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Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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June 23, 2008CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Ms. MIKULSKI, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendarCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, namely:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

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 $327,000 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, $429,870,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, 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: Provided, That $48,592,000 shall be for Manufacturing and Services; $42,332,000 shall be for Market Access and Compliance; $66,357,000 shall be for the Import Administration; $237,739,000 shall be for the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; and $25,411,000 shall be for Executive Direction and Administration: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,400,000 shall be for making grants for the promotion of trade and the enhancement of the textile industry only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 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 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (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: Provided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization to recognize the right of members to distribute monies collected from antidumping and countervailing duties: Provided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-210.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Bureau of Industry and Security

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

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 $15,000 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, 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, $83,676,000, to remain available until expended, of which $14,767,000 shall be for inspections and other activities related to national security: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Economic Development Administration

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

For grants for economic development assistance as provided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $32,800,000: Provided, 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 Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Minority Business Development Agency

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

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, $29,000,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Economic and Statistical Analysis

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, $90,621,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Bureau of the Census

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $238,740,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, $2,912,262,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used for the collection of census data on race identification that does not include ‘some other race’ as a category: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for additional promotion outreach and marketing activities.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), $19,218,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, analysis, and 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

For the administration of grants, authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program administration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made available for grants for projects for which applications have been submitted and approved during any fiscal year.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM

For construction grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds provided under this heading shall be for competitive grants for the construction of broadband services and networks.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

United States Patent and Trademark Office

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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 United States Patent and Trademark Office, $2,074,773,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 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 2009, so as to result in a fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2009, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than $2,074,773,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount received in excess of $2,074,773,000 in fiscal year 2009, in an amount up to $100,000,000, shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That of the amounts provided to the USPTO within this account, $10,000,000 shall not become available for obligation until the Director of the USPTO has completed a comprehensive review of the assumptions behind the patent examiner expectancy goals and adopted a revised set of expectancy goals for patent examination: Provided further, That not less than 1,116 full-time equivalents, 1,139 positions and $246,977,000 shall be for the examination of trademark applications; and not less than 9,607 full-time equivalents, 10,179 positions and $1,827,796,000 shall be for the examination and searching of patent applications: Provided further, That $1,000,000 may be transferred to ‘Departmental Management’, ‘Salaries and Expenses’ for activities associated with the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council: Provided further, That any deviation from the full-time equivalent, position, and funding designations set forth in the preceding provisos shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be transferred to Office of Inspector General for activities associated with carrying out investigations related to the USPTO: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 2009 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2009, from the amounts made available for ‘Salaries and Expenses’ 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) 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 the Office of Personnel Management, of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees, 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: Provided further, That sections 801, 802, and 803 of division B, Public Law 108-447 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2009: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Institute of Standards and Technology

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $489,499,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $12,300,000 may be transferred to the ‘Working Capital Fund’: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be for making grants for research to enhance measurements and standards only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $110,000,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





In addition, for necessary expenses of the Technology Innovation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $65,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the $71,200,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $65,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund and $6,200,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

For construction of new research facilities, including architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance of existing facilities including agency recreational and welfare facilities, not otherwise provided for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c-278e, $149,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $44,000,000 shall be for making grants for construction of facilities only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the 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 National Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the five subsequent fiscal years.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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, $3,051,911,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, except for funds provided for cooperative enforcement, which shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 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: Provided further, That in addition, $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘Coastal Zone Management’ and in addition $79,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’: Provided further, That of the $3,149,911,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading $3,051,911,000 is appropriated from the general fund, $82,000,000 is provided by transfer, and $16,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That the total amount available for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration corporate services administrative support costs shall not exceed $217,338,000: Provided further, 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 $36,583,000: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $107,805,000 shall be for making grants for research, education, and other activities related to understanding and protecting the environment only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in the report 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: Provided further, That in allocating grants under sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, 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: Provided further, That funds for ‘Coastal Zone Management Grants’ in excess of $70,000,000 may be allocated on a competitive basis developed in consultation with eligible States: Provided further, That in accordance with section 215 of Public Law 107-372 the number of officers in the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps shall increase to 321.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





