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HR 3293 RFSSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

111th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 3293CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

July 27, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on AppropriationsCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

AN ACTCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 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, [Struck out->][<-Struck out] CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

training and employment services

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (‘WIA’), the Denali Commission Act of 1998, the Second Chance Act of 2007, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act of 1992, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the WIA; $3,802,961798,536,000, plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment and training activities, $2,969,449,000 as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) $861,540,000 for adult employment and training activities, of which $149,540,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, and of which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) $924,069,000 for youth activities, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) $1,183,840,000 for dislocated worker employment and training activities, of which $321,731,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and of which $862,109,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer limitation under section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, up to 30 percent of such funds may be transferred by a local board if approved by the Governor: Provided further, That a local board may award a contract to an institution of higher education or other eligible training provider if the local board determines that it would facilitate the training of multiple individuals in high-demand occupations, if such contract does not limit customer choice; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) for federally administered programs, $453,42972,538,000 as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) $215,05129,160,000 for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve, of which $17,16031,269,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and of which $197,891,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011: ProvidedProvided, That up to $30,000,000 may be made available for a Career Pathways Innovation Fund from funds reserved under section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA and shall be used to carry out such Fund under section 171 of such Act, except that the requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(B) and 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA shall not be applicable to funds used for the Career Pathways Innovation Fund: Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may be used to provide assistance to a State for State-wide or local use in order to address cases where there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across multiple local areas and such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development plan with emerging economic development needs; and train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of the WIA may be used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) $52,758,000 for Native American programs, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) $84,620,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section 167 of the WIA, including $78,6310,000 for formula grants (of which not less thant 70 percent shall be for employment and training services), $5,5800,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and $510,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011:Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor shall take no action limiting the number or proportion of eligible participants receiving related assistance services or discouraging grantees from providing such services; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) $1,000,000 for carrying out the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) $1005,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as described in section 173A of the WIA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011:Provided, That for program year 2010 and each program year thereafter, the YouthBuild program may serve an individual who has dropped out of high school and re-enrolled in an alternative school, if that re-enrollment is part of a sequential service strategy; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) for national activities, $380,08356,549,000, as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) $66,99079,071,000 for Pilots, Demonstrations, and Research, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, of which $35,000,000 shall be for Transitional Jobs activities, and shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, and that a sufficient portion of these funds shall be for an evaluation of the program; and of which $5,500,000 shall be for competitive grants to address the employment and training needs of young parents, and shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA; and of which $24,49024,949,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Training and Employment Services’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act: committee report of the Senate accompanying this Act:Provided, That funding provided to carry out such projects shall not be subject to the requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(B) and 171 1717(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, the joint funding requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of the WIA, or any time limit requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(C) andC) an 171(c)(4)(B) of the WIA;(B) $108,493,000 for ex-offender activities, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and, and of which not more than $40,000,000 shall be for Transitional Jobs projects, which shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA: Provided, That not less than $34,000,000 shall be available for adult ex-offender activities, of which $15,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to provide: Provided further, That up to 10 percent of the amount available for Transitional Job activities for adult ex-offenders;

(C) $9,600,000 for Evaluation, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and which may be transferred to any other account within the Department to carry out evaluation activities;

(D) $50,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000)s projects may be used for evaluation of such projects or transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services and/or the Department of Justice for support of Transitional Jobs projects; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




(B) $40,000,000 for activities that prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy as described in section 171(e)(1)(B) of the WIA, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and which shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D); CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) $130,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for theC) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activities, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, notwithstanding the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D); CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) $11,600,000 for Evaluation, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) $95,000,000 for Career Pathways Innovation Fund, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, of which not less than $65,000,000 shall be dedicated to activities that prepare workers for careers in the health care sector, and which shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D); CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





and(F) $15,0(F) $12,500,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 171(c)(2) of the WIA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and which shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D); and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(G) $3,378,000 for the Denali Commission, which shall be available for the period beginning on July 1, 2010, and ending on June 30, 2011, to conduct job training of the local workforce in locations in which Denali Commission projects will be constructed. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

community service employment for older americans

To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, $61575,425,000, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011:Provided, That funds made available under this heading in this Act may, in accordance with section 517(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, be recaptured and reobligated. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

federal unemployment benefits and allowances

For payments during fiscal year 2010 of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment and case management services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, including benefit payments, allowances, training, and related State administration provided pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1891(b) of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009, $1,818,400,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 2010. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

For authorized administrative expenses, $69,986,403,000, together with not to exceed $3,977,15403,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘the Trust Fund’), of which: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) $3,195,645,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to States for the administration of State unemployment insurance laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act (including $10,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews), the administration of unemployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service members as authorized under5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, and the administration of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 1891(b) of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009, and shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2010, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by the States through September 30, 2012, and funds used for unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the States through September 30, 2010, shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2010; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) $11,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities necessary to support the administration of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) $680,893,000 from the Trust Fund, together with $22,683,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) $20,861,119,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities of the Employment Service, including administration of the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, including not to exceed $1,228,000 that may be used for amortization payments to States which had independent retirement plans in their State employment service agencies prior to 1980; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) $68,436,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administration of foreign labor certifications and related activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which $53,307,000 shall be available for the Federal administration of such activities, and $15,129,000 shall be available for grants to States for the administration of such activities; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) $47,263,720,000 from the General Fund is to provide workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and section 171 (e)(2)(C) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (‘AWIU’) for fiscal year 2010 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 5,059,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor may use funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career center system, or which are used to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, or agreements with non-State entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States participating in the consortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration of the unemployment compensation law of the State making the request. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





