112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H.R. 2112
In the Senate of the United
States,
November 1, 2011.
Amendments:
That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 2112) entitled An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
, do
pass with the following
Strike out all
after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
AAgriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
The following sums are appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes,
namely:
<enum>I</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idAC1F881E3BE04651AA993117C647E663"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id893277E90DB04121AA82C2E8947F9E45"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Production, Processing and
Marketing</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id2F75EF9950A142D7936D1128778D87DD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Secretary of Agriculture, $4,798,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed $11,000 of
this amount shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idBA61689282B74D2EA9A293D0F3201C6C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of tribal relations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Tribal Relations, $473,000, to support communication and consultation
activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as well as other requirements
established by law.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCF4130A82B5441DA90E6CCCB35FEB779"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive
Operations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id02498CB2D00A4DDF8EAEA493CE33DCB9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief economist</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Chief Economist, $11,408,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id203E2C35AC9E49469A775E3C5FBA0BA2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National appeals division</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the National
Appeals Division, $13,514,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0BE4FD8C28284DEA8BFAEF5329921F75"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of budget and program
analysis</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
$8,946,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB40231FF77BB4D32BC263EB2EE93CCF1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of homeland security and emergency
coordination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination,
$1,421,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id2EA475A4E14D4E2F806EB24FE161FBE4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of advocacy and
outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach,
$1,351,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id621BC3636B03479AA494ED63F9757FEB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the Chief Information
Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
$36,031,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idEF8EDDDF2F0046BBA5DD871B59E9791B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the Chief Financial
Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, $5,935,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That no funds made available
by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities
until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the
House of Representatives a report on the Department's contracting out policies,
including agency budgets for contracting
out.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6359259D3A204605A94BD316055AD0D6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for civil
rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
$848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idE14B241433D64EED86525195AC523BD4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of civil rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Civil Rights, $21,558,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCCA299596DD04F5E9514A59044273D38"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration,
$764,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idBFE5CBCAE29F4E6C9EB2087DA87B757E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agriculture buildings and facilities and
rental payments</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id783BC33C29A94C5093E823DA8E7A406A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of space
rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities
pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of General
Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and
activities of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
alterations and other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to
consolidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the
Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance,
improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for
related costs, $230,416,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$164,470,000 shall be available for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent; of which $13,800,000 for payment to the Department of
Homeland Security for building security activities; and of which $52,146,000
for buildings operations and maintenance expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary may use
unobligated prior year balances of an agency or office that are no longer
available for new obligation to cover shortfalls incurred in prior year rental
payments for such agency or office:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds
from a Departmental agency to this account to recover the full cost of the
space and security expenses of that agency that are funded by this account when
the actual costs exceed the agency estimate which will be available for the
activities and payments described herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5A232C6C85794C34A9D7D12BCDB777E2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous materials
management</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB64928D30B0E4A39896E67DD32ECDD9C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.),
$3,792,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That appropriations and funds
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be
transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all
requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal
lands.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD2CE85D6372F48CCBB6A42B4327D44BF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Departmental
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE4253953391646DDA5B62AEA97D051F4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Departmental
Administration, $28,165,000, to provide for necessary expenses for management
support services to offices of the Department and for general administration,
security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and
expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and
efficient work of the Department:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this appropriation shall
be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses
incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C.
551–558:<proviso><italic> Provided further</italic></proviso>, That $8,000,000
of the amount made available by this heading shall be transferred to carry out
the program authorized under section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5CECBB6DCB4245DC82DDC40D34256C00"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for
congressional relations</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA05CED9032374C648C37C3D45BA6E0A0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA284AA0CBF6446FFA3AF99BD751EED22"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs
funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and
liaison within the executive branch, $3,676,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That these funds may be
transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to
maintain personnel at the agency level:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That no funds made available by this appropriation
may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless
the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That no other funds appropriated to the
Department by this Act shall be available to the Department for support of
activities of congressional relations.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD0310203C68E4669B296A36181EB26D0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of communications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Communications, $8,105,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id4A4E99727279476C8CAAEB55F563DC56"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act
of 1978, $84,121,000, including such sums as may be necessary for contracting
and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons pursuant to
section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including not to
exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, including the
payment of informants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector
General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law
97–98.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id3C355FFE4C12480F8C372E99CF2B712C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the general counsel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
General Counsel, $39,345,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id121CC2E3832549DF897DD8B5F165BB10"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for research,
education and economics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education
and Economics, $848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id75C47892555641479C9D80FCBB2672FC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic research service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Economic
Research Service, $77,723,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA994690D6AB44B6CA11FD3B9B6AE14E2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National agricultural statistics
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, $152,616,000, of which up to
$41,639,000 shall be available until expended for the Census of
Agriculture.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6F842949FB3445B7997D2E5A443AAC2E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural research
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6A375092C5A04E9BB83000CB5F7521FC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Research Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the
lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of
the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,094,647,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the
purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That appropriations hereunder shall be available
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of
buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of
constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses
or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10
buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each,
and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building or $375,000,
whichever is greater:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to
modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville,
Maryland:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to
replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21
U.S.C. 113a):<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds
may be received from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or
individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility
or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by
law.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7B5E6327464C4BE78728A2309DAE2823"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Institute of Food and
Agriculture</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idAAB433A7342A4083A925AD330EFDEAEF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and Education
Activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research,
for facilities, and for other expenses, $709,825,000, as follows: to carry out
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $236,334,000; for
grants for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7),
$32,934,000; for payments to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222),
$50,898,000, provided that each institution receives no less than $1,000,000;
for special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $4,181,000; for competitive grants on
improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,830,000; for competitive grants
(7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), $265,987,000, to remain available until expended; for the
support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $2,944,000; for
supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $833,000; for
grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7
U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,081,000, to remain available until expended; for the
1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of
Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,801,000, to remain available until
expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $961,000; for higher
education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,774,000, to
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a program pursuant to
section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a), $4,790,000, to remain available until
expended; for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)),
$5,530,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)), $1,239,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b);
for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C.
3241), $9,219,000; for competitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all
provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3156 to individual eligible institutions or consortia of
eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to
each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,194,000; for a secondary
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary education, (7 U.S.C.
3152(j)), $981,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,920,000; for
sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $14,471,000;
for a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions
eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $19,336,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for capacity building grants for
non-land-grant colleges of agriculture (7 U.S.C. 3319i), $5,000,000, to remain
available until expended; for competitive grants for policy research (7 U.S.C.
3155), $4,000,000, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the enactment of
this Act; for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1)
of Public Law 103–382, $3,335,000; for resident instruction grants for insular
areas under section 1491 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $898,000; for distance education
grants for insular areas under section 1490 of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362), $749,000;
for a new era rural technology program pursuant to section 1473E of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3319e), $856,000; for a competitive grants program for farm business
management and benchmarking (7 U.S.C. 5925f), $1,497,000; for a competitive
grants program regarding biobased energy (7 U.S.C. 8114), $2,246,000; and for
necessary expenses of Research and Education Activities, $11,006,000, of which
$2,645,000 for the Research, Education, and Economics Information System and
$2,089,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3835022C0D3E4DEEA16152AF2D9DB4B9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native American Institutions Endowment
Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Native American
Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5DA603E45E844EEC814612EBDD2F6A10"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and
Universities Endowment Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural
Colleges and Universities Endowment Fund under section 1456 (7 U.S.C. 3243) of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977,
$10,000,000,<italic></italic> to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id780EC6697106401890FF31799C05A184"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension Activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa, $478,179,000, as follows: payments for
cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law
93–471, for retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension agents,
$295,800,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the
Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $4,312,000; payments for the nutrition
and family education program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the
Act, $67,934,000; payments for the pest management program under section 3(d)
of the Act, $9,918,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d)
of the Act, $4,610,000; payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under
section 3(d) of the Act, $1,660,000; payments to upgrade research, extension,
and teaching facilities at institutions eligible to receive funds under 7
U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $19,730,000, to remain available until expended; payments
for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act,
$7,975,000; for youth farm safety education and certification extension grants,
to be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $461,000; payments
for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of
1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $3,929,000; payments for the federally
recognized Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act,
$3,039,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of
the Act, $4,696,000; payments for rural health and safety education as
authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)),
$1,735,000; payments for cooperative extension work by eligible institutions (7
U.S.C. 3221), $42,592,000, provided that each institution receives no less than
$1,000,000; payments to carry out the food animal residue avoidance database
program as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, $1,000,000; payments to carry out
section 1672(e)(49) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925), as amended, $400,000; and for necessary expenses of
Extension Activities, $8,388,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBE19398700894276B5F21920015266A2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the integrated research, education, and
extension grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses,
$25,948,000, as follows: for competitive grants programs authorized under
section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $17,964,000, including $8,982,000 for the water
quality program, $2,994,000 for regional pest management centers, $1,996,000
for the methyl bromide transition program, and $3,992,000 for the organic
transition program; for a competitive international science and education
grants program authorized under section 1459A of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to
remain available until expended, $998,000; $998,000 for the regional rural
development centers program; and $5,988,000 for the Food and Agriculture
Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to remain available until
September 30, 2013.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id3D89EA26FBAB44889EBDBF32AE837383"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for marketing
and regulatory programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs, $848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5490410B906947A1935EC9CC63F7F1AE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Animal and plant health inspection
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id50D311EE598B4AD1AF7C0B4DF6D0D946"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SALARIES AND
EXPENSES</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id671BCB7FF3E64893BCE4F15A63BBCF5C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $820,110,000, of which $1,000,000, to be available
until expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects,
plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds
(<quote>contingency fund</quote>) to the extent necessary to meet emergency
conditions; of which $17,848,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes or for debt
retirement for active eradication zones; of which $7,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for Animal Disease Traceability; of which
$891,000 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse Protection
Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $48,733,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of which
$4,474,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for information
technology infrastructure; of which $153,950,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which $9,068,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem
pests; of which $58,962,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
tree and wood pests; of which $3,568,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to
remain available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for
indemnities; of which $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
for wildlife services methods development; of which $1,500,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for the wildlife services damage management
program for aviation safety; and of which $5,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for the screwworm program:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That no funds shall be used to formulate or
administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that
does not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40
percent:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this
appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft
and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement
only:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That, in addition,
in emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations
or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums
as may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals,
poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and
10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections
431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any
unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred
amounts:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for
the repair and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless
otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the
building.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In fiscal year 2012,
the agency is authorized to collect fees to cover the total costs of providing
technical assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other political
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's
liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall be
reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended, without further
appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or
services.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idF728306AC95C4BA9BE2F366CA1FA1AA0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and Facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair, preventive
maintenance, environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,176,000, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD670D3E0D8FF4D5294BF3D27D7DCB0B3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural Marketing
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id17F6CB248A0E4032AD14711FBEF6DF4A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">MARKETING SERVICES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Marketing Service, $82,211,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this appropriation shall
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of
the building.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Fees may be
collected for the cost of standardization activities, as established by
regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE47AF267BB7F4C90A7466F0E8680FEEF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Administrative
Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$62,101,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal
year for administrative expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That if crop size is
understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5444BE6B90A540258B89886149C0A001"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income,
and Supply (Section 32)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3DEC4E56F9A146F4BBA59C388CE20B68"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds available under
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only
for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as
authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers
otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 for
formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to
the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of
1961.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBD14DFECFC4343DF9743F8B7E5E292B0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to States and
Possessions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar
agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,198,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idE0FA87A1039748CC82BE64B80853B484"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2FAB639D96DD46BCA9C1645AD150ED45"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $38,248,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this appropriation shall
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of
the building.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idF728EAEF6D7F4049823EE3A1CB15C4F9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Inspection and Weighing
Services Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to
exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current
fiscal year for inspection and weighing services:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That if grain export
activities require additional supervision and oversight, or other
uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10
percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id381C0B76105E454A9542281F7D431647"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food
safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety,
$770,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idACC077F3EDC646CBA7B234ABF4B66E12"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food Safety and Inspection
Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out services authorized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the
Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including
not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766),
$1,006,503,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account
from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by
section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 138f):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds provided for the
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available
until expended:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That no
fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal
year 2012 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related
to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall
continue implementation of section 11016 of Public Law
110–246:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA13EEB6CDDF04771A0BE01972E6DA552"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for farm and
foreign agricultural services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
$848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idC09279ED9BFC4A2F9DF43DADA1E294E5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm service
agency</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id74A685F560074A95B8F9F8E3B3D7185E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SALARIES AND
EXPENSES</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idEAC8CB71EF0B411ABA67AA1E26A2FF7D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Farm Service Agency, $1,181,781,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary is
authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds)
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs
administered by the Agency:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That other funds made available to the Agency for
authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this
account:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made
available to county committees shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id49B632B1CCED49F798E9C1C3975A3794"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">STATE MEDIATION GRANTS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),
$3,759,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id32EC4794DA9A4805ADD82EF72CCEEE35"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grassroots source water protection
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out wellhead or groundwater protection activities under section 1240O
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $3,817,000, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7CE2D32A1A604C4A951A93A5A1A30F91"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dairy Indemnity
Program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id583FDE242C494C48893B94B91EDCD330"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses involved in making
indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available
until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such program is carried
out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program
described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat.
1549A–12).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id78A13808DA5E4ADE806282AECAEABD68"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural credit insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id208E01A5D233478D8BC132852B69C182"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922
et seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land
acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989),
guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly
fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488), to be available from funds in the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$1,975,000,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and <italic></italic>$475,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating
loans, $2,519,982,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized
guaranteed loans, and $1,019,982,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe
land acquisition loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans,
$150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll
weevil eradication program loans, $100,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary shall deem
the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil
eradication program loans.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3993D49C730C42B9885F8B6E654C7CFF"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: direct farm ownership loans,
<italic></italic>$22,800,000; operating loans, <italic></italic>$83,525,000, of
which <italic></italic>$26,100,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans,
<italic></italic>and <italic></italic>$57,425,000 shall be for direct loans;
and Indian highly fractionated land loans,
<italic></italic>$193,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and
guaranteed loan programs, $297,237,000, of which $289,728,000 shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service
Agency, Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC19BC0E7906E4085BCD63F8E23595145"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act to the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account for farm ownership,
operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred
among these programs:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in
advance of any transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7D13030951FC4135B4D74E678EF70F7E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Risk management agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Risk
Management Agency, $74,900,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the funds made available
under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may
be used for the Common Information Management System:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1506(i).</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-major commented="no" id="idA1ABD11CB2D04205BD22DE8BC431ABA5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CORPORATIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following corporations and agencies are
hereby authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as
hereinafter provided.</text>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCFBA7DB336D64BBAA2DBE6CB9F64C105"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal crop insurance corporation
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments as
authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516),
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id269FAC3E49AF4343A3AADA59953A193E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation fund
</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id20B5581E5BE24F66BC735FA2C50AB140"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursement for net realized
losses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3722E7230E67423581581C5BFDC19827"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the funds available
to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with
the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and
used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource management
activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to
Commodity Credit Corporation business.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0BA1A16E94824FB79B31EB217BB2DA2E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous waste
management</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1615D4A3D1E64544BBF6CA0DC1556BFB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the current fiscal year, the Commodity
Credit Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation
and cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with
the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
6961).</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>II</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idD153C304777E4ADDBD229C7299924B06"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idAB5B1DB96941428A9F4271E453E06D9C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for natural
resources and environment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources
and Environment, $848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD0B8396E4C9C4FCC8499F5806CF22B3D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural Resources Conservation
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id166D1F66EB7049A08BDEDF78B84D6C4A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for carrying out the
provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent floods
and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural related
pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; classification
and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water,
and interests therein for use in the plant materials program by donation,
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act
of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or
improvement of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance
of aircraft, <italic></italic>$828,159,000, to remain available until September
30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement
of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except that
the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public
improvements shall not exceed $250,000:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That when buildings or other structures are erected
on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in
7 U.S.C. 2250a.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>III</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id7DFFD300FC2B4EA893CA276A49125AA8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6F3C7003300348E0BA1E84421AF58C44"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for rural
development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development,
$848,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB69E75AC6E63488F9CD4355E1BBD54D6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural Development Salaries and
Expenses</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idCA6D8EBD29FA45A58D35C18055F87FC1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
for carrying out the administration and implementation of programs in the Rural
Development mission area, including activities with institutions concerning the
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative
agreements; $182,023,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this section may be used for
advertising and promotional activities that support the Rural Development
mission area:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not
more than $5,000 may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to
non-USDA employees:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That
any balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural
Housing Service, and the Rural Business—Cooperative Service salaries and
expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this
appropriation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id0A6B784CCA774AC49BA1642656B0558F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD494C6633C0D4A14B3B8D7E1C306BE0A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing insurance fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id70DD62DFCD224F05B108174577D379ED"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title
V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing
insurance fund, as follows: $24,900,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers,
of which $900,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $24,000,000,000
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $10,000,000 for section 504 housing
repair loans; $64,478,000 for section 515 rental housing; $130,000,000 for
section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales
of single family housing acquired property; and $5,000,000 for section 523
self-help housing land development loans.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id01EDFB5FA0C14BE69AED016ECB110C05"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans,
<italic></italic>$42,570,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504 housing
repair loans, $1,421,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of
section 515 rental housing, $22,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That hereafter, the Secretary
may charge a guarantee fee of up to 4 percent on section 502 guaranteed
loans:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That to support
the loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under
this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected
cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform
Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be
subsidized:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the
total amount appropriated in this paragraph, the amount equal to the amount of
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary
for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be
available through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of
Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That any balances for a demonstration program for
the preservation and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family rental
housing properties as authorized by Public Law 109–97, Public Law 110–5, and
Public Law 111–80 shall be transferred to and merged with the <quote>Rural
Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program
Account</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB6EFC1A20D1E47D7B5B55E04A3AEDDAB"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for the cost of direct loans,
grants, and contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $16,000,000,
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and
domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any balances available
for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred and merged with this
account.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id91A5B2E22FE54C35A0EE643977687623"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $430,800,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1E35EE0B81CA4D4992E04BC855B02D3D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rental assistance agreements entered
into or renewed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $904,653,000;
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section
521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to
carry out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of this amount not less
than $2,000,000 is available for newly constructed units financed by section
515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and not less than $2,000,000 is for newly
constructed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of
1949:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That rental
assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year
shall be funded for a 1-year period:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That any unexpended balances remaining at the end
of such 1-year agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes of any
debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing
projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title
V of the Act:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That rental
assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2012 for
a farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of
the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such assistance
has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has
a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental
assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such
assistance:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such
recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to
another farm labor multifamily housing project financed under section 514 or
516 of the Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id758C462048514441AFCA341A73A087A6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multi-family housing revitalization program
account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the rural housing
voucher program as authorized under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but
notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for additional costs to
conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of
multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph,
$13,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the funds made
available under this heading, $11,000,000, shall be available for rural housing
vouchers to any low-income household (including those not receiving rental
assistance) residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has
been prepaid after September 30, 2005:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That the amount of such voucher shall be the
difference between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the
tenant paid rent for such unit:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available for such vouchers shall
be subject to the availability of annual appropriations:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current regulations and
administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered
by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That if the
Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers in this or any
other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for the
demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family
rental housing properties described in this paragraph:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds made available under
this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available for a demonstration program for the
preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family
rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing
loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of
ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the
purpose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income residents and
farm laborers including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan
payments, subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other
financial assistance including advances, payments and incentives (including the
ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required by the
Secretary:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the
Secretary shall as part of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain
a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the
restructuring:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That if
the Secretary determines that additional funds for vouchers described in this
paragraph are needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization
demonstration program may be used for such vouchers:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently
authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program similar to
the demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use funds made
available for the demonstration program under this heading to carry out such
legislation with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That
in addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more
than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available under this
heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded under this
heading.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC7604DCB1D374F3F8A55842F7B04ADC0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mutual and self-help housing
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and
contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the total amount
appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Mutual and
Self- Help Housing Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30,
2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD1B0DFAEE5724F738543180DA8DD10DA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing assistance
grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id98A38A7EE86B4746BE5389B2BE70D243"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and contracts for very low-income
housing repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for
construction defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m,
$34,271,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the total amount
appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural
Housing Assistance Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30,
2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That any balances to carry out a housing
demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of
low-income multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law 108–447
and Public Law 109–97 shall be transferred to and merged with the <quote>Rural
Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program
Account</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id08F7392D3E6F484D807F277A4B73FE49"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural community facilities program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB6CECE2A084440C6B2B1202A598644BC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct loans as authorized by section 306 and
described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, $1,300,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1152C5FB9A794794AAE8E0A728EDC689"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of grants for rural community
facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and described in section
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $26,274,000, to
remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That $4,242,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural Community
Development Initiative:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of
private, nonprofit community-based housing and community development
organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Native
American Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community facilities,
community and economic development projects in rural areas:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall be made available to
qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to
carry out a program of financial and technical assistance:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such intermediary organizations shall
provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related
activities, in an amount not less than funds provided:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That $5,938,000 of the amount appropriated
under this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural
communities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (Public
Law 106–387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in
the State rural development offices:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That $3,369,000 of the amount appropriated under
this heading shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal
colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Community Facilities Program
Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones for the rural community programs described in section
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That sections 381E–H and 381N of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds
made available under this heading:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That any prior balances in the Rural Development,
Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs authorized by section
306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be transferred and merged
with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development,
Rural Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is
appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id3F1276FF03ED4F14A9FBB71B54CFB685"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural Business—Cooperative
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idDBBA3985BC1748EA886B206250758E34"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1AA2B279F91C48B8BF9F9CB8AB81F1D0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of loan
guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized
by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $79,665,000, to remain
available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $475,000 shall be made available
for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic development
and $2,900,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C.
2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as
described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative
expenses:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That $4,000,000
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business grants to
benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a
grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for
rural transportation in order to promote economic development:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Business Program Account funds
allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the
fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones for the rural business and cooperative development programs described in
section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That sections 381E–H
and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable
to funds made available under this heading:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That any prior balances in the Rural Development,
Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs authorized by sections
306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of such Act be
transferred and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the
Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idDD59D22A3FF74818A1CCD03B7562AA78"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development loan fund program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4F339D92B1B44641B9B00702CAD66D67"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal amount of direct loans, as
authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $20,661,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $7,000,000, as authorized by the Rural
Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which $1,000,000 shall be
available through June 30, 2012, for Federally Recognized Native American
Tribes and of which $2,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2012, for
Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with Public Law
100–460):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That of the total amount appropriated under this
heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Development Loan Fund Program
Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5255A3251180427E98685CF938109731"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the direct loan programs, $4,684,000 shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id11AD66101DAB47DDA55BEA8B541365D7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural economic development loans program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9CD521775F7A4A2EBAED471B348193DF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal
amount of direct loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects, $33,077,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1AE94FCB9BCB4402AB9236EFA118ED62"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the funds derived from interest on the
cushion of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be obligated and
$155,000,000 are rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id35A2C5120BA54639A6DAC222EA9D34A6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural cooperative development
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rural cooperative
development grants authorized under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $27,915,000, of which $2,250,000
shall be for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for
rural areas program:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed $2,938,000
shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual
cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged
groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing boards of which
are comprised of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups;
and of which $16,005,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
value-added agricultural product market development grants, as authorized by
section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621
note).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3F0DB87A3EE7467CBF4592300CC288BE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural energy for america
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of a
program of loan guarantees and grants, under the same terms and conditions as
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $4,500,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the cost of loan
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id43E2448E0D1B4828B6AF2700265D3C98"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural Utilities
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBAE33B41079A49E0B34702D636B6FA20"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural water and waste disposal program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBD78309BA135459EAC14F1A041F0FE3F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct
loans, loan guarantees, and grants for the rural water, waste water, waste
disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A,
306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E,
and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
$509,295,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
$422,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program described in
section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed $844,000 shall be
available for the rural utilities program described in section 306E of such
Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That $67,200,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and grants including
water and waste disposal systems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native
American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands (of the State of Hawaii):
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funding
provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law
105–83:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not more than 2
percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training and
technical assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding
provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83
for training and technical assistance programs:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not to exceed
$19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for
technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to
section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of
extreme need, of which $5,750,000 shall be made available for a grant to a
qualified non-profit multi-state regional technical assistance organization,
with experience in working with small communities on water and waste water
problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural
communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning,
financing, development, operation, and management of water and waste water
systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national
Native American organization to provide technical assistance for rural water
systems for tribal communities:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified
national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical
assistance for rural water systems:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That of the amount appropriated under this heading,
the amount equal to the amount of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program
Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones for the rural utilities programs described in section
381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That $10,000,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the
Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants
authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
918a):<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any prior
year balances for high cost energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged
with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants
Account:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That sections
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not
applicable to the funds made available under this heading:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any prior balances in the Rural
Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account programs authorized by
sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections
306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred to and merged
with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development,
Rural Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is
appropriate to transfer.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE79717C5E8D741B793641C07590CCD44"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural electrification and
telecommunications loans program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE6F4CD3F020D4A1D83760533160AC5A7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5
percent rural electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to
section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed
underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $424,286,000; 5 percent rural
telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications
loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act,
rural telecommunications loans, $295,000,000: <italic>Provided,</italic> That
up to $2,000,000,000 may be used for the construction, acquisition, or
improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether new or
existing) that utilize carbon sequestration
systems.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE1FF765422E044D099D8B14C4EE8546C"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying lo ans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $594,000 for guaranteed underwriting loans
authorized by section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
940c–1).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id58CC403FC58C48CA8D6000D5F1EB7868"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $36,382,000,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
<quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id96BAA37DAF6B4EB9AB24C6641BEF64A5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance learning, telemedicine, and
broadband program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9AF822F78FCA4E549AB7E4E8B78AC869"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal amount of broadband
telecommunication loans, $282,686,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id84DAD731E81640D09024EE9EA7648551"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for telemedicine and distance
learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.,
$28,570,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That $3,000,000 shall be made
available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That
$3,000,000 shall be made available to those noncommercial educational
television broadcast stations that serve rural areas and are qualified for
Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under
section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated
translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their main
transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow local control
over digital content and programming through the use of high definition
broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting
technologies.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1C6A1ADCB1DD4D63B4F5949240CE85AF"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of broadband loans, as
authorized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $8,000,000, to
remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the cost of direct loans
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA547A0E3F1AE4EE6994E4AEF99DF6113"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, $10,372,000, to remain
available until expended, for a grant program to finance broadband transmission
in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id44B6C84E73B142248784B01B4E8AA10F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DOMESTIC FOOD
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id160D9A9593DD45A89C23F881E9FFF2E6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food,
nutrition and consumer services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
$770,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idC95E1031F5C24CD19121B88EF7F99152"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and nutrition
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id71C8F9CE782B40E5BC0390BECB4D8E72"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child nutrition
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id017B88E897654B79AD1DF03240D32E4D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751
et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $18,151,176,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2013, of which such sums as are made available under
section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public
Law 110–246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available for
the same time period and purposes as provided herein:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the total amount
available, $1,000,000 shall be available to implement section 23 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq):<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act of 2008 is amended by adding at the end before the period,
<quote>except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB066E1814E85481393E0C55A9D5BC22A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special supplemental nutrition program for
women, infants, and children (WIC)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
special supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,582,497,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding section
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), of the
amounts made available under this heading, not less than $60,000,000 shall be
used for breast-feeding peer counselors and other related activities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That funds made
available for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B) shall only be made
available upon a determination by the Secretary that funds are available to
meet caseload requirements:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds provided in this account
shall be available for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with
the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in section
17 of such Act:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none
of the funds provided shall be available for activities that are not fully
reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or agencies unless
authorized by section 17 of such Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id92A21660136741AE88D53B0BCFC68CB0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.),
$80,402,722,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September
30, 2013, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such
times as may become necessary to carry out program operations:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds provided herein
shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That of the funds
made available under this heading, $1,000,000 may be used to provide nutrition
education services to state agencies and Federally recognized tribes
participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this
appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare
requirements as may be required by law:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available for Employment and
Training under this heading shall remain available until expended,
notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made
available under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ
staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to
program integrity provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFAE95089DA52436187A8FDE87A31CE96"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out disaster
assistance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section
4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the
nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers'
Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966, $242,336,000, to remain available through September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of these funds
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for
commodities donated to the program:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2011 to support the Seniors
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available
through September 30, 2013:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds made available under section
27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary
may use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribution of
commodities.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id01E4B89257314CECB90C8C69C2EF4B19"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nutrition programs
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any
domestic nutrition assistance program, $140,130,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That
<italic></italic>$2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of
Public Law 107–171, as amended by section 4401 of Public Law
110–246.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>V</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idDAC37C13EC894576B89AAB210FF2AD1F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
PROGRAMS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id096C8FF2358A4199A4207547C729266E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign agricultural
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4A65768165BC46DBAAC38415797AD11D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id17117A52DDF94D5B91CEE982D07D0731"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act
approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $176,347,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Service may utilize
advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on
behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production
assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the
United States Agency for International Development:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available for middle-income country
training programs and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service
appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in
international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign
Agricultural Service, shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idACC1C99F66FC4F0EB4788F397A110D02"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food for peace title I direct credit and
food for progress program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id439841D3BBB44BB291DF0BB14848F46D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the credit program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public
Law 83–480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,666,000, shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service
Agency, Salaries and Expenses</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds made available for
the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used
interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id37A282AB3B9145AB9653553A444798DE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food for peace title II
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses during the
current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years'
costs, including interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law
83–480, as amended), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
abroad under title II of said Act, $1,562,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id47290798C84A44748066CFF202ABD3EC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mc Govern-Dole international food for
education and child nutrition program grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $188,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Commodity Credit
Corporation is authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities
for the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement from
amounts provided herein.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id42664B5780FB4417A5159769BE039714"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation export (Loans)
credit guarantee program account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFE22DAAC25984E1B987130790457C522"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit Corporation's export guarantee
program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,465,000; to cover common overhead expenses as
permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in
conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,129,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses</quote>, and of which $336,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VI</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id741F38D8C5434254A2248E45EDFA3AC2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id804BF3DB9AE7498BBC6AEC6E943E9633"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idDA301CA34A974BE19D1DAD3299E66CD2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and Drug
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2BBCEF61452A405B899B0F8A1988B152"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug
Administration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for
payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are included
in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or
elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,
authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the
Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521
of Public Law 107–188; $3,859,402,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the amount provided
under this heading, $702,172,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h shall be credited to this account and remain
available until expended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C.
379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2013 but collected in fiscal
year 2012; $57,605,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain
available until expended; $21,768,000 shall be derived from animal drug user
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and
remain available until expended; $5,706,000 shall be derived from animal
generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379f, and shall be credited to
this account and shall remain available until expended; $477,000,000 shall be
derived from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s and shall
be credited to this account and remain available until expended; $12,364,000
shall be derived from food and feed recall fees authorized by section 743 of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), as amended by the
Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111–353), and shall be credited to
this account and remain available until expended; $14,700,000 shall be derived
from food reinspection fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), as amended by the Food Safety
Modernization Act (Public Law 111–353), and shall be credited to this account
and remain available until expended; and $71,066,000 shall be derived from
voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by section 743 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), as amended by the
Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111–353), and shall be credited to
this account and remain available until expended:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That in addition and notwithstanding any other
provision under this heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees
that exceed the fiscal year 2012 limitation are appropriated and shall be
credited to this account and remain available until expended:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That fees derived from prescription drug,
medical device, animal drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco product
assessments for fiscal year 2012 received during fiscal year 2012, including
any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2012 but credited for fiscal year
2012, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2012 limitations:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of these funds shall be used to
develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C.