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. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $1,258,010,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, except funds provided for construction of facilities which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $23,850,000 shall be for making grants for research, education, and other activities related to understanding and protecting the environment only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, funds shall only be made available on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis with funds provided for the same purpose by the Department of Defense: Provided further, That except to the extent expressly prohibited by any other law, the Department of Defense may delegate procurement functions related to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System to officials of the Department of Commerce pursuant to section 2311 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in the report 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon populations, $90,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 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 for projects necessary for restoration of salmon and steelhead 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, or for salmon enhancement projects or other projects, consistent with a Memorandum of Understanding between a State and the National Marine Fisheries Service: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

FISHERIES DISASTER MITIGATION FUND

For necessary expenses associated with mitigation of fishery disasters, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds shall be used for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures and fishery resource disasters, as well as alleviating the impacts of regulations on commercial fishing industries.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a), not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’ account to offset the costs of implementing such Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2009, obligations of direct loans may not exceed $8,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936: Provided, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Departmental Management

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the departmental management of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, $44,083,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

HERBERT C. HOOVER BUILDING RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $7,367,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

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.), $24,766,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

General Provisions--Department of Commerce

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Sec. 101. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 102. 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).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 103. 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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 104. 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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 105. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act shall be used to register, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark of the phrase ‘Last Best Place’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 106. The Secretary of Commerce is permitted to prescribe and enforce standards or regulations affecting safety and health in the context of scientific and occupational diving within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





SEC. 107. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to collect and retain fees for conferences provided, and may use such funds to pay for expenses of such conferences.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





SEC. 108. The requirements set forth by section 112 of division B of Public Law 110-161 are hereby adopted by reference.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 109. 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, D.C., 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 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





SEC. 110. Of the amounts made available under section 213 of Public Law 108-199 for a New England lobster fishing capacity reduction program shall be available for transfer by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from the Fisheries Finance Program Account to the Operations, Research and Facilities appropriation, to remain available until expended, for the Southern New England Cooperative Research Initiative for cooperative research, marine debris removal, and gear modification for conservation in Rhode Island.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





SEC. 111. Section (d)(2)(A) of title 16 U.S.C. 3645 is amended by inserting ‘Nevada,’ after ‘Idaho,’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 112. With the consent of the President, the Secretary of Commerce shall represent the United States Government in negotiating and monitoring international agreements regarding fisheries, marine mammals, or sea turtles: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall be responsible for the development and interdepartmental coordination of the policies of the United States with respect to the international negotiations and agreements referred to in this section.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





This title may be cited as the ‘Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2009’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE II

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

General Administration

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of Justice, $85,000,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 is for security and construction of Department of Justice facilities, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General is authorized to transfer funds appropriated within General Administration to any office in this account: Provided further, That no appropriations for any office within General Administration shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That $10,000,000 is for Department Leadership; $7,664,000 is for Intergovernmental Relations/External Affairs; $11,832,000 is for Executive Support/Professional Responsibility; and $55,404,000 is for the Justice Management Division: Provided further, That notice of any change in funding 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: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addition to transfers authorized under section 505 of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, including planning, development, deployment and departmental direction, $86,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $21,000,000 is for the unified financial management system.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

For the costs of developing and implementing a nation-wide Integrated Wireless Network supporting Federal law enforcement, and for the costs of operations and maintenance of existing Land Mobile Radio legacy systems, $121,651,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 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: Provided further, That any transfer made under the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 505 of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, $268,791,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘Immigration Examinations Fee’ account: Provided, That $4,000,000 shall be expended on the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s Legal Orientation Programs.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

DETENTION TRUSTEE

For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee, $1,295,319,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Trustee shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be considered ‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforcement assistance’ pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 4013(b).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $75,681,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character: Provided, That within 200 days of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall conduct an audit and issue a report to the Committees on Appropriations of all expenses of the legislative and public affairs offices at each location of the Justice Department, its bureaus and agencies, including but not limited to every field office and headquarters component; the audit shall include any and all expenses related to these activities.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

United States Parole Commission

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as authorized, $12,570,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Legal Activities

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

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, $804,007,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $10,000 shall be available to the United States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 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 ‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’ from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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 Federal observer program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1973f): Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this heading for the Federal observer program $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, $150,591,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 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 $150,591,000 in fiscal year 2009), shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, $1,831,336,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as authorized, $217,416,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund: Provided, 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: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $160,000,000 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: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the Fund estimated at $52,416,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