In addition, $50,000,000 from the Employment Security Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’ account, such sums as may be necessary. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

program administration

For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $96,28,766,000, together with not to exceed $50,140,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Employee Benefits Security Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, $154,0605,662,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

pension benefit guaranty corporation fund

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘Corporation’) is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by as provided by31 U.S.C. 9104, as may be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2010, for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2010 shall be available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of $464,067,000: Provided further, That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2010, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be available through September 30, 2011 for obligation for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: Provided further, That an additional $50,000 shall be made available through September 30, 2011, for obligation for investment management fees for every $25,000,000 in assets received by the Corporation as a result of new plan terminations or asset growth, after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided in this paragraph may be incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary pretermination expenses after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Employment Standards Administration

salaries and expenses

(including rescission)

For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $484,696,832,000, together with $2,124,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act:Provided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and for processing applications and issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to section 286(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, $65,000,000 are rescinded as of September 301, 2010. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

special benefits

(including transfer of funds)

For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading ‘Civilian War Benefits’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948; and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, $187,000,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104, by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2009, shall remain available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for employees of such fair share entities through September 30, 2010: Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, $58,120,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data processing systems and telecommunications systems, $19,968,000.; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) For automated workload processing operations, including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill processing, $23,323,000.; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) For periodic roll management and medical review, $14,829,000.; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

special benefits for disabled coal miners

For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended byPublic Law 107-275, $169,180,000, to remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness compensation fund

For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $51,197,000, to remain available until expended:Provided, That the Secretary of Labor may require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as may be prescribed. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

black lung disability trust fund

(including transfer of funds)

In fiscal year 2010, such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (‘Fund’), to remain available until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2010 for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $32,720,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards Administration ‘Salaries and Expenses’; not to exceed $25,091,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘Salaries and Expenses’; not to exceed $327,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘Office of Inspector General’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the Treasury. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $55461,620,000, including not to exceed $1035,393,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (‘Act’), which grants shall be no less than 50may be up to 55 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary of Labor under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $200,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and education: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification code for which such data are published, less than the national average rate as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period and for any willful violations found; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to imminent dangers; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to health hazards; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such investigation authorized by the Act; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising rights under the Act: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That $101,000,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mine Safety and Health Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $353,197,143,000, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities, and $1,450,000 to continue the project with the United Mine Workers of America, for classroom and simulated rescue training for mine rescue teams; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health education and training activities, notwithstanding31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associations; the Secretary is authorized, in fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials as officers in local chapters or in the national organization; and any funds available to the Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a major disaster. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Bureau of Labor Statistics

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, $533,359007,000, together with not to exceed $78,264,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, of which $1,500,000 may be used to fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act: Provided, That the Current Employment Survey shall maintain the content of the survey issued prior to June 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the women worker series. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Office of Disability Employment Policy

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities, $379,031,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Departmental Management

salaries and expenses

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three sedans, and including the management or operation, through contracts, grants or other arrangements of Departmental activities conducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical assistance, microcredit programs and other international labor activities, $350,827,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), of which $91,46,827,000, of which $93,919,000 is for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (including $6,500,000 to implement model programs to address worker rights issues through technical assistance in countries with which the United States has trade preference programs), and of which $19,8, including $40,000,000 for the United States’ contribution to the International Labour Organization’s International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor, and of which $21,392,000 is for the acquisition of Departmental information technology, architecture, infrastructure, equipment, software and related needs, which will be allocated by the Department’s Chief Information Officer in accordance with the Department’s capital investment management process to assure a sound investment strategy, and of which $5,000,000 is for Program Evaluation, which may be program evaluation, which may be transferred to any other appropriate account in the Department for such purpose; together with not to exceed $327,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office of job corps

To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act; $1,705,32011,089,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) $1,576,1301,899,000 for Job Corps Operations, of which $985,1300,899,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and of which $591,000,000 shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011.(2) $10; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) $110,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, whichof which $10,000,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2013 and $100,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2013.; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) $29,190,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Job Corps which shall be availableshall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Provided, That the Office of Job Corps shall have contracting authority: Provided further, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

veterans employment and training

Not to exceed $210,156,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of38 U.S.C. 4100-4113, 4211-4215, and 4321-4327, and Public Law 103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2010, of which $2,449,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





In addition, to carry out the Department of Labor programs under section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001 and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs under section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act, $464,971,000, of which $9,641,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office of inspector general

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $78,093,000, together with not to exceed $5,921,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