9701:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the total
amount appropriated: (1) $944,979,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (2) $978,205,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of
which no less than $52,947,000 shall be available for the Office of Generic
Drugs; (3) $328,886,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs;
(4) $166,365,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $356,659,000
shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $60,039,000 shall be
for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $454,751,000 shall be
for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $133,879,000 shall be for Rent
and Related activities, of which $43,981,000 is for White Oak Consolidation,
other than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration for rent;
(9) not to exceed $209,392,000 shall be for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent; and (10) $226,247,000 shall be for other activities,
including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of
Foods, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and
Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist,
and central services for these offices:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That not to exceed
$25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That funds be may
transferred from one specified activity to another with the prior approval of
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:<proviso><italic>
Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
submit to Congress a report that discloses, with respect to all drugs, devices,
and biological products approved, cleared, or licensed under the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the Public Health Service Act during calendar year
2011, including such drugs, devices, and biological products so approved,
cleared, or licensed using funds made available under this Act: (1) the average
number of calendar days that elapsed from the date that drug applications
(including any supplements) were submitted to such Secretary under section 505
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) until the date that
the drugs were approved under such section 505; (2) the average number of
calendar days that elapsed from the date that applications for device clearance
(including any supplements) under section 510(k) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 360(k))
or for premarket approval (including any supplements) under section 515 of such
Act (21 U.S.C. 360e) were submitted to such Secretary until the date that the
devices were cleared under such section 510(k) or approved under such section
515; and (3) the average number of calendar days that elapsed from the date
that biological license applications (including any supplements) were submitted
to such Secretary under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
262) until the date that the biological products were licensed under such
section 351.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id83B2709653144D189D523C4F6D438A85"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, export
certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, and priority review user
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1936E007DB764A39A83F76CCF747FCC4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and Facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair,
improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or
facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise
provided, $8,982,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id71EE3072A35E48948BD1CB052BD06833"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">INDEPENDENT
AGENCY</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7C72AF0C6CD54896968991E79DF9B3E8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm Credit
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB2CD14E949314592975044C859BD1F15"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Administrative
Expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$62,000,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit institutions,
including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under
12 U.S.C. 2249:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this limitation shall
not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>VII</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idC7E9B0228E184BA8AADABE5F97E1AA5C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GENERAL
PROVISIONS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD05B94158F9B4B7D9FF9E0FB411747A7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS) </header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA279CAD7B8B4CFCB42341066A08E719" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for
the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in
addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 204 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 170 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of
such vehicles.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE434E07F67849229655E72FE3051550" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of Agriculture
to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment
necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and information
technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of
Agriculture:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds made
available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency
administrator:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none
of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section
shall be available for obligation without written notification to and the prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of
the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the Department's
Working Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make
any changes to the Department's National Finance Center without written
notification to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress as required by section 711 of this Act:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of annual income amounts in the
Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture allocated for the
National Finance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 4 percent for
the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment for
the improvement and implementation of a financial management plan, information
technology, and other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any
unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the amounts reserved shall be
available for obligation unless the Secretary submits written notification of
the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That the limitation on the obligation of funds
pending notification to Congressional Committees shall not apply to any
obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a
declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the
National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National Finance
Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the National Finance
Center.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC887808AA16F490AA063880492A33FC3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAA786C26E48435DB37832AF7EE2E27F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit
institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement
when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of
mutual interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate
payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when
such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all agencies for which
appropriations are provided in this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20E44EED0ADC4518B6EE8E7E409307E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations to the Department of
Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the
Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and
Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund
program account.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00E3F65A196144CDBE7F3849E6EADCA3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>706.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated
by this Act may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection
Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 471).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F62E064E15C458C9A9CA4CC841E7783" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>707.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office of the
Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information
Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment
Review Board:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Information
Officer without written notification to and the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds available to the
Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for
projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief
Information Officer.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BECA5CFB1EA4DE8AD7DA05A6EA05E89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>708.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under section 1240I
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current
fiscal year.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id876B43627AF64851BC8CED78FA3608EC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>709.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an
insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act, or any
not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan
under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of
such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id105E637719AA406EA56500867E12B6C2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>710.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any
other Act may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support from
non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the form of unrecovered indirect
costs not otherwise charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect
rate of cost approved for a recipient.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FF8D9A1BA664ACFA24AE0C87CB2DF5E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the end of the fiscal year
from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for
the Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall remain
available through September 30, 2013, for information technology
expenses.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73CE1D21DF1A4B1A831FDE7A922B9465" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize
a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum amount
of liquid infant formula specified in 7 C.F.R. 246.10 when issuing liquid
infant formula to participants.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD7B01ACC2184C6E9E65E4FC81F66663" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>713.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No employee of the Department of
Agriculture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this
Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more
than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully
reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA8B61DF242A499EAE7747F37827A00D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>714.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of each program established or
amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246),
other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for
which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act that is authorized or
required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4F73A90088849C79FA4290438826C54"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such funds shall be available for salaries
and related administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associated
with the implementation of the program, without regard to the limitation on the
total amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in section 11 of the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD51EED49B4D245AB996B1ED8DBCE761C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of such funds for such purpose
shall not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of
applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund transfers
contained in such section.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDABAEBF2122444193B3D0DFC6E85C86"><enum>715.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided by this Act may be used
notwithstanding the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FE8472512E647E198B20AB8ECB7E1AB"><enum>716.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this or
any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural Development office
unless or until the Secretary of Agriculture determines the cost effectiveness
and/or enhancement of program delivery or that the closing or relocation would
result in cost savings:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not later than 120
days before the date of the proposed closure or relocation, the Secretary
notifies in writing the Committees on Appropriation of the House and Senate,
and the members of Congress from the State in which the office is located of
the proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that describes the
justifications for such closures and relocations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id469CECDC92704D5CA037B948D15D896F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>717.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations to the Department of
Agriculture made available in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 to carry out
section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) for the
cost of direct loans shall remain available until expended to disburse valid
obligations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34A9C315AC6E406FB9F0D0D48E139BA6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>718.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in fiscal
year 2012 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under the Food for
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 shall be used to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible
commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust
Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any such funds made
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used
pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust
Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95ED473528F9416792203689C2DE21E8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>719.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available by this Act,
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of
activities related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with
negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively awarded
grants.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10308063F2CF412CB3EDA1D373E1F798" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>720.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
school food authorities which received a grant for equipment assistance under
the grant program carried out pursuant to the heading <quote>Food and Nutrition
Service Child Nutrition Programs</quote> in title I of division A of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) shall be
eligible to receive a grant under section 749 (j) of the Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–80).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACEEF723DD6340779D8DD83ACC755BF6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>721.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to
carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0AD4C4AD258428E9B665CE8D842D341" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>722.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $600,000 to
the Farm Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate the use of
new technologies that increase the rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees
on private non-industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97C35B08034F4603AAB9C5864C5DF3F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>723.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD8866D33AD55455B8331E7002C6C90FA"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds, or in
the case of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority
provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0ABFD39838C4ED2B05A88063E370F42" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates new programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F8F1CD45B364E5B9688E1487713F88F" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F4E2E60406349BF97169FBF47BF7638" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases funds or personnel by any means
for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id426BCA41CE2B4A3687A60AA529BFC835" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relocates an office or employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D9D1AA6480D4A6F95188ED483529FC8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13EFEE6728124BD0AB1E1AE74C4C6BB4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Secretary of
Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (as the case may be)
notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the
use of such authority.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1835DE5BFD5A415DB4FA18A2497C75D5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act, or
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year,
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects
through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in subsection (a)
involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less,
that:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87CCDEEA425A4860B4E4A11EDA1C51BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">augments existing programs, projects, or
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF107EDD60C584BBAA3F49BA187DFB3A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduces by 10 percent funding for any
existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
as approved by Congress; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EB5EFA98766497F9B3319E7D79023AD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">results from any general savings from a
reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs,
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Secretary of
Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (as the case may be)
notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the
use of such authority.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AC3E293480340D7AB2CBCC1AF37A9B5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture or the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify in writing the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing any program or
activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or
activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36F49E3CBD254A7ABB32AA52A0860057" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As described in this section, no funds may
be used for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary
of Health and Human Services receives in writing from the Committee on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress confirmation of receipt of the
notification required in this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E85053E95574BD58C316C515C7FF0A3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>724.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this or
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's Budget
submission to the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes
revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the
Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which additional spending
reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal
year 2013 appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12015913D7534241B901944DA3C06D47" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>725.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may reserve, through April 1,
2012, up to 5 percent of the funding available for the following items for
projects in areas that are engaged in strategic regional development planning
as defined by the Secretary: business and industry guaranteed loans; rural
development loan fund; rural business enterprise grants; rural business
opportunity grants; rural economic development program; rural microenterprise
program; biorefinery assistance program; rural energy for America program;
value-added producer grants; broadband program; water and waste program; and
rural community facilities program.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43F9DAC288E3452385A24942F86A8A02" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>726.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29F0B9578E9F414EAA29643340102122"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Conservation Stewardship Program
authorized by sections 1238D–1238G of the Food Security of Act 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3838d–3838g) in excess of $809,000,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id584DA947CE8349E39C91DAEC69120381"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Watershed Rehabilitation program
authorized by section 14(h) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15C208256FDB4CCE80DB349196950711"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Environmental Quality Incentives
Program as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3839aa–8) in excess of $1,400,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That up to $20,000,000 of
the funds made available for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program as
authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3839aa–3839aa(8)) may be transferred to a program as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
1301–1311 to enroll agricultural lands that experienced significant flooding,
as determined by the Secretary, in calendar year 2011:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That no more than
$10,000,000 may be used for agreements entered into with owners or operators in
any one State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC710232DEB04C2F89418D00C385648A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Farmland Protection Program as
authorized by section 1238I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838i)
in excess of $150,000,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB56536FAC604CABB5110EB94AB7B58C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Grassland Reserve Program as authorized
by sections 1238O–1238Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3838o–3838q) in excess of 140,907 acres in fiscal year 2012;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id282452B143064410BE758701126B3A03"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Wetlands Reserve Program authorized by
sections 1237–1237F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837–3837f) to
enroll in excess of 185,800 acres in fiscal year 2012;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFAA560D83E1498EA339810D6DE66D41"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act
authorized by section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3839bb–1)) in excess of $50,000,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED9280B2225F4AA6AF610E3DDD4CF4C6"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat
Incentives Program authorized by section 1240R of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20BA3D055BDB408EAD0B7AA6C472E2CF"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels
authorized by section 9005 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105) in excess of $75,000,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80BD5B4FA21A44BFB7DC7A4D42DBD0AD"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Rural Energy for America Program
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) in excess of $34,000,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67766919D7364BEB9F496B0FB4945A49"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)) to provide a performance-based premium
discount in the crop insurance program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BD9211AE7D34E70ACC7F09BC96C7A97"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural Management Assistance Program
as authorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1524) in excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural Resources Conservation
Service; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D6CB7183CA6404DB3D189E6AC30F0A7"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv) of
section 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $948,000,000, as follows:
Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities—$465,000,000; State Option
Contracts—$5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities—$2,500,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That none of the funds made
available in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries and expenses
to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of
$20,000,000, including the transfer of funds under subsection (c) of section
14222 of Public Law 110–246, until October 1, 2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That $133,000,000
made available on October 1, 2012, to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of
Public Law 110–246 shall be excluded from the limitation described in
subsection (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department of
Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out clause
3 of section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320,
7 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal activities or price
support activities under section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter
Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That of the
available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(iv) of section 14222 of Public
Law 110–246, $150,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5303EFB8EEFE4FFE969D15F3F8388A07" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>727.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, notwithstanding section
310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed
business and industry loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the
guaranteed principal portion of the loan.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id087577D1BB934BC3AED591488566AA67" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>728.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug
Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to any
non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human Services
employee questions or responses to questions that are a result of information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEBC334DE0DA49C3AD219A6F562B1637" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>729.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC76415F8A5A64B79AAB5004657DAEE0C"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ECEC9D72BA44FD7A0B7AD2389C7363A" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote>fiscal
years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>certain fiscal
years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD8A3C890B4D40CC9D741A264B45CA08" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the text, by striking
<quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77E1BDF3AAD44F2FA773E4FC393AE255" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and
inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB2723F387464983AFC1C7634A96F61D" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and
inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF4A15AFA7804B5A9099E0CFE7B9BDF8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a)(6)(E) of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(E)) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year
2012</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2012 through
2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id825F00141FB247C79959F05DFB871FB0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E32DEDEBD824A96957753F6B9B2FB0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>2012,</quote> and inserting <quote>2012 (and fiscal year 2014
in the case of the programs specified in paragraphs (3)(B), (4), (6), and
(7)),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44EA62895D2C4C7581384B3FD05FE247"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(E), by striking
<quote>fiscal year 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2012
through 2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7804D500B8DC450891C8B3B11A1E4A61" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking
<quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC96283D301E14BAFB135CFD4009DC67B"><enum>730.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any unobligated funds included under
Treasury symbol codes 12X3336, 12X2268, 12X0132, 12X2271, 12X2277, 12X1404,
12X1501, and 12X1336 are hereby rescinded.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CF826248A02488FAAAADF543F31FEF7"><enum>731.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the unobligated balances provided
pursuant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
$11,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id973221D58B5E4775A0C40B1C5A06BD01"><enum>732.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated for the
<quote>Emergency Conservation Program</quote>, for expenses resulting from a
major disaster designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), $78,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That this amount is designated by Congress
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as
amended: Provided further, That there is hereby appropriated for the
<quote>Emergency Forest Restoration Program</quote>, for expenses resulting
from a major disaster designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), $49,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided further, That this amount is designated by
Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177),
as amended: Provided further, That there is hereby appropriated for the
<quote>Emergency Watershed Protection Program</quote>, for expenses resulting
from a major disaster designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), $139,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided further, That this amount is
designated by Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(Public Law 99–177), as amended.</text>
</section><section id="idA0E4C24DABF14C31A28D100F6708DFC2"><enum>733.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBA64381CC100457C91363DF1C7DF6ECD"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id2260F256B91143A1915A2C35ACE8B2CC" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount provided under section 732 for
the emergency conservation program for expenses resulting from a major disaster
designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is increased by $48,700,000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idDE2232FA1ECF4D5C927D217361D814E8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount provided under section 732 for
the emergency watershed protection program for expenses resulting from a major
disaster designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is increased by
$61,200,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="idFE1759BB9B704670BE1E94CD0843DD81" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The additional amounts provided under
subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="id6F4BA210848E4C2B9412BEB232499ADB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are designated by Congress as being for
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC7BCBEC90B964B47986852A048BABE58"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are subject to the same terms and
conditions as any other amounts provided under section 732 for the same
purposes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEE1B340443BB439982356FB72BA239A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8864A11A484B415698ED4304968A2EB7"><enum>734.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unobligated balances not to exceed
$31,000,000 for the <quote>Emergency Watershed Protection Program</quote>
provided in Public Law 108–199, Public Law 109–234, and Public Law 110–28 shall
be available for the purposes of such program for disasters occurring in 2011,
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the amounts made
available by this section are designated by Congress as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended.</text>
</section><section id="id7B053C7C41514D408DAF3B62B7AC87C8"><enum>735.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to implement an interim final or final rule that—</text>
<paragraph id="idBB81EF8FD05F4C8DBC45189857D0C390"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sets any maximum limits on the serving of
vegetables in school meal programs established under the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and by section 4 of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B26151EB1354F32A841BC0D5CA00C54"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is inconsistent with the recommendations of
the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans for vegetables.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idF966D979BEFB4EBD8F822053FAD0E729"><enum>736.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2012, section 363 of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2006e) shall not apply to
a project funded under the community facilities programs authorized under such
Act.</text>
</section><section id="id86BEDBF8BD0C4BE0BF10C869F585C2B8"><enum>737.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate a report describing plans to implement
reductions to salaries and expenses accounts included in this Act.</text>
</section><section id="id634021A4165F4F2DB93AC044C875274A"><enum>738.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide direct payments
under section 1103 or 1303 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 8713, 8753) to any person or legal entity that has an average adjusted
gross income (as defined in section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7
U.S.C. 1308–3a)) in excess of $1,000,000.</text>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id4A0A04CAC4A24AB7B7FCE8108B9F5348"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</appropriations-major></section>BCommerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies
The following sums are appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Departments of
Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely:
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Department of Commerce</header>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H1ED2BBABD9984AB8A492408FED8BA8C3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International trade
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H3628AD030FDF47ADB7449F76AB46B9E7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations and administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for international
trade activities of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for
engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants
and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United
States firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical coverage
for dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas and
employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees
of the International Trade Administration between two points abroad, without
regard to 49 U.S.C. 40118; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for
services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and
expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of
temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when
such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $245,250 for official
representation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on
official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $441,104,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2013, of which $9,439,000 is to be derived from
fees to be retained and used by the International Trade Administration,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302:
<proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That the provisions
of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c))
shall apply in carrying out these activities without regard to section 5412 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="OTCA">Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of
1988</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose of this Act,
contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for services
provided as part of these activities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That up to $2,500,000
from amounts provided herein may be available for necessary expenses of the
Commercial Law Development Program, including those authorized under section
636(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2396(a)).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HECC8C3BCC1BB4DB2976D49637F18FBBA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bureau of industry and
security</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H43BA338CC2624351ACD69E9898377073"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations and administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for export
administration and national security activities of the Department of Commerce,
including costs associated with the performance of export administration field
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for dependent
members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas; employment of
Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims,
in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such
claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $11,250 for official
representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the
<act-name parsable-cite="EAA79">Export Administration Act of 1979</act-name>,
and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles
for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special
requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price
limitation otherwise established by law, $98,138,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $31,279,000 shall be for inspections and other activities
related to national security:
<proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That the provisions of the
first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c))
shall apply in carrying out these activities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That payments and
contributions collected and accepted for materials or services provided as part
of such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of such
activities, and for providing information to the public with respect to the
export administration and national security activities of the Department of
Commerce and other export control programs of the United States and other
governments.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H82E55B63926B4D699E437FA414E876D8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic development
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H63802A9FDC5345C79AD074B47513405E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic development assistance
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id060AEBBF372244CA851D1F35B8C7EDAB"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for economic development
assistance as provided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for grants authorized by section 27
of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et
seq.), as added by section 603 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of
2010 (Public Law 111–358), $220,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $1,000,000 shall be for economic adjustment assistance grants under
section 209 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3149) to support innovative, utility-administered energy efficiency programs
for small businesses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id70C98C4F899144A9B6ECD253A97A97F8"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for <quote>Economic
Development Assistance Programs</quote> for expenses related to disaster
relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in areas that
received a major disaster designation in 2011 pursuant to the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)),
$135,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That such amount is
designated by Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(Public Law 99–177), as amended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id778FD011739A462B8C5C5DFAD0A33900"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic
Development Assistance Programs’’ for expenses related to disaster relief,
long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in areas that received a
major disaster designation in 2011 pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), $365,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated by
Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177),
as amended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H40D90E1581944A139ED0887F64D49AAB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of administering the
economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $37,166,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That these funds may be used
to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment
Act of 1976, title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of
1974</act-name>, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of
1977.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HC8E367C085104C40B13F31AE3849171E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minority business development
agency</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4F6713885DB3425FA01EE36C2D943E8D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minority business development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Department of
Commerce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise,
including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with public or
private organizations, $29,732,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HA6B69553AF274083A91746214D831704"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic and statistical
analysis</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB561A5F33C464E2F96B4615D96B78C0A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, as authorized by
law, of economic and statistical analysis programs of the Department of
Commerce, $95,119,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H480D96F7DA714180A5444B1F835DB472"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bureau of the
census</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD76D99C2F15D441390B817A118DD8DC5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for collecting,
compiling, analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by
law, $253,336,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That from amounts provided
herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing
activities.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB2F90C89B09945BC9077209124658B55"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Periodic censuses and
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC53026BF2CE142689557C625F56B6DE4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(Including Transfer of Funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to collect and
publish statistics for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law,
$690,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That from amounts provided
herein, funds may be used for additional promotion, outreach, and marketing
activities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That within the
amounts appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Office of the
Inspector General for activities associated with carrying out investigations
and audits related to the Bureau of the Census.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HD77B622DFD61468D8F5D51C84EA0BE60"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National telecommunications and information
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBAB668F3B31242549E9B5F6051A9D6F3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, as provided for by
law, of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA),
$45,568,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for
costs incurred in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related
services, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections
for costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary of
Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds
transferred, or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all
costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and related
activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in
furtherance of its assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds
received from other Government agencies shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB7BC62805F284A72BBD8E1BC34740908"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public telecommunications facilities,
planning and construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and unobligated balances of
funds previously appropriated are hereafter available for the administration of
all open grants until their expiration.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H18D95F2672804D1DBCEBA008785E2B0E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United states patent and trademark
office</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id091090D124F245EABE061EAB82C9CB75"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H751430FBEC9E40B19F08E2064AE2CA3D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(Including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO, $2,706,313,000 to remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the sum herein
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections
assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376 are
received during fiscal year 2012, so as to result in a fiscal year 2012
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That during fiscal
year 2012, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections and the
surcharge provided herein be less than $2,706,313,000 this amount shall be
reduced accordingly:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any amount
received in excess of $2,706,313,000 in fiscal year 2012 and deposited in the
Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Director of
the Patent and Trademark Office shall submit a spending plan to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for any
amounts made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be
treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That from amounts
provided herein, not to exceed $750 shall be made available in fiscal year 2012
for official reception and representation expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That in fiscal year
2012 from the amounts made available for <quote>Salaries and Expenses</quote>
for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay: (1) the difference between the
percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees under section
8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal cost percentage (as
defined by section 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO's specific use, of basic pay, of employees
subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the present
value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for
USPTO's specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement
health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal
Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance
(FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees Health Benefits
Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes of
those accounts:<proviso><italic> Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any
differences between the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300
series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides for PTO’s specific use
shall be recognized as an imputed cost on PTO’s financial statements, where
applicable:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That sections 801,
802, and 803 of division B, Public Law 108–447 shall remain in effect during
fiscal year 2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Director
may, this year, reduce by regulation fees payable for documents in patent and
trademark matters, in connection with the filing of documents filed
electronically in a form prescribed by the Director:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That there shall be a
surcharge of 15 percent, as provided for by section 11(i) of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That hereafter the
Director shall reduce fees for providing prioritized examination of utility and
plant patent applications by 50 percent for small entities that qualify for
reduced fees under 35 U.S.C. 41(h)(1), so long as the fees of the prioritized
examination program are set to recover the estimated cost of the program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the receipts
collected as a result of these surcharges shall be available within the amounts
provided herein to the United States Patent and Trademark Office without fiscal
year limitation, for all authorized activities and operations of the Office:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That within the
amounts appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Office of
Inspector General for activities associated with carrying out investigations
and audits related to the USPTO.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H73F73AD2487A44AD947CE60F7B777296"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National institute of standards and
technology</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H3575E0F17112440E929C78A90015C7B7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scientific and technical research and
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $500,000,000,
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be
transferred to the <quote>Working Capital Fund</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed $5,000
shall be for official reception and representation
expenses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC6C011116B45480A92B32E4406944D50"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Industrial technology
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Industrial Technology Services, $120,000,000 to remain
available until expended:<proviso><italic> Provided, </italic></proviso>That of
the amounts appropriated herein, $120,000,000 shall be for the Hollings
Manufacturing Extension Partnership.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4EC159B5EF8346E5BAA164A165B6C51E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction of research
facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction of
new research facilities, including architectural and engineering design, and
for renovation and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided
for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15
U.S.C. 278c–278e, $60,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H21FCFDF3522B4A5CBE3AA326F9ADB879"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National oceanic and atmospheric
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4FFDD609B6034D2AAF3C5C1EBE13B5A3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations, research, and
facilities</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HEFFD9FD612984BA5A078541C34B6BEB6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of activities
authorized by law for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants,
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of
conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of
facilities, $3,134,327,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013,
except for funds provided for cooperative enforcement, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2014:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That fees and donations
received by the National Ocean Service for the management of national marine
sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated
with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That in addition,
$109,098,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled <quote>Promote
and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American
Fisheries</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the
$3,250,425,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading
$3,134,327,000 is appropriated from the general fund, and $109,098,000 is
provided by transfer and $7,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year
obligations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That payments of
funds made available under this heading to the Department of Commerce Working
Capital Fund including Department of Commerce General Counsel legal services
shall not exceed $41,105,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the total amount
available for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration corporate
services administrative support costs shall not exceed $219,291,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any deviation
from the amounts designated for specific activities in the explanatory
statement accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds
provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That in allocating
grants under sections 306 and 306A of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAMA72">Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972</act-name>, as
amended, no coastal State shall receive more than 5 percent or less than 1
percent of increased funds appropriated over the previous fiscal
year.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for necessary
retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and
Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of retired
personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C.
55), such sums as may be necessary.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H00BF69C16CC744B0920746C704523143"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procurement, acquisition and
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For procurement,
acquisition and construction of capital assets, including alteration and
modification costs, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), $1,833,594,000, to remain available until September 30, 2014, except
funds provided for construction of facilities which shall remain available
until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the $1,841,594,000
provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $1,833,594,000 is
appropriated from the general fund and $8,000,000 is provided from recoveries
of prior year obligations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any deviation
from the amounts designated for specific activities in the explanatory
statement accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds
provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of
Commerce shall include in budget justification materials that the Secretary
submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as
submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code) an estimate for each NOAA Procurement, Acquisition or
Construction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously
the budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal
years.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HCB93254F9712486EA903B2602614E645"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pacific coastal salmon recovery
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the funds provided
herein the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and Federally recognized tribes
of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska) for projects
necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead populations, for restoration
of populations that are listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by a
State as at-risk to be so-listed, for maintaining populations necessary for
exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for
conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on
guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That all funds shall
be allocated based on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be
available for marketing activities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds disbursed
to States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented
in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent of the Federal
funds.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0A5715A5B797427988B38940AC369C62"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fishermen's Contingency Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For carrying out the provisions of title IV
of Public Law 95–372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from receipts
collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H936DECA264D14BE88C3EDDD812138649"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fisheries finance program
account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subject to section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2012, obligations
of direct loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans
and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the
<act-name parsable-cite="MMA">Merchant Marine Act</act-name> of 1936:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds made
available under this heading may be used for direct loans for any new fishing
vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any United States
fishery.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HE544F3209BBF42068BC424E05A3330AC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Departmental
management</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD80C44F91935497486C63458768BF00F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for the departmental
management of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not to
exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation,
$56,726,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4305DB5E8B4A4491AC4F79D77F5913AA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">renovation and modernization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary, including blast
windows, for the renovation and modernization of Department of Commerce
facilities, $5,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8C0F9F1E4EC046C1B97AC726F9568CB5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (as amended),
$26,946,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H4791F8D2431F4AC8B65939CD16CB6286"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General provisions—Department of
commerce</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86EDC06D1FF0422693430336E69FA524" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce by this
Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26,
1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act,
and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced payments not
otherwise authorized only upon the certification of officials designated by the
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD28AD4A80B1F467FB03517A03340E951" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year,
appropriations made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for
salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D193598EA1E43ACB2CB97F4E20AC19B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any
appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of
Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no
such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such
transfers:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any transfer pursuant
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in
advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset (including land,
structures, and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any
other law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this section shall provide for
transfers among appropriations made only to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration and such appropriations may not be transferred and
reprogrammed to other Department of Commerce bureaus and appropriation
accounts.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBCDBD0BE1CE408A8448E98DD094D9B6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any costs incurred by a department or
agency funded under this title resulting from personnel actions taken in
response to funding reductions included in this title or from actions taken for
the care and protection of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed
within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the authority to
transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out
this section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this
Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That use of funds
to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29EE69E6D84645B4A9E5AC9A6E7B1B73" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements set forth by section 112
of division B of Public Law 110–161 are hereby adopted by reference.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1275A77EB41646019903200FA921E694" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other law, the
Secretary may furnish services (including but not limited to utilities,
telecommunications, and security services) necessary to support the operation,
maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms or organizations are
authorized pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or
other authority to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington,
DC, or other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has
been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services
pursuant to the <act-name parsable-cite="FPASA">Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949</act-name>, as amended, on a reimbursable
or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services
provided under this section or the authority under which the use or occupancy
of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the
appropriation or fund which initially bears the costs of such services.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA9576890290400389E9FE8A04F91799" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51FC03D45CDC47A4B6D02E1216C052C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administration of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, with
reimbursement and subject to the limits of available appropriations, the land,
services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency or
instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, local government, Indian
tribal government, Territory or possession, or of any political subdivision
thereof, or of any foreign government or international organization for
purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id944ACEC7989F4596967241FCA420552C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All balances in the Coastal Zone Management
Fund, whether unobligated or unavailable, are hereby permanently cancelled, and
notwithstanding section 308(b) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1456a), any future payments to the Fund made pursuant to
sections 307 (16 U.S.C. 1456) and 308 (16 U.S.C. 1456a) of the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall, in this fiscal year and any future
fiscal years, be treated in accordance with the Federal Credit Reform Act of
1990, as amended.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFF551BEE1294466B92516F18BBBD9E3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury a
non-interest bearing fund to be known as the <quote>Fisheries Enforcement Asset
Forfeiture Fund</quote>, which shall consist of all sums received as fines,
penalties, and forfeitures of property for violations of any provisions of 16
U.S.C. chapter 38 or of any other marine resource law enforced by the Secretary
of Commerce, including the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et
seq.) and with the exception of collections pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1437, which
are currently deposited in the Operations, Research, and Facilities account:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That all unobligated
balances that have been collected pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1861 or any other
marine resource law enforced by the Secretary of Commerce with the exception of
16 U.S.C. 1437 shall be transferred from the Operations, Research, and
Facilities account into the Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund and
shall remain available until expended.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB1CC8A93B5F4CA5B581959CD098722E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury a
non-interest bearing fund to be known as the <quote>Sanctuaries Enforcement
Asset Forfeiture Fund</quote>, which shall consist of all sums received as
fines, penalties, and forfeitures of property for violations of any provisions
of 16 U.S.C. chapter 38, which are currently deposited in the Operations,
Research, and Facilities account:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That all unobligated
balances that have been collected pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1437 shall be
transferred from the Operations, Research, and Facilities account into the
Sanctuaries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund and shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8582F922662D494DBCFEF24BC11AB7CC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to receive
and expend funds made available by any Federal agency, State or subdivision
thereof, public or private organization, or individual to carry out any statute
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That use of funds to carry
out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E7BDF99694042A1B52CEB4B3A32403F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB99D73E8B12C4052A9A6DBD5199DF6DB"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall ensure
participation in the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly
Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
(<quote>Commission</quote>) and its subsidiary bodies by American Samoa, Guam,
and the Northern Mariana Islands (collectively, the U.S. Participating
Territories) to the same extent provided to the territories of other
nations.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB16E1194470447F78B48FF052359E236" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The U.S. Participating Territories are each
authorized to use, assign, allocate, and manage catch limits of highly
migratory fish stocks, or fishing effort limits, agreed to by the Commission
for the participating territories of the Convention for the Conservation and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific
Ocean, through arrangements with U.S. vessels with permits issued under the
Pelagics Fishery Management Plan of the Western Pacific Region. Vessels under
such arrangements are integral to the domestic fisheries of the U.S.
