inserting April 30, 2010.

Extension of national flood insurance program

(a)

Extension

Section 129 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111–68), as amended by section 8 of Public Law 111–144, is amended by striking by substituting and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting by substituting April 30, 2010, for the date specified in each such section.. (b)

Effective date

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be considered to have taken effect on February 28, 2010.

Satellite Television Extension

(a)

Amendments to section 119 of title 17, United States Code

(1)

In general

Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (A)in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking March 28, 2010 and inserting April 30, 2010; and (B)in subsection (e), by striking March 28, 2010 and inserting April 30, 2010. (2)

Termination of license

Section 1003(a)(2)(A) of Public Law 111–118 is amended by striking March 28, 2010, and inserting April 30, 2010. (b)

Amendments to Communications Act of 1934

Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (2)(C), by striking March 28, 2010 and inserting April 30, 2010; and (2)in paragraph (3)(C), by striking March 29, 2010 each place it appears in clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting May 1, 2010.

10.

Compensation and ratification of authority related to lapse in highway programs

(a)

Compensation for Federal employees

Any Federal employees furloughed as a result of the lapse in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, shall be compensated for the period of that lapse at their standard rates of compensation, as determined under policies established by the Secretary of Transportation. (b)

Ratification of essential actions

All actions taken by Federal employees, contractors, and grantees for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of Government operations, services, and activities to protect life and property and to bring about orderly termination of Government functions during the lapse in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68). (c)

Funding

Funds used by the Secretary to compensate employees described in subsection (a) shall be derived from funds previously authorized out of the Highway Trust Fund and made available or limited to the Department of Transportation by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117) and shall be subject to the obligation limitations established in such Act. (d)

Expenditures from Highway Trust Fund

To permit expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund to effectuate the purposes of this section, this section shall be deemed to be a section of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the last amendment to such Resolution.

11.

Use of stimulus funds to offset spending

The unobligated balance of each amount appropriated or made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) (other than under title X of division A of such Act) is rescinded pro rata such that the aggregate amount of such rescissions equals $9,200,000,000 in order to offset the net increase in spending resulting from the provisions of, and amendments made by, sections 2 through 10. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall report to each congressional committee the amounts so rescinded within the jurisdiction of such committee.