General Provisions

Sec. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No. 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this title for grants under section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may be obligated prior to the preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary of Labor to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds.Sec. 105. None of the funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than training in the occupations and industries for which employers are using H-1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to support such training:Provided, That the preceding limitation shall not apply to multi-year grants awarded prior to June 30, 2007. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1065. None of the funds available in this Act or available to the Secretary of Labor from other sources for grants under the Career Pathways Innovation Fund grants and grants authorized under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 shall be obligated for a grant awarded on a non-competitive basis. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 106. The Secretary of Labor shall take no action to amend, through regulatory or administration action, the definition established in section 667.220 of title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations for functions and activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, or to modify, through regulatory or administrative action, the procedure for redesignation of local areas as specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act (including applying the standards specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act, but notwithstanding the time limits specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until such time as legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall permit or require the Secretary to withdraw approval for such redesignation from a State that received the approval not later than October 12, 2005, or to revise action taken or modify the redesignation procedure being used by the Secretary in order to complete such redesignation for a State that initiated the process of such redesignation by submitting any request for such redesignation not later than October 26, 2005. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 107. None of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘Employment and Training Administration’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133. Where States are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local government employees, and the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs involved including Employment and Training Administration programs. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Sec. 108. The Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan for the transfer of the administration of the Job Corps program authorized under title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 from the Office of the Secretary to the Employment and Training Administration. As of the date that is 3015 days after the date of submission of such plan, the Secretary may transfer the administration and appropriated funds of the program from the Office of the Secretary and the provisions of section 102 ofPublic Law 109-149 shall no longer be applicable. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





This title may be cited as the ‘Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2010’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE II

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

health resources and services

For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XI, XII, XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’), section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V and sections 711, 1128E, and 1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $7,305,817,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of which $41238,799,000, of which $39,200,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under such section:Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That amounts provided for such grants shall be available for the purchase and implementation of telehealth services, including pilots and demonstrations on the use of electronic health record to coordinate rural veterans care between rural providers and the Department of Veterans Affairs through the use of the VISTA-Electronic Health Record: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $129,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided further, That $56,000,000 of the funding provided for community health centers shall be for base grant adjustments for existing health centers: Provided further, That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of information under the ‘Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program’, authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the program, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That no more than $40,000 shall beis available until expended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act including associated administrative expenses and relevant evaluations: Provided further, That no more than $44,055,000 shall be availableis available until expended for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104-73 and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services (‘HHS’) pertaining to administrative claims made under such law: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $317,491,000 shall be for the program under title X of the PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects: Provided further, That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office: Provided further, That of the funds available under this heading, $1,932,86516,873,000 shall remain available to the Secretary of HHS through September 30,ealth and Human Services through September 30, 2012, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act: Provided further, That within the amounts provided for part A of title XXVI of the PHS Act, $6,021,000 shall be available to the Secretary through September 30, 2012, and shall be available to qualifying jurisdictions, within 30 days of enactment, for increasing supplemental grants for fiscal year 2010 to metropolitan and transitional areas that received grant funding in fiscal year 2009 under subparts I and II of part A of title XXVI of the PHS Act to ensure that an area’s total funding under subparts I and II of part A for fiscal year 2009, together with the amount of this additional funding, is not less than 92.4 percent of the amount of such area’s total funding under part A for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 2603(c)(1) of the PHS Act, the additional funding to areas under the immediately preceding proviso, which may be used for costs incurred during fiscal year 2009, shall be available to the area for obligation from the date of the award through the end of the grant year for the award: Provided further, That $835,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by section 2616 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of the PHS Act to fund section 2691 Special Projects of National Significance: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 703 of Public Law 109-415, authority to carry out titletitle XXVI of the PHS Act shall continue in effect until October 1, 2010, unless prior to that date, authorization is enacted into law otherwise extending this authority: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed $92,649,000 shall be available551,000 is available for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,400,000 shall beis available for projects described in paragraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 747(e)(2) of the PHS Act, not less than $5,00029,025,000 shall be for family medicine programs, not less than $7,575,000 shall be for general dentistry programs, not less than $5,000and not less than $7,575,000 shall be for pediatric dentistry programs including faculty loan repayment, and not less than $29,025,000 shall be for family medicine programs for service as a full-time faculty member in dentistry: Provided further, That dentistry faculty loan repayments shall be made using the same terms and conditions as the Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment program authorized under section 738 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000,000 shall be provided to the Denali Commission as a direct lump payment pursuant to Public Law 106-113: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be provided for the Delta Health Initiative as authorized in section 219 of division G of Public Law 110-161 and associated administrative expenses: Provided further, That funds provided under section 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards made under these sections: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $179,33057,092,000 shall be used for the projects financing the construction and renovation (including equipment) of health care and other facilities and for other health-related activities, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Health Resources and Services’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompanycommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act, and of which up to one percent of the amount for each project may be used for related agency administrative expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $9,700,000 shall be available10,450,000 is available for State Offices of Rural Health: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 shall be availableis available for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and adoption of health information technology: Provided further, That $75,000,000 shall be available foris for the State Health Access Grants program to expand access to affordable health care coverage for the uninsured populations in such States. 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health education assistance loans program account

Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’). For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of the PHS Act, $2,847,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund (‘Trust Fund’), such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, to remain available until expended:Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $6,502,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

disease control, research, and training

To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, XXI, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’), sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, 501, and 514 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations; including purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $6,313,032,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of which $30,000,000 shall remain 733,377,000, of which $108,300,000 shall remain available until expended for acquisition of real property, equipment, construction and renovation of facilities; of which $595,749,000 shall remain available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2 of the PHS Act; of which $13,459,115,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Disease Control, Research, and Training’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompanycommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act; of which $118,979,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available through September 30, 2011; and of which $70,723,000 shall be available until expended to provide screening and treatment for first response emergency services personnel, residents, students, and others related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center:Provided, That in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to this account: Provided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program shall be available throughuntil September 30, 2011: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $12,864,000 to carry out8,905,000 to carry out the National Immunization Surveys; and (2) $138,683,000 (increased by $1,000,000) to carry out the National Center for Health Statistics surveys; (3) $47,386,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) for Public Health Informatics; (4) $47,036,000 for Health Marketing; (5) $31,170,000 to carry out Public Health Research; and (6) $91,724,000 to carry out research activities within the National Occupational Research Agenda: Provided further, That none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, up to $1,000 per eligible employee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall be made available until expended for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided further, That the Director may redirect the total amount made available under authority of Public Law 101-502, section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so designate: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are to be notified promptly of any such redirection: Provided further, That not to exceed $20,5731,000,000 may be available for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act to not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall award a single contract or related contracts for development and construction of the next building or facility designated in the Buildings and Facilities Master Plan that collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘availability of funds’ found at 48 CFR 52.232-18: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated, $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Provided further, That employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Public Health Service, both civilian and Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the Department of Health and Human Services during the period of detail or assignment: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated may be used to implement section 2625 of the PHS Actout of funds made available under this heading for domestic HIV/AIDS testing, up to $15,000,000 shall be for States newly eligible in fiscal year 2010 under section 2625 of the PHS Act as of December 31, 2009 and shall be distributed by May 31, 2010 based on standard criteria relating to a State’s epidemiological profile, and of which not more than $1,000,000 may be made available to any one State, and amounts that have not been obligated by May 31, 2010 shall be made available to States and local public health departments for HIV testing activities. 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In addition, for necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: , of which $4,500,000 shall be for use by or in support of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (‘the Board’) to carry out its statutory responsibilities, including obtaining audits, technical assistance, and other support from the Board’s audit contractor with regard to radiation dose estimation and reconstruction efforts, site profiles, procedures, and review of Special Exposure Cohort petitions and evaluation reports:Provided, That this amount shall be available consistent with the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106-554. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Institutes of Health

national cancer institute

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $5,150,170054,099,000, of which up to $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National Cancer Institute-Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national heart, lung, and blood institute

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $3,123,403066,827,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of dental and craniofacial research

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, $417,03209,241,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,824,251790,518,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of neurological disorders and stroke

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $1,650,25320,494,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

(including transfer of funds)

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $4,859,502,000, of which $500,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds appropriated under the heading ‘Biodefense Countermeasures’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004: 777,457,000:Provided, That $300,000,000 may be made available to International Assistance Programs ‘Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis’, to remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of general medical sciences

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, $2,069,1531,886,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human development

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to child health and human development, $1,341,12016,822,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national eye institute

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $713,07200,158,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of environmental health sciences

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health sciences, $695,49783,149,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute on aging

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to aging, $1,119,404099,409,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $543,6233,831,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute on deafness and other communication disorders

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $422,30814,755,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of nursing research

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, $146,9454,262,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $466,30857,887,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute on drug abuse

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,069,58350,091,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of mental health

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health, $1,502,266475,190,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national human genome research institute

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to human genome research, $520,31111,007,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, $319,2173,496,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national center for research resources

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to research resources and general research support grants, $1,280,03156,926,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national center for complementary and alternative medicine

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to complementary and alternative medicine, $129,9537,591,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national center on minority health and health disparities

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to minority health and health disparities research, $213,31609,508,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

john e. fogarty international center

For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of the Public Health Service Act), $70,78069,409,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national library of medicine

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’) with respect to health information communications, $342,58536,417,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for improvement of information systems:Provided, That in fiscal year 2010, the National Library of Medicine may enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the purposes of the National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology established under section 478A of the PHS Act and related health services. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office of the director

For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (‘NIH’), $1,168,70482,777,000, of which up to $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 214 of this Act:Provided, That funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That the NIH is authorized to collect third party payments for the cost of clinical services that are incurred in NIH research facilities and that such payments shall be credited to the NIH Management Fund (‘Fund’): Provided further, That all funds credited to the: Provided further, That all funds credited to such Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That up to $194,400,000 shall be available for continuation of the National Children’s Study: Provided further, That $53449,066,000 shall be available for the Common Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’): Provided further, That of the funds provided $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

buildings and facilities

For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of real property, $100,00025,581,000, to remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