Participating Territories provided that such arrangements shall impose no
requirements regarding where such vessels must fish or land their catch and
shall be funded by deposits to the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund
in support of fisheries development projects identified in a Territory’s Marine
Conservation Plan and adopted pursuant to section 204 of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1824). The Secretary of
Commerce shall attribute catches made by vessels operating under such
arrangements to the U.S. Participating Territories for the purposes of annual
reporting to the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF45C75DB6B404B2689EA1580B45E452A" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries
Management Council—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B76D2D87EFA4A048509746472B1C627"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is authorized to accept and deposit into
the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund funding for arrangements
pursuant to subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF4E171A9794447EAE9BDB9E787266DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall use amounts deposited under paragraph
(1) that are attributable to a particular U.S. Participating Territory only for
implementation of that Territory’s Marine Conservation Plan adopted pursuant to
section 204 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1824); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE59418084CD94ABABF030C4D8F3C43D7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall recommend an amendment to the
Pelagics Fishery Management Plan for the Western Pacific Region, and associated
regulations, to implement this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF790772B10748E6913C2EE9F739A786" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) shall remain in effect until
such time as—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFCD8D471A7347CF9DF8C026982B702C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Western Pacific Regional Fishery
Management Council recommends an amendment to the Pelagics Fishery Management
Plan for the Western Pacific Region, and implementing regulations, to the
Secretary of Commerce that authorize use, assignment, allocation, and
management of catch limits of highly migratory fish stocks, or fishing effort
limits, established by the Commission and applicable to U.S. Participating
Territories;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71FB61C862E148848A09D50B48D2854D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Commerce approves the
amendment as recommended; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id731D82B30B5244DDB0148DF6E92FFDA7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such implementing regulations become
effective.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID301b45d741e243a88ccddd0b09b82775"><enum>114.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2F900A7D5E834B4091F66BF164A02974"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Aquatic Animal
Health Task Force shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives a report of the findings of the research objectives
described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" id="ID3451452d931445f5af20016a4c0e1c9b" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Research and
surveillance</header><text>The National Aquatic Animal Health Task Force shall
establish Infectious Salmon Anemia research objectives, in collaboration the
with the Government of Canada, and Federal, State, and tribal governments,
including the Department of Fish and Wildlife of Washington and the Department
of Fish and Game of Alaska, to assess—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb464853895e84b339afee5e809fced7b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the prevalence of
Infectious Salmon Anemia in both wild and aquaculture salmonid populations
throughout Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID15fe9c7d8ca14b3a95b367790174053c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>genetic susceptibility by
population and species;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8bfc10c52e5b40d9b290bf3621b9d585"><enum>(3)</enum><text>susceptibility of
populations to Infectious Salmon Anemia from geographic and oceanographic
factors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdcf7fdbda0bd431288c1d653584ac0e6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>potential transmission
pathways between infectious Canadian sockeye and uninfected salmonid
populations in United States waters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3bb29b998c72423a975680cadf29383a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>management strategies to
rapidly respond to potential Infectious Salmon Anemia outbreaks in both wild
and aquaculture populations, including securing the water supplies at
conservation hatcheries to protect hatchery fish from exposure to the
Infectious Salmon Anemia virus present in incoming surface water;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c914fbe09cc46d7b93f11ce058fd832"><enum>(6)</enum><text>potential economic
impacts of Infectious Salmon Anemia;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb3cc355f96454144b74ed8f54582c758"><enum>(7)</enum><text>any role foreign salmon
farms may have in spreading Infectious Salmon Anemia to wild
populations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93a2ef51fe51469794bd9e7f81f4e3d1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the identity of any
potential Federal, State, tribal, and international research partners;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id380D912D7BA348BA98345E3A70974890"><enum>(9)</enum><text>available baseline data,
including baseline data available from a collaborating entity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3b6b4d1c0eff4350a0dda6b4027e26ac"><enum>(10)</enum><text>other Infectious Salmon
Anemia research priorities, as determined by the Task Force.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E19185AE9774A4EA2377678430CDD06" reported-display-style="italic"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Department of Commerce Appropriations
Act, 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Department of Justice</header>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H51BA8E654428431893C0C7CC418602BF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HCB9F5C8BE2214BA288D39DFCB27B017C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for the
administration of the Department of Justice, $115,886,000, of which not to
exceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of Justice
facilities shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Attorney General is
authorized to transfer funds appropriated within General Administration to any
office in this account:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That $18,903,000 is
for Department Leadership; $8,311,000 is for Intergovernmental
Relations/External Affairs; $12,925,000 is for Executive Support/Professional
Responsibility; and $75,747,000 is for the Justice Management Division:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any change in
amounts specified in the preceding proviso greater than 5 percent shall be
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
consistent with the terms of section 505 of this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That this transfer
authority is in addition to transfers authorized under section 505 of this
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1612E4FDC8BB4E0D9DF122D1F23CE7C4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Drug Intelligence
Center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the National Drug Intelligence Center, including reimbursement of Air Force
personnel for the National Drug Intelligence Center to support the Department
of Defense’s counter-drug intelligence responsibilities, $20,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the National Drug
Intelligence Center shall maintain the personnel and technical resources to
provide timely support to law enforcement authorities and the intelligence
community by conducting document and computer exploitation of materials
collected in Federal, State, and local law enforcement activity associated with
counter-drug, counterterrorism, and national security investigations and
operations.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H82A80E32570C49428E593AE8DE5A3A9D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Justice information sharing
technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses for information sharing technology, including planning, development,
deployment and departmental direction, $47,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H28DDA304C107485FA29B8D1A7FB87D1B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tactical law enforcement wireless
communications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the costs
of developing and implementing a nationwide Integrated Wireless Network
supporting Federal law enforcement communications, and for the costs of
operations and maintenance of existing Land Mobile Radio legacy systems,
$87,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Attorney General
shall transfer to this account all funds made available to the Department of
Justice for the purchase of portable and mobile radios:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any transfer
made under the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 505 of this
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H24C4AD5D02FB48A88F12CE373D6DC44E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative review and
appeals</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3033DD22B33C4F678B9B83DC37851D29"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for the
administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related
activities, $294,082,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited in the
<quote>Immigration Examinations Fee</quote>
account.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA6FF4936DDF04EB78DAF6052E9D350E3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Detention trustee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Federal
Detention Trustee, $1,563,453,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Trustee shall be
responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$20,000,000 shall be considered <quote>funds appropriated for State and local
law enforcement assistance</quote> pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
4013(b).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8F62AFA31719465A8AFE9963196BB58E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General, $84,199,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential
character.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H4129D8DE45104AA3990B7DAA2CA19F90"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United states parole
commission</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H79FF538E7A7D4ACAB7DC032933AEB5F2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the United States
Parole Commission as authorized, $12,577,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HED308B73782E47059F25F6BFD6A78B43"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Legal
activities</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H797D217172D944048EAA44D895E448D3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses, general legal
activities</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC5322978A1E94E9D93413840120A719F"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for the legal
activities of the Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including
not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the
Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the District
of Columbia, $846,099,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation
support contracts shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $7,500 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington
for official reception and representation expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding
section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that
emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation activities of
the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to
<quote>Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities</quote> from available
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as
may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any transfer
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amount
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the
Office of Personnel Management for salaries and expenses associated with the
election monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
(42 U.S.C. 1973f):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amounts
provided under this heading for the election monitoring program $3,390,000,
shall remain available until expended.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for reimbursement of expenses
of the Department of Justice associated with processing cases under the
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $7,833,000, to be
appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust
Fund.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB2DA8823C0404D37BD38661F4F146FAB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses, antitrust
division</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses
necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, $159,587,000, to
remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings under
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a),
regardless of the year of collection (and estimated to be $108,000,000 in
fiscal year 2012), shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation, and shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the sum herein
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting
collections are received during fiscal year 2012, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general fund estimated at
$51,587,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE4C8B13D31C741F29EE9FD7EF3378E61"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses, united states
attorneys</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Offices of the United States Attorneys, including
inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, $1,891,532,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amount
provided under this heading, not less than $43,184,000 shall be used for
salaries and expenses for assistant U.S. Attorneys to carry out section 704 of
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248)
concerning the prosecution of offenses relating to the sexual exploitation of
children.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2B9A00680F1740489B230073716839A7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United states trustee system
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of
the United States Trustee Program, as authorized, $234,115,000, to remain
available until expended and to be derived from the United States Trustee
System Fund:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in such amounts
as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, $234,115,000 of offsetting collections pursuant to
28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation and shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the sum herein
appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2012, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2012
appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H28389CF92EAB4B11AF0648AB0FCC5D6D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses, foreign claims
settlement commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission, including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, $2,071,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H59E77FFFE6574A0A8D4A3CC01A8D7460"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees and expenses of
witnesses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For fees and
expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement and
supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including
advances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain
available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$10,000,000 may be made available for construction of buildings for protected
witness safesites:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$3,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and maintenance of armored
and other vehicles for witness security caravans:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$11,000,000 may be made available for the purchase, installation, maintenance,
and upgrade of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated
information network to store and retrieve the identities and locations of
protected witnesses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H352B739AEAF348E8BF15E4CF60959364"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses, community relations
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Community Relations Service, $11,227,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding section
205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent
circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and violence
prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney General
may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, from available
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as
may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any transfer
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA8988586ADF94763AFFF560BE2F106EA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assets forfeiture fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C.
524(c)(1)(B), (F), and (G), $20,990,000, to be derived from the Department of
Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HE9045BF0E3D14484BF9D9B502F423710"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United states marshals
service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H95A44EBB76C743099856E8E98F6827B4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the United States
Marshals Service, $1,111,041,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be
available for necessary expenses for increased deputy marshals and staff
related to Southwest border enforcement until September 30, 2012; of which not
to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H08865E0A300A40CB961BD6877B0A639F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction in space controlled,
occupied or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding
and related support, $20,250,000, of which $8,250,000 shall be available for
detention upgrades at Federal courthouses located in the Southwest border
region, to remain available until expended; of which not less than $9,696,000
shall be available for the costs of courthouse security equipment, including
furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems and
cabling.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HDA45E900CEDE4DE19EE291E94CF8FD5F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National security
division</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4C8B5A47B4C145C7BF6903CC74FF4F91"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary to carry out the
activities of the National Security Division, $86,007,000; of which not to
exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain available
until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding section
205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent
circumstances require additional funding for the activities of the National
Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this
heading from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the
Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any transfer
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HC1370C46A88648AF889FB802BB61CEAF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interagency law
enforcement</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H724B17C0929A47D7A137566E9A069467"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interagency crime and drug
enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses for the identification, investigation, and prosecution of individuals
associated with the most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include
inter-governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies
engaged in the investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in
organized crime drug trafficking, $516,962,000, of which $50,000,000 shall
remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any amounts obligated
from appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities available
to the organizations reimbursed from this
appropriation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H1676BD15801E476ABA84D84156AF11ED"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal bureau of
investigation</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HEFF18C8D79A347E1B9F0415C90D4471B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes
against the United States, $7,785,000,000, of which not to exceed $150,000,000
shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed $153,750
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4493CD67ACC54A58BD52A3FF1B45D067"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For all necessary expenses, to include the
cost of equipment, furniture, and information technology requirements, related
to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities and sites by purchase,
or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification and extension of
Federally owned buildings; and preliminary planning and design of projects;
$75,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H25E6B14BC11B468FB00C875AA3ECEED2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drug enforcement
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H226CE0356F614F0F966A363B0D8CAB8E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential character pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 530C; and
expenses for conducting drug education and training programs, including travel
and related expenses for participants in such programs and the distribution of
items of token value that promote the goals of such programs, $1,900,084,000;
of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended; and
of which not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB311D6D8FF7F4AEF8129F05CD0992DC9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CONSTRUCTION</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, to include the cost
of equipment, furniture, and information technology requirements, related to
construction or acquisition of buildings; and operation and maintenance of
secure work environment facilities and secure networking capabilities;
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H4F9F7818D721478584787C2E3F7C2907"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and
explosives</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H51C8CE653AE545068D6148B409FAB2ED"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, not to exceed $30,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; for training of State and local law
enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory assistance to State and
local law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $1,090,292,000,
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of
attorneys' fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States
Code; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That no funds appropriated
herein shall be available for salaries or administrative expenses in connection
with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of Justice, the
records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of firearms
maintained by Federal firearms licensees:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no funds
appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses or the
compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to implement an
amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 478.118 or to change the definition of
<quote>Curios or relics</quote> in 27 CFR 478.11 or remove any item from ATF
Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon
applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C.
925(c):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such funds shall
be available to investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for
relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18,
United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no funds made
available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions,
missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives to other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That, beginning in
fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, no funds appropriated under this or any other
Act may be used to disclose part or all of the contents of the Firearms Trace
System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or any information required to be
kept by licensees pursuant to section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code,
or required to be reported pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (7) of such section
923(g), except to: (1) a Federal, State, local, or tribal law enforcement
agency, or a Federal, State, or local prosecutor; or (2) a foreign law
enforcement agency solely in connection with or for use in a criminal
investigation or prosecution; or (3) a Federal agency for a national security
or intelligence purpose; unless such disclosure of such data to any of the
entities described in (1), (2) or (3) of this proviso would compromise the
identity of any undercover law enforcement officer or confidential informant,
or interfere with any case under investigation; and no person or entity
described in (1), (2) or (3) shall knowingly and publicly disclose such data;
and all such data shall be immune from legal process, shall not be subject to
subpoena or other discovery, shall be inadmissible in evidence, and shall not
be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, nor shall testimony or other
evidence be permitted based on the data, in a civil action in any State
(including the District of Columbia) or Federal court or in an administrative
proceeding other than a proceeding commenced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives to enforce the provisions of chapter 44 of such title,
or a review of such an action or proceeding; except that this proviso shall not
be construed to prevent: (A) the disclosure of statistical information
concerning total production, importation, and exportation by each licensed
importer (as defined in section 921(a)(9) of such title) and licensed
manufacturer (as defined in section 921(a)(10) of such title); (B) the sharing
or exchange of such information among and between Federal, State, local, or
foreign law enforcement agencies, Federal, State, or local prosecutors, and
Federal national security, intelligence, or counterterrorism officials; or (C)
the publication of annual statistical reports on products regulated by the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, including total
production, importation, and exportation by each licensed importer (as so
defined) and licensed manufacturer (as so defined), or statistical aggregate
data regarding firearms traffickers and trafficking channels, or firearms
misuse, felons, and trafficking investigations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no funds made
available by this or any other Act shall be expended to promulgate or implement
any rule requiring a physical inventory of any business licensed under section
923 of title 18, United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no funds under
this Act may be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no funds
authorized or made available under this or any other Act may be used to deny
any application for a license under section 923 of title 18, United States
Code, or renewal of such a license due to a lack of business activity, provided
that the applicant is otherwise eligible to receive such a license, and is
eligible to report business income or to claim an income tax deduction for
business expenses under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H6A5EBD6A68B24663B0439547A7B860CE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal prison
system</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H6B780CD99E35448D85AD0FC2758B4E03"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison
System for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and
correctional institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 835, of which 808
are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor
vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance and advice on
corrections related issues to foreign governments, $6,589,781,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Attorney General may
transfer to the Health Resources and Services Administration such amounts as
may be necessary for direct expenditures by that Administration for medical
relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Director of
the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a
fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts
payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish health
services to individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$4,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary operations until September 30,
2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That, of the amounts
provided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain
available until expended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts and
reimbursable agreements, and other expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the
Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note), for the care and
security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Director of
the Federal Prison System may accept donated property and services relating to
the operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which has
operated such program in the past notwithstanding the fact that such
not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison
System relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway houses, or
other custodial facilities.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HEC96166D29F94178A5A397CC5222B195"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For planning, acquisition of sites and
construction of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and
remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use,
including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force
account; and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and
facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including all
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, $90,000,000,
to remain available until expended, of which not less than $66,965,000 shall be
available only for modernization, maintenance and repair, and of which not to
exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to construct areas for inmate work
programs:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That labor of United States
prisoners may be used for work performed under this appropriation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That none of the
funds provided under this heading in this or any prior Act shall be available
for the acquisition of any facility that is to be used wholly or in part for
the incarceration or detention of any individual detained at Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of June 24, 2009.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H155C23BED46940DC838B9EE085F0F82C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal prison industries,
incorporated</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Federal
Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available, and
in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments, without
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31,
United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation, including
purchase (not to exceed five for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor
vehicles.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4B7335FCC155447EBFBAF04805198059"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative expenses,
federal prison industries, incorporated</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated shall be available for its
administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to be
determined in accordance with the corporation's current prescribed accounting
system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims,
and expenditures which such accounting system requires to be capitalized or
charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and
shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction,
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities
and other property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an
interest.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H624D0C237C834A2E8DAC24042B0CDFD6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and local law enforcement
activities</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HAA6589A6E53249339EC2C4060523712A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office on violence against
women</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8402715418ED4651A98537BA4C381DEF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Violence against women prevention and
prosecution programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HAF1B2F63C1A044E59626A6584DB8CD28"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, and other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence
against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) (<quote>the 1968 Act</quote>); the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (<quote>the
1994 Act</quote>); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647)
(<quote>the 1990 Act</quote>); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to
end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et
seq.) (<quote>the 1974 Act</quote>); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence
Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) (<quote>the 2000 Act</quote>); and
the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of
2005 (Public Law 109–162) (<quote>the 2005 Act</quote>); and for related
victims services, $417,663,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That except as otherwise
provided by law, not to exceed 3 percent of funds made available under this
heading may be used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical
assistance:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amount
provided—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51CBEC92982946A1BA8C58C851B57A82"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$194,000,000 is for grants to combat
violence against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, of which,
notwithstanding such part T, $10,000,000 shall be available for programs
relating to children exposed to violence;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FEB254F815241CCA0E4166F90622763"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$25,000,000 is for transitional housing
assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault
as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC28A7C111314E12954C4C4F1A6D1C69"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 is for the National Institute of
Justice for research and evaluation of violence against women and related
issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against
Women;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9470573374E4B23B60CC3C011A3B201"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 is for a grant program to
provide services to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; assistance to children
and youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage men and youth in
preventing such violence; and assistance to middle and high school students
through education and other services related to such violence:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That unobligated balances
available for the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303 and 41305
of the 1994 Act shall be available for this program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That 10 percent of
the total amount available for this grant program shall be available for grants
under the program authorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62F0A09632AF4DDDB5C2E53A6A389D67"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$45,913,000 is for grants to encourage
arrest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of which $5,000,000 is
for a homicide initiative;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CBB35AC578246BEB553A5EA5D5D51E1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$25,000,000 is for sexual assault victims
assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDF91D4109DD4FA4A941DFF70AA74769"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$34,000,000 is for rural domestic violence
and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 40295
of the 1994 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA72DC865DD724FA0B87D1774DE422C9E"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent
crimes against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 2005
Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7781AE3A7F2A406C82D4D3DB3BA57D08"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$45,000,000 is for legal assistance for
victims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDAC7F769D1D4EA6AF8F687D3B427EA4"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000 is for enhanced training and
services to end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as
authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CABC6555966473D84B7236DCAB18E69"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$11,250,000 is for the safe havens for
children program, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB93905D13037442599ADBCFAF19DB326"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 is for education and training to
end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as authorized by
section 1402 of the 2000 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1A3BA33E6384C87A0868D0AE9EAD523"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000 is for the court training and
improvements program, as authorized by section 41002 of the 1994 Act, of which
$1,000,000 is to be used for a family court initiative;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D33C916AD514A73B2A4B24C564A198F"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 is for the National Resource
Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as
authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD18C6879C06C4B208DD25713E81634B4"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 is for analysis and research on
violence against Indian women, as authorized by section 904 of the 2005 Act;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD48A9830D03D4682BFF26095B120CADB"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500,000 is for the Office on Violence
Against Women to establish a national clearinghouse that provides training and
technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian
and Alaska Native women.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3190C64DF52E46669BC154F65BFAC1BA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not elsewhere
specified in this title, for management and administration of programs within
the Office on Violence Against Women,
$20,580,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HC2564B4FE0984FAC8700F86A881C530C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Justice
Programs</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H88CCD6E96CD5480A8B25676B670218E0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research, evaluation, and
statistics</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id665CF8E0A329425C8856DF2BF3806D16"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, and other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<quote>the 1968 Act)</quote>; the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (<quote>the 1974
Act</quote>); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.);
the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children
Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public
Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (<quote>the 2005 Act</quote>);
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647); the Second Chance
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law
98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law
109–248) (<quote>the Adam Walsh Act</quote>); the PROTECT Our Children Act of
2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (<quote>the 2002 Act</quote>); and other programs;
$121,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8B6B389BD3648C08F9DC32651187CA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$45,000,000 is for criminal justice
statistics programs, and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I
of the 1968 Act, of which $36,000,000 is for the administration and redesign of
the National Crime Victimization Survey;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35D2065A97BE466F956333314733B276"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$40,000,000 is for research, development,
and evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title
I of the 1968 Act and subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That of the amounts
provided under this heading, $5,000,000 is transferred directly to the National
Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards
from the National Institute of Justice for research, testing and evaluation
programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A21A4E3757141D5A746AC0EA5CA12E8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 is for an evaluation
clearinghouse program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29BD7374579B4499AD7DA9094E94B823"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$35,000,000 is for regional information
sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 Act.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5752E2FFD6BA46B4B5340858B870ABB5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and local law enforcement
assistance</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id38239EC6C7CF4261AC70733A52EA53B7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (<quote>the 1994 Act</quote>);
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<quote>the 1968
Act</quote>); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims
of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (<quote>the 1990 Act</quote>);
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law
109–164); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (<quote>the 2005 Act</quote>); the Adam Walsh
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (<quote>the Adam
Walsh Act</quote>); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of
2000 (Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public
Law 110–180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Public Law 107–296) (<quote>the 2002 Act</quote>); the Second Chance Act of
2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for
Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); the Victims of Crime
Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime
Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); and
other programs; $1,063,498,000, to remain available until expended as
follows—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BB6C803707B4461A1F0235F8D9FEADA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$395,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial
Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title
I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for
Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply
for purposes of this Act); and, notwithstanding such subpart 1, to support
innovative, place-based, evidence-based approaches to fighting crime and
improving public safety, of which $3,000,000 is for a program to improve State
and local law enforcement intelligence capabilities including antiterrorism
training and training to ensure that constitutional rights, civil liberties,
civil rights, and privacy interests are protected throughout the intelligence
process, $4,000,000 is for a State and local assistance help desk and
diagnostic center program, $5,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local
and tribal probation supervision efforts and strategies, and $3,000,000 is for
a Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and
Survivability Initiative (VALOR):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That funds made available
under this heading may be used at the discretion of the Assistant Attorney
General for the Office of Justice Programs to train Federal law enforcement
under the VALOR Officer Safety Training Initiative;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EA2900D6DE44D699A163C4C8C22CB50"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$273,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That no jurisdiction shall
request compensation for any cost greater than the actual cost for Federal
immigration and other detainees housed in State and local detention
facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB13C885E8714454EAB2F5203956E223F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$20,000,000 for the Northern and Southwest
Border Prosecutor Initiatives to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal or
municipal governments for costs associated with the prosecution of criminal
cases declined by local offices of the United States Attorneys;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE34FD8C43AF48B094BCEA0742A22CEF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$21,000,000 for competitive grants to
improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat
juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than
compensation);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67ABAEAE06BB4588A347343415BB36D2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,500,000 for victim services programs
for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law
106–386 and for programs authorized under Public Law 109–164:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That no less than
$4,690,000 shall be for victim services grants for foreign national victims of
trafficking;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B9800F7C0D24DE2B64A9D70C3E72771"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$35,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized
by section 1001(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93C337F8A9694FC09EB06F5887A41DC5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,000,000 for mental health courts and
adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts V and
HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and
Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law
110–416);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BE1FEA5BF414E679C6BDDE1EA9D7720"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for grants for Residential
Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of title
I of the 1968 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6796FC6CBC9C4EA6815AF08497E67553"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000 for the Capital Litigation
Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law
108–405;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBC87017C2624C1EA2301DF74023B207"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for economic, high technology
and Internet crime prevention grants, as authorized by section 401 of Public
Law 110–403;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69040EA5F3B344DDB24FF9097739CAC3"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for a student loan repayment
assistance program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110–315;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3F1CE2ACF2B4E5D885477B06F852CA4"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$23,000,000 for activities, including sex
offender management assistance, authorized by the Adam Walsh Act and the
Violent Crime Control Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCD08A9035E94F179488A1CA03E973BF"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for an initiative relating to
children exposed to violence;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC343EA47E6674FE186FFFC03D927DD14"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$20,000,000 for an Edward Byrne Memorial
criminal justice innovation program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DC1382C45594E048810F3567183E9E2"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$24,850,000 for the matching grant program
for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of title I of
the 1968 Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That $1,500,000 is
transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s
Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing and evaluation
programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1C0C6BCBA934C3EA4B00E13182D89F0"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender
Public Web site;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8642D39D5473474890E4EEFB2F68973E"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for competitive and
evidence-based programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C1AFDDFE695404C86E738791C9EBB5B"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for grants to assist State and
tribal governments as authorized by the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007
(Public Law 110–180);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2733F5022B98474BBF8E02EF165ECB8A"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,000,000 for the National Criminal
History Improvement Program for grants to upgrade criminal records;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4721D8439C2E44A8808475B8DB1B1CC5"><enum>(20)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic
Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5D3AF62CCE74733ACC85B52B9BA28C7"><enum>(21)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$131,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic
programs and activities, of which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1966D12B5E7241638AFDD36A40DBA18A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$123,000,000 is for the purposes of DNA
analysis and DNA capacity enhancement as defined in the DNA Analysis Backlog
Elimination Act of 2000 (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program), of which
not less than $85,500,000 is to be used for grants to crime laboratories for
purposes under 42 U.S.C. 14135, section (a); not less than $11,000,000 is to be
used for the purposes of the Solving Cold Cases with DNA Grant Program; not
less than $11,000,000 is to be used to audit and report on the extent of the
backlog; and the remainder of funds appropriated under this paragraph may be
used to support training programs specific to the needs of DNA laboratory
personnel, and for programs outlined in sections 303, 304, 305 and 308 of
Public Law 108–405;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id445F3C7006D34FFB947CA438BAADB193"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000 is for the purposes described in
the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program (Public Law 108–405,
section 412); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id224375A1DA884EDCA6DAD07275D7CF0B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic
Exam Program Grants as authorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA06B4346E0784F5AA2E9A82182070E3C"><enum>(22)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,500,000 for the court-appointed special
advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA207F7B1CE1048809153AEED6DD55434"><enum>(23)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,500,000 for child abuse training
programs for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222
of the 1990 Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24F4375441354560B6BCBBBF7B930C25"><enum>(24)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 for grants and technical
assistance in support of the National Forum on Youth Violence
Prevention:</text>
<continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="section"><proviso><italic>Provided,
</italic></proviso> That if a unit of local government uses any of the funds
made available under this heading to increase the number of law enforcement
officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net gain in the number of
law enforcement officers who perform non-administrative public sector safety
service.</continuation-text></paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7A50ED9C44504BB1A451B4FF8A359F8E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Juvenile justice programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (<quote>the 1974 Act</quote>); the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<quote>the 1968 Act</quote>); the
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005
(Public Law 109–162) (<quote>the 2005 Act</quote>); the Missing Children's
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other
Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law
108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647)
(<quote>the 1990 Act</quote>); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (<quote>the Adam Walsh Act</quote>); the PROTECT
Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); and other juvenile justice
programs, $251,000,000, to remain available until expended as
follows—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09C80E3DBE5649B7BCEA16DCFFED6F43"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$45,000,000 for programs authorized by
section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to
assist small, non-profit organizations with the Federal grants process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3ABD10F920E7440A8F72BBF39B3A153E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$55,000,000 for youth mentoring
grants;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54BB01A62448416CB3ABB36B21C4732C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$33,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as
authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 261
and 262 thereof—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9DC8B03D20D49A88D90E21F56B53B6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth
Program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4FB257C63F14447ACDCFE5C35E3ED3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,000,000 shall be for gang and youth
violence education, prevention and intervention, and related activities;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA716E0FAF34940C5BE64A4945B6B8D35"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 shall be for programs and
activities to enforce State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to
minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, for
prevention and reduction of consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and
for technical assistance and training;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBA0E9A208ED42828079520ABF42261B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$20,000,000 for programs authorized by the
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBF669BE3139428697CD244FD7DC1E77"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability
Block Grants program as authorized by part R of title I of the 1968 Act and
Guam shall be considered a State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD3E9657A40F431EBBD880A6F56A5C74"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,000,000 for community-based violence
prevention initiatives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B399B516F314B0CB3C87A87ED357ADE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$60,000,000 for missing and exploited
children programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) of the
1974 Act:</text>
<continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="section"><proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>,
That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used for research,
evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the programs or
activities authorized:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not more than
2 percent of each amount may be used for training and technical assistance:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the previous
two provisos shall not apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261
and 262 of the 1974 Act.</continuation-text></paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id8CFCA80497E342CAB0273C82DA727295"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not elsewhere
specified in this title, for management and administration of programs within
the Office of Justice Programs, $118,572,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9130B0ED4112431088EBD327534A3873"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public safety officer
benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments and
expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968</act-name>, such sums as are necessary (including amounts for
administrative costs, which amounts shall be paid to the <quote>Salaries and
Expenses</quote> account), to remain available until expended; and $16,300,000
for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational
assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding section
205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent
circumstances require additional funding for such disability and education
payments, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to <quote>Public
Safety Officer Benefits</quote> from available appropriations for the current
fiscal year for the Department of Justice as may be necessary to respond to
such circumstances:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any transfer
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HD790615F2E554DC59B5E0C14206E7CFE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community oriented policing
services</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idEEF3395C16D045368E30BCD02E8BCAA6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">community oriented policing services
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD262E319CC994DF886EDCB7CDD6E71B2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H83A0376587A94CB68E465C97D942F30E"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For activities authorized by the
<act-name parsable-cite="VCCLEA94">Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994</act-name> (Public Law 103–322); the
<act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968</act-name> (<quote>the 1968 Act</quote>); and the Violence Against Women
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162)
(<quote>the 2005 Act</quote>), $231,500,000, to remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any balances made
available through prior year deobligations shall only be available in
accordance with section 505 of this Act. Of the amount
provided:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9188C3A6162940798602622A3333C2E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,500,000 is for research, testing, and
evaluation programs regarding law enforcement technologies and interoperable
communications, and related law enforcement and public safety equipment, which
shall be transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and
Technology's Office of Law Enforcement Standards from the Community Oriented
Policing Services Office;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE996150900C94D6B8BAA2978EA37FB7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 is for
anti-methamphetamine-related activities, which shall be transferred to the Drug
Enforcement Administration upon enactment of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94A6F395F4CA42559A032AD8C970D410"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$20,000,000 is for improving tribal law
enforcement, including hiring, equipment, training, and anti-methamphetamine
activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA293F200EF494AEEBEFA4EF0F8D32332"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$200,000,000 is for grants under section
1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for the hiring and rehiring
of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q of such title
notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That notwithstanding
subsection (g) of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd), the Federal share of the
costs of a project funded by such grants may not exceed 75 percent unless the
Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services waives, wholly
or in part, the requirement of a non-Federal contribution to the costs of a
project:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c), funding for hiring or rehiring a career
law enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000, unless the Director of the
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver from this
limitation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That within the
amounts appropriated, $28,000,000 shall be used for the hiring and rehiring of
tribal law enforcement officers:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That within the
amounts appropriated, $10,000,000 is for community policing development
activities.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H21C733C5FD7446D89A3D37862B61E2D6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not elsewhere
specified in this title, for management and administration of programs within
the Community Oriented Policing Services Office,
$24,500,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H35ACFA764DA54835BD4EC19562DA3CB8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General provisions—Department of
justice</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B205BDB1F5541578515CB4A54D4AB52" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise made
available in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a
total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of
Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for official
reception and representation expenses.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD738B5B2CAB84EC5889E315BAB76505D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of
rape:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That should this
prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
this section shall be null and void.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEF09E89DCE44B13AA837153D72B6CAE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated under this
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way
the performance of, any abortion.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BD9CD6E158646AF93B602A035F50A6F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in the preceding section shall
remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide
escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside
the Federal facility:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That nothing in this
section in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A3BA9FDC5B240D2BCFEB7535CED27E6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any
appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of
Justice in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by
more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any transfer pursuant
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with
the procedures set forth in that section.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF3E5204BD9A4679BA274F30AA7C504A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General is authorized to
extend through September 30, 2013, the Personnel Management Demonstration
Project transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to section 1115 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107–296 (28 U.S.C. 599B) without
limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FA9A20CF085450985D0EBF3485101FD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
Public Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the conduct of undercover investigative
operations and shall apply without fiscal year limitation with respect to any
undercover investigative operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives that is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes
against the United States.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE803F20D710C455880358A66EA900AD0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to the
Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose of transporting
an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under State or
Federal law and is classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other
than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons
as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84CE5BEB3EAF423AAC9B9F0F94C2462F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H102F8435BBD54D29B1874A715A6D5561"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, to rent
or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other audiovisual or
electronic equipment used primarily for recreational purposes.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB637320CD5584833B88B2025CAACF911" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The preceding sentence does not preclude
the renting, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment
for inmate training, religious, or educational programs.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2050CB0FFF554E2FAA12D5087296095D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>210.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available under this
title shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information
technology program having total estimated development costs in excess of
$100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment review
board certify to the Committees on Appropriations that the information
technology program has appropriate program management and contractor oversight
mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with the enterprise
architecture of the Department of Justice.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE10B305004314D6D98696EC559797E51" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The notification thresholds and procedures
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts
designated for specific activities in this Act and accompanying statement, and
to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in
previous years.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H751C61BD409C45719DF15F61F2F549AD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a
public-private competition under the Office of Management and Budget Circular
A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work
performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison
Industries, Incorporated.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2EDF5B0F15F24F319F11EB63AE6E4029" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney
General or his designee that exempt that United States Attorney from the
residency requirements of 28 U.S.C. 545.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD04A5F466E524604BD168B7E327C48EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the discretion of the Attorney General,
and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized
to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated by this Act
under the headings for <quote>Research Evaluation and Statistics</quote>,
<quote>State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance</quote>, and <quote>Juvenile
Justice Programs</quote>—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBEAA621D3EE4E61ACEBCF8C79DA4FBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 3 percent of funds made available for
grant or reimbursement programs may be used to provide training and technical
assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1CE4EFB875B42ECA438181BDBF68A36"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 3 percent of funds made available for
grant or reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts
appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or statistical programs
administered by the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, shall be transferred to and merged with funds provided to the
National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be used
by them for research, evaluation or statistical purposes, without regard to the
authorizations for such grant or reimbursement programs, and of such amounts,
$1,300,000 shall be transferred to the Bureau of Prisons for Federal inmate
research and evaluation purposes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id642AF21CAC6C489F9F937483C8C27C28"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">7 percent of funds made available for grant
or reimbursement programs:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4658D7549AE44E3BA2D6BD2EB9CA96F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under the heading <quote>State and Local
Law Enforcement Assistance</quote>; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id136CD3C6DE4F4D29B17B53CD99478B83"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under the headings <quote>Research,
Evaluation and Statistics</quote> and <quote>Juvenile Justice Programs</quote>,
to be transferred to and merged with funds made available under the heading
<quote>State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance</quote>, shall be available
for tribal criminal justice assistance without regard to the authorizations for
such grant or reimbursement programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC4D1CA90FF04C3DB971BED6380E90F9"><enum>215.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
section 20109(a), in subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13709(a)), shall not apply to amounts
made available by this title.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C8F7E3A07F94EA686471249E4CF5373" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 530A of title 28, United States
Code, is hereby amended by replacing <quote>appropriated</quote> with
<quote>used from appropriations</quote>, and by inserting <quote>(2),</quote>
before <quote>(3)</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id656BDEADF9F84A5ABB37AAD949874C00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4540618F3C984BFF8AB591F257EC3115"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 30 days of enactment of this Act,
the Attorney General shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate a cost and schedule estimate for the
final operating capability of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Sentinel
program, including the costs of Bureau employees engaged in development work,
the costs of operating and maintaining Sentinel for 2 years after achievement
of the final operating capability, and a detailed list of the functionalities
included in the final operating capability compared to the functionalities
included in the previous program baseline.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2597D084ED534E7F823BBB2D64266C97" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report described in subsection (a)
shall be submitted concurrently to the Department of Justice Office of
Inspector General (OIG) and, within 60 days of receiving such report, the OIG
shall provide an assessment of such report to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idE475965E64AD4F1E9605B923AB91AC65"><enum>218.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds made available under this Act
shall be used to allow the knowing transfer of firearms to agents of drug
cartels where law enforcement personnel of the United States do not
continuously monitor or control such firearms at all times.</text>
<appropriations-small id="id5E39004EEBF94C0E9ECF2C82F07926AF"><header>Evaluation of Gulf Coast Claims
Facility</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="id846C54E2BC6643C781C47584377FDB86"><enum>219.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall identify an
independent auditor to evaluate the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC906C3F8AE2143249AA7881776F49914"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Department of Justice Appropriations
Act, 2012</short-title></quote>.</text><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
</appropriations-small></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Science</header>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HFF5C374FB7D143ECAFF997B145F94112"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of science and technology
policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of
the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of
1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601–6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,100 for official reception and
representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of
Columbia, $6,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H6C7DF5EF20B244E8B4C4A8774052C717"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National aeronautics and space
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HEA885DFC3E3C4A1B8C4FE03CCE6FFD76"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Science</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise
provided for, in the conduct and support of science research and development
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft
control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission
and administrative aircraft, $5,100,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2013, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be available for a
reimbursable agreement with the Department of Energy for the purpose of
re-establishing facilities to produce fuel required for radio-isotope
thermoelectric generators to enable future missions:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That the development cost (as
defined under 51 U.S.C. 30104) for the James Webb Space Telescope shall not
exceed $8,000,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That should the
individual identified under subparagraph (c)(2)(E) of section 30104 of title 51
as responsible for the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the
development cost of the program is likely to exceed that limitation, the
individual shall immediately notify the Administrator and the increase shall be
treated as if it meets the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of
section 30104 of title 51.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H34C7E3223E204FBCA2405F3240308D99"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aeronautics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise
provided for, in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and
development activities, including research, development, operations, support,
and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $501,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2013.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idF34908AA007B40F1AA8F1301DFBDD4EF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SPACE TECHNOLOGY</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise
provided for, in the conduct and support of space research and technology
development activities, including research, development, operations, support,
and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $637,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2013.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HAAF8E83BD2D9446E8A1E03FEABE2A5A0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exploration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise
provided for, in the conduct and support of exploration research and
development activities, including research, development, operations, support,
and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management,
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $3,775,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That not less than
$1,200,000,000 shall be for the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle, not less than
$1,800,000,000 shall be for the heavy lift launch vehicle system which shall
have a lift capacity not less than 130 tons and which shall have an upper stage
and other core elements developed simultaneously, $500,000,000 shall be for
commercial spaceflight activities, and $275,000,000 shall be for exploration
research and development:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That $192,600,000 of the funds provided for commercial spaceflight activities
shall only be available after the NASA Administrator certifies to the
Committees on Appropriations, in writing, that NASA has published the required
notifications of NASA contract actions implementing the acquisition strategy
for the heavy lift launch vehicle system identified in section 302 of Public
Law 111–267 and has begun to execute relevant contract actions in support of
development of the heavy lift launch vehicle system:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That funds made
available under this heading within this Act may be transferred to
<quote>Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration</quote> for
construction activities related to the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle and the
heavy lift launch vehicle system:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That funds so
transferred shall be subject to the 5 percent but shall not be subject to the
10 percent transfer limitation described under the Administrative Provisions in
this Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall be
available until September 30, 2017, and shall be treated as a reprogramming
under section 505 of this Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0DB8B0524A53470C8FEC7A6DD995B8AD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Space operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise
provided for, in the conduct and support of space operations research and
development activities, including research, development, operations, support
and services; space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities
including operations, production, and services; maintenance and repair,
facility planning and design; program management; personnel and related costs,
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase,
lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft, $4,285,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the amounts provided
under this heading, not more than $650,900,000 shall be for Space Shuttle
operations, production, research, development, and support, not more than
$2,803,500,000 shall be for International Space Station operations, production,
research, development, and support, not more than $168,000,000 shall be for the
21st Century Launch Complex, and not more than $662,600,000 shall be for Space
and Flight Support:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That funds made
available under this heading for 21st Century Launch Complex may be transferred
to <quote>Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration</quote> for
construction activities only at NASA-owned facilities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That funds so
transferred shall not be subject to the transfer limitations described in the
Administrative Provisions in this Act for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, shall be available until September 30, 2017, and shall be
treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDE841222318A4071BAE5C13D770CFE65"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise
provided for, in carrying out aerospace and aeronautical education research and
development activities, including research, development, operations, support,
and services; program management; personnel and related costs, uniforms or
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses;
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter,
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,
$138,400,000, to remain available until September 30,
2013.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H69421924DDA542DA8DC54255E1B38AC7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cross agency support</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise
provided for, in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, exploration,
space operations and education research and development activities, including
research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and
communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs,
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed
$52,500 for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase,
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft, $3,043,073,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not less than
$39,100,000 shall be available for independent verification and validation
activities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That contracts may be
entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2012 for maintenance and
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next
fiscal year.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD5E6F1B998DD4845A564F389277614FB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction and Environmental Compliance
and Restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses for construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation,
revitalization, and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities
and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, and
restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by
law, and environmental compliance and restoration, $422,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2017:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That hereafter,
notwithstanding section 315 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
(42 U.S.C. 2459j), all proceeds from leases entered into under that section
shall be deposited into this account and shall be available for a period of 5
years, to the extent provided in annual appropriations Acts:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such proceeds
shall be available for obligation for fiscal year 2012 in an amount not to
exceed $3,960,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That each annual
budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts and
collections and proposed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 315 of
the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C.
