[House Document 111-91]
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111th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-91
A REQUEST FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
FY 2011 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE, EDUCATION,
ENERGY, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE TREASURY, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
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February 22, 2010.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
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The White House,
Washington, February 12, 2010.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the
enclosed Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Budget amendments for the
Departments of Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human
Services, the Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. These amendments
will increase by $155 million the overall discretionary budget
authority in my FY 2011 Budget.
These amendments are necessary to reflect correctly
policies assumed in the FY 2011 Budget. The details of these
amendments are set forth in the enclosed letter from the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 1, 111th Cong. 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, February 12, 2010.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are amendments to your
Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Budget for the Departments of Defense,
Energy, Health and Human Services, the Treasury, and Veterans
Affairs, as well as the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. These amendments are necessary to reflect
correctly policies assumed in your FY 2011 Budget. They will
increase by $155 million the overall discretionary budget
authority in your FY 2011 Budget.
Recommendation
I have reviewed these amendments and am satisfied that they
are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the heads of the
affected Departments and agency in recommending that you
transmit the proposals to the Congress.
Sincerely,
Peter R. Orszag,
Director.
Enclosures.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Operation and Maintenance
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 265
FY 2011 Pending Request: $5,000,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $5,000,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, insert
the following new language:)
For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contingency
Operations, $5,000,000, to remain available for obligation
until expended: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, the Secretary of Defense may transfer these
funds to military personnel accounts; operation and maintenance
accounts, including Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic
Aid; the defense health program appropriation; procurement
accounts; research, development, test and evaluation accounts;
and working capital fund accounts: Provided further, That the
funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be available
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That upon
a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from
this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes and
for the same time period as originally appropriated: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall notify the congressional
defense committees 15 days prior to such transfer: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provide in this paragraph
is in addition to any other transfer authority contained
elsewhere in this act.
This amendment would insert appropriations language that
was omitted inadvertently from the FY 2011 Budget to reflect
correctly the policy assumed in the Budget. The proposed Budget
totals would not be affected by this language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Revolving and Management Funds
DEFENSE COALITION SUPPORT FUND
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 313
FY 2011 Pending Request: $10,000,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $10,000,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, insert
the following new language:)
Contingent upon enactment of authorizing legislation, for
the Defense Coalition Support Fund, $10,000,000 to remain
available until expended, for the purpose of financing the
acquisition of defense articles and defense services in
anticipation of their temporary use or transfer to eligible
foreign countries and international organizations, including
support of coalition or international military stability or
counter-terrorist operations, as may be authorized by law.
This amendment would insert appropriations language that
was omitted inadvertently from the FY 2011 Budget to reflect
correctly the policy assumed in the Budget. The proposed Budget
totals would not be affected by this language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 324
FY 2011 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above Agency, insert
the above new heading and the following new language
immediately before the heading ``Title VIII--General
Provisions'':)
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this title
shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee
contract for construction, where cost estimates exceed $25,000,
to be performed within the United States, except Alaska,
without the specific approval in writing of the Secretary of
Defense setting forth the reasons therefor.
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for
construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor
vehicles.
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for
construction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the
construction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of
title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized therein
are certified as important to the national defense by the
Secretary of Defense.
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this title
may be used to begin construction of new bases in the United
States for which specific appropriations have not been made.
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this title
shall be used for purchase of land or land easements in excess
of 100 percent of the value as determined by the Army Corps of
Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except:
(1) where there is a determination of value by a Federal court;
(2) purchases negotiated by the Attorney General or the
designee of the Attorney General; (3) where the estimated value
is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the
Secretary of Defense to be in the public interest.
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this title
shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing,
except housing for which funds have been made available in
annual Acts making appropriations for military construction.
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this title
for minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate any
activity from one base or installation to another, without
prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress.
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this title
may be used for the procurement of steel for any construction
project or activity for which American steel producers,
fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the opportunity
to compete for such steel procurement.
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Department of
Defense for military construction or family housing during the
current fiscal year may be used to pay real property taxes in
any foreign nation.
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this title
may be used to initiate a new installation overseas without
prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress.
[SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this title
may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated
by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be
accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty
Organization member country, or in countries bordering the
Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are awarded to United States
firms or United States firms in joint venture with host nation
firms.]
SEC. [112]111. None of the funds made available in this
title for military construction in the United States
territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, may be used
to award any contract estimated by the Government to exceed
$1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That this section
shall not be applicable to contract awards for which the lowest
responsive and responsible bid of a United States contractor
exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a foreign
contractor by greater than 20 percent: Provided further, That
this section shall not apply to contract awards for military
construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive
and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor.
[SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, including
the Committees on Appropriations, of the plans and scope of any
proposed military exercise involving United States personnel 30
days prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for
construction, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated to
exceed $100,000.]
[SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made
available in this title which are limited for obligation during
the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last two
months co of the fiscal year.]
SEC. [115]112. Funds appropriated to the Department of
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available for
construction authorized for each such military department by
the authorizations enacted into law during the current session
of Congress.
SEC. [116]113. For military construction or family housing
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise expired
or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used
to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection,
overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on
subsequent claims, if any.
SEC. [117]114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds made available to a military department or defense
agency for the construction of military projects may be
obligated for a military construction project or contract, or
for any portion of such a project or contract, at any time
before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year
for which funds for such project were made available, if the
funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from funds
available for military construction projects; and (2) do not
exceed the amount appropriated for such project, plus any
amount by which the cost of such project is increased pursuant
to law.
[SEC. 118. (a) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, by February 15 of
each year, an annual report in unclassified and, if necessary,
classified form, on actions taken by the Department of Defense
and the Department of State during the previous fiscal year to
encourage host countries to assume a greater share of the
common defense burden of such countries and the United States.
(b) The report under subsection (a) shall include a
description of--
(1) attempts to secure cash and in-kind contributions
from host countries for military construction projects;
(2) attempts to achieve economic incentives offered
by host countries to encourage private investment for
the benefit of the United States Armed Forces;
(3) attempts to recover funds due to be paid to the
United States by host countries for assets deeded or
otherwise imparted to host countries upon the cessation
of United States operations at military installations;
(4) the amount spent by host countries on defense, in
dollars and in terms of the percent of gross domestic
product (GDP) of the host country; and
(5) for host countries that are members of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the amount
contributed to NATO by host countries, in dollars and
in terms of the percent of the total NATO budget.
(c) In this section, the term ``host country'' means other
member countries of NATO, Japan, South Korea, and United States
allies bordering the Arabian Sea.]
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. [119]115. In addition to any other transfer authority
available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited to
the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established by
section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization Amendments and
Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant
to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the
account established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to
be merged with, and to be available for the same purposes and
the same time period as that account.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. [120]116. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883, of title 10, United States
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined by the
Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department
of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund from amounts
appropriated for construction in ``Family Housing'' accounts,
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and
for the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to
the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense Military
Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund from amounts
appropriated for construction of military unaccompanied housing
in ``Military Construction'' accounts, to be merged with and to
be available for the same purposes and for the same period of
time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided,
That appropriations made available to the Funds shall be
available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to the
provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United
States Code, pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and
improving military family housing, military unaccompanied
housing, and supporting facilities.
[SEC. 121. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing any
solicitation for a contract with the private sector for
military family housing the Secretary of the military
department concerned shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the notice described
in subsection (b).
(b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice
of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental
payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private
party under the contract involved in the event of--
(A) the closure or realignment of the installation
for which housing is provided under the contract;
(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at such
installation; or
(C) the extended deployment overseas of units
stationed at such installation.
(2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the
nature of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and
likelihood, if any, of the liability of the Federal Government
with respect to the guarantee.]
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. [122]117. In addition to any other transfer authority
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be
transferred from the accounts established by sections
2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to the fund
established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and
Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay
for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program
incurred under 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred
shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes and
for the same time period as the fund to which transferred.
SEC. [123]118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds made available in this title or operation and maintenance
of family housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for
repair and maintenance of all family housing units, including
general or flag officer quarters: Provided, That not more than
$35,000 per unit may be spent annually for the maintenance and
repair of any general or flag officer quarters without 30 days
prior notification, or 14 days for a notification provided in
an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title
10, United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact
notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded
solely due to costs associated with environmental remediation
that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time of the
budget submission[: Provided further, That the Under Secretary
of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all
operation and maintenance expenditures for each individual
general or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year].
SEC. [124]119. Amounts contained in the Ford Island
Improvement Account established by subsection (h) of section
2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and
shall be available until expended for the purposes specified in
subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pursuant
to subsection (i)(3) of such section.