substance abuse and mental health services

For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’) with respect to substance abuse and mental health services and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, $3,419,438,000, of which $10,108,000 shall be used29,782,000, of which $4,900,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act: committee report of the Senate accompanying this Act:Provided, That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A are available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That $795,000 shall be available until expended for reimbursing the General Services Administration for environmental testing and remediation on the federally owned facilities at St. Elizabeths Hospital, including but not limited to testing and remediation conducted prior to fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; (2) $21,039,000 to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX; (3) $22,750,000 to carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health; and (4) $8,596,000 to collect and analyze data and evaluate substance abuse treatment programs: Provided further, That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this Act for fiscal year 2010. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

healthcare research and quality

For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’), part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until expended:Provided, That the amount made available pursuant to section 937(c) of the PHS Act shall not exceed $372,053,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

grants to states for medicaid

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $220,962,473,000, to remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making, after May 31, 2010, payments to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2010 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, $86,789,382,000, to remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

payments to health care trust funds

For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D-16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) ofPublic Law 97-248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $207,29631,070,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844, and benefit payments under section 1860D-16 of the Social Security Act, not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

program management

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’), and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not to exceed $3,463,36231,500,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 302 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended:Provided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, That $35,681,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, shall be for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System: Provided further, That $65,600,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, shall be for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (‘CMS’) Medicare contracting reform activities: Provided further, That $81,600,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2011 for purposes of carrying out provisions of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Healthy Start, Grow Smart program under which the CMS may, directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, produce and distribute informational materials including, but not limited to, pamphlets and brochures on infant and toddler health care to expectant parents enrolled in the Medicaid program and to parents and guardians enrolled in such program with infants and children: Provided further, That the Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2010 from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That $1,62,000,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Program Management’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act: Provided further, That $65,000,000 shall be available for the State high risk health insurance pool program as authorized by the State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2006.health care fraud and abuse control acommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account

In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity and program management, $311,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, of which $220,320,000 shall be for the Medicare Integrity Program at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including administrative costs, to conduct oversight activities for Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program authorized in title XVIII of the Social Security Act and for activities listed in section 1893 of such Act; of which $29,790,000 shall be for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act; of which $31,100,000 shall be for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (‘CHIP’) program integrity activities; and of which $29,790,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act:Provided, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2010 shall include measures of the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds provided by this appropriation. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Administration for Children and Families

payments to states for child support enforcement and family support programs

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,571,509,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, $1,100,000,000, to remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making payments to each State for carrying out the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under title IV-A of the Social Security Act before the effective date of the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families with respect to such State, such sums as may be necessary:Provided, That the sum of the amounts available to a State with respect to expenditures under such title IV-A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and under such title IV-A as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

low income home energy assistance

For making payments under subsections (b), (d), and (e and (d) of section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, $5,100,000,000, of which $4,509,672,000 shall be for payments under subsections (b) and (d) of such section; and of which $590,328,000 shall be for payments under subsection (e) of such section, to be made notwithstanding the designation requirements of such subsection: Provided, That4,509,672,000, of which all but $839,792,000 of the amount provided in this Act for subsections (b) and (d) shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2010 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act, a State may use any amount of an allotment from prior appropriations Acts that is available to that State for providing assistance in fiscal year 2010, and any allotment from funds appropriated in this Act or any other appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, to provide assistance to households whose income does not exceed 75 percent of the State median income; and, in addition $590,328,000 is for payments under subsection (e) of such section, to be made notwithstanding the designation requirements of subsection (e). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

refugee and entrant assistance

For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, for costs associated with the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children, and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $714,96830,657,000, of which up to $9,814,000 shall be available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000:Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, for fiscal year 2010 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided and other activities to remain available through September 30, 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

payments to states for the child care and development block grant

For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, $2,127,081,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families:Provided, That $18,960,000 shall be available for child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll-free hotline: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, $271,401,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $99,534,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care: Provided further, That $9,910,000 shall be for use by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

social services block grant

For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000:Provided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be 10 percent. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

children and families services programs

(including transfer of funds)

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), sections 330F and 330G of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’), the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, sections 261 and 291 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, part B-1 of title IV and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act; for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘CSBG Act’), sections 439(i), 473B, and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, and the Assets for Independence Act; and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out such Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and sectionsection 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, $9,436,951and section 505 of the Family Support Act of 1988, $9,310,465,000, of which $39,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions completed before September 30, 2010:Provided, That $7,234,783,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act: Provided further, That of theProvided further, That of funds appropriated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Head Start and Early Head Start, only the amount provided to a Head Start grantee under section 640(a)(3)(A)(i)(I) of the Head Start Act as a cost of living adjustment may be considered to be part of the fiscal year 2009 base grant for such grantee for purposes of section 640(a)(2)(B)(i) through (v) of the Head Start Act: Provided further, That $746,000,000 shall be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of the CSBG Act: 3)(B) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $5,762,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the provisions of section 1110 of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under the CSBG Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and program income that permit such assets acquired with, and program income derived from, grant funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business enterprises owned by community development corporations: Provided further, That $17,410,000 shall be for activities authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, of which $12,154,000 shall be for payments to States to promote access for voters with disabilities, and of which $5,256,000 shall be for payments to States for protection and advocacy systems for voters with disabilities: Provided further, That $110,000,000 shall be for making competitive contracts and grants to fund teenage pregnancy prevention programs and for the Federal costs of administering and evaluating such contracts and grants, of which not less than $75,000,000 shall be for programs that replicate the elements of one or more teenage pregnancy prevention programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy or reduce behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy; of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be available for research and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, that in addition to amounts provided herein for teenage pregnancy prevention, $4,455,000 shall be available from amounts under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for a human services case management system for Federally-federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive national case management contract and Federal costs of administering the system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants to States to support data collection for a study of the system’s effectiveness: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the National Commission on Children and Disasters to carry out title VI of division G of Public Law 110-161: Provided further, That $14,8195,600,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Children and Families Services Programs’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompanycommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act. 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promoting safe and stable families