2459j).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6C6FFA311141475D9C3D5FADFD0551F4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector
general</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idCAF6BB672B244E05B20AD86730B9F92B"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$37,300,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H22A45203117A45E4A4B20A3153790F28"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds for announced prizes otherwise
authorized shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the
prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers.
Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available for the same
purposes and the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred.
Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of
funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The unexpired balances of previous accounts,
for activities for which funds are provided under this Act, may be transferred
to the new accounts established in this Act that provide such activity.
Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds in the newly established
accounts, but shall be available under the same terms, conditions and period of
time as previously appropriated.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2AEC3E5B3F0A4E34B5701A6396CDA39E"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40902 of title 51, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF02701D498F41A8ACB444ABE628EE48" reported-display-style="italic" style="appropriations">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC467CDFD99B44302BEEBD5F71432B68E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The interest accruing from the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavor Teacher Fellowship Trust Fund
principal shall be available in fiscal year 2012 for the purpose of the
Endeavor Science Teacher Certificate
Program.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC5E27EC55EA241E88B7B883419A26234"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20145(b)(1) of title 51 is amended
by inserting <quote>(A)</quote> before <quote>A person</quote> and adding at
the end thereof the following new subparagraph (B) as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEC04F3CA40B429AAE9969E1DF3D03B0" reported-display-style="italic" style="appropriations">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05E84EDDFF2A47A0A3C81170BC6D06E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the
Administrator may accept in-kind consideration for leases entered into for the
purpose of developing renewable energy production
facilities.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id563B885550724826A9B84D4803853E0F"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The spending plan required by section 540 of
this Act shall be provided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activity
level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an amount
established in that spending plan that meets the notification requirements of
section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H52E52DE2897B450B802FC754E2C8D331"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National science
foundation</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H58CBBEDA218341E1984CAA4A8C09414B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and related
activities</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H219E7DC2F2BC4408832284A6F309FEC4"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses in carrying out the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), and
the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881);
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft
and purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of aircraft;
and authorized travel; $5,443,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2013, of which not to exceed $550,000,000 shall remain available until expended
for polar research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other
Federal agencies for operational and science support and logistical and other
related activities for the United States Antarctic program:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That receipts for scientific
support services and materials furnished by the National Research Centers and
other National Science Foundation supported research facilities may be credited
to this appropriation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not less than
$146,830,000 shall be available for activities authorized by section
7002(c)(2)(A)(iv) of Public Law 110–69:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That up to
$100,000,000 of funds made available under this heading within this Act may be
transferred to <quote>Major Research Equipment and Facilities
Construction</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That funds so
transferred shall not be subject to the transfer limitations described in the
Administrative Provisions in this Act for the National Science Foundation, and
shall be available until expended only after notification of such transfer to
the Committees on Appropriations.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H50512AC5C07246D68BE1434414CAFD7C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Major research equipment and facilities
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses for the acquisition, construction, commissioning, and upgrading of
major research equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875),
including authorized travel, $117,055,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds may be
used to reimburse the Judgment Fund.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE8DBBF2AA79B4B49851ABCCA4A257F65"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education and human resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses in carrying out
science, mathematics and engineering education and human resources programs and
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
$829,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not less than
$54,890,000 shall be available until expended for activities authorized by
section 7030 of Public Law 110–69.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBDC4EF0E65264B52B558A957D8AAFA3D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency operations and award
management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For agency
operations and award management necessary in carrying out the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $6,900 for
official reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in
the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland
Security for security guard services; $290,400,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That contracts may be entered
into under this heading in fiscal year 2012 for maintenance and operation of
facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal
year.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA804D56355C34D919B991AEA928A9B41"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the national science
board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
(including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor
vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the
employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code) involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42
U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,440,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed $2,100
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB8D68ADD305F4312A4A5B0B9A26680A1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $14,200,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4133D19C77474D4F9886655CFBB519F5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such
appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers.
Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of
funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.</text>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E91B57E01DA4CF2B12C4994C179634F"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Science Appropriations Act,
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection></appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Related agencies</header>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HECAF4DBCC5924F16BC6BE2686C6172B9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commission on civil
rights</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3E21B56A3F2144B9A3B07A1B72BE6AC3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA783C509B1FD4401AECA2C1C3A1F2270"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Commission on
Civil Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,193,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess of four
full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one
special assistant for each Commissioner:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners
for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is
permitted 125 billable days:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That none of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense
that is not explicitly authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1975a:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That there shall be
an Inspector General at the Commission on Civil Rights who shall have the
duties, responsibilities, and authorities specified in the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That an individual
appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold
the position of Inspector General of the Commission on Civil Rights:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Inspector
General of the Commission on Civil Rights shall utilize personnel of the Office
of Inspector General of EEOC in performing the duties of the Inspector General
of the Commission on Civil Rights, and shall not appoint any individuals to
positions within the Commission on Civil Rights:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That of the amounts
made available in this paragraph, $800,000 shall be transferred directly to the
Office of Inspector General of EEOC upon enactment of this Act for salaries and
expenses necessary to carry out the duties of the Inspector General of the
Commission on Civil Rights.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H0EA9E315E4D44F00BD6C1E89946F168D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equal employment opportunity
commission</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDBCEAAD9C01C470F81A09455E59B6712"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CRA64">Civil Rights Act of 1964</act-name>, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the
Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233),
the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter
Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C.
1343(b); and nonmonetary awards to private citizens, $329,837,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Commission is
authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses
not to exceed $1,875 from available funds:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Commission
may take no action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or
reorganization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations have been
notified of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming requirements
of section 505 of this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Chair is
authorized to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the
Commission.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBF766AFF92FD4EBBBF620E7A7A59DE2A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ASSISTANCE</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
State and local enforcement agencies for authorized services to the Commission,
$29,400,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H8190C8D0DC6C4714894E42E975887BAE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International trade
commission</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA3896E48BE22438288909C95B51D7CF6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the International
Trade Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $1,875 for official reception
and representation expenses, $80,062,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HB7DC36D5B4D34AD0AE52B531547B889C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Legal services
corporation</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9AA4CFBDFF0E48AA83E407BD19866FE0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment to the legal services
corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the
Legal Services Corporation to carry out the purposes of the Legal Services
Corporation Act of 1974, $396,106,000, of which $370,506,000 is for basic field
programs and required independent audits; $4,200,000 is for the Office of
Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to
conduct additional audits of recipients; $17,000,000 is for management and
grants oversight; $3,400,000 is for client self-help and information
technology; and $1,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Legal Services
Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees at a
rate no greater than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington,
DC-based employees as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5304, notwithstanding section
1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996(d):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the authorities
provided in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services
Corporation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7598696075C54B2CB46353224D06D902"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provision—legal services
corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds
appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended
for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions
of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105–119, and all
funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be
subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except
that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to
refer instead to 2011 and 2012, respectively.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idCEA8D96B8E404B0486659FBCEFA0D2A3"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504 of the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1996 (as contained in Public Law 104–134) is
amended:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA087BBE6973A44D5B701CBA9D02D8BE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by inserting after <quote>)</quote> the following: <quote>that
uses Federal funds (or funds from any source with regard to paragraphs (14) and
(15) in a manner</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD682D453B6C04279B688D1969662FD97"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2B0B342EF034D25A311CCDAD715961E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as
subsections (d) and (e), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HA2B4C0251B9D488993B3E9A98A58DE70"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marine mammal
commission</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2946AFA3CBD44894AA55820E6861FE56"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal
Commission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522,
$3,025,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H4E6F06D2B9084A899281BD86D07C2418"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the united states trade
representative</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9DFD514C2F5F4B258F719214D6CE6B40"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
United States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor
vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, $46,775,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed $93,000
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HCB6B510FEAC44C4D9C5BCF335D3158CF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State justice
institute</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFC6AF27CDF2A4858B617D8D5994B125A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the State Justice
Institute, as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of
1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,019,000, of which $500,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed $1,875
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idC8FF6510C749411284ED5420AB11D085"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commission on Wartime Relocation and
Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese
Descent</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id3213A04B75264675924861E89F23E9E8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
activities of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin
Americans of Japanese Descent, as authorized by section 541 of this Act,
$1,700,000 shall be available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">General provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85A1B6D93B9F4BB9B7882E8133E0F5AA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by
the Congress.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H830464E1B20440C1BD309F1730E55372" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9974F8284944568835257345127A7A8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a
matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued
pursuant to existing law.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB6AAFF434884B458175204CC0877445" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any provision of this Act or the
application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held
invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to
persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall
not be affected thereby.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0F3EE98200D46D28F5D0651C84C82BB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD6A64DA81EE543DC8BE772A86D71D335"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided under this Act,
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2012, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through the reprogramming of funds
that—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD93F686025644A5CB3329B964F1E2D1D" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates or initiates a new program, project
or activity, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1AF0F97964C41C5929E7813AFC7A77B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminates a program, project or activity,
unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days
in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4782D996F99E499DAD5841133D26CF64" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases funds or personnel by any means
for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by
this Act, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF99322EAC774C7C8B98E88CA738D700" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relocates an office or employees, unless
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3D84780E8724F0FBA39886842AEDBF3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reorganizes or renames offices, programs or
activities, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6EF99D9CC5243DBAEF05285DEEDE713" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees, unless the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such
reprogramming of funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA78DAFC887B94B5EB18BB70E25E4F376" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proposes to use funds directed for a
specific activity by either the House or Senate Committee on Appropriations for
a different purpose, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB729FBACF4754F9596F58D1AB7CF6288" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">augments funds for existing programs,
projects or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less,
or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project or activity, or
numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress, unless the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such
reprogramming of funds; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4189C64482724136BEED61B79EC0B6AD" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">results from any general savings, including
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in
existing programs, projects or activities as approved by Congress, unless the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance
of such reprogramming of funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H291532D2A17E47DA91251C70074D7D9E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in provided under this
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year
2012, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through the reprogramming of
funds after August 1, except in extraordinary circumstances, and only after the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 30 days in advance
of such reprogramming of funds.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B9C4806D594413BA9BC7CC28B18F73D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, none of the funds made available
in this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any
guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission covering harassment
based on religion, when it is made known to the Federal entity or official to
which such funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ in any
respect from the proposed guidelines published by the Commission on October 1,
1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 51266).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9811E3E7CCB4ADB9103800DFB88BF5D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>507.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If it has been finally determined by a
court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
<quote>Made in America</quote> inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not
made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any
contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to
the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8927D6AD72B3473D897049EDE5DAE0A9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>508.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Departments of Commerce and Justice,
the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any
unobligated funds that were received by such agency during any previous fiscal
year.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C766006D88242BD87F7405F00BF91D4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>509.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any costs incurred by a department or
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions
taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed
within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the authority to
transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out
this section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this
Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That use of funds
to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A138A07A80D491EBC89392AF5FDF4EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>510.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided by this Act
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco
products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of
restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for
restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products
of the same type.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H191CEED9A49F477D9E6B6DC721C4FAF5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>511.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated pursuant to
this Act or any other provision of law may be used for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBBC843E52964376AAA6F7660B43A515"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the implementation of any tax or fee in
connection with the implementation of subsection 922(t) of title 18, United
States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6B5675D44D34B4B8953FA6489C6F6A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any system to implement subsection 922(t)
of title 18, United States Code, that does not require and result in the
destruction of any identifying information submitted by or on behalf of any
person who has been determined not to be prohibited from possessing or
receiving a firearm no more than 24 hours after the system advises a Federal
firearms licensee that possession or receipt of a firearm by the prospective
transferee would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18,
United States Code, or State law.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H810C3A592DA04D829E749C241C4E983F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>512.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
amounts deposited or available in the Fund established under 42 U.S.C. 10601 in
any fiscal year in excess of $705,000,000 shall not be available for obligation
until the following fiscal year.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1B27A50E13843F18AB4EE75DBB94BFF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>513.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to the
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or
denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in
programs for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the
parents or legal guardians of such students.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H602B4496374645F792E74036309A6FD7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>514.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB420E6DE9D0C4943B6BC054AF7478CAB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>515.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any funds provided in this Act used to
implement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth
in section 505 of this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H793F50B534224291B36B2D46357BF05F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>516.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H39971F38CCFC436E8CAF62D5462B8238"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released without adequate
disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB67B065EC0FB440D8BFCB8F5A77F0FF4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives shall include in all such data releases, language similar to the
following that would make clear that trace data cannot be used to draw broad
conclusions about firearms-related crime:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70929317F1AF48379401FADD4CC93ACF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Firearm traces are designed to assist law
enforcement authorities in conducting investigations by tracking the sale and
possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies may request firearms
traces for any reason, and those reasons are not necessarily reported to the
Federal Government. Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all
firearms traced are used in crime.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74A1E1D9328646258F26814B354DABE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Firearms selected for tracing are not
chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes, or models of firearms
are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random
sample and should not be considered representative of the larger universe of
all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that universe. Firearms are
normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms
traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in
general are acquired for use in crime.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60082B2DF2B14D5C93B3178E2B8C7D33" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>517.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE6F37F361B5A4213ACE7AFD9872BEE65"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspectors General of the Department of
Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services
Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act (5
U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are appropriated by this
Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which
may include preliminary findings and a description of areas of particular
interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and every 180 days
thereafter until any such audit is completed.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB90767861B3F4C6C82DD912850159A74" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 60 days after the date on which an
audit described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the
Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, as
appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to the public on the
Internet website maintained by the Department, Administration, Foundation, or
Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made available in redacted form
to exclude—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F9E44D5B16F411F8601F7A79118C6B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any matter described in section 552(b) of
title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE31B384E02A94B309E12F524FA6C304A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sensitive personal information for any
individual, the public access to which could be used to commit identity theft
or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC3A314643494854AA2858B3E3CB96A7" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant or contract funded by amounts
appropriated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs
of a banquet or conference that is not directly and programmatically related to
the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a banquet or
conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or
other routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or
contract.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EABF20A670547AEB302B9D6758AD42C" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person awarded a grant or contract
funded by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the
Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, or
President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from the grant or
contract will be made available through a subcontract or in any other manner to
another person who has a financial interest in the person awarded the grant or
contract.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31515878AFB14CF88239CF3B5FD1F6A8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of the preceding subsections
of this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of
the Office of Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and
requirements, substantially similar to the requirements in such subsections,
consistently apply under the executive branch ethics program to all Federal
departments, agencies, and entities.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4DE2F2E72224063B8C7A79119D89CB5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>518.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this Act may be used to issue patents on claims directed
to or encompassing a human organism.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H473F939D76D5423CBC3F86F24BC87CC7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>519.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of
torture by any official or contract employee of the United States
Government.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59C5BD11DE794AD1917AD08DC4C4FE5C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>520.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6857572A4BBD4263BEA3FE173A5A5CC6"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under
this Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated by a department, agency,
or instrumentality of the United States to pay administrative expenses or to
compensate an officer or employee of the United States in connection with
requiring an export license for the export to Canada of components, parts,
accessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1 of
title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Trafficking in Arms
Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total
value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided that the
conditions of subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting party for
such articles.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1101983CDFE34808BA878E64ED94DDB5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The foregoing exemption from obtaining an
export license—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3205756BAAE44266B72F7DEF024DC8AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not exempt an exporter from filing any
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or from
being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United States to possess, ship,
transport, or export the articles enumerated in subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5333547B43F4BCF86E69C8D53406169"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not permit the export without a
license of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED43C86F2A9F4A8698527CC6F01BBB7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fully automatic firearms and components and
parts for such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal Government, or a
Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4318165012E143ABBB436782A8FD8000"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I, other than for
end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of
Canada; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62D82DB9465B4F6CA4B93C962A0913B8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">articles for export from Canada to another
foreign destination.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3E89007230E41E39A5CE03FCB156F72" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with this section, the
District Directors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or
temporary export without a license of any unclassified articles specified in
subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States,
or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the
United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50C4757EAF8F4020B772AB0F71AAB21E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may require export licenses
under this section on a temporary basis if the President determines, upon
publication first in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has
implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for the articles specified
in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles has and
continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the escalation
of a conflict in another nation. The President shall terminate the requirements
of a license when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFDAE07BE08C4B66938A0EDC29B86548" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>521.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving
appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or expend in
any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any
officer or employee of the United States to deny any application submitted
pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section
478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States origin <quote>curios or
relics</quote> firearms, parts, or ammunition.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H194EBF6764AA43A598B63E7FF7546B13" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>522.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement
the text of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED10935EA96B4A36B5579A79E0B7C9E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United
States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA67A509689742BDB6FE7CACADEB8AF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United
States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9EEDACDC8F74D82BE5B415AD7E4CEFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United
States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFEBABC2F44541D195C4F11748C551B5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>523.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in
contravention of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to Financial
Privacy Act; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit
Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; and the laws
amended by these Acts.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H549C7701F08F4234B2E4C4610C3F9978" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>524.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If at any time during any quarter, the
program manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of
Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the
National Science Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause
to believe that the total program cost has increased by 10 percent, the program
manager shall immediately inform the Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The
Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and
shall include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made; a
statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and proposed to
be taken to control future cost growth of the project; changes made in the
performance or schedule milestones and the degree to which such changes have
contributed to the increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new
estimates of the total project or procurement costs; and a statement validating
that the project’s management structure is adequate to control total project or
procurement costs.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62751406DE864BC58A783FE39897684A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>525.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or
intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2012 until the enactment of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H976F7912C56B4C1482501FE3FFEF13EA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>526.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Departments, agencies, and commissions
funded under this Act, shall establish and maintain on the homepages of their
Internet websites—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6451217CA2D4992BEDBD9C2741649DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a direct link to the Internet websites of
their Offices of Inspectors General; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF061D19DB6FD40C8AE66E70F1F1F4057"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors
General website by which individuals may anonymously report cases of waste,
fraud, or abuse with respect to those Departments, agencies, and
commissions.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DA820FB13654DF481DDA581E5ABF9DA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>527.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount
greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the
prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding
the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the
contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax returns required during the
three years preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal
offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days
prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for
which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject
of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by
the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the
subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C19F7CE0CF04D18AED1EDFBC4DAACA1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>528.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this Act may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with
the principal negotiating objective of the United States with respect to trade
remedy laws to preserve the ability of the United States—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52D3733076714ECEBCC90C4C05229552"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enforce vigorously its trade laws,
including antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95A17DF7067D4A439654114CDE8D6B2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to avoid agreements that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD81041FBB583420AA5AB9BB16477CB25"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lessen the effectiveness of domestic and
international disciplines on unfair trade, especially dumping and subsidies;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA11B0A5513C44928A3525482FCF44084"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lessen the effectiveness of domestic and
international safeguard provisions, in order to ensure that United States
workers, agricultural producers, and firms can compete fully on fair terms and
enjoy the benefits of reciprocal trade concessions; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3F298FA0A0E478A94564EAAECF6FCBC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to address and remedy market distortions
that lead to dumping and subsidization, including overcapacity, cartelization,
and market-access barriers.</text>
</paragraph></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H71EC809C09004C2383AB35D422074CAD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(Rescissions)</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88FEB328F18D4334AC8EE8596157B3F7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>529.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFD1589BA39F1459FB4CBF578E1CD58B6"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the unobligated balances available to
the Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later
than September 30, 2012, from the following account in the specified
amount:</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE41EDEA4D6634593874A975A1A42281D" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, Information Infrastructure Grants</quote>,
$2,000,000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E3DD96847D04C689B12136E016D145D" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Foreign Fishing Observer Fund</quote>, $350,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC100066176140D9883A202FD32279CF" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available under section
3010 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note), $4,300,000 in
unobligated balances are hereby rescinded.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8628E75BA5F4D2EA49BF26FAB75F8DB" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the unobligated balances available to
the Department of Justice from prior appropriations, the following funds are
hereby rescinded, not later than September 30, 2012, from the following
accounts in the specified amounts—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDF4CBF3DD3746EEA9E4BDF0403D9329"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Working Capital Fund</quote>,
$40,000,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBAD82B50C924356B709FA4233331196"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture
Fund</quote>, $620,000,000; and an additional $25,000,000 shall be permanently
rescinded;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4F31487FCEA46BABFC986C397C561AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>United States Marshals Service,
Salaries and Expenses</quote>, $7,200,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CC5E2A5420D42DC8D923B7EB75A71F3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Drug Enforcement Administration,
Salaries and Expenses</quote>, $30,000,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A665C122BA9443CAF6403A1AFFFA340"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Federal Prison System, Buildings and
Facilities</quote>, $35,000,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5043EEA39F9B4D639EE214D240BEB5F5"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Office of Justice Programs</quote>,
$42,600,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC230A27FE8994097A63E81F312EEB0BA"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Community Oriented Policing
Services</quote>, $10,200,000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B6D186500B84B5D89187CF1A436548D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Office on Violence Against
Women</quote>, $5,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6702ECF81FD04DF0873337E939807BE7" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 30 days of enactment of this Act,
the Department of Justice shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the amount of
each rescission made pursuant to this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H490B2E0AF0C6449E9325DA2F9BE2C32B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rescissions contained in this section
shall not apply to funds provided in this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H966F47DF90114E3DB30A563F0F95BB98" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>530.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68D8F70AED494E109AF9CCD7A70AEEF6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>531.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50
employees from a Federal department or agency at any single conference
occurring outside the United States.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H349183304B9A4249817DC0DF54118A7A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>532.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or
assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its
territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee
who—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF02CE2A6BB1E4581A6DA140DE74E721D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a United States citizen or a member
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D75E7178A1E4713A9A9F08CA4493E57"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is or was held on or after June 24, 2009,
at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of
Defense.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95F5D7B736A84EAD96C309B9251E5EBA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>533.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H29EAB864DB8E405A9F11C84A5587D021"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, acquire, or
modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to
house any individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention
or imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control of the Department
of Defense.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB744C962FE0548C898445510A981F1DE" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not
apply to any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE8886CD3EE54F7DAD5CE2A74EB5D080" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual described in this subsection
is any individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB45E3F8A7BD4F219F1534B60BC2D5ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a citizen of the United States or a
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6253508BDA57479282A4A8E2D9242E9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77F8A21C5A0641CBA6ADBAA662E769B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the custody or under the effective
control of the Department of Defense; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70EE5EBBDF54408491E6D114F83F674C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise under detention at United States
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1440A392C04440FEB4D1E6F7A13D230D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>534.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available under this
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform
Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AF5E9FAF9964B96BDBB3193942F0F3B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>535.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent practicable, funds made
available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are
<quote>Energy Star</quote> qualified or have the <quote>Federal Energy
Management Program</quote> designation.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A35BEE7253C4DE9B8A0C75C0891D54B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>536.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States Government receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track
undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and include in its annual
performance plan and performance and accountability reports the
following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2947CBEDEB614037A83FAC26946A975C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Details on future action the department,
agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in expired
grant accounts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9662377BA7A34DEAAAE99CE4FB71B04E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The method that the department, agency, or
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired grant
accounts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H823A02BA3A794752B3AF9A52D53D438C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of undisbursed balances in
expired grant accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC3760395571426C951CC565B15D64CD"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on
the total number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances (on the
first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality
and the total finances that have not been obligated to a specific project
remaining in the accounts.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA08B8DA930445DFA4BE8B33B5DD28D1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>537.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to relocate the Bureau of the Census or employees from the
Department of Commerce to the jurisdiction of the Executive Office of the
President.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F18B7B3D0E444B6806915F1CEA6B398" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>538.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD47B70A1D46746F4A9DAE3AFCE267522"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of any department, agency, board
or commission funded by this Act shall submit quarterly reports to the
Inspector General, or the senior ethics official for any entity without an
inspector general, of the appropriate department, agency, board or commission
regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to each conference held
by the department, agency, board or commission during fiscal year 2012 for
which the cost to the Government was more than $20,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4939CA37C24F4B3DAB8C0056A0CE5393" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted under subsection (a)
shall include, for each conference described in that subsection held during the
applicable quarter—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAE2DE2960364C0EB07216EA20D78F07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the subject of and number
of participants attending that conference;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5635234B09034079AE15C011E68EEC75"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed statement of the costs to the
Government relating to that conference, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA38BDDFB6D6F4434854C126C29E775CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of any food or beverages;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DAD18E0BDBF44A88C8A7EB21E37E579"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of any audio-visual services;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id148D748FFBC64342AA063E96E354AE0D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a discussion of the methodology used to
determine which costs relate to that conference; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D7D1037EC1E48D8BDD2FB73FFEF5189"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the contracting procedures
relating to that conference, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64331FDB89064800A6641B311C28A443"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether contracts were awarded on a
competitive basis for that conference; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B85B2D872774A578D727F0DFB15878C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a discussion of any cost comparison
conducted by the department, agency, board or commission in evaluating
potential contractors for that conference.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B35B69B2F9B4803BF21594C3DF679B3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>539.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3E2C23D69F26415CB333AD40E06B7429"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C8978C44B1844159B5F3B34F79E538C" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the
use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution,
or adjudication activities.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BDA3A66196341EAA14D04BE8015419C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>540.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Departments of Commerce and Justice,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science
Foundation are directed to submit spending plans, signed by the respective
department or agency head, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
within 30 days of enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="idF38B0AF471E74D84B2246D4B07715B0A"><enum>541.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount appropriated or otherwise made
available by title IV under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment
of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent</header-in-text></quote> is hereby
reduced by $1,700,000.</text>
</section><section id="idDD085F04178440D9AC09376E03367DF4"><enum>542.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of sections 517(c), 531, and
538 shall apply to all agencies and departments funded by divisions A, B, and
C.</text>
</section><section id="id75DB23C8CCCB467EA554582FFF923668"><enum>543.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7350B728B3434792A6EB10BD7EA1B3EC"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The matter under the heading
<quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-small" style="OLC">salaries and
expenses</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-intermediate" style="OLC">Office of the United States
Trade Representative</header-in-text></quote> in title IV of this division is
amended by striking <quote>$46,775,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$51,251,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" id="id9BD574A3793D4351B77DFA04F4E5C802" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the unobligated balance of amounts made
available to the Department of Justice for a fiscal year before fiscal year
2012 for the <quote>Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund</quote> account,
there are permanently rescinded $8,000,000, in addition to the amount rescinded
pursuant to section 529(c)(2).</text>
</subsection></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB861339967EA41A4A13AC5B9D72D7BE0"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small>CTransportation, Housing
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes,
namely:
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Department of transportation</header>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="ID024E9F344E8849109F02F696AE8AEAC0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the
secretary</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="ID34C581B1799F4D0A8E9AF1B2AD1969D2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Secretary, $102,202,000, of which not to exceed $2,618,000 shall be available
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $981,000 shall be
available for the Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed
$19,515,000 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to
exceed $11,004,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of
Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $10,538,000 shall be available for the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed
$2,544,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $25,469,000 shall be available for the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,046,000
shall be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,649,000
shall be available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed
$1,492,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization; not to exceed $10,578,000 for the Office of Intelligence,
Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed $13,768,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary of
Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of
the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no appropriation
for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all
such transfers:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That notice of any
change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$60,000 shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71,
there may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received
in user fees:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds provided in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant
Secretary for Public Affairs.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H40406EDDF5534675ABE9C14212BED429"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Infrastructure
Investments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For capital
investments in surface transportation infrastructure, $550,000,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary of
Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this heading as
discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local government, transit
agency, or a collaboration among such entities on a competitive basis for
projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan
area, or a region:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That projects
eligible for funding provided under this heading shall include, but not be
limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States
Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49,
United States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and
port infrastructure investments:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
may use up to 35 percent of the funds made available under this heading for the
purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for
Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if
the Secretary finds that such use of the funds would advance the purposes of
this paragraph:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That in distributing
funds provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as
to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance
in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment in a
variety of transportation modes:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That a grant funded
under this heading shall be not less than $10,000,000 and not greater than
$200,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not more than 25
percent of the funds made available under this heading may be awarded to
projects in a single State:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Federal
share of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading shall
be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall give priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds in
order to complete an overall financing package:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not less than
$120,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for projects
located in rural areas:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That for projects
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the
Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That projects
conducted using funds provided under this heading must comply with the
requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall conduct a new competition to select the grants and credit assistance
awarded under this heading:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
may retain up to $25,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading, and may
transfer portions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal Highway
Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad
Administration and the Federal Maritime Administration, to fund the award and
oversight of grants and credit assistance made under this
heading.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC0269697C26C42DBB2C6C7628498F9A5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial management capital</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for upgrading and
enhancing the Department of Transportation's financial systems and
re-engineering business processes, $4,990,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2013.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1E34C4F067FA466EBA665E476B80CD92"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cyber Security Initiatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for cyber security
initiatives, including improvement of network perimeter controls and identity
management, testing and assessment of information technology against business,
security, and other requirements, implementation of Federal cyber security
initiatives and information infrastructure enhancements, implementation of
enhanced security controls on network devices, and enhancement of cyber
security workforce training tools, $10,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2013.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H84310314636A4F87BF993F8D662A6F98"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of civil rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Civil Rights, $9,648,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H030B35D082584A8FA2133263C6D2836C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transportation planning, research, and
development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, systems development,
development activities, and making grants, to remain available until expended,
$9,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H65C29B5F77724E03A86E9F2CDBBBD250"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Working capital fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for operating costs
and capital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $147,596,000
shall be paid from appropriations made available to the Department of
Transportation:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such services shall be
provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of
Transportation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the above
limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no funds
appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to
the Working Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal
administrator:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no assessments
may be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are
presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved
by such Committees.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBB7FDEF3124B4A34A0B0FE8CD81BA8BF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minority business resource center
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of
guaranteed loans, $351,000, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
to carry out the guaranteed loan program,
$570,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF662A15FC66B4A59ADED0FFC23F3073C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minority business outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of Minority Business
Resource Center outreach activities, $3,068,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding 49
U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related to any
mode of transportation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDCD2B65252FD45BB8D32A02856EA19DE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to air
carriers</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H353D59A39A484E50A2427E7DDB3ECA27"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(airport and airway trust
fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF90DE0FB49A84654B2E2DB90C0611E09"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to funds made available from any
other source to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C.
