    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 124, 111th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 111-242
    111th Congress

    An Act

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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    United States of America in Congress assembled, <>   That the following sums are hereby
    appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
    appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues,
    receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies,
    corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal
    year 2011, and for other purposes, namely:

    Sec. 101.  Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
    operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal
    year 2010 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts,
    for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct
    loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided
    for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2010, and for which
    appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the
    following appropriations Acts:
    (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
    Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
    (Public Law 111-80).
    (2) Division A of the Department of Defense Appropriations
    Act, 2010 (division A of Public Law 111-118).
    (3) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
    Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-85).
    (4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
    2010 (Public Law 111-83) and section 601 of the Supplemental
    Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212).
    (5) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
    Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (division A of Public Law 111-
    88).
    (6) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010
    (division A of Public Law 111-68).
    (7) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law
    111-117).
    (8) Chapter 3 of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations
    Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212), except for appropriations under
    the heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' relating to Haiti
    following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, or the Port of
    Guam: Provided, That the amount provided for the Department of
    Defense pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed a rate for
    operations of $29,387,401,000: Provided further, That the
    Secretary of Defense shall allocate such amount to each
    appropriation account, budget activity, activity group, and
    subactivity group, and to each program, project, and activity
    within

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    each appropriation account, in the same proportions as such
    appropriations for fiscal year 2010.
    (9) Section 102(c) of chapter 1 of title I of the
    Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212) that
    addresses guaranteed loans in the rural housing insurance fund.
    (10) The appropriation under the heading ``Department of
    Commerce--United States Patent and Trademark Office'' in the
    United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental
    Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-224).

    Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
    granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be
    used for (1) the new production of items not funded for production in
    fiscal year 2010 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates
    above those sustained with fiscal year 2010 funds; or (3) the
    initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity,
    operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject,
    activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a
    program element, and for any investment items defined as a P-1 line item
    in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R-1 line
    item that includes a program element and subprogram element within an
    appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other
    authority were not available during fiscal year 2010.
    (b) <> No appropriation or funds made available or
    authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense
    shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance
    procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless
    specifically appropriated later.

    Sec. 103.  Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to
    the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent
    appropriations Act.
    Sec. 104.  Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
    appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to
    section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity
    for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available
    during fiscal year 2010.
    Sec. 105.  Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to
    this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any
    project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for
    such project or activity are available under this Act.
    Sec. 106. <>   Unless otherwise provided for
    in this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year
    2011, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted
    pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following
    first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any
    project or activity provided for in this Act; (2) the enactment into law
    of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 without any
    provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 3, 2010.

    Sec. 107.  Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged
    to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill
    in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is
    contained is enacted into law.
    Sec. 108.  Appropriations made and funds made available by or
    authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without regard to the
    time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth
    in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code,

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    but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of
    law governing the apportionment of funds.
    Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except
    section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial
    rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the
    beginning of fiscal year 2011 because of distributions of funding to
    States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates
    of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants
    shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would impinge
    on final funding prerogatives.
    Sec. 110.  This Act shall be implemented so that only the most
    limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall be taken in
    order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.
    Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose
    budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year
    2010, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
    activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels
    under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the
    applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, to be continued
    through the date specified in section 106(3).
    (b) <> Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for
    mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that
    begins after October 2010 but not later than 30 days after the date
    specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be
    available for such payments.

    Sec. 112.  Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian
    personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may be
    apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs
    within such department or agency, consistent with the applicable
    appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, except that such authority
    provided under this section shall not be used until after the department
    or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-
    personnel-related administrative expenses.
    Sec. 113.  Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and
    expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C.
    2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
    (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
    Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1)
    of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)).
    Sec. 114.  The following amounts are designated as an emergency
    requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections
    403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent
    resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010:
    (1) Amounts incorporated by reference in this Act that were
    previously designated as available for overseas deployments and
    other activities pursuant to such concurrent resolution.
    (2) Amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (8) of
    section 101 of this Act.

    Sec. 115.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds
    appropriated under the heading ``Food for Peace Title II Grants'' in
    chapter 1 of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
    (Public Law 111-212) may be used to reimburse obligations incurred for
    the purposes provided therein prior to the enactment of such Act.

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    Sec. <> 116.  The authority provided by
    section 18(h)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
    U.S.C. 1769(h)(5)) shall continue in effect through the earlier of the
    date of enactment of an authorization Act related to the Richard B.
    Russell National School Lunch Act or the date specified in section
    106(3) of this Act.