For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and section 437 of such Act, $63,311,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

payments for foster care and permanency

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $5,532,000,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, $1,850,000,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or other non-Federal entities under section 474 of title IV-E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Administration on Aging

aging services programs

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, section 398 and title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act, and section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, $1,530,881495,038,000, of which $5,500,000 shall be available for activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions: Provided, That $5,079,000 shall be usedProvided, That $1,195,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Aging Services Programs’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompanycommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Office of the Secretary

general departmental management

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and for carrying out titles III, IV, XVII, XX, and XXI of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’), the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $397,601,000 (reduced by $1,000,000)477,928,000, together with $5,851,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, and $69,7564,211,000 from the amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or human services research and evaluation activities:Provided, That of this amount, $531,891,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities; $5,789,000 shall be to assist Afghanistan in the development of maternal and child health clinics, consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002; and $1,000,000 shall be transferred, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, to the National Institute of Mental Health to administer the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading for carrying out title XX of the PHS Act, $13,120,000 shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which $9,840,000 shall be for programs that replicate the elements of one or more teenage pregnancy prevention programs that all of the funds made available under this heading for carrying out title XX of the PHS Act shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(1) of such title XX: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $100,000,000 shall be for making contracts and competitive grants to public and private entities to fund medically accurate and age appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated with administering and evaluating such contracts and grants, of which not less than $75,000,000 shall be for replicating programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to delay sexual activity, increase contraceptive use (without increasing sexual activity), reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted infections or reduce teenage pregnancy or reduce behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, and of which $3,280,000 shall b; and of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be available for research and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional models and innovative strategies for preventing teen pregnancy, without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of such title XX or sexually transmitted infections: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this heading from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act, $4,455,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of teen pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide, to individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That $70950,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘General Departmental Management’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act: Provided further, That specific information requests from the chairmen and ranking members of the Subcommittees on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, on scientific research or any other matter, shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate (‘Committees on Appropriations’) in a prompt, professional manner and within thecommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act: Provided further, That not more than $3,200,000 and 26 full time frame specified in the request: Provided further, That scientific information, including such information provided in congressional testimony, requested by the Committees on Appropriations and prepared by government researchers and scientists shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations, uncensored and without delayequivalents shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office of medicare hearings and appeals

For expenses necessary for administrative law judges responsible for hearing cases under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (and related provisions of title XI of such Act), $71,147,000, to be transferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office of the national coordinator for health information technology

For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of interoperable health information technology, $61,342,000, which42,331,000:Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $19,011,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office of inspector general

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $50,279,000:Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing protective services to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided further, That at least forty percent of the funds provided in this Act for the Office of Inspector General shall be used only for investigations, audits, and evaluations pertaining to the discretionary programs funded in this Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office for civil rights

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $37,785,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

public health and social services emergency fund

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and for other public health emergencies and to pay the costs described in section, and to pay the costs described in section 319F-2(c)(7)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’), $607,482,000; of which $35,565,000 shall be to support28,402,000; of which $43,412,000 shall be to support operations, preparedness and emergency operations, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2011; and of which $10,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, shall be to support the delivery of medical countermeasures:Provided, That of the amount made available herein for the delivery of medical countermeasures, up to $8,000,000 may be transferred to the U.S. Postal Service to support the delivery of medical countermeasures. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For expenses necessary to support advanced research and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act, $305,000,000, to be derived by transfer from funds appropriated under the heading ‘Biodefense Countermeasures’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004, to remain available through September 30, 2011. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





All remaining balances from funds appropriated under the heading ‘Biodefense Countermeasures’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004, shall be transferred to this account, and shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 2013, for the procurement of medical countermeasures pursuant to section 319F-2(c) of the PHS Act:Provided, That products purchased with these funds shall be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2(a) of the PHS Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic, $354,167,000, of which $276,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools:Provided, That products purchased with these funds may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2(a) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics: Provided further, That funds appropriated herein may be transferred to other appropriation accounts of the Department of Health and Human Services, as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, to be used for the purposes specified in this paragraph. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





All remaining balances from funds appropriated under the heading ‘Biodefense Countermeasures’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004, shall be transferred to this account, and shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 2013, for the procurement of medical countermeasures pursuant to section 319F-2(c) of the PHS Act: Provided, That products purchased with these funds shall be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2(a) of the PHS Act.