41731 through 41742, $143,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That in determining between
or among carriers competing to provide service to a community, the Secretary
may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the
carriers:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That no funds
made available under section 41742 of title 49, United States Code, and no
funds made available in this Act or any other Act in any fiscal year, shall be
available to carry out the essential air service program under sections 41731
through 41742 of such title 49 in communities in the 48 contiguous States
unless the community received subsidized essential air service or received a
90-day notice of intent to terminate service and the Secretary required the air
carrier to continue to provide service to the community at any time between
September 30, 2010, and September 30, 2011, inclusive:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That basic essential air service minimum
requirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement under
subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That if the funds
under this heading are insufficient to meet the costs of the essential air
service program in the current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the essential air service program from
any available amounts appropriated to or directly administered by the Office of
the Secretary for such fiscal year.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5DB61ABD8F264C45A9DA2C2046504135"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions—office of the
secretary of transportation</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB8E52CE968D4ED899539BB78733D951" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the
Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements
pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act,
except for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act, unless
such assessments or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process
for Congressional notification.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE6B4EE9DB034F288982D89AEDF4D5CF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available under this
Act may be obligated or expended to establish or implement a program under
which essential air service communities are required to assume subsidy costs
commonly referred to as the EAS local participation program.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE200B9388344525811148EB3BBBAEFB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary or his designee may engage in
activities with States and State legislators to consider proposals related to
the reduction of motorcycle fatalities.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6CA610CE31BF4CD88C5C153C2C1E48CC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(rescission)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id638131B8B2394CC5B52F8847A06E4E5B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available by section
185 of Public Law 109–115, all unobligated balances as of the date of enactment
of this Act are hereby rescinded.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89214E9572A54778939203CB5CAC1743" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31,
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by section 327 of title
49, United States Code, the Department's Working Capital Fund is hereby
authorized to provide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program under
Executive Order 13150 and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Department shall
include adequate safeguards in the contract with the vendors to ensure timely
and high-quality performance under the contract.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F035AC346C04B6AA4953008AC346C2C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall post on the Web site of
the Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the Credit
Council, including the agenda for each meeting, and require the Credit Council
to record the minutes of each meeting.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HDCB645474FE44383B4F539D851C2D72E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal aviation
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H3A6A14842655494AAA4F9111815FA36D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9B928B2D1CDE44D0B0D1AB2E6C8E8518"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(airport and airway trust
fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC1115DB741F843BFA352A0EFE6186B0D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Federal
Aviation Administration, not otherwise provided for, including operations and
research activities related to commercial space transportation, administrative
expenses for research and development, establishment of air navigation
facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, lease
or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, in addition to
amounts made available by Public Law 108–176, $9,635,710,000, of which
$5,000,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of
which not to exceed $7,560,815,000 shall be available for air traffic
organization activities; not to exceed $1,253,381,000 shall be available for
aviation safety activities; not to exceed $15,005,000 shall be available for
commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed $112,459,000 shall be
available for financial services activities; not to exceed $98,858,000 shall be
available for human resources program activities; not to exceed $337,944,000
shall be available for region and center operations and regional coordination
activities; not to exceed $207,065,000 shall be available for staff offices;
and not to exceed $50,183,000 shall be available for information services:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed 2 percent
of any budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be
transferred to any budget activity under this heading:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no transfer may
increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any transfer in
excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section
405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not later than May 31, 2012, the
Administrator shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
a comprehensive report that describes all of the findings and conclusions
reached during the Federal Aviation Administration’s efforts to develop an
objective, data-driven method for placing air traffic controllers after the
successful completion of their training at the Federal Aviation Administration
Academy, lists all available options for establishing such method, and
discusses the benefits and challenges of each option:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not later than
March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the
report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public
Law 108–176:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the amount
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 31
that such report has not been submitted to the Congress:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not later than
March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to
Congress a companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for
staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certification
staff in a format similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan,
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year,
and a benchmark for assessing the amount of time aviation inspectors spend
directly observing industry field operations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the amount
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after
March 31 that such report has not been submitted to Congress:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds may be
used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for the second career
training program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to
finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user
fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this
Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That there may be
credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision of
agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and operation of air
navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of
certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or
for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not less than $9,500,000 shall be for the
contract tower cost-sharing program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for
activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital
Fund.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFF60AEE7AA70413EA09BB77F45C439CE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilities and
equipment</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H588C1FF170D043389020AD215C9C24A5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(airport and airway trust
fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses,
not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, technical support
services, improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace
systems and experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part A
of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition
of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing,
including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by
lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and related
accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation
Administration stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are not
available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds
available under this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and
certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$2,630,731,000, of which $474,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2012, and of which $2,156,731,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2014:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That there may be credited to
this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the
establishment, improvement, and modernization of
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>national airspace
systems<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That upon initial
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2013 President's budget, the
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive
capital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2013 through 2017, with
total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for
those years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H79D7340C66614B53A810D31B2D1BEC2B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research, engineering, and
development</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBE9D71786FC44DD4A499FA1ACF0E9D3A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(airport and airway trust
fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses,
not otherwise provided for, for research, engineering, and development, as
authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary
sites by lease or grant, $157,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2014:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That there may be credited to
this appropriation as offsetting collections, funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which
shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and
development.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB6C9EE8F201E4BA386550719434A14CB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants-in-aid for
airports</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA989B24246484723AE8096761951FF56"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(liquidation of contract
authorization)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF9D0D5C41C6A4CE2AB227B78CFF0BFC7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(limitation on
obligations)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H17B5E00C0B58415C86167FE9BA9F3D53"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(airport and airway trust
fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H70D668D6833B43AFA18C2DFB4FB25AB0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For liquidation of obligations incurred for
grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and
subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other
law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at airports of
such title; for grants authorized under section 41743 of title 49, United
States Code; and for inspection activities and administration of airport safety
programs, including those related to airport operating certificates under
section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $4,691,000,000 to be derived
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds under
this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $3,515,000,000 in fiscal year 2012,
notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds under this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport
improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than
$101,000,000 shall be obligated for administration, not less than $15,000,000
shall be available for the airport cooperative research program, not less than
$29,250,000 shall be for Airport Technology Research and $6,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be available and transferred to <quote>Office
of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses</quote> to carry out the Small
Community Air Service Development Program.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF4E7A5E12487494FA6C7A85BAB7CCB9C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions—federal aviation
administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98B32962DE404041A54C2C0B681091CD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally funded
research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during
fiscal year 2012.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32155F9A021B4FB79232D461E72AD451" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to
provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost building
construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport
sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air
navigation, or weather reporting:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the prohibition of
funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency and
airport sponsors to achieve agreement on <quote>below-market</quote> rates for
these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide
land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8260990A28F04328873A2CAD34B68D24" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>112<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C.
41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That during fiscal year
2012, 49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount remaining in such
account at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to satisfy
section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C427C0024DF4EE186BD20D8678EA4DC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>113<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at
the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes
of such appropriation.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4675392614FD43608F32106D7564A03E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds limited by this Act for
grants under the Airport Improvement Program shall be made available to the
sponsor of a commercial service airport if such sponsor fails to agree to a
request from the Secretary of Transportation for cost-free space in a
nonrevenue producing, public use area of the airport terminal or other airport
facilities for the purpose of carrying out a public service air passenger
rights and consumer outreach campaign.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58E2F434BE5C4B038B24901F0218482D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be
available for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United
States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such
employee actually performed work during the time corresponding to such premium
pay.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4EEA4AA83C04D7F8A6C75321B54CCDA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>116.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act may be
obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to
purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a
Government-issued credit card.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB71886B7BEEA4C1482350CE0C812FAA4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>117.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall apportion to the
sponsor of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air service from a
large certified air carrier (as defined in part 241 of title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations, or such other regulations as may be issued by the Secretary under
the authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the minimum apportionment
specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had
more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, based on
data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E0A1A0ABAE0419998DBB194C6E9F0F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>118.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act may be
obligated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal
Aviation Administration without the prior written approval of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of
Transportation.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96743D415F73492CB4AAB390A4ABD605" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>119.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>benefit.</quote>
and inserting <quote>benefit, with the maximum allowable local cost share
capped at 20 percent.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6055447B3F4B499ABDBBD55667631AC4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>119A.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
none of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may be used to
implement or to continue to implement any limitation on the ability of any
owner or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a blocking of that
owner's or operator’s aircraft registration number from any display of the
Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data
that is made available to the public, except data made available to a
Government agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner or
operator.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAC95CF0EBD14ECA9BAC8136D0B0C17D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>119B.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id45BFB7D0792F4023888BBB877C04DFDC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation for Federal
Employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any Federal
employees furloughed as a result of the lapse in expenditure authority from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on July 22, 2011, through August
5, 2011, may be compensated for the period of that lapse at their standard
rates of compensation, as determined under policies established by the
Secretary of Transportation.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0A57A8CF111421A9F111BCA7B36B46E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ratification of Essential
Actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Airport and Airway
Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on July 22, 2011, through August 5, 2011, are
hereby ratified and approved, if otherwise in accord with the provisions of the
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, part IV (Public Law 112–27).</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20AB5DD080BC4143AAAF27045F9DDC40" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Trust Fund Code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502(d)(1)) is amended by inserting
<quote>or the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2012</quote>
before the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A).</text>
</subsection></section><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H4CB3B32855BC4ECD9D06F54766D69A8B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal highway
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idF6799C81B2E744DE887650A3580A6F8F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal-aid
highways</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7C23FBF4180347CAA11C9A550EC7DDAD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2A027EB363144BD8897D73EA55339E0A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(Highway Trust
Fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE3978F380D7641CCA78CAB264F9EF5BD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed $415,533,000, together with
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration,
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made available by this
Act to the Federal Highway Administration for necessary expenses for
administration and operation. In addition, not to exceed $3,220,000 shall be
paid from appropriations made available by this Act and transferred to the
Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance with section 104 of title 23,
United States Code.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0D643CAEC9064536B3343CFCA46F4FFA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">limitation on
obligations</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA0317A405BDB4803A2D25810F47C498C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for
which are in excess of $41,107,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs for fiscal year 2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That within the
$41,107,000,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs, not more than $429,800,000 shall be available for
the implementation or execution of programs for transportation research
(chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; sections 111, 5505, and 5506 of
title 49, United States Code; and title 5 of Public Law 109–59) for fiscal year
2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That this limitation
on transportation research programs shall not apply to any authority previously
made available for obligation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
may, as authorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code, collect
and spend fees to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including
counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion
of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit instruments:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such fees are
available until expended to pay for such costs:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such amounts are
in addition to administrative expenses that are also available for such
purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on
administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States
Code.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H476300E42D3D4E5EAF1FD185E3800B19"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Liquidation of contract
authorization</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id47100BE31C0E4108AF9593FE37045AD2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(Highway Trust
Fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0B8DF8F8623D463FA9D88AC4712A2B43"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For carrying out the provisions of title 23,
United States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, not
otherwise provided, including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $41,846,000,000 or so much thereof as may be
available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account), to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA916F99FFEBB46D39E731BC5CBC82B21"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency Relief</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for the Emergency
Relief Program as authorized under section 125 of title 23, United States Code,
$1,900,000,000, to remain available until expended, for expenses resulting from
a major disaster designated pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That notwithstanding section
125(d)(1) of title 23, United States Code, for an event resulting from a
disaster eligible under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, in a State
occurring in fiscal years 2011 or 2012, the Secretary of Transportation may
obligate under the Emergency Relief Program more than $100,000,000 for eligible
expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That notwithstanding
section 120 of title 23, United States Code, for expenses resulting from a
disaster eligible under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, occurring
in fiscal years 2011 or 2012, the Secretary shall extend the time period in
120(e) in consideration of any delay in the State’s ability to access damaged
facilities to evaluate damage and estimate the cost of repair:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That notwithstanding
sections 120(a) and 120(b) of title 23, United States Code, the Federal share
for permanent repairs resulting from a disaster eligible under section 125 of
title 23, United States Code, occurring in fiscal years 2011 or 2012 may be up
to 100 percent at the Secretary’s discretion if the eligible expenses incurred
by a State due to such a disaster exceeds twice the State’s annual
apportionment under the Federal-aid Highway program for the year in which the
disaster occurred:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the amount
provided under this heading is designated by Congress as being for disaster
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as
amended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7A84CECF8C1D47D98DFBFD1B7B1C4AA1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rescission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of unobligated balances of funds made
available for obligation from the general fund of the Treasury for programs
administered by the Federal Highway Administration in Public Laws 91–605,
93–87, 93–643, 94–280, 96–131, 97–424, 98–8, 98–473, 99–190, 100–17, 100–202,
100–457, 101–164, 101–516, 102–143, 102–240, 103–122, 103–331, 106–346, 107–87,
108–7 and 108–199, excluding any unobligated balance of funds provided for the
Appalachian Development Highway System, $73,000,000 are permanently
rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9EC66728F24345878BCC46B8E7010984"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions—federal highway
administration</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE743482F19B42B9B1A41ABBE245918B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>120.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2C116533AEE549199DF038D8563729E5"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2012, the Secretary of
Transportation shall—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58ACDE0C6C424A17829E38AE7240FCE5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not distribute from the obligation
limitation for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for administrative
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code;
programs funded from the administrative takedown authorized by section
104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on the date before the
date of enactment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users); the highway use tax evasion program; and the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5C7774489584598B09DF66D1FB59C69" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not distribute an amount from the
obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated
balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety programs for
previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the
Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H251CEE337EDE4F00BA8543B11BCCADDE" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the ratio that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0000A5EA563641508949F013B06888E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1)
and (2), bears to</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2767B6B8ED04D6681A7D382D072E2F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs
(other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law described
in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be
appropriated for section 105 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the
amount referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal year), less the
aggregate of the amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
subsection;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E7FD71F0DFC4134B50FF5FB0C86136F" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD7DDD792754E49C4BED09CAAFE318B63"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">distribute the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2), for sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users;
sections 117 and section 144(g) of title 23, United States Code; and section
14501 of title 40, United States Code, so that the amount of obligation
authority available for each of such sections is equal to the amount determined
by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized
to be appropriated for that section for the fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C31FE8EB7F9440D9DC755F14461F37F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105
of title 23, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67605ACA5FBB46F5B109EE3EB4DD3A54" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">distribute the obligation limitation
provided for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed
under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for
each of the programs that are allocated by the Secretary under the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
and title 23, United States Code (other than to programs to which paragraphs
(1) and (4) apply), by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by
the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such program for such fiscal
year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB62A8B657304F9E8C07081373DFB10F" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">distribute the obligation limitation
provided for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed
under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and
(5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs (other
than the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program, but only to the
extent that the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program for the fiscal
year are greater than $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development highway
system program) that are apportioned by the Secretary under the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
and title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22264C1A4CEE461D9F7EDEFDFCF27481"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts authorized to be appropriated for
such programs that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal year, bear
to</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B111F83ECCF41469FCC970138F49885"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated for such programs that are apportioned to all States for such
fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FF99E4948D946B691D4622D8C67C349" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions From Obligation
Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The obligation
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3B70BF89BD54367A177452D12399744"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under section 125 of title 23, United
States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0289E989F4DB4E29BBE5417EB9A83404"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under section 147 of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1978;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id180040AD8B174BA9ABCF76903FA63977"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway
Act of 1981;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79A363665D534CAFA2950B7B38C00F9D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under subsections (b) and (j) of section
131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91F488ADA17F4CF587048CD25513BCF0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under subsections (b) and (c) of section
149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of
1987;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C1866435BA14B809BF7A3625992073E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under sections 1103 through 1108 of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BB87F42148E4FC5B2CDE844F6207F54"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under section 157 of title 23, United
States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA97C23A522B8442A9DB56421C4CB5CDA"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under section 105 of title 23, United
States Code, as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an
amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0A734B9FF18475883394A2FE4BE827B"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for Federal-aid highway programs for which
obligation authority was made available under the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century or subsequent public laws for multiple years or to remain
available until used, but only to the extent that the obligation authority has
not lapsed or been used;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05F1A93FF1434B0E89BB927554BC5092"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under section 105 of title 23, United
States Code, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2005 through 2010; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA243015397574ECBB61E5025347FB893"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under section 1603 of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users,
to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that section were not
subject to a limitation on obligations at the time at which the funds were
initially made available for obligation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1759793BE6DD4614BA426575EF05863F" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redistribution of Unused Obligation
Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year, revise
a distribution of the obligation limitation made available under subsection (a)
if the amount distributed cannot be obligated during that fiscal year, and
redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in
addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving
priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned
under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H754FEF63FF96430C98718F51335877A4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of Obligation Limitations to
Transportation Research Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The obligation limitation shall apply to
transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 of title 23,
United States Code, and title V (research title) of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, except that
obligation authority made available for such programs under such limitation
shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be in addition
to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway
and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B7F63952AF24D0CAC15E93B88711BBF" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redistribution of Certain Authorized
Funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H740EB254650F4E8097AC959E2D4477E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of
the distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall distribute to the States any funds that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E75700D51534E10AE0D6885CCCAFE99"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are authorized to be appropriated for such
fiscal year for Federal-aid highways programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB0E749226A64EBFA5942BC1A33220C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines will not be
allocated to the States, and will not be available for obligation, in such
fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA92EB0CFBC64A4BA950C0C3CFDFD090"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ratio</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds shall be distributed under paragraph
(1) in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under
subsection (a)(6).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC074CC40D9FB4BFA9DCC24588CA666A4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds distributed under paragraph (1) shall
be available for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, United
States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A238E3B76E446DEB82B352A5FBF7FF5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Limitation
Characteristics</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Obligation
limitation distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for the
provision specified in subsection (a)(4) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84227B4D614644C78C128D2F9BE600E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remain available until used for obligation
of funds for that provision; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3052A66ED0EF48A98ACF7FC6E333E190"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be in addition to the amount of any
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs for future fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC46FC54CF5CD4BA6B045DA548AA70A4E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Statutory
Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section shall be construed to limit the distribution of obligation authority
under subsection (a)(4)(A) for each of the individual projects numbered greater
than 3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F91F24CF445433E9A953D33693A00D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds
received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data
products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be
credited to the Federal-aid Highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the
Bureau for such expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such funds shall be
subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways and highway
safety construction programs.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08D55E04097C4A32A1FDFF5630A97388" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>122.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 15 days prior to waiving,
under his statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid
highway projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make an informal public
notice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and the
reasons therefor:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary shall
provide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
on any waivers granted under the Buy America requirements.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C91707C49294894907CEFF3C10671FA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>123.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6318AE141D9748929E3D0B8896EB1600"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), none
of the funds made available, limited, or otherwise affected by this Act shall
be used to approve or otherwise authorize the imposition of any toll on any
segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in the State of Texas
that—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC9A4920FF49402E90C6DDA8C54A7226" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as of the date of enactment of this Act, is
not tolled;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF40DFD22A1114E15AF79F1559706C78E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is constructed with Federal assistance
provided under title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75F713B11F9244C1AE02F0C43FA979DF" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in actual operation as of the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A000E15270641FBBBF660414DC7B443" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62DE0D6EC0E74A2C9DE51A579FC5342B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of toll lanes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall not apply to any
segment of highway on the Federal-aid system described in that subsection that,
as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the segment, will have the same
number of nontoll lanes as were in existence prior to that date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95CCB9910D3645E1812119446D8720EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-occupancy vehicle lanes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A high-occupancy vehicle lane that is
converted to a toll lane shall not be subject to this section, and shall not be
considered to be a nontoll lane for purposes of determining whether a highway
will have fewer nontoll lanes than prior to the date of imposition of the toll,
if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id394524D0214A497DAB5446817F77B488"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the
number of passengers specified by the entity operating the toll lane may use
the toll lane without paying a toll, unless otherwise specified by the
appropriate county, town, municipal or other local government entity, or public
toll road or transit authority; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FB9428177D740EF8BBCE7B1806534F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was
converted to a toll lane was constructed as a temporary lane to be replaced by
a toll lane under a plan approved by the appropriate county, town, municipal or
other local government entity, or public toll road or transit authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0B85D5C7C9A4F7C9506167251993B53" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>124.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available in fiscal year
2012 for the Surface Transportation Research, Development, and Deployment
Program, the Secretary of Transportation shall transfer $5,000,000 to the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics to carry out section 111 of title 49,
United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That an equivalent amount
of fiscal year 2012 obligation limitation associated with the funds to be
transferred shall also be transferred.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3639CAEFA0346D5A1EFBAA8FC4B0060" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>125.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 127(a)(11) of title 23, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30A4572337B94EEC9EB37F7293101DA0" reported-display-style="italic" style="appropriations">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79ED1165208B467BAA61B229497425F6"><enum>(11)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id327396A4089A4062BCB116FF01A4DB8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to all portions of the
Interstate Highway System in the State of Maine, laws (including regulations)
of that State concerning vehicle weight limitations applicable to other State
highways shall be applicable in lieu of the requirements under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34499920DB964E8DB944ED1CAAF799F3" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to all portions of the
Interstate Highway System in the State of Vermont, laws (including regulations)
of that State concerning vehicle weight limitations applicable to other State
highways shall be applicable in lieu of the requirements under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC28B0D0BD8314FEDBF741FE354F66B8F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>126.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 112 of the Surface and Air
Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011 is amended by striking
<quote>$196,427,625</quote> and inserting <quote>an amount equal to one-half
the sum authorized for such purpose for fiscal year 2011 by section 412(a)(2)
of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CFC689F8AF64AB3A9A79312AE818E14" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>127.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any road, highway, or bridge that is in
operation for less than 30 years or under construction, damaged by an emergency
declared by the Governor of the State and concurred in by the Secretary, or
declared by the President pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), may be reconstructed in the same
location with the same capacity, dimensions, and design as before the emergency
and shall be exempt from any environmental reviews, approvals, licensing, and
permit requirements under—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54C07A3C315149A0912CD3D1F08163D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B8428B679D44DCE86E347C399E6D9A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sections 402 and 404 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342, 1344);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67876AA495A542CDB57EA5BC9898F0B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Historic Preservation Act (16
U.S.C. 470 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E7F746167AB4A7E92E8C153B84BA52C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C.
703 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45586C0A713A4AF2B035BBFEAEE4EFF6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C.
1271 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC224D443ED9E4A17BB258B65AE417330"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16
U.S.C. 661 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B7803429A09467FA3DB8EA837AB13C1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), except when the reconstruction occurs in designated
critical habitat for threatened and endangered species;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC07B5D698F0B4EEF91DA9ABD6E7B2277"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order 11990 (42 U.S.C. 4321 note;
relating to the protection of wetlands); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DE13C2F21CE43AFAEA064765C2CFBBB"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any Federal law (including regulations)
requiring no net loss of wetlands.</text>
</paragraph></section><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H4D671C4DF785425C8350887345430DB8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal motor carrier safety
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5B6B4777B68C4C8FBD474852BB52BF43"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motor carrier safety operations and
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD866F77059534FAE885FAED7181CB540"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(liquidation of contract
authorization)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H03E09937EBEB48F4A4D86EAFD316BC13"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(limitation on
obligations)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE590DA73E30447718FE7A9C03FFE3250"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(highway trust
fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H02D5AC8BA8A34FD8A2C62D1ED6E77C73"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of obligations incurred in the
implementation, execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations
and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, and
sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, $250,023,000, to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds
derived from the Highway Trust Fund in this Act shall be available for the
implementation, execution or administration of programs, the obligations for
which are in excess of $250,023,000, for <quote>Motor Carrier Safety Operations
and Programs</quote> of which $8,543,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2014, is for the research and technology program and
$1,000,000 shall be available for commercial motor vehicle operator's grants to
carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, none of the funds under this heading for outreach
and education shall be available for transfer:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall transmit to Congress a report on
March 30, 2012, and September 30, 2012, on the agency's ability to meet its
requirement to conduct compliance reviews on high-risk
carriers.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H26265F78F9F740098EEEF757C366E2EE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motor carrier safety
grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDDCD71A81839431BB26EDE6053AB00BD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(liquidation of contract
authorization)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H75DF5E7480AD4BE08C103595BD796BA2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(limitation on
obligations)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H21D33E3863F6498690E581DF463949AB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(highway trust
fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE371F8F023B445C8A910A55E77EE20A2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including rescission)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of obligations incurred in
carrying out sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of
title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 109–59,
$307,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account) and to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds in
this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs,
the obligations for which are in excess of $307,000,000, for <quote>Motor
Carrier Safety Grants</quote>; of which $212,000,000 shall be available for the
motor carrier safety assistance program to carry out sections 31102 and
31104(a) of title 49, United States Code; $30,000,000 shall be available for
the commercial driver's license improvements program to carry out section 31313
of title 49, United States Code; $32,000,000 shall be available for the border
enforcement grants program to carry out section 31107 of title 49, United
States Code; $5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and registration
information system management program to carry out sections 31106(b) and 31109
of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available for the
commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment program to carry
out section 4126 of Public Law 109–59; and $3,000,000 shall be available for
the safety data improvement program to carry out section 4128 of Public Law
109–59:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the funds
made available for the motor carrier safety assistance program, $32,000,000
shall be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers:<proviso><italic>
Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the prior year unobligated
balances for the commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment
program, $1,000,000 is permanently rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4BF85244AE3C4E8D8C4F5A2BC850795E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id662A0411ABF741F1A34F8DFB65E668BC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>130.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated or limited in this Act
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of
Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110–28, including that the
Secretary submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
annually on the safety and security of transportation into the United States by
Mexico-domiciled motor carriers.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id281BFD2A58E344998F2CD327A5F2C9C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
States receiving funds for core or expanded deployment activities under the
Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks program pursuant to
sections 4101(c)(4) and 4126 of Public Law 109–59 that did not meet award
eligibility requirements set forth in section 4126; received grant amounts in
excess of the maximum amounts specified in sections 4126(c)(2) or 4126(d)(3);
or were awarded grants either prior to or after the expiration of the period of
performance specified in a grant agreement, shall not be required to repay
grant amounts received in error under such sections and, in addition, shall be
reimbursed for core or expanded deployment expenditures such States made before
the date of the enactment of this Act in reliance on a grant awarded in error
under such sections.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76BD3E4D10064AEBB0D185692DB73642" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7BB13B477FC246F6BBCDA649BF48D8F1"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No recipient of funds made available in
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C.