[(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)]
[SEC. 125. None of the funds made available in this title,
or in any Act making appropriations for military construction
which remain available for obligation, may be obligated or
expended to carry out a military construction, land
acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military
installation approved for closure, or at a military
installation for the purposes of supporting a function that has
been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005
under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
(part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note), unless such a project at a military installation
approved for realignment will support a continuing mission or
function at that installation or a new mission or function that
is planned for that installation, or unless the Secretary of
Defense certifies that the cost to the United States of
carrying out such project would be less than the cost to the
United States of cancelling such project, or if the project is
at an active component base that shall be established as an
enclave or in the case of projects having multi-agency use,
that another Government agency has indicated it will assume
ownership of the completed project. The Secretary of Defense
may not transfer funds made available as a result of this
limitation from any military construction project, land
acquisition, or family housing project to another account or
use such funds for another purpose or project without the prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress. This section shall not apply to military construction
projects, land acquisition, or family housing projects for
which the project is vital to the national security or the
protection of health, safety, or environmental quality:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the
congressional defense committees within seven days of a
decision to carry out such a military construction project.]
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. [126]120. During the 5-year period after
appropriations available in this Act to the Department of
Defense for military construction and family housing operation
and maintenance and construction have expired for obligation,
upon a determination that such appropriations will not be
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obligations
incurred during the period of availability of such
appropriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations may
be transferred into the appropriation ``Foreign Currency
Fluctuations, Construction, Defense'', to be merged with and to
be available for the same time period and for the same purposes
as the appropriation to which transferred.
[SEC. 127. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this title may be used for any action that is
related to or promotes the expansion of the boundaries or size
of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado.]
[SEC. 128. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
in an account funded under the headings in this title may be
transferred among projects and activities within the account in
accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military
construction and family housing construction contained in the
explanatory statement of managers to accompany this Act and in
the guidance for military construction reprogrammings and
notifications contained in Department of Defense Financial
Management Regulation 7000.14-R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of
December 1996, as in effect on the date of enactment of this
Act.]
[SEC. 129. Of the funds made available in this title, the
following accounts are hereby reduced in the following amounts
to reflect adjusted inflation and bid savings projections:
``Military Construction, Army'', $230,000,000; ``Military
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', $235,000,000; and
``Military Construction, Air Force'', $64,091,000.]
[SEC. 130. Of the funds made available under the following
headings in Public Law 110-329, the following amounts
associated with unobligated balances are hereby rescinded:
``Military Construction, Army'', $33,000,000; ``Military
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', $51,468,000; ``Military
Construction, Defense-Wide'', $93,268,000; ``Military
Construction, Army National Guard'', $33,000,000; and
``Military Construction, Air National Guard'', $7,000,000.]
(Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.)
This amendment would insert the Administrative Provisions
for the Department of Defense that were omitted inadvertently
from the FY 2011 Budget to reflect correctly the policy assumed
in the Budget. The proposed Budget totals would not be affected
by this language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Departmental Management
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 407
FY 2011 Pending Request: $492,488,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,696,100
Revised Request: $489,791,900
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$492,488,000'' and substitute $489,791,900.)
This amendment would decrease the request by almost $3
million for the Program Administration account to reflect
correctly the policy assumed in the Budget. Additional funding
for the acquisition workforce initiative was provided in
section 307 of the Department of Education General Provisions.
However, this funding was erroneously double counted in the
appropriations language for the Program Administration account.
This amendment seeks to make the legislative language
consistent with the Budget totals. As such, those totals would
not be affected by the transmittal of this amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental and Other Defense Activities
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 415
FY 2011 Pending Request: $5,563,039,000
Proposed Amendment: $25,000,000
Revised Request: $5,588,039,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$5,563,039,000'' and substitute $5,588,039,000.)
This amendment would increase the request by $25.0 million
for the Department of Energy's Environmental Management
program. The additional funds would be used to protect human
health and the environment by demolishing radioactively
contaminated facilities at the Y-12 site on the Department's
Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. This amendment would insert
both appropriations language and funding that was omitted
inadvertently from the FY 2011 Budget to reflect correctly the
policy assumed in the Budget.
This amendment would increase budget authority by $25.0
million and increase outlays by $17.5 million in FY 2011.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING FUND
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 437
FY 2011 Pending Request: $708,498,000
Proposed Amendment: $22,000,000
Revised Request: $730,498,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$708,498,000'' and substitute $730,498,000.)
This amendment would increase the request by $22.0 million
for the Department of Energy's Environmental Management
program. The additional funds would be used to protect human
health and the environment by demolishing radioactively
contaminated facilities at the East Tennessee Technology Park
site on the Department's Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee.