For expenses necessary for fit-out and other costs related to a competitive lease procurement to renovate or replace the existingFor expenses necessary to lease and replace or renovate a headquarters building for Public Health Service agencies and other components of the Department of Health and Human Services, $70,000including relocation and fit-out costs, $69,585,000, to remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

General ProvisionsENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 202. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department of Health and Human Services, prior to the preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 205. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall determine, but not more than 2.4 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under such Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of such programs. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Health and Human Services in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 207. The Director of the National Institutes of Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus:Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the ‘Office of AIDS Research Office’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available to any entity under title X of the Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary of Health and Human Services denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions:Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 212. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) none of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2010 or any subsequent fiscal year by this or any subsequent appropriations Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’) if such State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by May 1 of the fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated that the State , that the State will commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such State’s substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary under section 1926 of such Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in such fiscal year for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at a level that is not less than the level of such expenditures maintained by the State for the preceding fiscal year, and adding to that level the additional funds for tobacco compliance activities required under subsection (a). The State is to submit a report to the Secretary on all State obligations of funds for such fiscal year and all State expenditures for the preceding fiscal year for tobacco prevention and compliance activities by program activity by July 31 of such fiscal year. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing the timing of the State obligation of the additional funds required by the certification described in subsection (a) as late as July 31 of such fiscal year. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(e) None of the funds appropriated by this or any subsequent appropriations Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to section 1926 of the PHS Act from a territory that receives less than $1,000,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 213. In order for the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2010: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may exercise authority equivalent to that available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes administered by the Department of State. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to provide such funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United States for the use of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of State shall cooperate fully with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that the Department of Health and Human Services has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other health activities abroad. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to provide to personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and22 U.S.C. 4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such personnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the Foreign Service. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 214. (a) Authority- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (‘Director’) may use funds available under section 402(b)(7) or 402(b)(12) of the Public Health Service Act (‘PHS Act’) to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research identified pursuant to such section 402(b)(7) (pertaining to the Common Fund) or research and activities described in such section 402(b)(12). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Peer Review- In entering into transactions under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures (including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 215. Funds which are available for Individual Learning Accounts for employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (‘CDC’) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (‘ATSDR’) may be transferred to ‘Disease Control, Research, and Training’, to be available only for Individual Learning Accounts:Provided, That such funds may be used for any individual full-time equivalent employee while such employee is employed either by CDC or ATSDR. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 216. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, funds made available under this Act may be usedin this Act may be used to continue operating the Council on Graduate Medical Education established by section 301 ofPublic Law 102-408. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 2167. Not to exceed $35,000,000 of funds appropriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $2,500,000 per project. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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Sec. 2178. Of the amounts made available for the National Institutes of Health, 1 percent of the amount made available for National Research Service Awards (‘NRSA’) shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for research in primary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have received grants or contracts under section 747 of the Public Health Service Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA awards for health service research. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 219. By May 1, 2010, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall amend regulations at 42 CFR Part 50 Subpart F for the purpose of strengthening Federal and institutional oversight and identifying enhancements, including requirements for financial disclosure to institutions, governing financial conflicts of interest among extramural investigators receiving grant support from the National Institutes of Health. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





This title may be cited as the ‘Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2010’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE III

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Education for the Disadvantaged