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, $1,823,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

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, $168,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be made available for construction of buildings for protected witness safesites: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That not to exceed $9,000,000 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, $9,873,000: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

United States Marshals Service

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, $968,117,000; of which not to exceed $30,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed $4,000,000, including transfers from prior year unoglibated balances, shall be for information technology systems and shall remain available until expended; and of which not less than $12,625,000 shall be available for the costs of courthouse security equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems and cabling, and shall remain available until expended; and of which not less than $2,304,000 shall be available until expended for construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related support space.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Security Division

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the National Security Division, $83,789,000; of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain available until expended: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Interagency Law Enforcement

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

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, $511,741,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Federal Bureau of Investigation

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States; $7,085,140,000; of which not to exceed $150,000,000 shall remain available until expended; and of which $2,725,450,000 shall be for counterterrorism investigations, foreign counterintelligence, and other activities related to national security: Provided, That not to exceed $205,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion and extension of federally-owned buildings; and preliminary planning and design of projects; $184,991,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Drug Enforcement Administration

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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, $1,954,384,000; of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, including the purchase of not to exceed 822 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for replacement only; not to exceed $40,000 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, $1,042,814,000, 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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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 ‘Curios or relics’ in 27 CFR 478.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided further, 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): Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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 2009: Provided further, That, beginning in fiscal year 2009 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, tribal, or foreign law enforcement agency, or a Federal, State, or local prosecutor, solely in connection with and for use in a criminal investigation or prosecution; or (2) a Federal agency for a national security or intelligence purpose; 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Federal Prison System

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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 810, of which 766 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, $5,435,754,000: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary operations until September 30, 2010: Provided further, 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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, $535,807,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to construct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used for work performed under this appropriation.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

Not to exceed $2,328,000 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

Office on Violence Against Women

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

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.) (‘the 1968 Act’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (‘the 1994 Act’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (‘the 1990 Act’); 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.) (‘the 1974 Act’); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (‘the 2000 Act’); and the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (‘the 2005 Act’); $415,000,000, including amounts for administrative costs, to remain available until expended: Provided, 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: Provided further, That of the amount provided--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) $2,350,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) $185,000,000 for grants to combat violence against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, of which--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) $17,390,000 shall be for transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) $1,880,000 shall be 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;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) $59,000,000 for grants to encourage arrest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) $12,000,000 for sexual assault victims assistance, as authorized by section 202 of the 2005 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) $42,000,000 for rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) $5,000,000 for training programs as authorized by section 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for related local demonstration projects;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) $3,030,000 for grants to improve the stalking and domestic violence databases, as authorized by section 40602 of the 1994 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) $9,400,000 for grants to reduce violent crimes against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 2005 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) $42,000,000 for legal assistance for victims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(11) $4,500,000 for enhancing protection for older and disabled women from domestic violence and sexual assault, as authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(12) $14,000,000 for the safe havens for children program, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(13) $6,580,000 for education and training to end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(14) $2,500,000 for an engaging men and youth in prevention program, as authorized by the 2005 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(15) $940,000 for analysis and research on violence against Indian women, as authorized by section 904 of the 2005 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(16) $940,000 for tracking of violence against Indian women, as authorized by section 905 of the 2005 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(17) $2,820,000 for services to advocate and respond to youth, as authorized by section 401 of the 2005 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(18) $2,770,000 for grants to assist children and youth exposed to violence, as authorized by section 303 of the 2005 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(19) $2,820,000 for the court training and improvements program, as authorized by section 105 of the 2005 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(20) $940,000 for grants for televised testimony, as authorized by part N of the 1968 Act; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(21) $940,000 for the National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Office of Justice Programs

JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; 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); 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); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), which may include research and development; and other programs (including Statewide Automated Victims Notification Program); including salaries and expenses in connection therewith, $240,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $127,915,000 shall be expended in total for Office of Justice Programs management and administration: Provided further, That section 1404(c)(3)(E)(i) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10603) is amended after ‘internships’ by inserting ‘and for grants under subparagraphs (1)(A) and (B), pursuant to rules or guidelines that generally establish a publicly-announced, competitive process’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (‘the 1994 Act’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘the 1968 Act’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (‘the 1990 Act’); 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); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386); and other programs; $1,387,000,000 (including amounts for administrative costs, which shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘Justice Assistance’ account), to remain available until expended as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) $580,000,000 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 the 1968 Act, shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of which $5,000,000 is for use by the National Institute of Justice in assisting units of local government to identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase new technologies for use by law enforcement and $2,000,000 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;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) $400,000,000 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)), of which $25,000,000 is for the Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal or municipal governments only for the costs associated with the prosecution of criminal cases declined by local United States Attorneys Offices, $10,000,000 for the Northern Border Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal or municipal governments only for the costs associated with the prosecution of criminal cases declined by local United States Attorneys Offices and $10,000,000 for the Southeast Border Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal or municipal governments only for the costs associated with the prosecution of criminal cases declined by local United States Attorneys Offices;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) $20,000,000 for grants as authorized by sections 101 and 211 of Public Law 110-199;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) $190,000,000 for discretionary grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation): Provided, That these amounts are for making grants only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying this Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) $40,000,000 for competitive grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) $2,000,000 for the purposes described in the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) $10,000,000 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;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) $30,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 1001(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) $3,000,000 for a prescription drug monitoring program;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) $5,000,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution and other programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79) including statistics, data, and research, of which $1,692,000 shall be available to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission for authorized activities;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(11) $30,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, of which--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) $15,000,000 shall be available for grants under section 20109 of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) $9,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Courts Initiative; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) $6,000,000 shall be available for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction assistance grants;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(12) $10,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 108-405;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(13) $12,000,000 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; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(14) $10,000,000 for grants for residential substance abuse treatment for State prisoners, as authorized by part S of the 1968 Act:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Provided, 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 nonadministrative public safety service.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

WEED AND SEED

For necessary expenses, including salaries and related expenses of the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, to implement ‘Weed and Seed’ programs activities, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 103 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘the 1974 Act’), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘the 1968 Act’), the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162), and other juvenile justice programs, including salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Justice Assistance, $400,000,000, to remain available until expended as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) $500,000 for concentration of Federal efforts, as authorized by section 204 of the 1974 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) $74,500,000 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;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) $65,000,000 for grants and projects, as authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act: Provided, That these amounts are for making grants only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying this Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) $80,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) $65,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) $15,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) $10,000,000 shall be for a gang resistance education and training program; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) $25,000,000 shall be for grants of $360,000 to each State and $4,840,000 shall be available for discretionary grants, 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;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) $10,000,000 for expenses authorized by part AA of the 1968 Act (Secure Our Schools);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) $25,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) $80,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program as authorized by part R of the 1968 Act and Guam shall be considered a State: Provided, 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: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of each amount may be used for training and technical assistance: Provided further, That the previous two provisos shall not apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS

For payments and expenses authorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), such sums as are necessary, as authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340) (including amounts for administrative costs, which amounts shall be paid to the ‘Justice Assistance’ account), to remain available until expended; and $5,000,000 for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act; and $4,100,000 for educational assistance, as authorized by section 1212 of such Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘the 1968 Act’); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), which may include research and development; and the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-177) (including administrative costs), $600,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds under this heading, not to exceed $2,575,000 shall be available for the Office of Justice Programs for reimbursable services associated with programs administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services Office: Provided further, That the Attorney General shall waive in whole the matching requirement under section 1701(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(g)) for any grant recipient located in a county or parish in which the President declared a major disaster (as that term is defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) in response to Hurricane Katrina of 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005: Provided further, 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 (which shall be by transfer, for programs administered by the Office of Justice Programs)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) $25,850,000 is for the matching grant program for armor vests for law enforcement officers, as authorized by section 2501 of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,880,000 is transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards from the Community Oriented Policing Services Office for research, testing, and evaluation programs: Provided further, That section 2501(f) of part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f) is amended by inserting at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) WAIVER- The Director may waive in whole or in part, the requirement of paragraph (1) in the case of fiscal hardship, as determined by the Director.’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) $61,187,000 is for grants to entities described in section 1701 of the 1968 Act, to address public safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, sale, and use in hot spots as authorized by section 754 of Public Law 109-177 and for other anti-methaphetamine-related activities: Provided, That these amounts are for making grants only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying this Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) $110,000,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and interoperable communications program, and related law enforcement and public safety equipment: Provided, That these amounts are for making grants only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying this Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) $5,960,000 is for grants to upgrade criminal records, as authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) $180,963,000 is for DNA related and forensic programs and activities as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) $151,000,000 for a DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program including the purposes of section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, as amended by the Debbie Smith Act of 2004, and further amended by Public Law 109-162;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) $5,000,000 for the purposes described in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program (Public Law 108-405, section 412): Provided, That unobligated funds appropriated in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for grants as authorized under sections 412 and 413 of the foregoing public law are hereby made available, instead, for the purposes here specified;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) $10,983,000 to reduce the turn-around-time for the analysis of DNA evidence;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) $6,000,000 for DNA Training and Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and Court Officers as authorized by Public 108-405 section 303;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) $5,000,000 for DNA Research and Development as authorized by Public Law 108-405 section 305; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(F)$3,000,000 for the DNA Identification of Missing Persons as authorized by Public Law 108-405 section 308;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) $15,040,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, including equipment and training;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) $20,000,000 is for programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) $6,000,000 is for training and technical assistance;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) $40,000,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) not to exceed $30,000,000 is for program management and administration;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(11) $50,000,000 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; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(12) $55,000,000 is for a national grant program the purpose of which is to assist State and local law enforcement to locate, arrest and prosecute child sexual predators and exploiters, and to enforce State offender registration laws described in section 1701(b) of the 1968 Act, of which:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) $5,000,000 is for sex offender management assistance as authorized by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-162), and the Violent Crime Control Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) $2,000,000 is for the National Sex Offender Public Registry.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

General Provisions--Department of Justice

Sec. 201. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 202. 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: Provided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 203. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 204. 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: Provided, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 205. 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: Provided, 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: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to ‘Buildings and Facilities, Federal Prison System’ in this or any other Act may be transferred to ‘Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison System’, or any other Department of Justice account, unless the President certifies that such a transfer is necessary to the national security interests of the United States, and such authority shall not be delegated, and shall be subject to section 505 of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to extend through September 30, 2010, 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 (6 U.S.C. 533) without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 207. 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 initiated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 208. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 209. (a) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational programs.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 210. None of the funds made available under this title shall be obligated or expended for Sentinel, or for any other major 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 211. Any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in this Act and accompanying report, or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 212. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 213. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 214. Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sentinel program, $25,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 90 days after the Committees on Appropriations receive from the Federal Bureau of Investigation a report on the results of a completed integrated baseline review for Sentinel: Provided, That the report shall be submitted simultaneously to the Government Accountability Office: Provided further, That the Government Accountability Office shall review the Bureau’s performance measurement baseline for the Sentinel program and shall submit its findings to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives within 60 days of its receipt of the report.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 215. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be obligated for the initiation of a future phase of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sentinel program until the Attorney General certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that existing phases currently under contract for development or fielding have completed a majority of the work for that phase under the performance measurement baseline validated by the integrated baseline review referred to in section 214 of this Act: Provided, That this restriction does not apply to planning and design activities for future phases: Provided further, That the Bureau will notify the Committees on Appropriations of any significant changes to the baseline.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 216. (a) The Attorney General shall submit quarterly reports to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to each conference held by the Department of Justice during fiscal year 2008 for which the cost to the Government was more than $20,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include, for each conference described in that subsection held during the applicable quarter--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) a description of the subject of and number of participants attending that conference;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Government relating to that conference, including--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) the cost of any food or beverages;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) a discussion of the methodology used to determine which costs relate to that conference; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) a description of the contracting procedures relating to that conference, including--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive basis for that conference; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by the Department of Justice in evaluating potential contractors for that conference.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





This title may be cited as the ‘Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2009’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE III

SCIENCE

Office of Science and Technology Policy

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 $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,184,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SCIENCE

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; 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; environmental compliance and restoration; 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, $4,522,884,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

AERONAUTICS

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; 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; environmental compliance and restoration; 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, $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

EXPLORATION

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; 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; environmental compliance and restoration; 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, $3,530,490,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SPACE OPERATIONS

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; 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; environmental compliance and restoration; 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, $5,774,710,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

EDUCATION

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, $130,012,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT

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; 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; environmental compliance and restoration; 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 $70,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $3,320,404,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $80,000,000 shall be for making grants only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $35,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Notwithstanding the limitation on the duration of availability of funds appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for any account in this Act, except for ‘Office of Inspector General’, when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facilities or environmental compliance and restoration activities as authorized by law, such amount available for such activity shall remain available until expended. This provision does not apply to the amounts appropriated for institutional minor revitalization and minor construction of facilities, and institutional facility planning and design.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for any account in this Act, except for ‘Office of Inspector General’, the amounts appropriated for construction of facilities shall remain available until September 30, 2011.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. Funding shall not be made available for Centennial Challenges unless authorized.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





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. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds shall be used to implement any Reduction in Force or other involuntary separations (except for cause) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to September 30, 2009.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





The unexpired balances of the Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration account, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and associated programs, amounts that have expired but have not been cancelled in the Human Space Flight, Space Flight Capabilities, and Exploration Capabilities appropriations accounts shall remain available through fiscal year 2015 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred during the period of fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2009.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Science Foundation

RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

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; $5,593,990,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which not to exceed $540,000,000 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: Provided, That from funds specified in the fiscal year 2009 budget request for icebreaking services, up to $54,000,000 shall be available for the procurement of polar icebreaking services: Provided further, That the National Science Foundation shall only reimburse the Coast Guard for such sums as are agreed to according to the existing memorandum of agreement: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

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, $152,010,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

For necessary expenses in carrying out science 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, $790,410,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

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 $9,000 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; $300,560,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2009 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

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.), $4,030,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $13,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





This title may be cited as the ‘Science Appropriations Act 2009’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE IV

RELATED AGENCIES

Commission on Civil Rights

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $8,800,000: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed $26,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for authorized services to the Commission, $341,925,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time as the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have been notified of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

International Trade Commission

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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 $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Legal Services Corporation

PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $390,000,000, of which $369,000,000 is for basic field programs and required independent audits; $3,200,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $13,000,000 is for management and administration; and $3,800,000 is for client self-help and information technology; and $1,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance: Provided, 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).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

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 2008 and 2009, respectively.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Marine Mammal Commission

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, $2,400,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Office of the United States Trade Representative

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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, $46,272,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization to recognize the right of members to distribute monies collected from antidumping and countervailing duties: Provided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-210.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

State Justice Institute

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-572), $5,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 503. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 504. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 505. (a) 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 2009, 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 that: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or activities; or (6) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) 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 2009, 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 of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 506. 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).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 507. If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ‘Made in America’ 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 508. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 509. 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: Provided, 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: Provided further, 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 510. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 511. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) the implementation of any tax or fee in connection with the implementation of subsection 922(t) of title 18, United States Code; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 512. 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 $635,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the following fiscal year.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 513. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 514. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 515. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 516. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released without adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) 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:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 517. (a) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) 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--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(e) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 518. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 519. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 520. (a) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) 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); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) does not permit the export without a license of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) 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;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) 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; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign destination.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 521. 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 ‘curios or relics’ firearms, parts, or ammunition.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 522. 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--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 523. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 524. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 525. Notwithstanding section 505 of this Act, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 526. 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 2009 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 527. The Departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act, shall establish and maintain on the homepages of their Internet websites--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) a direct link to the Internet websites of their Offices of Inspectors General; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 528. 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 3 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 529. 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--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, including antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) to avoid agreements that--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and international disciplines on unfair trade, especially dumping and subsidies; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) 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; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) to address and remedy market distortions that lead to dumping and subsidization, including overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access barriers.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 530. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 531. 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(RESCISSIONS)

Sec. 532. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Commerce from prior appropriations, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) ‘International Trade Administration, Operations and Administration’, $2,000,000; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) ‘Economic Development Administration, Economic Development Assistance Programs’, $15,000,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice from prior appropriations, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the specified amounts:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) ‘General Administration, Working Capital Fund’, $120,911,000;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) ‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’, $285,000,000;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) ‘Office of Justice Programs’, $100,000,000; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) ‘Community Oriented Policing Services’, $100,000,000.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





This Act may be cited as the ‘Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Calendar No. 831CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

June 23, 2008CommentsClose CommentsPermalink