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a
motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18
U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H770F5D75760845D2AD34931E9413756B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), the
Secretary shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a
State is in noncompliance with this provision.</text>
</subsection></section><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H679C14B5B70A4DF99945B038263A50CC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National highway traffic safety
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDF6F8EFEF8D24947AA26B8DA816557EA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations and research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary to discharge the
functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under
subtitle C of title X of Public Law 109–59 and chapter 301 and part C of
subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $140,146,000, of which $20,000,000
shall remain available through September 30,
2013.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7439503027EB4F14BE378362F947CED9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations and
research</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF817138415104515B64C1F481838605F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(liquidation of contract
authorization)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H83963A922280440EA1409256BCC769F8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(limitation on
obligations)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA1A320A7F6E7416EAD7E248EB2C0F314"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of obligations incurred in
carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49,
United States Code, $109,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds in
this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2012, are in excess of $109,500,000 for
programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and chapter 303 of title 49, United
States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That within the
$109,500,000 obligation limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2013 and shall be in addition to the
amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future
years.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFBEF55F4E4D24AA0B695C90B7764542C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Highway traffic safety
grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9D3C2839AF234434A840B44CF77F0BCF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(liquidation of contract
authorization)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9289F8805CF74023899201817142E648"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(limitation on
obligations)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H288D37435C994A68A27E5D9AE0C4470E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of obligations incurred in
carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and
sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109–59, to remain
available until expended, $550,328,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds in
this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2012, are in excess of $550,328,000 for
programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections
2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109–59, of which $235,000,000
shall be for <quote>Highway Safety Programs</quote> under 23 U.S.C. 402;
$25,000,000 shall be for <quote>Occupant Protection Incentive Grants</quote>
under 23 U.S.C. 405; $48,500,000 shall be for <quote>Safety Belt Performance
Grants</quote> under 23 U.S.C. 406, and such obligation limitation shall remain
available until September 30, 2013 in accordance with subsection (f) of such
section 406 and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on
obligations for such grants for future fiscal years, of which up to $10,000,000
may be made available by the Secretary as grants to States that enact and
enforce laws to prevent distracted driving; $34,500,000 shall be for
<quote>State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements</quote> under 23
U.S.C. 408; $139,000,000 shall be for <quote>Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Countermeasures Incentive Grant Program</quote> under 23 U.S.C. 410;
$25,328,000 shall be for <quote>Administrative Expenses</quote> under section
2001(a)(11) of Public Law 109–59; $29,000,000 shall be for <quote>High
Visibility Enforcement Program</quote> under section 2009 of Public Law 109–59;
$7,000,000 shall be for <quote>Motorcyclist Safety</quote> under section 2010
of Public Law 109–59; and $7,000,000 shall be for <quote>Child Safety and Child
Booster Seat Safety Incentive Grants</quote> under section 2011 of Public Law
109–59:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the funds
made available for grants to States that enact and enforce laws to prevent
distracted driving, up to $5,000,000 may be available for the development,
production, and use of broadcast and print media advertising for distracted
driving prevention:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of these
funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or
for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or
structures:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 <quote>Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants</quote> shall be available for technical
assistance to the States:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$750,000 of the funds made available for the <quote>High Visibility Enforcement
Program</quote> shall be available for the evaluation required under section
2009(f) of Public Law 109–59:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That of the amounts made available under this
heading for <quote>Safety Belt Performance Grants</quote>, $25,000,000 shall be
available until expended for the modernization of the National Automotive
Sampling System (NASS), and $5,000,000 shall be available for the development
of the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS), and $8,500,000 shall
be available for <quote>State Traffic Safety Information System
Improvements</quote> under 23 U.S.C. 408.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H69C00146E80045AABC57D42BFE2791C5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions—national highway
traffic safety administration</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1630EAFB535C4592BC6FDA9CC0317F6F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>140.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or limitation on the use of funds made available under section 403 of title 23,
United States Code, an additional $130,000 shall be made available to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount limited for
section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related
expenses for State management reviews and to pay for core competency
development training and related expenses for highway safety staff.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F95C17EF3034F1AA358E5B4084B59E9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitations on obligations for the
programs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this Act
shall not apply to obligations for which obligation authority was made
available in previous public laws for multiple years but only to the extent
that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID873E31024453420CAE404E8149B703A5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>142.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H1EAC9E90ECD44A6A94D86F6410EFF217"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal railroad
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8C5CEBFF73944EF4BCC206A618B46CBD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Safety and operations<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Federal
Railroad Administration, not otherwise provided for, $176,596,000, of which
$12,300,000 shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1282C12E42454256A9566DE15AB01A26"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Railroad research and
development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses for railroad research and development, $30,000,000, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H05C155D7E070455A93E572DC945303BC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Railroad rehabilitation and improvement
financing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the
Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as
amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to pay any
amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of
obligations under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist
as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That pursuant to section 502
of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments
shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal
year 2012.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFE6C552B773A47F8A911C1A64A77D081"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operating subsidy grants to the national
railroad passenger corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To enable the Secretary of Transportation to
make quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the
operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by section 101 of the
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law
110–432), $544,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the amounts available
under this paragraph shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding to
cover operating losses for the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a
grant request for each specific train route:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That each such grant
request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue
projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the Federal support
to the Secretary’s satisfaction:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not later than
60 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in
electronic format, to the Secretary, the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the annual budget
and business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 2012 required
under section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the budget,
business plan, and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall also include a separate
accounting of ridership, revenues, and capital and operating expenses for the
Northeast Corridor; commuter service; long-distance Amtrak service;
State-supported service; each intercity train route, including Autotrain; and
commercial activities including contract operations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the budget,
business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include a description of work
to be funded, along with cost estimates and an estimated timetable for
completion of the projects covered by these plans:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the budget,
business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include annual information on
the maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and expansion for all Amtrak
rolling stock consistent with the comprehensive fleet plan:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Corporation
shall provide semiannual reports in electronic format regarding the pending
business plan, which shall describe the work completed to date, any changes to
the business plan, and the reasons for such changes, and shall identify all
sole-source contract awards which shall be accompanied by a justification as to
why said contract was awarded on a sole-source basis:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the
Corporation’s budget, business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual reports,
and all subsequent supplemental plans shall be displayed on the Corporation’s
Web site within a reasonable timeframe following their submission to the
appropriate entities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds under this heading may be obligated or expended until the Corporation
agrees to continue abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 9, and 11
of the summary of conditions for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in
the same manner as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Corporation
shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget
request for fiscal year 2013 in similar format and substance to those submitted
by executive agencies of the Federal Government.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE0B6D9CEBB7C441F8F34F0CD87497A07"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capital and debt service grants to the
national railroad passenger corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To enable the Secretary of Transportation to
make grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for capital
investments as authorized by section 101(c) and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail
Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432),
$936,778,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
$271,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations as authorized by section 102
of such Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That after an initial
distribution of up to $200,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation as a
working capital account, all remaining funds shall be provided to the
Corporation only on a reimbursable basis:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
may retain up to one-fourth of 1 percent of the funds provided under this
heading to fund the costs of project management oversight of capital projects
funded by grants provided under this heading, as authorized by subsection
101(d) of division B of Public Law 110–432:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall approve funding for capital expenditures, including advance purchase
orders of materials, for the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a
grant request for each specific capital project justifying the Federal support
to the Secretary's satisfaction:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds under this heading may be used to subsidize operating losses of the
Corporation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds under this heading may be used for capital projects not approved by the
Secretary of Transportation or on the Corporation's fiscal year 2012 business
plan.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB309BF43B3F64356B1256CDA3ADE516A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail
Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service </header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To enable the Secretary of Transportation to
make grants for high-speed rail projects as authorized under section 26106 of
title 49, United States Code, capital investment grants to support intercity
passenger rail service as authorized under section 24406 of title 49, United
States Code, and congestion grants as authorized under section 24105 of title
49, United States Code, and to enter into cooperative agreements for these
purposes as authorized, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That the Administrator of the
Federal Railroad Administration may retain up to 2 percent of the funds
provided under this heading to fund the award and oversight by the
Administrator of grants and cooperative agreements for intercity and high-speed
rail:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds provided
under this paragraph are available to the Administrator for the purposes of
conducting research and demonstrating technologies supporting the development
of high-speed rail in the United States, including the demonstration of
next-generation rolling stock fleet technology and the implementation of the
Rail Cooperative Research Program authorized by section 24910 of title 49,
United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds provided
under this paragraph may be used for planning activities that lead directly to
the development of a passenger rail corridor investment plan consistent with
the requirements established by the Administrator or a State rail plan
consistent with chapter 227 of title 49, United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds made
available for planning activities under the previous proviso may be used to
facilitate the preparation of a service development plan and related
environmental impact statement for high-speed corridors located in multiple
States:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Federal
share payable of the costs for which a grant or cooperative agreements is made
under this heading shall not exceed 80 percent:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That in addition to
the provisions of title 49, United States Code, that apply to each of the
individual programs funded under this heading, subsections 24402(a)(2),
24402(f), 24402(i), and 24403(a) and (c) of title 49, United States Code, shall
also apply to the provision of funds provided under this heading:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That a project need
not be in a State rail plan developed under chapter 227 of title 49, United
States Code, to be eligible for assistance under this heading:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That recipients of
grants under this paragraph shall conduct all procurement transactions using
such grant funds in a manner that provides full and open competition, as
determined by the Secretary, in compliance with existing labor
agreements.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9593EFCDA8CE4FF99DC89DB75462748E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions—federal railroad
administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13133C1136DE4310ADD336AC74E8AE0C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>150.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to said
Corporation in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services
provided at or from any location outside the United States. For purposes of
this section, the word <quote>services</quote> shall mean any service that was,
as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak employee whose
base of employment is located within the United States.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F7ADD3977DD424098B68A662118D460" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>151.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation may receive
and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, from
non-United States Government sources to repair damages to or replace United
States Government owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as a
result of third-party liability for such damages, and any amounts collected
under this section shall be credited directly to the Railroad Safety and
Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain
available until expended for the repair, operation and maintenance of automated
track inspection cars and equipment in connection with the automated track
inspection program.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3A879B3F0FB743D88E879C3E56521CAC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>152.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow
the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to redeem
or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount
determined by the Secretary.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HFB2A54DCE15F4C90BDE76B45B27909C9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal transit
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H854F46018C3D4DFC9C425B4AD2A7B5EE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1D83B9D845DE4ABD9B313C7E322F45C3"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary administrative expenses of the
Federal Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49,
United States Code, $98,713,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That none of the funds
provided or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of
transit security under this heading:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That upon submission
to the Congress of the fiscal year 2013 President's budget, the Secretary of
Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on New Starts,
including proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year
2013.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5FCD1D8B843441A39BC245AA083158D5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Formula and Bus
Grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0F5DDB560C1548B8A6CC1B62DED7BC1C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(liquidation of contract
authority)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC2E95A9420954A9B8A72FFBC0FC4269A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(limitation on
obligations)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HAB9787A18A53445EBD901B6EC0B17E80"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(highway trust
fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H12412F75C03545A39A1501E0B42AEE4B"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of obligations incurred in
carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311,
5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178,
as amended, $9,400,000,000 to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds available for the
implementation or execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307,
5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038
of Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall not exceed total obligations of
$8,360,565,000 in fiscal year <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>2012.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HCB276BDB0D154043B2A7FFD60BF40E65"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and university research
centers<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out 49
U.S.C. <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>5306,
5312–5315, 5322<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>,
and 5506, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That $9,000,000 is available
to carry out the transit cooperative research program under section 5313 of
title 49, United States Code, $4,100,000 is available for the National Transit
Institute under section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, and $6,500,000 is
available for university transportation centers program under section 5506 of
title 49, United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That $25,400,000 is
available to carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 5313,
5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H347DCD9193FC4094BBE5EF6BC9FDBB9F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capital investment
grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC61E047D1DEB4622828D40212CFB1F49"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including rescission and transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4BF6EE21EEE54CCDA1A7A435F905D69E"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out section
5309 of title 49, United States Code, $1,955,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $38,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 5309(e)
of such title:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That not less than
$510,000,000 shall be available for preliminary engineering, final design, and
construction of projects expected to receive a Full Funding Grant Agreements
during calendar year 2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the funds
awarded for preliminary engineering and final design under such a grant shall
be made available to cover those costs immediately upon grant award:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading in Public Law 111–8, $27,000,000 are hereby
rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H51C7F43607054B958253E835EE8C790B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse
Gas Reductions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants to
public transit agencies for capital investments that will reduce the energy
consumption or greenhouse gas emissions of their public transportation systems,
$25,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2014:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That priority shall be given
to projects that use innovative and potentially replicable approaches to
reducing energy consumption or greenhouse gas
emissions.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE4B8451CCF8C4FCFA8FC7AA9B38E2F4D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"> WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT
AUTHORITY</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants to the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as authorized under section 601
of division B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary shall
approve grants for capital and preventive maintenance expenditures for the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and
reviewing a request for each specific project:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That prior to
approving such grants, the Secretary shall determine that the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on those
investments that will improve the safety of the
system.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5E6C5EFE223E48D081680228DFE704C9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions—federal transit
administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE255C1731E124F2181105BACA5F06B1E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>160.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitations on obligations for the
programs of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority
under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any other
authority previously made available for obligation.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A40BB9AEFCC425BB087A4E9BE28A112" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>161.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the Federal Transit
Administration's discretionary program appropriations headings for projects
specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not
obligated by September 30, 2014, and other recoveries, shall be directed to
projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for which they were
originally provided.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF8C918397214CD6AA55AD57B690BF50" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>162.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2011, under any section of chapter 53
of title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure, may be
transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation heading for
any such section.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5741ADAD8AFC4D6299771086C6E248D3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>163.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
unobligated funds made available for new fixed guideway system projects under
the heading <quote>Federal Transit Administration, Capital Investment
Grants</quote> in any appropriations Act prior to this Act may be used during
this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33777E9A663444C2A505FF2238FEBCBB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>164.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the amounts made available
under section 5327(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary may
use, for program management activities described in section 5327(c)(2), 1
percent of the amount made available to carry out section 5316 of title 49,
United States Code:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds made available
for program management oversight shall be used to oversee the compliance of a
recipient or subrecipient of Federal transit assistance consistent with
activities identified under section 5327(c)(2) and for purposes of
enforcement.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A3366D7701F48AF830AFACF40D97C67" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>165.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H471F442E814C4ACCAF9383F3E1AB94BB"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
unobligated funds or recoveries under section 5309 of title 49, United States
Code, that are available to the Secretary of Transportation for reallocation
shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for
which they were originally provided.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE097D01ED1CE4350A6E45723A7D175CF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>166.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(6)(B)
may be used to construct new vessels and facilities, or to improve existing
vessels and facilities, including both the passenger and vehicle-related
elements of such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B4EE8B6F36F414E94D709A9E6226E72" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>167.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, the Secretary may not enforce
regulations related to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations, for any transit agency who during fiscal year 2008 was
both initially granted a 60-day period to come into compliance with part 604,
and then was subsequently granted an exception from said part.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA00F6A5AD0204FE29F77F98879C75B6D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>168.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, for purposes of applying the
project justification and local financial commitment criteria of 49 U.S.C.
5309(d) to a New Starts project, the Secretary may consider the costs and
ridership of any connected project in an instance in which private parties are
making significant financial contributions to the construction of the connected
project; additionally, the Secretary may consider the significant financial
contributions of private parties to the connected project in calculating the
non-Federal share of net capital project costs for the New Starts
project.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A35FBAAFF2A4B939A98FC584E42761B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>169.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, all bus new fixed guideway
capital projects recommended in the President’s fiscal year 2012 budget request
for funds appropriated under the Capital Investment Grants heading in this Act
or any other Act shall be funded instead from amounts allocated under 49 U.S.C.
5309(m)(2)(C):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That all such projects
shall remain subject to the appropriate requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5309(d) and
(e).</text>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H0250D3C086434497AAC46A65DCCC0842"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Saint lawrence seaway development
corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Saint Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures,
within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the
Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal
year.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H90B31743C7D9445096BE0B930B0616FD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations and
maintenance</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8D77BFC96C7A4309867450E78B0042A0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(harbor maintenance trust
fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
for operations, maintenance, and capital asset renewal of those portions of the
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>St.<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> Lawrence Seaway owned,
operated, and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation,
$34,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to
Public Law 99–662.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HD88A12AEF79A4C16B6E38A30F89B9634"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H00AB60185ED34A2580CFDB266E1BEF53"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime security program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to maintain and
preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the
United States, $174,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idF15DE4198A304BE082A898E88BC05295"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations and
training</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idAAA7BE75FC0348F684CEBFC5BECD5268"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(Including
Rescission)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H772E38BE6B334E84B20503836D4DCC12"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of operations and
training activities authorized by law, $154,886,000, of which $11,100,000 shall
remain available until expended for maintenance and repair of training ships at
State Maritime Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain available
through September 30, 2013 for Student Incentive Program payments at State
Maritime Academies, and of which $22,485,000 shall remain available until
expended for facilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital
improvements at the United State Merchant Marine Academy:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That amounts apportioned for
the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only upon
allotments made personally by the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant
Secretary for Budget and Programs:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the
Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the Office of
Resource Management of the United State Merchant Marine Academy may not be
allotment holders for the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the
Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments made by
the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and
Programs under the previous proviso:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That 50 percent of
the funding made available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy under
this heading shall be available only after the Secretary, in consultation with
the Superintendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a plan detailing
by program or activity how such funding will be expended at the Academy, and
this plan is submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That of the prior
year unobligated balances under this heading for information technology
requirements of Public Law 111–207, $1,000,000 are permanently
rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBC2DB5C7AE6448EE94FC61FD35F931EF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ship disposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses related to the
disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the
Maritime Administration, $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC4BDEC75A480458DB55C494A7B41E196"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance to small shipyards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To make grants to qualified shipyards as
authorized under section 3508 of Public Law 110–417 or section 54101 of title
46, United States Code, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That to be considered for
assistance, a qualified shipyard shall submit an application for assistance no
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That from
applications submitted under the previous proviso, the Secretary of
Transportation shall make grants no later than 120 days after enactment of this
Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9EBBEB3801E04E6998B659A6A405755A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H67996A1C0AA24B02BDBDB739C3D79424"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including rescission and transfer of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the necessary
administrative expenses of the maritime guaranteed loan program, $4,000,000
shall be paid to the appropriation for <quote>Operations and Training</quote>,
Maritime Administration:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the unobligated
balance of funds made available for obligation under Public Law 110–329 and
Public Law 111–118, $35,000,000 are permanently
rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H11449CA1357240739069D665DB254EDA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions—maritime
administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC909582F1ABA4DDFB9B3049262E4A71C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>170.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and
services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or
occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime
Administration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to the
appropriation charged with the cost thereof:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That rental payments under
any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities,
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BC4DCFDC0064B75BB3368E9B5CBB743" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>171.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall hereafter be used to
make a determination of the nonavailability of qualified United States flag
capacity for purposes of 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the transportation of crude oil
distributed from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless as part of that
determination the Secretary of Transportation, after consultation with
representatives from the United States flag maritime industry, provides to the
Secretary of Homeland Security a list of United States flag vessels with single
or collective capacity that may be capable of providing the requested
transportation services and a written justification for not using such United
States flag vessels.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H1467C5C406AE4F169FA820866F8ED837"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline and hazardous materials safety
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H75283F9312ED4951B749E41728188E87"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Operational
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9127764AE3724DF29B3C65AF171E24D5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(pipeline safety
fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H6E7534CA1DBF47A3AA1EC31EB5A8EEF1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary operational expenses of the
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $22,158,000, of which
$639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That $1,000,000 shall be
transferred to <quote>Pipeline Safety</quote> in order to fund <quote>Pipeline
Safety Information Grants to Communities</quote> as authorized under section
60130 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC65137D9F43441E8B1DCC03D279E1BD3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous materials safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary to discharge the
hazardous materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration, $39,020,000, of which $1,716,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2014:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That up to $800,000 in fees
collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury as offsetting receipts:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That there may be credited to this appropriation,
to be available until expended, funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses
incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for
travel incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals
functions.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7DA3465665B2460995222CE220D409EA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline
safety</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBB028E471F8C44E091BB9570660C822D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(pipeline safety
fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id130834FB2CB641539514562CBCF553DB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(oil spill liability trust
fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary
to conduct the functions of the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to
carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to
discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of
1990, $118,364,000, of which $21,510,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 2014; of
which $93,854,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$54,265,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014; of which
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund, as established by this
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB0076844816144879B512AEC45E48A27"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency preparedness
grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB72E207546FE44D8AA84BB01D6783A31"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(emergency preparedness fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out 49
U.S.C. 5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund,
to remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not more than
$28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2012 from
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5128(b)–(c):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made
available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of
Transportation, or his designee:<proviso><italic> Provided
further,</italic></proviso> That unobligated balances of funds provided under
this paragraph not needed for fiscal year 2012 from the sum made available
herein shall remain available until expended to invest in the data management
and information technology modernization efforts, including related equipment
and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this information
technology and telecommunications infrastructure.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD2EA87BB69C84C7F813EF5342E7D0642"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—pipeline and
hazardous materials safety administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7507700DB5E54C25A8440951FDF5F47C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Recovery for Design
Reviews</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8634C6424CB443A4870A918A6095A968" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>180.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60117(n) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CDBCF7F4AA74634BEDBBE10A77E24F4" style="appropriations">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC97E96B5282E4A3C8FB80F509821D1DC"><enum>(n)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Recovery For Design Reviews</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D31CAD65CAD45B6AE7B68B36AC90322"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary conducts facility design
safety reviews in connection with a proposal to construct, expand, or operate a
gas or hazardous liquid pipeline or liquefied natural gas pipeline facility,
including construction inspections and oversight, the Secretary may require the
person or entity proposing the project to pay the costs incurred by the
Secretary relating to such reviews. If the Secretary exercises the cost
recovery authority described in this section, the Secretary shall prescribe a
fee structure and assessment methodology that is based on the costs of
providing these reviews and shall prescribe procedures to collect fees under
this section. This authority is in addition to the authority provided in
section 60301 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC01BD76FF39C4FEA8239380E26DF41FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any new pipeline construction project
in which the Secretary will conduct design reviews, the person or entity
proposing the project shall notify the Secretary and provide design
specifications, construction plans and procedures, and related materials at
least 120 days prior to the commencement of construction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id922963F44CBF43FC9310485E8A892FBC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deposit and Use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall deposit funds paid
under this subsection into the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund. Funds
deposited under this section are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes
set forth in this chapter. Fees authorized under this section shall be
collected and available for obligation only to the extent and in the amount
provided in advance in appropriations
acts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id1F82D83727554BA69355D40DDE27A4D0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and innovative technology
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5988DBBA5E374B1CBCA54278D26DD9FD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Research and
Innovative Technology Administration, $15,981,000, of which $9,007,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2014:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That there may be credited to
this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for
expenses incurred for training.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id26E72F24D80142049CF841DC9F5A399E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector
general</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idDD8D277E5FA74B20ABD6F0DB3DFC5E88"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $82,409,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Inspector General
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the
Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the Department:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the funds made
available under this heading <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>may<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> be used to investigate,
pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States
Code:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id371203579B714D0D9AD62D4D0DD08BDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">unfair or deceptive practices and unfair
methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20C86D0B111F485383D25D47C3915544"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the compliance of domestic and foreign air
carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H59D77C95861C4C05BE63B03A5D5D1D92"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Surface transportation
board</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFDB43AF1B4DB4822A6693E44C1F8245A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Surface
Transportation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$29,310,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the
Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this
appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized
expenses under this heading:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the sum herein
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar
basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2012, to
result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no more than
$28,060,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H5F9227399058477098E1BBADE8FCE8EA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General provisions—Department of
transportation</header>
</appropriations-intermediate></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01EC10FEF28C4E7A829CB7478F2BA9CA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>190.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available for
maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in
foreign countries on official department business; and uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3D2A8336DE924E9698E7AD55A07345DA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>191.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations contained in this Act for
the Department of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09833B0F5BC44017AF1E45F8A3A16FCF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>192.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be
available for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential
appointees in the Department of Transportation:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the personnel
covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside the
Department of Transportation.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AA26E98D6A34491A638114A5A72D749" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>193.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may be credited
respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's <quote>Federal-Aid
Highways</quote> account, the Federal Transit Administration's <quote>Research
and University Research Centers</quote> account, and to the Federal Railroad
Administration's <quote>Safety and Operations</quote> account, except for State
rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
20105.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EF90967E8C94526A7458305E291E71E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>194.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act to the
Department of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary
of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
not less than 3 full business days before any project competitively selected to
receive a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant award, letter of
intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is
announced by the department or its modal administrations from:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD12C102425A64DD3B7AFD4C0295ECB5B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any discretionary grant program of the
Federal Highway Administration including the emergency relief program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FF866D9268D42DFB41254E0593153B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the airport improvement program of the
Federal Aviation Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B8BDAB544DB44A0B8405D47A9DA672E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any program of the Federal Railroad
Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19A8AB1B1D64488D8674291965CB1798"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any program of the Federal Transit
Administration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization
programs; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E607C16EC1149219F7D17DB220E56BB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any funding provided under the headings
<quote>National Infrastructure Investments</quote> and <quote>Assistance to
Small Shipyards</quote> in this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary gives
concurrent notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
for any <quote>quick release</quote> of funds from the emergency relief
program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no
notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8FC4F59EFF4A4CA69EBFEADA3C4F3E38" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>195.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor
fees and other funds received by the Department of Transportation from travel
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, and
miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Department of
Transportation and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation
using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until
expended.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2DD267D20D474E389ED25917B12DD3C6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>196.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available in this or any other
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department
of Transportation to a third-party contractor under a financial assistance
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE19C68403ACA444D8F6C288BBC1B2E9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reimburse the actual expenses incurred
by the Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DD8F9954B5E43118465645AADB209E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pay contractors for services provided in
recovering improper payments or contractor support in the implementation of the
Improper Payments Information Act of 2002:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That amounts in excess of
that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5290A838957F4C2BAD6DF155367901A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be credited to and merged with the
appropriation from which the improper payments were made, and shall be
available for the purposes and period for which such appropriations are
available; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07631A4B116E42E89A114738AD804EF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if no such appropriation remains available,
shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That prior to the
transfer of any such recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall
notify to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of the amount and
reasons for such transfer:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That for purposes
of this section, the term <quote>improper payments</quote>, has the same
meaning as that provided in section 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1DEE5FC4C1494F9FBC822A32EB320495" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>197.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming
action that requires notice to be provided to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations, said reprogramming action shall be approved or denied solely
by the Committees on Appropriations:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary may
provide notice to other congressional committees of the action of the
Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days
following the date on which the reprogramming action has been approved or
denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2C812EB33F994C35B6DE91A3B9C138A9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>198.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation Board
of the Department of Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for
rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the
amount authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 1914
of title 28, United States Code.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="H3DF89350F72D4BFC8DC61521212FCE9A"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the
<short-title>Department of Transportation Appropriations
Act, 2012</short-title>.</text>
</appropriations-small></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Department of housing and urban
development</header>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="IDF1FC8500CCA44AF2982B212A9B18C51E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management and
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA5FB2AFD0A31406FA3F80EAF2E1A8CB7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration, Operations, and
Management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
salaries and expenses for administration, management and operations of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, $549,499,000, of which not to
exceed $4,610,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary
and Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $1,700,000 shall be available for the
Office of Hearings and Appeals; not to exceed $741,000 shall be available for
the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed
$47,984,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer;
not to exceed $94,380,000 shall be available for the Office of the General
Counsel; not to exceed $2,695,000 shall be available to the Office of
Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations; not to exceed $3,988,000 shall
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $546,000 shall be
available to the Office of the Chief Operating Officer<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>, not to exceed $256,744,000
shall be available for the Office of
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>the Chief Human
Capital Officer;<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>
not to exceed $10,476,000 shall be available for the Office of Departmental
Operations and Coordination; not to exceed $47,543,000 shall be available for
the Office of Field Policy and Management; not to exceed $14,654,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to exceed
$3,708,000 shall be available for the Office of Departmental Equal Employment
Opportunity; not to exceed $1,448,000 shall be available for the Center for
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; not to exceed $2,627,000 shall be
available for the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities; not to exceed
$5,605,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and
Management; not to exceed $7,415,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Disaster and Emergency Management Officer; and not to exceed $42,635,000
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notification
regarding the status of pending congressional reports:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall provide all signed reports required by Congress electronically:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$25,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph for the immediate
Office of the Secretary shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may
determine.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H26A0E847B60D48C1A576EF1A66FB0DC0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Office Salaries and
Expenses</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H63D6E698251241789C4D0AD0D71F0612"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public and indian housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the
Office of Public and Indian Housing,
$201,233,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9DC61FAC83544461A34E25887C4F412C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community planning and
development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
salaries and expenses of the Office of Community Planning and Development
mission area, $101,076,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDBA3B41098A041BABEAB86A78517B6A7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the
Office of Housing, $392,796,000, of which $8,200,000 shall be for the Office of
Risk and Regulatory Affairs.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5027CC92109447679E6FCBDA174A15EC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy development and
research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy Development and Research,
$23,016,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE45FE60F18AB4AC3B986CDE4385B6065"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fair housing and equal
opportunity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,
$74,766,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H663536F58B3F428E82A53CA00136940B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of healthy homes and lead hazard
control</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries
and expenses of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control,
$7,502,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0837B63C3E2840259098A7D070207FBB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental Assistance
Demonstration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To conduct a
demonstration designed to preserve and improve public housing through the
voluntary conversion of properties with assistance under section 9 of the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937, (hereinafter, <quote>the Act</quote>), to properties with
assistance under a project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act,
which shall be eligible for renewal under section 524 of the Multifamily
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, or assistance under
section 8(o)(13) of the Act, the Secretary may transfer amounts provided under
the headings <quote>Public Housing Capital Fund</quote> and <quote>Public
Housing Operating Fund</quote> to the headings <quote>Tenant-Based Rental
Assistance</quote> or <quote>Project-Based Rental Assistance</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That project applications may
be received under this demonstration until September 30, 2015:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That any increase in
cost for <quote>Tenant-Based Rental Assistance</quote> or <quote>Project-Based
Rental Assistance</quote> associated with such conversion shall be equal to
amounts transferred from <quote>Public Housing Capital Fund</quote> and
<quote>Public Housing Operating Fund</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That not more than
60,000 units shall be converted under the authority provided under this
heading:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That tenants of such
converted properties shall, at a minimum, maintain the same rights under such
conversion as those provided under section 9 of the Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
shall select properties from applications for conversion as part of this
demonstration through a competitive process:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That in establishing
criteria for such competition, the Secretary shall seek to demonstrate the
feasibility of this conversion model to recapitalize and operate public housing
properties (1) in different markets and geographic areas, (2) within portfolios
managed by public housing agencies of varying sizes, and (3) by leveraging
other sources of funding to recapitalize properties:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
shall provide an opportunity for public comment on draft eligibility and
selection criteria and procedures that will apply to the selection of
properties that will participate in the demonstration:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
shall provide an opportunity for comment from residents of properties to be
proposed for participation in the demonstration to the owners or public housing
agencies responsible for such properties:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
may waive or specify alternative requirements for (except for requirements
related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the
environment) any provision of section 8(o)(13) or any provision that governs
the use of assistance from which a property is converted under the
demonstration or funds made available under the headings of <quote>Public
Housing Capital Fund</quote>, <quote>Public Housing Operating Fund</quote>, and
<quote>Project-Based Rental Assistance</quote>, under this Act or any prior Act
or any Act enacted during the period of conversion of assistance under the
demonstration for properties with assistance converted under the demonstration,
upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative
requirements are necessary for the effective conversion of assistance under the
demonstration:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alternative
requirements pursuant to the previous proviso no later than 10 days before the
effective date of such notice:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the
demonstration may proceed after the Secretary publishes notice of its terms in
the Federal Register:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That notwithstanding
sections 3 and 16 of the Act, the conversion of assistance under the
demonstration shall not be the basis for re-screening or termination of
assistance or eviction of any tenant family in a property participating in the
demonstration, and such a family shall not be considered a new admission for
any purpose, including compliance with income targeting requirements:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That in the case of a
property with assistance converted under the demonstration from assistance
under section 9 of the Act, section 18 of the Act shall not apply to a property
converting assistance under the demonstration for all or substantially all of
its units, the Secretary shall require ownership or control of assisted units
by a public or nonprofit entity except as determined by the Secretary to be
necessary pursuant to foreclosure, bankruptcy, or termination and transfer of
assistance for material violations or substantial default, shall require
long-term renewable use and affordability restrictions for assisted units, and
may allow ownership to be transferred to a for-profit entity to facilitate the
use of tax credits only if the public housing agency preserves its interest in
the property in a manner approved by the Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
may permit transfer of assistance at or after conversion under the
demonstration to replacement units subject to the requirements in the previous
proviso:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
may establish the requirements for converted assistance under the demonstration
through contracts, use agreements, regulations, or other means:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
shall assess and publish findings regarding the impact of the conversion of
assistance under the demonstration on the preservation and improvement of
public housing, the amount of private sector leveraging as a result of such
conversion, and the effect of such conversion on
tenants.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id23935BD75C544D01AC6E2F2998F8B07D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public and Indian
housing</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H400F0256D5584330815AFC546B892CC2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tenant-based rental
assistance</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H80DAB0FC7133434BB965F75E2DD0AB81"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For activities and assistance for the
provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (<quote>the
Act</quote> herein), not otherwise provided for, $14,872,357,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2011 (in addition to
the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that will become
available on October 1, 2011), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be available on October 1, 2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the amounts made
available under this heading are provided as
follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F88C3349E2447B99B1E7B2F07EDD4B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than $17,143,905,000 shall be
available for renewals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions
contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of law
authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and including
renewal of other special purpose incremental vouchers:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any
carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>2012<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> funding cycle shall provide
renewal funding for each public housing agency based on
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>validated<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> voucher management system (VMS)
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by applying an inflation
factor as established by the Secretary, by notice published in the Federal
Register, and by making any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>the<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> first-time
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>renewal of
vouchers under this paragraph<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> including tenant protection
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>and<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> HOPE VI vouchers:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the
funds provided under this paragraph may be used to fund a total number of unit
months under lease which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized level of
units under contract, except for public housing agencies participating in the
Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are instead governed by the terms and
conditions of their MTW agreements:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under this
paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this Act), pro rate each public
housing agency's allocation otherwise established pursuant to this paragraph:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That except as
provided in the <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>following<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> provisos, the entire amount
specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this Act)
shall be obligated to the public housing agencies based on the allocation and
pro rata method described above, and the Secretary shall notify public housing
agencies of their annual budget not later than 60 days after enactment of this
Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
may extend the 60-day notification period with the prior written approval of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That public housing
agencies participating in the Moving to Work demonstration shall be funded
pursuant to their Moving to Work agreements and shall be subject to the same
pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That up to
$103,000,000 shall be available only: (1) to adjust the allocations for public
housing agencies, after application for an adjustment by a public housing
agency that experienced a significant increase, as determined by the Secretary,
in renewal costs of tenant-based rental assistance resulting from unforeseen
circumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for
vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month period in order to be
available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for
adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing
(HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) for incremental tenant-based assistance for
eligible families currently assisted under the Disaster Voucher Program as
authorized by Public Law 109–148 under this heading and the Disaster Housing
Assistance Program for Hurricanes Ike and Gustav on the condition that such
vouchers will not be re-issued when families leave the program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amounts