    Sec. 117.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    ``Department of Commerce--Bureau of the Census--Periodic Censuses and
    Programs'', for necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics for
    periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, at a rate for
    operations of $964,315,000.
    Sec. <> 118.  The authority provided by
    section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
    2006 (Public Law 109-163), as most recently amended by section 1222 of
    the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law
    111-84; 123 Stat. 2518), shall continue in effect through the date
    specified in section 106(3) of this Act.

    Sec. <> 119.  Notwithstanding subsection (b) of
    section 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law
    111-32; 123 Stat. 1870), a claim described in that subsection that is
    submitted before the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act shall
    be treated as a claim for which payment may be made under such section
    310.

    Sec. 120. (a) Rescission.--The unobligated balance of authority
    provided for investigations under the heading ``Department of Defense--
    Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers--Civil,
    Investigations'', in chapter 4 of title I of the Supplemental
    Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212; 124 Stat. 2312) is
    rescinded as of the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other provision in this
    Act--
    (1) there is appropriated to the Department of the Army,
    Corps of Engineers, an amount equal to the unobligated balance
    rescinded by subsection (a), to remain available until expended,
    for investigations;
    (2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment
    of this Act; and
    (3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement and
    necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 403(a)
    and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent
    resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.

    Sec. 121. (a) Rescission.--The unobligated balance of authority
    provided for in section 401 of chapter 4 of title I of the Supplemental
    Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212; 124 Stat. 2313) for
    drought emergency assistance is rescinded as of the date of enactment of
    this Act.
    (b) Appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other provision in this
    Act--
    (1) there is appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation, an
    amount equal to the unobligated balance rescinded by subsection
    (a), to remain available until expended, for drought emergency
    assistance: Provided, That financial assistance may be provided
    under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of
    1991 (43 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and any other applicable Federal
    law (including regulations) for the optimization and
    conservation of project water supplies to assist drought-plagued
    areas of the West;

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    (2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment
    of this Act; and
    (3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement and
    necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 403(a)
    and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent
    resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.

    Sec. 122.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    ``Department of Energy--Weapons Activities'' at a rate for operations of
    $7,008,835,000.
    Sec. 123.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except
    section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds for
    programs and activities under the heading ``District of Columbia Funds''
    for such programs and activities under title IV of S. 3677 (111th
    Congress), as reported by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
    at the rate set forth under ``District of Columbia Funds'' as included
    in the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request Act (D.C. Act 18-448), as
    modified as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. <> 124.  Section 550(b) of Public Law
    109-295, as amended by section 550 of Public Law 111-83, shall be
    applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
    for ``October 4, 2010''.

    Sec. <> 125.  Section 203(m) of the Robert T.
    Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
    5133(m)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section
    106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2010''.

    Sec. 126.  Any funds made available pursuant to section 101 for the
    Federal Air Marshals may be obligated at a rate for operations not
    exceeding that necessary to sustain domestic and international flight
    coverage at the same level as the final quarter of fiscal year 2010.
    Sec. 127.  Any funds made available pursuant to section 101 for U.S.
    Customs and Border Protection may be obligated at a rate for operations
    not exceeding that necessary to sustain the numbers of personnel in
    place in the final quarter of fiscal year
    2010. <> The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
    Border Protection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the
    House of Representatives and the Senate on each use of the authority
    provided in this section.

    Sec. 128.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    ``Department of the Interior--Minerals Management Service--Royalty and
    Offshore Minerals Management'' at a rate for operations of $365,000,000:
    Provided, That amounts provided herein from the general fund shall be
    reduced in an amount not to exceed $154,890,000, as receipts from
    increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery
    fees are received: <>  Provided further, That of the
    prior-year unobligated balances available for ``Department of the
    Interior--Minerals Management Service--Royalty and Offshore Minerals
    Management'', $25,000,000 are rescinded.

    Sec. <> 129.  Section 2(e)(1)(B) of Public Law
    109-129 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section
    106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2010''.