This amendment would insert both appropriations language and
funding that was omitted inadvertently from the FY 2011 Budget
to reflect correctly the policy assumed in the Budget.
This amendment would increase budget authority by $22.0
million and increase outlays by $15.4 million in FY 2011.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 461
FY 2011 Pending Request: $3,699,611,000
Proposed Amendment: $8,000,000
Revised Request: $3,707,611,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$3,699,611,000'' and substitute $3,707,611,000.)
This amendment would increase the request for the Food and
Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses account by $8
million to reflect correctly the policy assumed in the FY 2011
Budget. The funds would be used to support food program
activities based on section 728 of the FY 2010 Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act (Public Law 111-80).
The amendment would increase budget authority by $8 million
and increase outlays by $7 million in FY 2011.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 464
FY 2011 Pending Request: $7,501,658,000
Proposed Amendment: $100,000,000
Revised Request: $7,601,658,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$7,501,658,000'' and substitute $7,601,658,000, and add the
following new language immediately before the period:)
: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, $100,000,000 shall be for grants to assist in the
development of medical schools, including the construction and
acquisition of property and facilities, in designated health
professional shortage areas
This request would increase the Health Resources and
Services account by $100 million to reflect correctly the
funding for the account. The funds would be used to assist in
the development of medical schools in federally-designated
health professional shortage areas (under section 332 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e)). This amendment
would insert both appropriations language and funding that was
omitted inadvertently from the FY 2011 Budget to reflect
correctly the policy assumed in the Budget.
The amendment would increase budget authority by $100
million and increase outlays by $39 million in FY 2011.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 1005
FY 2011 Pending Request: $346,401,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,500,000
Revised Request: $343,901,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$346,401,000'' and substitute $343,901,000.)
This amendment would decrease the request by $2.5 million
for the Departmental Offices, Salaries and Expenses account to
reflect correctly the policy assumed in the Budget. Additional
funding for the acquisition workforce initiative was provided
in section 619 of the Department of the Treasury General
Provisions. However, this funding was erroneously double
counted in the appropriations language for the Salaries and
Expenses account.
This amendment seeks to make the legislative language
consistent with the Budget totals. As such, those totals would
not be affected by the transmittal of this amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Page: 1099
FY 2011 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
newly inserted sections 226, 227 and 228 and substitute with
the following new section 226:)
SEC. 226. CANCELLATION AND APPROPRIATION
(a) Of the funds appropriated in the Military Construction
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2010 (Public Law 111-117, Division E), the following amounts
which become available on October 1, 2010 are hereby
permanently cancelled from the following accounts in the
amounts specified:
``Medical Services'', Department of Veterans Affairs,
$1,600,000,000;
``Medical Support and Compliance'', Department of
Veterans Affairs, $250,000,000; and
``Medical Facilities'', Department of Veterans
Affairs, $350,000,000.
(b) An additional amount is appropriated to the following
accounts in the amounts specified, to become available on
October 1, 2010 and to remain available until September 30,
2012:
``Medical Services'', Department of Veterans Affairs,
$1,600,000,000;
``Medical Support and Compliance'', Department of
Veterans Affairs, $250,000,000; and
``Medical Facilities'', Department of Veterans
Affairs, $350,000,000.
This amendment would clarify that the language transmitted
with the FY 2011 Budget as sections 226, 227 and 228 of the
general provisions for the Department of Veterans Affairs was
not intended to be a reappropriation of funds. Rather than
simply extending the period of availability through FY 2012,
the clarification instead permanently cancels the funding that
was appropriated for FY 2011 in the FY 2010 Military
Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act (Public Law 111-117) and newly appropriates
the funds with the longer period of availability. The proposed
Budget totals would not be affected by this language amendment.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT
FY 2011 Budget Appendix Pages: 1173-1174
FY 2011 Pending Request: $3,111,400,000
Proposed Amendment: -$3,592,000
Revised Request: $3,107,808,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$3,111,400,000'' and substitute $3,107,808,000.)
This amendment would decrease the request by almost $4
million for the Cross Agency Support (CAS) account to reflect
correctly the policy assumed in the Budget. Additional funding
for the acquisition workforce initiative was provided in
section 526 of the Department of Commerce General Provisions.
However, this funding was erroneously double counted in the
appropriations language for the CAS account.
This amendment seeks to make the legislative language
consistent with the Budget totals. As such, those totals would
not be affected by the transmittal of this amendment.