made available under this paragraph, up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Transformation
Initiative</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4683388305214C4CAAD72348CB8E0991"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demolished
or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23
projects to assistance under section 8, the family unification program under
section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law
enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision of law
authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers,
mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection assistance including
replacement and relocation assistance or for project-based assistance to
prevent the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in
section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced
pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amended, or under the authority as provided
under this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That when a public housing
development is submitted for demolition or disposition under section 18 of the
Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose
an imminent health and safety risk to residents:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
may only provide replacement vouchers for units that were occupied within the
previous 24 months that cease to be available as assisted housing, subject only
to the availability of funds:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amounts
made available under this paragraph, $10,000,000 shall be available to provide
tenant protection assistance, not otherwise provided under this paragraph, to
residents residing in low-vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents greater
than 30 percent of household income, as the result of (1) the maturity of a
HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires the permission of the
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expiration of a rental assistance
contract for which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant
protection assistance under existing law; or (3) the expiration of
affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation program
administered by the Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such tenant
protection assistance made available under the previous proviso may be provided
under the authority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, including, but not
limited to, requirements for defining eligible at-risk households within 120
days of the enactment of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CB90B6A37B94E9183207B15A8FD0589"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,400,000,000 shall be for administrative
and other expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 8
tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be
available to the Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that need
additional funds to administer their section 8 programs, including fees
associated with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the
administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive
Housing vouchers, and other incremental vouchers:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That no less than
$1,350,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to
public housing agencies for the calendar year 2012 funding cycle based on
section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect
immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility
Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That if the amounts
made available under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts
determined under the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts
allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies
receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to
provide full payment of amounts determined under the previous proviso, utilize
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds
appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under this
heading from prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the purposes for which such
amounts were appropriated:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That amounts
provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities related to the
provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8,
including related development activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0706ACE0FDD4A79B076D1EBD59CAD5E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$60,000,000 shall be available for family
self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DBE6B069AF8433B87B8461043A091F3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$113,452,000 for the renewal of
tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary
administrative expenses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B4F57D39682415EB3796269534DFCF5"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher
assistance for use through a supported housing program administered in
conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall make such funding available,
notwithstanding section 204 (competition provision) of this title, to public
housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Centers or other
entities as designated by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs,
based on geographical need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency administrative
performance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of
Veterans Affairs:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements
for (in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs),
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development administers in connection with the use of funds made
available under this paragraph (except for requirements related to fair
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a
finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are
necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such voucher
assistance:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That assistance
made available under this paragraph shall continue to remain available for
homeless veterans upon turn-over<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>;<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6AD760E0EF444582B6AB4BFE7672C11E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for payments to public housing
authorities to be competitively awarded in order to demonstrate the
effectiveness of leveraging mainstream resources to address the needs of
families and individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, as
defined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to be administered
by the Secretary in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human
Services and the Department of Education:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That funds provided under
this paragraph shall be awarded to public housing authorities that (1) partner
with eligible State and local entities responsible for distributing Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other health and human services, as
designated by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and
(2) partner with school homelessness liaisons funded through the Department of
Education’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the funds may
also be available to public housing authorities that partner with eligible
State Medicaid agencies and State behavioral health entities, as designated by
the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, to provide
housing in conjunction with Medicaid case management, substance abuse
treatment, and mental health services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68DB6DC0E82F4D96B6572254179FB6FB"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall separately track all
special purpose vouchers funded under this heading.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H73A14FE32142433EA8658C92B0859796"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Housing certificate
fund</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFD41627451744E2C83151BAFFEE65577"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>(rescission)<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the unobligated balances, including
recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department
of Housing and Urban Development under this heading, $200,000,000 are
rescinded, to be effected by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development no
later than September 30, 2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That if insufficient funds
exist under these headings, the remaining balance may be derived from any other
unobligated balances available under any heading under this title funded in
fiscal year 2011 and prior years:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the unobligated balances used
to meet this rescission 30 days in advance of such rescission:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That any such
balances governed by reallocation provisions under the statute authorizing the
program for which the funds were originally appropriated shall be available for
the rescission:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That any obligated
balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been
terminated shall be cancelled.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H216376FD3666439CAC964BAD7AF1B721"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public housing capital
fund</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC59B944BEFD142A79D8F809B05B705F1"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program
to carry out capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as
authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437g) (the <quote>Act</quote>) $1,875,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2015:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2012 the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to any Department official other
than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the
extension of the time periods under such section:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That for purposes of
such section 9(j), the term <term>obligate</term> means, with respect to
amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will result
in outlays, immediately or in the future:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That up to
$10,000,000 shall be to support the ongoing Public Housing Financial and
Physical Assessment activities of the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the total
amount provided under this heading, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be
available for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this
Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital needs including safety
and security measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as
well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and
natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and natural
disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the total
amount provided under this heading $50,000,000 shall be for supportive
services, service coordinator and congregate services as authorized by section
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That of the total
amount provided under this heading, up to $5,000,000 is to support the costs of
administrative and judicial receiverships:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That from the funds
made available under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in
fiscal year 2012 to public housing agencies that are designated high
performers.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5CCFC672C8DD4C3FBBEEDBE8661E2A97"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public housing operating
fund</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id42C8A0A4EA23485EA608CD31425D6AB2"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For 2012 payments to public housing agencies
for the operation and management of public housing, as authorized by section
9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)),
$3,961,850,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be available until September 30,
2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That in determining public
housing agencies', including Moving to Work agencies', calendar year 2012
funding allocations under this heading, the Secretary shall take into account
public housing agencies' excess operating fund reserves, as determined by the
Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That Moving to Work
agencies shall receive a pro-rata reduction consistent with their peer groups:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no public
housing agency shall be left with less than $100,000 in operating
reserves:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the
Secretary shall not offset excess reserves by more than $750,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That in implementing
such allocation reductions, the Secretary shall establish a process by which
public housing agencies can appeal the initial allocation amounts and the
Secretary shall consider adjustments based on such factors, including prior
funding reservations, commitments related to mixed finance developments, or
reporting errors:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall notify public housing agencies of such process and what documentation may
be required as part of such appeal:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That following the
appeals process established under the previous two provisos, the Secretary
shall make final allocations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amount
provided under this heading up to $20,000,000 may be set aside to provide
assistance to any public housing authority who encounters financial hardship as
a direct result of an excess reserve offset applied to an allocation of funding
under this heading:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That
the Secretary shall provide flexibility to public housing agencies to use
excess operating reserves for capital
improvements.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0139409A5326499E90AB05F6EDFB5807"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Choice neighborhoods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For competitive grants under the Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this heading),
for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both
public and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty into
functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services,
schools, public assets, transportation and access to jobs, $120,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2014:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That grant funds may be used
for resident and community services, community development, and affordable
housing needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed
properties to affordable housing:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That grantees shall
undertake comprehensive local planning with input from residents and the
community, and that grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other
Federal or private funds:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That grantees may
include local governments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and
nonprofits:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That for-profit
developers may apply jointly with a public entity:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That of the amount
provided, not less than $80,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing
authorities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That such grantees
shall create partnerships with other local organizations including assisted
housing owners, service agencies, and resident organizations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health
and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce and the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate
Federal resources:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no more than
$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be provided to assist
communities in developing comprehensive strategies for implementing this
program or implementing other revitalization efforts in conjunction with
community notice and input:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall develop and publish guidelines for the use of such competitive funds,
including but not limited to eligible activities, program requirements, and
performance metrics.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE68C1FEEDB3940DCBC25921629FDD232"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native american housing block
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Native American
Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That, notwithstanding the
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to
determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each
Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such
Act with the need component based on single-race census data and with the need
component based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation for
each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation amounts:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amounts
made available under this heading, $3,500,000 shall be contracted for
assistance for a national organization representing Native American housing
interests for providing training and technical assistance to Indian housing
authorities and tribally designated housing entities as authorized under
NAHASDA; and $4,250,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing
units, contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the training,
oversight, and management of such Indian housing and tenant-based assistance,
including up to $300,000 for related travel:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amount
provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such costs,
including the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That these funds are
available to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and other
obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$20,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7996523B0F394F2D8E945F286830C807"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native hawaiian housing block
grant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Native Hawaiian
Housing Block Grant program, as authorized under title VIII of the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111
et seq.), $13,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of this amount, $300,000
shall be for training and technical assistance activities, including up to
$100,000 for related travel by Hawaii-based HUD
employees.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HAEB2EC161D16478D92CDE0D4CBD8040B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian housing loan guarantee fund program
account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of
guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z), $7,000,000, to remain available
until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs, including
the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, up to $428,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That up to $750,000
shall be for administrative contract expenses including management processes
and systems to carry out the loan guarantee
program.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H949970ED3C614AEE9E67EAFA463B6991"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund
program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost
of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184A of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z) and for such costs for loans used for
refinancing, $386,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs, including
the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $41,504,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HBE7E3C5848C546B980951220C25346E7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community planning and
development</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDEBE98CD3EF54635AE24667476DA6CDF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Housing opportunities for persons with
aids</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8297120DE60F40059EEACD2242953A01"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For carrying out the Housing Opportunities
for Persons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $330,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2013, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(3)
of such Act shall remain available until September 30, 2014:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary shall
renew all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that were funded
under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all program requirements before
awarding funds for new contracts and activities authorized under this
section.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H305F77851BF643F898CA12B393D0D386"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community development
fund</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2A05D7D48F9745B0A854D8533453645D"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For assistance to units of State and local
government, and to other entities, for economic and community development
activities, and for other purposes, $3,001,027,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2013, unless otherwise specified:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the total amount
provided, $2,851,027,000 is for carrying out the community development block
grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, as amended (the <quote>Act</quote> herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That unless
explicitly provided for under this heading (except for planning grants provided
in the second paragraph and amounts made available under the third paragraph),
not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated under this
heading shall be expended for planning and management development and
administration:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That $60,000,000
shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such
Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section
204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute
imminent threats to health and safety.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id412A5453D4CF42C5BDA08D6F233CB366"><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>Of the amounts made available
under this heading, $90,000,000 shall be made available for a Sustainable
Communities Initiative to improve regional planning efforts that integrate
housing and transportation decisions, and increase the capacity to improve land
use and zoning:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That $63,000,000 shall be for
Regional Integrated Planning Grants to support the linking of transportation
and land use planning:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not less than
$15,750,000 of the funding made available for Regional Integrated Planning
Grants shall be awarded to metropolitan areas of less than 500,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That $27,000,000
shall be for Community Challenge Planning Grants to foster reform and reduce
barriers to achieve affordable, economically vital, and sustainable
communities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
will consult with the Secretary of Transportation in evaluating grant
proposals.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id21803290C9D045989EBBAE73D1E1C98B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community Development Block Grant Disaster
Funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional
amount for the <quote>Community Development Fund</quote>, for necessary
expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of
infrastructure, housing, and economic revitalization resulting from a major
disaster designation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) in 2011, $400,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for activities authorized under title I of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–383):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That the amount provided
under this heading is designated by Congress as being for disaster relief
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds shall be
awarded directly to the State or unit of general local government at the
discretion of the Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That prior to the
obligation of funds a grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary detailing
the proposed use of all funds, including criteria for eligibility and how the
use of these funds will address long-term recovery and restoration of
infrastructure:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds provided
under this heading may be used by a State or locality as a matching
requirement, share, or contribution for any other Federal program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such funds may
not be used for activities reimbursable by, or for which funds are made
available by, the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Army Corps of
Engineers:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds allocated
under this heading shall not adversely affect the amount of any formula
assistance received by a State or subdivision thereof under the Community
Development Fund:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That a State or
subdivision thereof may use up to 5 percent of its allocation for
administrative costs:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That in administering
the funds under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the
obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds or
guarantees (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination,
labor standards, and the environment), upon a request by a State or subdivision
thereof explaining why such waiver is required to facilitate the use of such
funds or guarantees, if the Secretary finds that such waiver would not be
inconsistent with the overall purpose of title I of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall publish in the Federal Register any waiver of any statute or regulation
that the Secretary administers pursuant to title I of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days before the effective date of such
waiver.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H41B7D5DAA4DC4E49B8061140DBC076A8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community development loan guarantees
program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost
of guaranteed loans, $4,960,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012,
as authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $200,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
amended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0AEFC92B53EE44378DA2E7C31192CC17"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Home investment partnerships
program</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HAE61A9F19EF54FB1AE2DCC84BB1B149B"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the HOME investment partnerships
program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That notwithstanding the
amount made available under this heading, the threshold reduction requirements
in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to allocation of
such amount:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That funds made
available under this heading used for projects not completed within 4 years of
the commitment date, as determined by a signature of each party to the
agreement shall be repaid:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
may extend the deadline for 1 year if the Secretary determines that the failure
to complete the project is beyond the control of the participating
jurisdiction:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That no funds
provided under this heading may be committed to any project included as part of
a participating jurisdiction's plan under section 105(b), unless each
participating jurisdiction certifies that it has conducted an underwriting
review, assessed developer capacity and fiscal soundness, and examined
neighborhood market conditions to ensure adequate need for each
project:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any
homeownership units funded under this heading which cannot be sold to an
eligible homeowner within 6 months of project completion shall be rented to an
eligible tenant:<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso> That no
funds provided under this heading may be awarded for development activities to
a community housing development organization that cannot demonstrate that it is
has staff with demonstrated development experience:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds provided
in prior appropriations Acts for technical assistance, that were made available
for Community Housing Development Organizations technical assistance, and that
still remain available, may be used for HOME technical assistance
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were
appropriated.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H3F618804441A4461AA39F197DFD0ABFF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Self-help and assisted homeownership
opportunity program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program, as authorized under
section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as
amended, $57,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the total amount
provided under this heading, $17,000,000 shall be made available to the
Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under
section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as
amended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That $35,000,000
shall be made available for the second, third and fourth capacity building
activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993
(42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than $5,000,000 may be made available
for rural capacity-building activities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That $5,000,000 shall
be made available for capacity-building activities for a national organization
with expertise in rural housing, including experience working with rural
housing organizations, local governments, and Indian
tribes.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H718963EF2C7643A6931EE2F173BD4141"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Homeless assistance
grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H288E9FB2483A41728EECBF7619AD0333"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the emergency
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>solutions<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> grants program as authorized
under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as
amended; the <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>continuum of care<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> program as authorized under
subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>rural housing
stability assistance<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> program as authorized under
subtitle D of title IV of such Act, $1,901,190,000, of which $1,896,190,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2014, and of which $5,000,000 shall
remain available until expended <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>for project-based rental
assistance with rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms and any rental
assistance amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of care program
shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not less than
$286,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for such emergency solutions grants program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not less than
$1,602,190,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for such continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance
programs:<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That up to
$8,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for
the national homeless data analysis project:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That for all match
requirements applicable to funds made available under this heading for this
fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source
of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal
agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any such
use of any such funds:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall renew on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to contracts
funded under the <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>continuum of<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> care program if the program is
determined to be needed under the applicable continuum of care and meets
appropriate program requirements and financial standards, as determined by the
Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That all awards of
assistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate
homeless programs with other mainstream health, social services, and employment
programs for which homeless populations may be eligible, including Medicaid,
State Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families, Food Stamps, and services funding through the Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work
grant program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That all balances for
Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal
account and transferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for
continuum of care renewals in fiscal year 2012.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HFB347262BDF84041A1C1E998AD003461"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Housing
programs</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8EC83A130943439D92022ECC9768EFD5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project-based rental
assistance</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H62D30A05332741B5B4718FA599A83B8A"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For activities and assistance for the
provision of project-based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (<quote>the Act</quote>), not otherwise
provided for, $9,018,672,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
available on October 1, <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>2011 (in addition to the
$400,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that will become
available October 1, 2012)<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>, and $400,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the amounts made
available under this heading shall be available for expiring or terminating
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate
rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for
contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units
in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under the Emergency
Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and
other expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance funded
under this paragraph:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the total
amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed $289,000,000 shall be
available for performance-based contract administrators for section 8
project-based assistance:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso><italic> further</italic>, That
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may also use such amounts in the
previous proviso for performance-based contract administrators for the
administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments
pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12
U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C.
1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under
section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental
assistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42
U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of
the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That amounts
recaptured under this heading may be used for renewals of or amendments to
section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based contract
administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were
appropriated.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H22BBAA53072840E1B04B161587D94F26"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Housing for the
elderly</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H744C5D74A3564356AB9682F724CE4A6D"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For capital advances, including amendments
to capital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental
assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including
amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts
for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preservation rental
assistance contracts, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing
and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services
associated with the housing, $369,627,000 to remain available until September
30, 2015:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That of the amount provided
under this heading, up to $91,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the
continuation of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted
housing projects, and of which up to $20,000,000 shall be for grants under
section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of
eligible projects under such section to assisted living, service-enriched
housing, or related use for substantial and emergency repairs as determined by
the Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That amounts under
this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections
and inspection-related activities associated with section 202 capital advance
projects:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
may waive the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of
project rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for such
assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0AA25EFBE23D4D8AB482724066AFA4D3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Housing for persons with
disabilities</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC86E5978EAC8459CAAB7273D2CBE4232"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For capital advance contracts, including
amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons
with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) and for project rental
assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section
811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such assistance
and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term,
and for supportive services associated with the housing for persons with
disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $150,000,000 to
remain available until September 30, 2015:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary may waive
the provisions of section 811 governing the terms and conditions of project
rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for such assistance
shall not exceed 5 years in duration:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That amounts made
available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associated with section
811 Capital Advance Projects:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That the Secretary
shall conduct a demonstration program to make available funds provided under
this heading for project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies
and other appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
8013(b)(3)).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H08432805C1FA41EC8EAEEBFA2FBB8ECC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Housing counseling assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For contracts, grants, and other assistance
excluding loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1968, as amended, $60,000,000, including up to $2,500,000
for administrative contract services, to remain available until September 30,
2012:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That grants made available
from amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded within 120 days of
enactment of this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That funds shall be
used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both
current and prospective, with respect to property maintenance, financial
management/literacy, and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist
them in improving their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and
fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program
administration; and for housing counselor
training.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H45DA225077B14ED59744317AA54BAFE9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other assisted housing
programs</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1C2FB8BB078B4A1683808561BBDA0327"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental housing assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For amendments to or extensions for up to 1
year of contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental housing projects, $1,300,000,
to remain available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9DB6B5A4ADC74F25ABF77D3DC110F703"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rent
supplement</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF21CCD23CFCC4D1F94D0EDF7ED2B2E2B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(rescission)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts recaptured from terminated
contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
(12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z–1) $231,600,000 are rescinded:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That no amounts may be
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD70546F8800F46539E2A2EB4482787DB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment to manufactured housing fees trust
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses as
authorized by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $9,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $4,000,000 is to be derived from the
Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed the total
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available from the general fund
of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make
expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section
620 of such Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the amount made
available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such
collections are received during fiscal year 2011 so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2011 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than
$5,000,000 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary
to ensure such a final fiscal year 2011 appropriation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That for the dispute
resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development may assess and collect fees from any program participant:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That such collections
shall be deposited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may
use such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, for
necessary expenses of such Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding
the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out
responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the use of approved
service providers that are paid directly by the recipients of their
services.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H7B0EA1881B01463E974BCFB14BD50C8F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal housing
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9F0293D78A9D45EB9C3F3C0CCCBBAC13"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mutual mortgage insurance program
account</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB835C89D0D604208BF988B3B84FFC806"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>New<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> commitments to guarantee single
family loans insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed
$400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That during fiscal year 2012,
obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of
the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $50,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the foregoing
amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental
entities in connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the
Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. For
administrative contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration,
$206,586,000,<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> to remain available until
September 30,<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>
2013<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>, of which up
to $70,652,000 may be transferred to and merged with the Working Capital Fund:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That to the extent
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2012,
an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be available
for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro
rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made
available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0F81CF5684124F9EB50615C3E0F50C8C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General and special risk program
account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">During fiscal year
2012, 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 $25,000,000,000 in
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Gross obligations for the principal amount
of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, which shall be for
loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale of
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>single
family<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> real
properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such
Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H7A4E2224B6F14F51B30B4E53E756FEC5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Government national mortgage
association</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD872670C6ED84168B0D89DD1D0CDC117"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guarantees of mortgage-backed securities
loan guarantee program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">New commitments to issue guarantees to carry
out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12
U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $500,000,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That $20,000,000 shall be
available for personnel compensation and benefits, and other administrative
expenses of the Government National Mortgage Association:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That to the extent
that guaranteed loan commitments will and do exceed $300,000,000,000, an
additional $100 for personnel compensation and benefits, and administrative
expenses shall be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below
$1,000,000):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That receipts from
Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the National
Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this
account.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H7BD3B3E4768B4ED7979DA838B7D3BEAC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy development and
research</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7D5599AA8F06426485E76388DB1EDEB6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For contracts, grants, and necessary
expenses of programs of research and studies relating to housing and urban
problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing
and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including
carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $45,825,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That with respect to amounts
made available under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of this title,
the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic
entities, other Federal agencies, or State or local governments and their
agencies for research projects:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That with respect to
the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative agreements must
contribute at least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>,</proviso> That for
non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance with the previous two
provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply with
section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006
(Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section
102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of award
decisions.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H03E0CA69D62B442896FA844CAB034D3B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fair housing and equal
opportunity</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H60B44452CAE6460D85E322FADF48D1C6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fair housing activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For contracts, grants, and other assistance,
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, $70,847,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2013, of which $42,500,000 shall be to
carry out activities pursuant to such section 561:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of
the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds to provide such
training:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no funds made
available under this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or
legislative branches of the Federal Government in connection with a specific
contract, grant or loan:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the funds
made available under this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development for the creation and promotion of translated
materials and other programs that support the assistance of persons with
limited English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H0431AD6CD36B4C6CA106FF5DA6320B0F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of healthy homes and lead hazard
control</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H49B5CB8E9F8949B8B95CD4EAD830B84A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lead hazard reduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as
authorized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction
Act of 1992, $120,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013,
pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts,
including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and
other housing-related diseases and hazards:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That for purposes of
environmental review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of the law that further the
purposes of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation
Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies program
under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under
this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special project for
purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition
Reform Act of 1994:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the total
amount made available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made available
on a competitive basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That each recipient
of funds provided under the second proviso shall make a matching contribution
in an amount not less than 25 percent:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
may waive the matching requirement cited in the preceding proviso on a case by
case basis if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is necessary to
advance the purposes of this program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That each applicant
shall submit a detailed plan and strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity
that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds
pursuant to a notice of funding availability:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That amounts made
available under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, and that
still remain available, may be used for any purpose under this heading
notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if a
program competition is undersubscribed and there are other program competitions
under this heading that are oversubscribed.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5F1DAA96367B4CC18314A1C9528E4CA8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Working capital
fund</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9BD313B84A8B4CE2BAFD40BECA5B8C8F"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For additional capital for the Working
Capital Fund (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the maintenance of infrastructure for
Department-wide information technology systems, for the continuing operation
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program-specific information
systems, and for program-related maintenance activities, $192,475,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2013:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any amounts transferred
to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any amounts
transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted
appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in
addition to any other information technology the purposes for which such
amounts were appropriated:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That not more than 25
percent of the funds made available under this heading for Development,
Modernization and Enhancement, including development and deployment of a Next
Generation of Voucher Management System and development and deployment of
modernized Federal Housing Administration systems may be obligated until the
Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations a plan for expenditure
that—(A) identifies for each modernization project: (i) the functional and
performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be
realized, (ii) the estimated life-cycle cost, and (iii) key milestones to be
met; (B) demonstrates that each modernization project is: (i) compliant with
the department's enterprise architecture, (ii) being managed in accordance with
applicable life-cycle management policies and guidance, (iii) subject to the
department's capital planning and investment control requirements, and (iv)
supported by an adequately staffed project office; and (C) has been reviewed by
the Government Accountability Office.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H25885551E7DD45A6B30286EDEEF2D6CF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the
Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $124,750,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Inspector General
shall have independent authority over all personnel issues within this
office.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H6570B61FFB954BF6A4DFAA76636CE4DD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transformation
initiative</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H73AADA915E69485DAA856E0BB0850D14"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts made available in this Act
under each of the following headings under this title, the Secretary may
transfer to, and merge with, this account up to 0.5 percent from each such
account, and such transferred amounts shall be available until September 30,
2014, for: (1) research, evaluation, and program metrics; (2) program
demonstrations; and (3) technical assistance and capacity building:
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><quote>Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative</quote>,<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><quote>Housing Opportunities for
Persons With AIDS</quote>, <quote>Community Development Fund</quote>,
<quote>HOME Investment Partnerships Program</quote>, <quote>Self-Help and
Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program</quote>, <quote>Homeless Assistance
Grants</quote>, <quote>Housing for the Elderly</quote>, <quote>Housing for
Persons With Disabilities</quote>, <quote>Housing Counseling
Assistance</quote>, <quote>Payment to Manufactured Housing Fees Trust
Fund</quote>, <quote>Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account</quote>,
<quote>Lead Hazard Reduction</quote>, <quote>Rental Housing Assistance</quote>,
and <quote>Fair Housing Activities</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the amounts made
available under this paragraph, not less than $45,000,000 shall be available
for technical assistance and capacity building:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That technical
assistance activities shall include, technical assistance for HUD programs,
including HOME, Community Development Block Grant, homeless programs, HOPWA,
HOPE VI, Public Housing, the Housing Choice Voucher Program, Fair Housing
Initiative Program, Housing Counseling, Healthy Homes, Sustainable Communities,
and other technical assistance as determined by the Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall submit a plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for
approval detailing how the funding provided under this heading will be
allocated to each of the four categories identified under this heading and for
what projects or activities funding will be used:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That following the
initial approval of this plan, the Secretary may amend the plan with the
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">:</added-phrase><proviso><italic>Provided
further</italic></proviso>, That with respect to amounts made available under
this heading for research, evaluation, program metrics, and program
demonstrations, notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Secretary may
make grants or enter into cooperative agreements that include a substantial
match contribution.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HBFEAC65AD8B1441FA0CD59AB4DAACC32"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General provisions—Department of housing
and urban development</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1C4F31CE94F24FF499ED8F73BFFF27EC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fifty percent of the amounts of budget
authority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with
such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section
1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988
(42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, shall be
remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or cash
recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State
housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with
projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which
settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent
of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the
Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their project
at a lower interest rate.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7B5F50157CBD4A1288B3CC6B8EFA27D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the amounts made available under
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2012 to investigate or prosecute under
the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more
persons, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action,
that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by
a Government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B14F8E129D149138958C3B63A3A38FD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H37F6E614B5844311B3DA277E09C6683A"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of the
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made
available under this title for fiscal year 2012 that are allocated under such
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate and make
a grant, in the amount determined under subsection (b), for any State
that—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE73DCBC0C0664C6AB83D1C658CF493B5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">received an allocation in a prior fiscal
year under clause (ii) of such section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01898925707E40D184AA8D9148FD57C8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not otherwise eligible for an allocation
for fiscal year 2012 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the State
outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) in
fiscal year 2011 do not have the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) required under such clause.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7BF27128B9F4B2CB08453BA93BEF3C8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the allocation and grant for
any State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on the
cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State that are outside of
metropolitan statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section
854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2012, in proportion to AIDS cases among cities and
States that qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of such section and States
deemed eligible under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6E740A8F4BE46E5985E7F61F5519D05" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the amount allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) of the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the city of New York, New
York, on behalf of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New Jersey
Metropolitan Division (hereafter <quote>metropolitan division</quote>) of the
New York-Newark-Edison, NY–NJ–PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be
adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD60521C51AA74475AE4880EEEA1897D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allocating to the city of Jersey City, New
Jersey, the proportion of the metropolitan area's or division's amount that is
based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the
metropolitan area or division that is located in Hudson County, New Jersey, and
adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division's high-incidence
bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per capita
incidence of AIDS; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3050A1F53B0C48B5A5B3EC39B4DFB5DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allocating to the city of Paterson, New
Jersey, the proportion of the metropolitan area's or division's amount that is
based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the
metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen County and Passaic
County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan
division's high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher
than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient cities shall use
amounts allocated under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under
section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in their
respective portions of the metropolitan division that is located in New
Jersey.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66433C94D9D74C268260F46E83ACBB5B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the amount allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) of the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to areas with a higher than
average per capita incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on the
basis of area incidence reported over a 3-year period.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID067DE28F288B48BD9EC6FC69DFD15203" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as explicitly provided in law, any
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title II of
this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with section
102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42
U.S.C. 3545).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5DAE698168EC49CBB82D50BC038FDF94" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section
402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee
basis, and for utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of the
Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage
Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank,
Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any
insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAD7607B30B8441DF90312D0114891A51" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless otherwise provided for in this Act
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program,
project or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates
submitted to Congress.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID645F70C12C1241CBAE9CB340DF584399" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corporations and agencies of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Government
Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within
the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation
or agency and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section
104 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in
the budget for 2012 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter
provided:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That collections of these
corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such
loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior
appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans or
mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the
United States Government.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4A23BBF1033D474EB51D0C679D1A7628" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess
funds in each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Department
and shall submit additional, updated budget information to these Committees
upon request.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC6183076C047457BA37579F523F023E6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7EEE3CAD549E4F1F9CA655EBFCD4AAD4"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the amount allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) of the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the city of Wilmington,
Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey
Metropolitan Division (hereafter <quote>metropolitan division</quote>), shall
be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by allocating to
the State of New Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division's amount
that is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the
metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the
proportion of the metropolitan division's high incidence bonus if this area in
New Jersey also has a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The
State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State under this
subsection to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan
division that is located in New Jersey.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9ABA4DFF026F4D13AD8FFAFE6D6A6926" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate to Wake County,
North Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year
2012 under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.
12903(c)) to the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary
North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake
County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan statistical area.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87C195EC292A46DF8C8EDBCE1011D7FD" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development may adjust the allocation of the amounts that otherwise would
be allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the
written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the State(s), for a
formula allocation on behalf of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate
the State or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is located as
the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metropolitan
statistical area involves more than one State, such amounts allocated to each
State shall be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported in the
portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in that State. Any amounts
allocated to a State under this section shall be used to carry out eligible
activities within the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in
that State.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA2F32825B9E4827A86BCB495D3F04CF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>210.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President's formal budget request for
fiscal year 2013, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use the
identical account and sub-account structure provided under this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9525D69E59BE415F8686C463EE58A2B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public housing agency or such other
entity that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of
the county of Los Angeles, California, the States of Alaska, Iowa, and
Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a
recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar governing board of such
agency or entity as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public
housing agency or other entity that administers Federal housing assistance
under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles,
California and the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that chooses not to
include a resident of public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on
the board of directors or a similar governing board shall establish an advisory
board of not less than six residents of public housing or recipients of section
8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the public housing agency or
other administering entity on issues related to public housing and section 8.