    Sec. 130.  From funds transferred to ``Department of Health and
    Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health and Social
    Services Emergency Fund'' by Public Law 111-117 in the fourth paragraph
    under such heading, amounts shall be available through the date
    specified in section 106(3) of this Act to support

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    advanced research and development pursuant to section 319L of the Public
    Health Service Act, at a rate for operations of $305,000,000.
    Sec. 131. (a) Extension of the Temporary Assistance for Needy
    Families Program.--Activities authorized by part A of title IV and
    section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other than the Emergency
    Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
    Programs established under subsection (c) of section 403 of such Act)
    shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
    in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, subject to the amendments
    made by subsection (b) of this section, and out of any money in the
    Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are
    hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
    Grants and payments may be made pursuant to this authority through the
    applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 at the pro
    rata portion of the level provided for such activities through the first
    quarter of fiscal year 2010.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
    (1) Supplemental grants for population increases.--Section
    403(a)(3)(H)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
    603(a)(3)(H)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(ii) <> subparagraph
    (G) shall be applied as if `the date specified in
    section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations
    Act, 2011' were substituted for `fiscal year
    2001'; and''.
    (2) Contingency fund.--
    (A) Deposit into fund.--Section 403(b)(2) of such
    Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended--
    (i) by striking ``fiscal years 1997'' and all
    that follows through ``2003'' and inserting
    ``fiscal years 2011 and 2012''; and
    (ii) by striking ``$2,000,000,000'' and
    inserting ``, in the case of fiscal year 2011,
    $506,000,000 and in the case of fiscal year 2012,
    $612,000,000''.
    (B) Conforming amendment.--Section 403(b)(3)(C)(ii)
    of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended by
    striking ``fiscal years 1997 through 2010 shall not
    exceed the total amount appropriated pursuant to
    paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2011 and
    2012, respectively, shall not exceed the total amount
    appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) for each such
    fiscal year''.
    (3) Maintenance of effort.--Section 409(a)(7) of such Act
    (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)) is amended--
    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or 2011'' and
    inserting ``2011, or 2012''; and
    (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``2010''
    and inserting ``2011''.

    Sec. <> 132.  Activities authorized by
    section 429 of the Social Security Act shall continue through September
    30, 2011, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, and out of any
    money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated,
    there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such
    purpose. Grants and payments may be made pursuant to this authority on a
    quarterly basis through fiscal year 2011 at the level provided for such
    activities for the corresponding quarter of fiscal year 2010.

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    Sec. 133.  <> Effective
    October 1, 2010, subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security
    Act is amended--
    (1) in section 436 (42 U.S.C. 629f)--
    (A) in subsection (a)--
    (i) by striking ``2011'' and inserting
    ``2010''; and
    (ii) by inserting before the period the
    following: ``, and $365,000,000 for fiscal year
    2011''; and
    (B) by striking ``$10,000,000'' in subsection (b)(2)
    and inserting ``$30,000,000''; and
    (2) in section 438 (42 U.S.C. 629h)--
    (A) by striking ``2010'' in subsection (c)(2)(A) and
    inserting ``2011''; and
    (B) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the
    following flush sentence: ``For fiscal year 2011, out of
    the amount reserved pursuant to section 436(b)(2) for
    such fiscal year, there are available $10,000,000 for
    grants referred to in subsection (b)(2)(B), and
    $10,000,000 for grants referred to in subsection
    (b)(2)(C).''.

    Sec. <> 134.  Notwithstanding any other
    provision of this Act, for payment in equal shares to the children and
    grandchildren of Robert C. Byrd, $193,400 is appropriated.

    Sec. 135.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    deposit into ``Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005'' at a
    rate for operations of $2,354,285,000.
    Sec. 136.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    ``Department of State--Administration of Foreign Affairs--Diplomatic and
    Consular Programs'' at a rate for operations of $8,601,000,000.
    Sec. 137.  <> Notwithstanding
    section 101, amounts are provided for ``International Security
    Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--Foreign Military
    Financing Program'' at a rate for operations of $5,160,000,000, of which
    not less than $2,775,000,000 shall be available for grants only for
    Israel, not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only
    for Egypt, and not less than $300,000,000 shall be available for
    assistance for Jordan: Provided, That the dollar amount in the fourth
    proviso under such heading in title IV of division F of Public Law 111-
    117 shall be deemed to be $729,825,000.

    Sec. 138. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    ``International Security Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
    President--Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund'' at a rate for
    operations of $700,000,000.
    (b) Amounts provided by subsection (a) shall be available to the
    Secretary of State under the terms and conditions provided for this Fund
    in Public Law 111-32 and Public Law 111-212 through the date specified
    in section 106(3) of this Act.
    Sec. <> 139.  Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport
    Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by
    substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
    ``September 30, 2010''.