Such advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6834FB55905441087B0B12F4DA97E0D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H451AFBEFDE444B5F857E7B3BFE71778D"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), for fiscal years 2012 and
2013, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may authorize the transfer
of some or all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily required
low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated with one or more
multifamily housing project to another multifamily housing project or
projects.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97E797A1253A41F088E43B22926D8919" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phased Transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfers of project-based assistance under
this section may be done in phases to accommodate the financing and other
requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects
to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such project or projects
meet the standards under section (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DFDF495613B4016BBD605C17A3F4487" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transfer authorized in subsection (a)
is subject to the following conditions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H665ECB76C84244FBBD1EB5F8EDE436A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number and bedroom size of
Units</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DCAEBE2ECE546DDA36F3BE37BA11368"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For occupied units in the transferring
project: the number of low-income and very low-income units and the
configuration (i.e. bedroom size) provided by the transferring project shall be
no less than when transferred to the receiving project or projects and the net
dollar amount of Federal assistance provided by the transferring project shall
remain the same in the receiving project or projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id227ACCA956AB42A78F6A4640DE4CA009"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For unoccupied units in the transferring
project: the Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number of dwelling
units in the receiving project or projects to allow for a reconfiguration of
bedroom sizes to meet current market demands, as determined by the Secretary
and provided there is no increase in the project-based section 8 budget
authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D4916AF1644424DABA6A86637B1C17F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transferring project shall, as
determined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically
nonviable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C17F1420185459FB9BCC7FB1D039C3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The receiving project or projects shall
meet or exceed applicable physical standards established by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DDF3F6AD2BC49C48B7AAD1300142335"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner or mortgagor of the transferring
project shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the transferring
project and provide a certification of approval by all appropriate local
governmental officials.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD23683D5B0BA4A35B722DC33F475F2E1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The tenants of the transferring project who
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project or
projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the transferring
project or projects until new units in the receiving project are available for
occupancy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E95FBAB1A414557A90D4D14E357EBDB"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary determines that this transfer
is in the best interest of the tenants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDEC9DBE29314551BADC69D15D990942"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If either the transferring project or the
receiving project or projects meets the condition specified in subsection
(d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting from additional
financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured
mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Secretary,
except that the Secretary may waive this requirement upon determination that
such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition,
construction, and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or
projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B8D17CD207D4CC78751B609767EF864"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the transferring project meets the
requirements of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving
project or projects shall execute and record either a continuation of the
existing use agreement or a new use agreement for the project where, in either
case, any use restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than the
existing use restrictions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4127814C92884FB095C9AB6C82683542" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B8FBE326E2C411AAB4A584A1C3F0294"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms <quote>low-income</quote> and
<quote>very low-income</quote> shall have the meanings provided by the statute
and/or regulations governing the program under which the project is insured or
assisted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB87E190A0B7D4CC6967D9B045D1652F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>multifamily housing
project</quote> means housing that meets one of the following
conditions—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCAD3DAAE60C54F3DAFEF08FBAF0DE38F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing that is subject to a mortgage
insured under the National Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H989350504A014CF5A552F59FD66EF739"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing that has project-based assistance
attached to the structure including projects undergoing mark to market debt
restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability
Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB56A46E5597A49479563C9A71F3F0632"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing that is assisted under section 202
of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales
National Affordable Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FA30C8BE7A34233A4AE8E904A99834F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing that is assisted under section 202
of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before the enactment of the
Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97701D3B00A24BA5A2550F5BD4D13C21"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing or vacant land that is subject to a
use agreement;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00094E9BE8594E9A9CA9C752BF6C416C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>project-based
assistance</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91C2E8C406D5420B94A7E94249315F21"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance provided under section 8(b) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA804AB8009F45E18BE613A3F0701165"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance for housing constructed or
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section
8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately before October 1,
1983);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H182CE3DF0AFD42AD810B01F52E8ADB34"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rent supplement payments under section 101
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0AF76B9F39843169FE35D3EBEC09224"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interest reduction payments under section
236 and/or additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) of the
National Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDD7D9798D284189AC36CC5DFEB10D22"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance payments made under section
202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B107EA312114463AB0B7DD3C790081C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance payments made under section
811(d)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H393382F859814B4382D3E8B36E051975"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>receiving project or
projects</quote> means the multifamily housing project or projects to which
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required use
low-income and very low-income restrictions are to be transferred;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5D4BBF9D4C04B84AE83EF2341A64945"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>transferring
project</quote> means the multifamily housing project which is transferring
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt and the statutorily required
low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the receiving project or
projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2FFE5C9942145149C70662BEC684103"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDAA3076C913A4CBF80DF3AF106D7FBE7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The funds made available for Native
Alaskans under the heading <quote>Native American Housing Block Grants</quote>
in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing
block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62EC4C5E3C094478BA32AC991636B383" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds provided under this title may be
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association that makes
applicable requirements under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C.
661 et seq.).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0B6CEBCA3934C1B959F2DA11B3793D2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD01036891DE741BEA2E6ADE638ECBC7F"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No assistance shall be provided under
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any
individual who—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF32E712BDD4A4125848D53789CE81E9B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is enrolled as a student at an institution
of higher education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B3212FEBEEA481A8A32A418C0B7213E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is under 24 years of age;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C869838FAA14450AD0DC7C75949B7CC" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a veteran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE049B75AA0CF473DB7D652996A8C60AE" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is unmarried;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC69292A69114F6BAEE422AFEDF5EBE0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not have a dependent child;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91D0FDC2C1C24A8CB3D0C180A2F079ED" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a person with disabilities, as such
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance under such section
8 as of November 30, 2005; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBAAB72487C5E4D489BC5C5643F470970" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not otherwise individually eligible, or
has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F4BDB7BD0794D449B44356525D2550D" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of determining the eligibility
of a person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts
received for tuition) that an individual receives under the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution
of higher education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, except for a
person over the age of 23 with dependent children.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AF55EBC32AD492097E3E5EDBC15B714" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the limitation in the first
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–g), the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, until September 30, 2012,
insure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages under section 255(g) of
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F831FAAF4B64886905FC17EC11D5BDD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in fiscal year 2011, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that
is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, and during the process of foreclosure on any property with a
contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any
rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwelling units in the
property. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the
tenants and the local government, that such a multifamily property owned or
held by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments
under such section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs
of rehabilitating and operating the property and all available Federal, State,
and local resources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997
(<quote>MAHRAA</quote>) and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with
the tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance
payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or
provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate
steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to
foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to
assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety
after written notice to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of
other available remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After
disposition of any multifamily property described under this section, the
contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall be subject to the
requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6302B41651D445B1916CF08E167D54E7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>218.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During fiscal year 2012, in the provision
of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection with a program to demonstrate the
economy and effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in assisted
living facilities that is carried out in the counties of the State of Michigan
notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family
residing in an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf of which
a public housing agency provides assistance pursuant to section 8(o)(18) of
such Act, may be required, at the time the family initially receives such
assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the monthly
adjusted income of the family by such a percentage or amount as the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development determines to be appropriate.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD15A37569FC46A08881846DA8237C4B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>219.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall report quarterly to the House of Representatives and Senate
Committees on Appropriations on HUD's use of all sole-source contracts,
including terms of the contracts, cost, and a substantive rationale for using a
sole-source contract.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B5BE00DDAE64A709AC296D08DD9BFF6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>220.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12
U.S.C. 1701q) after December 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered
paragraph at the end of section 202(b) of such Act, may, at its option,
establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own the project and may lend the
grant funds to such entity, which may be a private nonprofit organization
described in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity
Act of 2000.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE052EB443CFB46128F25488DC721E3C1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8516EFB3E6C74CE7BB3231F485F604EF"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts provided under the subheading
<quote>Program Account</quote> under the heading <quote>Community Development
Loan Guarantees</quote> may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to
guarantee, notes, or other obligations issued by any State on behalf of
nonentitlement communities in the State in accordance with the requirements of
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>in fiscal year
2012 and subsequent years<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That, any State receiving
such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds subject to such
guarantee to the units of general local government in nonentitlement areas that
received the commitment.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F10832113FF4B06B4ACE58FD1863344" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
promulgate regulations governing the administration of the funds described
under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98FB2C43E6414F7DA62BD7AB3D506B27" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>222.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC17A0F46DF234A038931D7D932075E48"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (m)(1), by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end
and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2012.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID95EC905C9EE142F48E9F64E893F120CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (o), by striking
<quote>September</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting <quote>September 30, 2012.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35842060F34048A39EDCCC75C34D7F9C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>223.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public housing agencies that own and
operate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any asset
management requirement imposed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development in connection with the operating fund rule:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That an agency seeking a
discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall
not be exempt from asset management requirements.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID15E3F79419654F9EA5F81B717D463B24" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>224.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the use of amounts provided
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement and
management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary
shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset management that
restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds for central office
costs pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That a public housing
agency may not use capital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities
that are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the
operating fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 9(g)(1) or
9(g)(2).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID59E077D6521F4B3F809A8A645A91D999" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>225.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No official or employee of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder
unless the Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined that such
allotment holder has implemented an adequate system of funds control and has
received training in funds control procedures and directives. The Chief
Financial Officer shall ensure that, not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, a trained allotment holder shall be designated for each
HUD subaccount under the heading <quote>Administration, Operations, and
Management</quote> as well as each account receiving appropriations for
<quote>Program Office Salaries and Expenses</quote> within the Department of
Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64A0098EA5F74D779DD2EAEFD0A8781E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>226.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall report quarterly to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations on the status of all section 8 project-based housing, including
the number of all project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all
federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to-Market program.
The Secretary shall in the report identify all existing units maintained by
region as section 8 project-based units and all project-based units that have
opted out of section 8 or have otherwise been eliminated as section 8
project-based units. The Secretary shall identify in detail and by project all
the efforts made by the Department to preserve all section 8 project-based
housing units and all the reasons for any units which opted out or otherwise
were lost as section 8 project-based units. Such analysis shall include a
review of the impact of the loss of any subsidized units in that housing
marketplace, such as the impact of cost and the loss of available subsidized,
low-income housing in areas with scarce housing resources for low-income
families.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAED54A1930F34CF5ADE8FC6588927CAB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>227.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment of attorney fees in program-related
litigation must be paid from individual program office personnel benefits and
compensation funding. The annual budget submission for program office personnel
benefit and compensation funding must include program-related litigation costs
for attorney fees as a separate line item request.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19EC758AFA5F4C0FA25F85BE51D81C59" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>228.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development shall for fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years,
notify the public through the Federal Register and other means, as determined
appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or
notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund
administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>fiscal<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> year 2012 and subsequent fiscal
years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the
appropriate Government Web site or through other electronic media, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9BEEBF992C34B169A905B79A6048ACF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>229.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No property identified by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development as surplus Federal property for use to assist the
homeless shall be made available to any homeless group unless the group is a
member in good standing under any of HUD's homeless assistance programs or is
in good standing with any other program which receives funds from any other
Federal or State agency or entity:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That an exception may be
made for an entity not involved with Federal homeless programs to use surplus
Federal property for the homeless only after the Secretary or another
responsible Federal agency has fully and comprehensively reviewed all relevant
finances of the entity, the track record of the entity in assisting the
homeless, the ability of the entity to manage the property, including all
costs, the ability of the entity to administer homeless programs in a manner
that is effective to meet the needs of the homeless population that is expected
to use the property and any other related issues that demonstrate a commitment
to assist the homeless:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall not require the entity to have cash in hand in order to demonstrate
financial ability but may rely on the entity's prior demonstrated fund-raising
ability or commitments for in-kind donations of goods and services:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary
shall make all such information and its decision regarding the award of the
surplus property available to the committees of jurisdiction, including a full
justification of the appropriateness of the use of the property to assist the
homeless as well as the appropriateness of the group seeking to obtain the
property to use such property to assist the homeless:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That, this section
shall apply to properties in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 made available as
surplus Federal property for use to assist the homeless.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H511894F04CCD41A4BFCB2088268317CD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>230.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000,
whichever is less, of the funds made available for salaries and expenses under
any account or any set-aside within any account under this title under the
general heading <quote>Program Office Salaries and Expenses</quote>, and under
the account heading <quote>Administration, Operations and Management</quote>,
to any other such account or any other such set-aside within any such account:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That no appropriation for
salaries and expenses in any such account or set-aside shall be increased or
decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without
prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H446DDE7B41484E93AA9E6EB5E6A3EC44" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>231.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs,
administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, shall be
considered a <quote>program of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development</quote> under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of
income verifications and matching.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9E9999024B64CC99FB1F0F738BD0882" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>232.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for salaries
and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for the Office of
Inspector General account), a total of up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to
and merged with amounts made available in the <quote>Working Capital
Fund</quote> account under this title.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2DCDDE3371D408584DB9229DABDA143" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>233.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title II of division I of Public Law
108–447 and title III of Public Law 109–115 are each amended by striking the
item related to <quote>Flexible Subsidy Fund</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D71D336A59C438BA48F99D17C9183F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>234.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development may increase, pursuant to this section, the number of
Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under section 204, title II, of the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat.
1321) by adding to the program up to three Public Housing Agencies that are
High Performing Agencies under the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) or
the Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP). No PHA shall be
granted this designation through this section that administers in excess of
20,000 aggregate housing vouchers and public housing units. No PHA granted this
designation through this section shall receive more funding under sections 8 or
9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 than they otherwise would have
received absent this designation. In addition to other reporting requirements,
all Moving-to-Work agencies shall report financial data to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development as specified by the Secretary, so that the effect
of Moving-to-Work policy changes can be measured.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB552DFA0E13047E28D83B0EA58D2D3D5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>235.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the unobligated balances remaining from
funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Tenant-Based Rental
Assistance</quote> under the <quote><short-title>Full-Year
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011</short-title></quote>, $750,000,000 are
rescinded from the $4,000,000,000 which are available on October 1, 2011:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That such amounts may be
derived from reductions to public housing agencies’ calendar year 2012
allocations based on the excess amounts of public housing agencies’ net
restricted assets accounts, including the net restricted assets of MTW agencies
(in accordance with VMS data in calendar year 2011 that is verifiable and
complete), as determined by the Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That in making such
adjustments, the Secretary shall preserve public housing authority reserves at
no less than one month, to the extent practicable.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A47E1A4A18249BF9623051FE768089A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>236.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26874F7D13E345F18466DB17A5AA8799"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 3(a)(1) by inserting before the
period at the end of the second sentence the following: <quote>, except in the
case of any family with a fixed income, as defined by the Secretary, after the
initial review of the family's income, the public housing agency or owner shall
not be required to conduct a review of the family's income for any year for
which such family certifies, in accordance with such requirements as the
Secretary shall establish, that 90 percent or more of the income of the family
consists of fixed income, and that the sources of such income have not changed
since the previous year, except that the public housing agency or owner shall
conduct a review of each such family's income not less than once every 3
years</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D43DA83092C423FBD505B4FAD57F745"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 3(b)(2) by inserting after the
second sentence the following new sentence: <quote>The term <quote>extremely
low-income families</quote> means very low-income families whose incomes do not
exceed the higher of (A) the poverty guidelines updated periodically by the
Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of section 673(2)
of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), applicable to a
family of the size involved; or (B) 30 percent of the median family income for
the area, as determined by the Secretary, with adjustments for smaller and
larger families, except that the Secretary may establish income ceilings higher
or lower than 30 percent of the median for the area on the basis of the
Secretary's findings that such variations are necessary because of unusually
high or low family incomes, and except that clause (A) of this sentence shall
not apply in the case of public housing agencies located in Puerto Rico or any
other territory or possession of the United States.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E3C46D675D343EEB41EE1BD1D915278"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2) of section 3(b) by adding
at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The Secretary shall periodically,
but not less than annually, determine or establish area median incomes and
income ceilings and limits in accordance with this paragraph</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB29609E1513C4795A56104D9B764AA90"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 3(b)(5)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88B00FEA178E487A87BD2E7D435A8567"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i) by striking
<quote>$400</quote> and inserting in lieu thereof <quote>$675</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DD8A4CAB1B04C5DB0857CF4AD207113"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), in the matter preceding
subclause (I), by striking <quote>3 percent</quote> and inserting in lieu
thereof <quote>10 percent</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id871CF56662DB4A9F96BF52327E3FBB16"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) of section 8(c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2552F1D889414D8FAED1D1D22BB3B59E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(A)</quote> after the
paragraph designation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0676374C139843859CC785090FF38F7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the fourth, fifth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, and tenth sentences; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29EC4E57DEEC4A408C7B45B75CEDE724"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34671973196945BE96F54C38066D61D3" reported-display-style="italic" style="appropriations">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD95EEB82EBFB4CA1AE3D8D32B0767F18"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fair market rentals for an area shall be
published not less than annually by the Secretary on the Department's Web site
and in any other manner specified by the Secretary. The Secretary shall publish
notice of the publication of such fair market rentals in the Federal Register,
and such fair market rentals shall become effective no earlier than 30 days
after the date of such publication. The Secretary shall establish a procedure
for public housing agencies and other interested parties to comment on such
fair market rentals and to request, within a time specified by the Secretary,
reevaluation of the fair market rental in a jurisdiction. The Secretary shall
publish for comment in the Federal Register notices of proposed material
changes in the methodology for estimating fair market rentals and notices
specifying the final decisions regarding such proposed substantial
methodological changes and responses to public
comments.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79E17BFA0CF44A2E94294A29F14BDAEC"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) of section 8(o)(1) by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, except that no
public housing agency shall be required as a result of a reduction in the fair
market rental to reduce the payment standard applied to a family continuing to
reside in a unit for which the family was receiving assistance under this
section at the time the fair market rental was reduced. The Secretary shall
allow public housing agencies to request exception payment standards within
fair market rental areas subject to criteria and procedures established by the
Secretary</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id809C3FD6432043E8AD4DAB47310E332E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D) of section 8(o)(1) by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>except that a
public housing agency may establish a payment standard of not more than 120
percent of the fair market rent, where necessary, as a reasonable accommodation
for a person with a disability, without approval of the Secretary. A public
housing agency may seek approval of the Secretary to use a payment standard
greater than 120 percent of the fair market rent as a reasonable accommodation
for a disabled family or other family with a person with a disability. In
connection with the use of any increased payment standard established or
approved pursuant to either of the preceding two sentences as a reasonable
accommodation for a person with a disability, the Secretary may not establish
additional requirements regarding the amount of adjusted income paid by such
person for rent</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88BD72158C414941A2F6842CFB1BBCEE"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 16(a)(2)(A) by striking
<quote>families whose incomes</quote> and all that follows through <quote>low
family incomes</quote> and inserting in lieu thereof <quote>extremely
low-income families</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8569A2CD6B4747FC97BBB06278709293"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 16(b)(1) by striking
<quote>families whose incomes</quote> and all that follows through <quote>low
family incomes</quote> and inserting in lieu thereof <quote>extremely
low-income families</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25E96E74051A48BBB64BE3A6A953D045"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 16(c)(3) by striking
<quote>families whose incomes</quote> and all that follows through <quote>low
family incomes</quote> and inserting in lieu thereof <quote>extremely
low-income families</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id320DF07575C448DDB2B6C07CD4BD9727" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>237.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by
striking <quote>October 1, 2011</quote> each place it appears and inserting in
lieu thereof <quote>October 1, 2015</quote>.</text>
<appropriations-small id="id3CB922B6D6014616A9275915DE8DA37E"><header>Housing loan limit
extensions</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="idA7C0BF3FA18E42DBB4D266F6C481E9D4"><enum>238.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0418E9C9EB4143ADA8525E06F668B98B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal Housing
Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for mortgages for which a Federal Housing Administration case number has been
assigned during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and
ending on December 31, 2013, the dollar amount limitation on the principal
obligation for purposes of section 203 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1709) shall be considered to be, except for purposes of section 255(g) of such
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the greater of—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id4E84D29B93DE450DB60897B43F8D2942" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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)); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idBB4379B6BEE34E058A5E97A541CE0A65" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the dollar amount limitation that was
prescribed 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).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="id6185F70F54AA4939B9D9D0A3CD0B16C0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac loan limit extension</header>
<paragraph id="id7A07DB30684C456B8F459CBF22F500E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for mortgage loans originated during the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2013,
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 shall be the greater of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID26556ee4f9524d85b40f4b01c52da320"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the limitation in effect
at the time of the purchase of the mortgage loan, as determined pursuant to
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. 1454(a)(2)), respectively; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe16189b3a3d84230913f7fec9a190e4a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the limitation that was
prescribed for loans originated during the period beginning on July 1, 2007 and
ending on December 31, 2008, pursuant to section 201 of the Economic Stimulus
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–185, 122 Stat. 619).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3688A6389C7A4481B65E8E9E2AB95AB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Premium loan
fee</header>
<subparagraph id="idA0CAF720F9164C468A3522E0C2C6B5AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal
Housing Finance Agency shall, by rule or order, impose a premium loan fee to be
charged by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation with respect to mortgage loans made eligible for purchase
by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation by a higher limitation provided under paragraph (1)(B), annually
during the life of the loan, of 15 basis points of the unpaid principal balance
of the mortgage, to achieve an estimated $300,000,000 from the revenue raised
from such fees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4d29c0157f794ebeb3b9ca2af9f265fe"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Premium loan fee
structure</header><text>The premium loan fee is independent of any guarantee
fees, upfront or ongoing, charged to the borrower, and the premium loan fee
shall not be affected by changes in guarantee fees.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDADE7ADFA83748CFA78406D7AA8915ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of fees</header>
<subparagraph id="idD2D6A20C4C484CE29F8116B44E183B1A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The fees imposed under paragraph (2) by the Federal
Housing Finance Agency shall be deposited in the fund established under
subparagraph (C), and shall be used to pay for costs associated with
maintaining loan limits established under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65627D5F957947EC9846902109518A7C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subject to
appropriations</header><text>Amounts in the fund established under subparagraph
(C) shall be available only to the extent provided in a subsequent
appropriations Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id57FC85A2320348F2B198959089C7A180"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>There
is established in the United States Treasury a fund, for the deposit of fees
imposed under paragraph (2), to be used to pay for costs associated with
maintaining loan limits established under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9A462440173E436AAB5D5D72917DB622"><enum>(4)</enum><header>FHFA report on
fees</header><text>The Federal Housing Finance Agency shall include in each
annual report required by section 1601 of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act
of 2008 related to the period described in paragraph (2)(B) a section that
provides the basis for and an analysis of the premium loan fee charged in each
year covered by the report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="id4BFA3105B8364F92B9F83DB02F4369D0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of Veterans
Affairs loan limit extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 501 of the Veterans' Benefits
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–389; 122 Stat. 4175; 38 U.S.C. 3703
note) is amended, in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>December 31, 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2013</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BF4AAD5FAE84D5DB67176AB4A1D1CBB" reported-display-style="italic">
<enum></enum></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Related agencies</header>
<appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HFA485D64A2C34B93A47699BD1B1C7309"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Access
board</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8DC7297545844A0B8C6B61AEBD7BE8EC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for the Access Board,
as authorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
$7,400,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds
received for publications and training expenses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idAADC39531AB94498B0E9170B974FC665"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal maritime
commission</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id9F260C888B494BBE88672908D2FF7974"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Federal
Maritime Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act,
1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C.
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902, $24,100,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H7F654F4ED20B4127BA6CC1F3AE7610E2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National railroad passenger corporation
office of inspector general</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H633C1F8B95EA42FA8044BA1A25A0AF84"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">office of inspector
general</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H831C354128F0409088349B827C464A4E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $19,311,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Inspector General
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the
Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Inspector
General may enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies,
analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private persons,
subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern the obtaining of
such services within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Inspector
General may select, appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of
Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern
such selections, appointments, and employment within Amtrak:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That concurrent with
the President's budget request for fiscal year 2013, the Inspector General
shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget
request for fiscal year 2013 in similar format and substance to those submitted
by executive agencies of the Federal Government.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HB67D308D7A7540D79ED583DB273966DF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National transportation safety
board</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8BFD940B166741C6A76E52277309F0DB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the National
Transportation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), $99,275,000,
of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and
representation expenses. The amounts made available to the National
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to make lease
payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital
lease.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H59D9877F36F64CFEB0AF9E221FD68144"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Neighborhood reinvestment
corporation</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDD74E58E9F714784B3D2BE110E203C4C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment to the neighborhood reinvestment
corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in neighborhood reinvestment
activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42
U.S.C. 8101–8107), $135,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a
multi-family rental housing program:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That in addition, $65,000,000
shall be made available until expended to the Neighborhood Reinvestment
Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, under the following
terms and conditions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14B1135D3E1040B6AF4F1D51F0486466"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
(<quote>NRC</quote>) shall make grants to counseling intermediaries approved by
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be
determined by the NRC based on affordability and the economic conditions of an
area; a match also may be waived by the NRC based on the aforementioned
conditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance primarily to
States and areas with high rates of defaults and foreclosures to help eliminate
the default and foreclosure of mortgages of owner-occupied single-family homes
that are at risk of such foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates of
defaults and foreclosures, grants may also be provided to approved counseling
intermediaries based on a geographic analysis of the Nation by the NRC which
determines where there is a prevalence of mortgages that are risky and likely
to fail, including any trends for mortgages that are likely to default and face
foreclosure. A State Housing Finance Agency may also be eligible where the
State Housing Finance Agency meets all the requirements under this paragraph. A
HUD-approved counseling intermediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure
mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as determined by the NRC, and
shall be approved by HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FFC6D812FCA45CD8D5453B65169DDBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance
shall only be made available to homeowners of owner-occupied homes with
mortgages in default or in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be
subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will be provided such assistance
that shall consist of activities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and
result in the long-term affordability of the mortgage retained pursuant to such
activity or another positive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made available
under this paragraph may be provided directly to lenders or homeowners to
discharge outstanding mortgage balances or for any other direct debt reduction
payments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H416A620B5CFF4C33B4B8AAA1219F6BC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The use of Mortgage Foreclosure Mitigation
Assistance by approved counseling intermediaries and State Housing Finance
Agencies shall involve a reasonable analysis of the borrower's financial
situation, an evaluation of the current value of the property that is subject
to the mortgage, counseling regarding the assumption of the mortgage by another
non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible purchase of the mortgage
by a non-Federal third party, counseling and advice of all likely restructuring
and refinancing strategies or the approval of a work-out strategy by all
interested parties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D6AF75450984C2BB9EE064E7EDA47D5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the
total funds under this paragraph to its own charter members with expertise in
foreclosure prevention counseling, subject to a certification by the NRC that
the procedures for selection do not consist of any procedures or activities
that could be construed as an unacceptable conflict of interest or have the
appearance of impropriety.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02EBE08E81C941CBB5786D6B836B99CB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">HUD-approved counseling entities and State
Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds under this paragraph shall have
demonstrated experience in successfully working with financial institutions as
well as borrowers facing default, delinquency and foreclosure as well as
documented counseling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful performance
and positive outcomes with documented counseling plans (including post mortgage
foreclosure mitigation counseling), loan workout agreements and loan
modification agreements. NRC may use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in
underserved areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DE20F4CDF004D63B57F8198CB8E4CD0"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the total amount made available under
this paragraph, up to $3,000,000 may be made available to build the mortgage
foreclosure and default mitigation counseling capacity of counseling
intermediaries through NRC training courses with HUD-approved counseling
intermediaries and their partners, except that private financial institutions
that participate in NRC training shall pay market rates for such
training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62D58051C5224BF887D3424D2AEE0F02"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the total amount made available under
this paragraph, up to 4 percent may be used for associated administrative
expenses for the NRC to carry out activities provided under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C62CB689DC3479D9542B38C67D13EA3"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance
grants may include a budget for outreach and advertising, and training, as
determined by the NRC.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA206A7066A7E450085A098CEA6106446"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The NRC shall continue to report
bi-annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as well as the
Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee on its efforts
to mitigate mortgage default.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H6BD16C833F45451C88C08D13EAC51A40"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United states interagency council on
homelessness</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H86AB6B1FC4DE40D2B54CAD8FF31CC987"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operating expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses (including payment of
salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of
conference rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section
3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency Council
on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II of the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended,
$3,640,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">General provisions—this act</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1B2872B919A542888A85369E306A465E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2012 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within
the levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2D4A60DDB74E47589CCBAC74495B7291" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA22F13D14D4A4370A1C6AAD05A7F8735" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may
any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided
herein.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC86DD2948C294D26A2C79C06D11BC0AA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to
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 pursuant to existing law.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19FEDAEA592A404F891750EF7DD426EA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations
Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2012, or provided from any accounts in
the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a
reprogramming of funds that:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27020A9836984E3183A4B2119E372D8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates a new program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82C6CD72572D4ECEA1A681A617AE3FEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53751D61776A4F52B8245C3358444D48"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases funds or personnel for any
program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by
the Congress;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB140E656C88458DA3AF236E7640988C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proposes to use funds directed for a
specific activity by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations
for a different purpose;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90765D1B74134E83AA57CA0C36992D1B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">augments existing programs, projects, or
activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26B14C9611494067A38909815C0F3AC6"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduces existing programs, projects, or
activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F9E0A4FD88A4B5487BC122C197C74A2"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates, reorganizes, or restructures a
branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or
department different from the budget justifications submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations or the table accompanying the explanatory statement
accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is
received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the
House of Representatives to establish the baseline for application of
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the report
shall include:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB7FE804C2FB495E8E364F9FAEE53640"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a table for each appropriation with a
separate column to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by
Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the
fiscal year enacted level;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22C9ECC26FC8413EADFBB55487D37EB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a delineation in the table for each
appropriation both by object class and program, project, and activity as
detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45C2D98B86A8471AA1D7A7F20F2949B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of items of special
congressional interest:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the amount
appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be
reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date that the
report has not been submitted to the Congress.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID375A7FA5F610490587D7BB0BEF86A2C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>406.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at
the end of fiscal year 2012 from appropriations made available for salaries and
expenses for fiscal year 2012 in this Act, shall remain available through
September 30, 2013, for each such account for the purposes authorized:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That a request shall be
submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval
prior to the expenditure of such funds:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That these requests
shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of
this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID20089C13882B4874B820FF662658255B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All Federal agencies and departments that
are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations on all sole-source contracts by no later than July
30, 2012. Such report shall include the contractor, the amount of the contract
and the rationale for using a sole-source contract.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FD35A95EA864DA9BC38790BF38785EE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>408.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H714AC14F6FCD4CDEA87B8763DC55C739"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CCA8FA27B9E4B4DA5860E01212DAC6F" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not meet identified needs for
knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of
official duties;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F630033AC9F489C890F59B86697B31F" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains elements likely to induce high
levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EFB2EC060EE4E108583737BA0BA7510" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not require prior employee
notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written
end of course evaluation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H429BB31FECB44402845C40664B7AA7EF" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains any methods or content associated
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or <quote>new age</quote>
belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice
N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80EFAD91AA0340B5AA95C93F1620CFA4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is offensive to, or designed to change,
participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E86FEA1533A4300B14AEAB2D149C1F7" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall prohibit,
restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing
directly upon the performance of official duties.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7023747F89CC453E8C26E0BE5B61D684" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>409.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds in this Act may be used to support
any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent
domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That for purposes of this
section, public use shall not be construed to include economic development that
primarily benefits private entities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That any use of
funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects as well
as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public (including
energy-related, communication-related, water-related and wastewater-related
infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the general public or
which have other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve the
general public and are subject to regulation and oversight by the government,
and projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public health and safety
or brownsfield as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownsfield Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a
public use for purposes of eminent domain.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2BC26C48F33148EDB0ABC7B57AC5781E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>410.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2ADA21CDC782495CBE9DDE1BF1ABCFC9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>411.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a
position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has
left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily
completed his period of active military or naval service, and has within 90
days after his release from such service or from hospitalization continuing
after discharge for a period of not more than 1 year, made application for
restoration to his former position and has been certified by the Office of
Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties of his former
position and has not been restored thereto.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8374D25DAF88480BACB3F7BC642A3F56" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>412.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March
3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the <quote>Buy American
Act</quote>).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID896376C5F71A4C728AD2D8A67A53AECD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>413.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that
has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C.
10a–10c).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEE264CB30064A7FA3E5873A0AB61758" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>414.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of
sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5437EB9AEF94032A3FDA9A6E79BD418" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>415.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to purchase a light bulb for an office building unless the
light bulb has, to the extent practicable, an Energy Star or Federal Energy
Management Program designation.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2727AD104DCD4534AB4AD8B9DEAE1083" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>416.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to establish, issue, implement, administer, or enforce any
prohibition or restriction on the establishment or effectiveness of any
occupancy preference for veterans in supportive housing for the elderly
that:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93AD24E5C19A4005B7BDE9A6E7A2F9D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is provided assistance by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF39C6905D13345D6878323304B7B9669"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is or would be located on property of the
Department of Veterans Affairs; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC13475D6B8C74AF7A9400C5B422048C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is subject to an enhanced use lease with
the Department of Veterans Affairs.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4075B8EE20C4F04BB9FD2F4C0B2AC85" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>417.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available under this
Act 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.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89AA60E62D344AF4AD3D49D0A0F5BDD1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>418.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Concurrent with the issuance of any notice
of funding availability or any other notice designed to solicit applications
for a program through which grants or credit assistance are awarded through a
competitive process, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall post on their Web sites information about
such program, including, but not limited to, the goals of the program, the
criteria that will be used in awarding grants or credit assistance, and the
process by which applications will be selected for the award of a grant or
credit assistance:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic>,</proviso> That concurrent with the
public announcement of grants or credit assistance to be awarded through such
competitive program, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall post on their Web sites information on each
applicant to be awarded a grant or credit assistance, including, but not
limited to, the name and address of the applicant, the amount of the grant or
credit assistance to be awarded, the amount of financing expected from other
sources, and an explanation of how such award is consistent with program
goals.</text>
</section><section id="idE1F0733129E94E4E98E593AEBB058C4F"><enum>419.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 701, none of the
funds made available by this Act may be used to purchase new passenger motor
vehicles, except for national security, law enforcement needs, public transit,
safety, and research:
<proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso> all agencies and
departments funded by divisions A, B, and C of this Act shall send to Congress
at the end of the Fiscal Year a report containing a complete inventory of the
total number of vehicles owned, permanently retired, and purchased during
Fiscal Year 2012 as well as the total cost of the vehicle fleet, including
maintenance, fuel, storage, purchasing, and leasing.</text>
</section><section id="id091FC951A9A14DAB820B3CC02AD04198"><enum>420 .</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person or entity that receives a Federal
loan using amounts made available under division A, division B, or division C
of this Act may not repay the loan using a Federal grant or other award funded
with amounts made available under division A, division B, or division C of this
Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso> a grant or other
award funded with amounts made available under division A, division B, or
division C of this Act may not be used to repay a Federal loan.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="H574199AEF7B44155A61A23EF17601AEC"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2012</short-title></quote>.</text></appropriations-small></section>
Amend the title so as to read: An Act making
consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce,
Justice, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other
purposes.
.
Secretary