    Sec. <> 140. (a) Section 1115(d) of Public Law
    111-32 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section
    106(3) of this Act for ``October 1, 2010''.

    (b) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
    4064(g)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section
    106(3) of this Act for ``October 1, 2010'' in paragraph (2).
    (c) Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
    1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be applied by substituting

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    the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``October 1, 2010''
    in paragraph (2).
    (d) <> Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign
    Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by
    substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
    ``October 1, 2010'' in subparagraph (B).

    Sec. 141.  <> The authority provided by
    section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998
    (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall remain in effect through the date specified in
    section 106(3) of this Act.

    Sec. 142.  <> Commitments to guarantee loans incurred
    under the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by
    sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and
    1735c), shall not exceed a rate for operations of $20,000,000,000:
    Provided, That total loan principal, any part of which is to be
    guaranteed, may be apportioned through the date specified in section
    106(3) of this Act, at $80,000,000 multiplied by the number of days
    covered by this Act.

    Sec. 143.  <> The provisions of title II of
    the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.)
    shall continue in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of such Act,
    through the earlier of: (1) the date specified in section 106(3) of this
    Act; or (2) the date of the enactment into law of an authorization Act
    relating to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

    Sec. 144.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this
    Act, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for
    the borrower during fiscal year 2011, the second sentence of section
    255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)) shall be
    considered to require that in no case may the benefits of insurance
    under such section 255 exceed 150 percent of the maximum dollar amount
    in effect under the sixth sentence of section 305(a)(2) of the Federal
    Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)).
    Sec. 145. (a) Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels.--For mortgages
    for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during
    fiscal year 2011, if the dollar amount limitation on the principal
    obligation of a mortgage determined under section 203(b)(2) of the
    National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) for any size residence for
    any area is less than such dollar amount limitation that was in effect
    for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 202
    of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-185; 122 Stat.
    620), notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, the
    maximum dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation of a
    mortgage for such size residence for such area for purposes of such
    section 203(b)(2) shall be considered (except for purposes of section
    255(g) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g))) to be such dollar amount
    limitation in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008.
    (b) Discretionary Authority for Sub-areas.--Notwithstanding any
    other provision of law or of this Act, if the Secretary of Housing and
    Urban Development determines, for any geographic area that is smaller
    than an area for which dollar amount limitations on the principal
    obligation of a mortgage are determined under section 203(b)(2) of the
    National Housing Act, that a higher such maximum dollar amount
    limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of residences
    in such sub-area by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the
    Secretary may, for mortgages

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    for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during
    fiscal year 2011, increase the maximum dollar amount limitation for such
    size or sizes of residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in
    effect (including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section), but in no
    case to an amount that exceeds the amount specified in section 202(a)(2)
    of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
    Sec. 146. (a) Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels.--For mortgages
    originated during fiscal year 2011, if the limitation on the maximum
    original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the
    Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
    Corporation determined under section 302(b)(2) of the Federal National
    Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)) or section
    305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C.
    1754(a)(2)) respectively, for any size residence for any area is less
    than such maximum original principal obligation limitation that was in
    effect for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to
    section 201 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-185;
    122 Stat. 619), notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this
    Act, the limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of a
    mortgage for such Association and Corporation for such size residence
    for such area shall be such maximum limitation in effect for such size
    residence for such area for 2008.
    (b) Discretionary Authority for Sub-areas.--Notwithstanding any
    other provision of law or of this Act, if the Director of the Federal
    Housing Finance Agency determines, for any geographic area that is
    smaller than an area for which limitations on the maximum original
    principal obligation of a mortgage are determined for the Federal
    National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
    Corporation, that a higher such maximum original principal obligation
    limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of residences
    in such sub-area by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the
    Director may, for mortgages originated during fiscal year 2011, increase
    the maximum original principal obligation limitation for such size or
    sizes of residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in effect
    (including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) for such
    Association and Corporation, but in no case to an amount that exceeds
    the amount specified in the matter following the comma in section
    201(a)(l)(B) of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.

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    This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations Act,
    2011''.

    Approved September 30, 2010.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3081 (S. 1434):
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 111-187 (Comm. on Appropriations).
    SENATE REPORTS: No. 111-44 (Comm. on Appropriations) accompanying

    S. 1434.
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 155 (2009):
    July 9, considered and passed House.
    Vol. 156 (2010):
    Sept. 29, considered and passed
    Senate, amended. House
    concurred in Senate amendments.