For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘ESEA’) and, section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $15,938,215,000, of which $4,850,510 and S. 1121, as introduced in the Senate on May 21, 2009, $15,891,132,000, of which $4,930,976,000 shall become available on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 201109, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, and of which $10,841,176,000 shall become available on October 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 201109, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, for academic year 2010-2011: Provided, That $6,5Provided, That $5,897,946,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to $4,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education on October 1, 2009, to obtain annually updated local educational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That $1,365,031,000 shall be for concentration grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That $3,264,712,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That $3,264,712,000 shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided further, That $9,167,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 and 1503 of the ESEA: Provided further, That $5475,633,000 shall be available for school improvement grants under section 1003(g) of the ESEA and, notwithstanding such section, each State educational agency shall ensure that not less than 50 percent of its allocation of funds under this proviso is used for evidence-based reading instruction: Provided further, That State and local educational agencies may use fiscal year 2009 appropriations, and funds appropriated in this Act, for school improvement grants under , of which up to $30,000,000 shall be for competitive awards to local educational agencies located in counties in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas that were designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as counties eligible for Individual Assistance due to damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, or Gustav (and such awards shall be used to improve education in areas affected by the hurricanes, including for such activities as replacing instructional materials and equipment; paying teacher incentives; constructing, modernizing, or renovating school buildings; beginning or expanding Advanced Placement or other rigorous courses; supporting the expansion of charter schools; and supporting after-school or extended learning time activities); and of which the remainder of such funds shall be allocated by the Secretary through the formula described in section 1003(g)(2) and shall be used consistent with the requirements of section 1003(g), except that local educational agencies may use such funds (and funds appropriated for section 1003(g) of the ESEA forunder the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) to serve any school eligible to receive assistance under part A of title I that has not made adequate yearly progress for at least two years or is in athe State’s lowest quintile of performance based on proficiency rates and, in the case of secondary: Provided further, That each State educational agency shall ensure that 40 percent of its allocation under such formula is spent on improvement activities in middle and high schools, priority shall be given to those schools with graduationunless the State educational agency determines that all title I, part A-eligible middle and high schools that have not made adequate yearly progress for at least two years or are in the State’s lowest quintile of performance based on proficiency rates below 60 percencan be served with a lesser amount: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1003(g)(5)(A), the Secretary may establish minimum and maximum subgrant sizes applicable to such funds and to the funds appropriated for section 1003(g) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Provided further, That the ESEA title I, part A funds awarded to local educational agencies under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for fiscal year 2009 shall not be considered for the purpose of calculating hold-harmless amounts under subsections 1122(c) and 1125A(g)(3) in making allocations under title I, part A for fiscal year 2010 and succeeding years and, notwithstanding section 1003(e), shall not be considered for the purpose of reserving funds under section 1003(a): Provided further, That $262,920,000 shall be available under section 1502 of the ESEA for a comprehensive literacy development and education program to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing, for students from birth through grade 12, including limited-English-proficient students and students with disabilities, of which one-half of 1 percent shall be reserved for the Secretary of the Interior for such a program at schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, one-half of 1 percent shall be reserved for grants to the outlying areas for such a program, $10,000,000 shall be reserved for formula grants to States to establish or support a State Literacy Team with expertise in literacy development and education for children from birth through grade 12 to assist the State in developing a comprehensive literacy plan, up to 5 percent may be reserved for national activities, and the remainder shall be used to award competitive grants to State educational agencies for such a program, of which a State educational agency shall subgrant not less than 95 percent to local educational agencies or, in the case of early literacy, to local educational agencies or other entities providing early childhood care and education, giving priority to such agencies or other entities serving greater numbers or percentages of disadvantaged children: Provided further, That the State educational agency shall ensure that at least 15 percent of the subgranted funds are used to serve children from birth through age 5, 40 percent are used to serve students in kindergarten through grade 5, and 40 percent are used to serve students in middle and high school including an equitable distribution of funds between middle and high schools: Provided further, That eligible entities receiving subgrants from State educational agencies shall use such funds for services and activities that have the characteristics of effective literacy instruction through professional development, screening and assessment, targeted interventions for students reading below grade level and other research-based methods of improving classroom instruction and practice. 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Impact Aid

For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,290,718,000, of which $1,15165,718,000, of which $1,128,535,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 8003(b), $48,602,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $17,509,000 shall be for construction under section 8007(a) and shall remain available through September 30, 2010, $68,208,000 shall be for, $66,208,000 shall be for Federal property payments under section 8002, and $4,864,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 8008:Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 8003(a) for school year 2009-2010, children enrolled in a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as such children reside on Federal property as described in section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible students under such section, provided such students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the same local educational agency they attended prior to their change in eligibility status. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

School Improvement Programs

For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by parts A, B, and D of title II, part B of title IV, subparts 6 and 9 of part D of title V, parts A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘ESEA’); the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; part Z of title VIII of the Higher Education Act (‘HEA’); and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,239,644,000 (increased by $5,000,000), of which $3,375,993,000 (increased by $5,000,000)197,316,000, of which $3,330,993,000 shall become available on July 1, 2010, and remain available through September 30, 2011, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 2011, for academic year 2010-2011:Provided, That funds made available to carry out part B of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction, renovation and modernization of public, and modernization of any elementary schools, public, secondary schools, and structures related to public elementary schools and, or structure related to an elementary school or secondary schools, if such construction, renovation, or modernization would support achievement of the purposes of that part, run by the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: Provided further, That from the funds referred to in the preceding proviso, not less than $1,500,000 shall be for the activities described in such proviso and $1,500,000 shall be for a grant to the University of Hawaii School of Law for a Center of Excellence in Native Hawaiian law: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be for part Z of title VIII of the HEA: Provided further, That funds made available to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction: Provided further, That the Secretary shall implement part C of title VII of the ESEA without regard to the requirements of section 7304(d)(2): Provided further, That up to 100 percent of the funds available to a State educational agency under part D of title II of the ESEA may be used for subgrants described in section 2412(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That $57,113,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002: Provided further, That $26,32835,463,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this heading may be used to carry out section 5494 under the ESEA: Provided further, That $17,687,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of these amounts may be reserved by the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands to administer the Supplemental Education Grants programs and to obtain technical assistance, oversight and consultancy services in the administration of these grants and to reimburse the United States Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for such services: Provided further, That $9,360729,000 of the funds available for the Foreign Language Assistance Program shall be available for 5-year grants to local educational agencies that would work in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education to establish or expand articulated programs of study in languages critical to United States national security that will enable successful students to advance from elementary school through college to achieve a superior level of proficiency in those languages. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Indian Education

For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1322,282,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Innovation and Improvement

For carrying out activities authorized by part G of title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘ESEA’), and by part F of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $1,353,363,000 (reduced by $6,000,000): Provided, That234,787,000:Provided, That $10,649,000 shall be provided to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to carry out section 2151(c) of the ESEA, including $1,000,000 to develop a National Board certification for principals of elementary and secondary schools: Provided further, That from funds for subpart 4, part C of title II of the ESEA, up to 3 percent shall be available to the Secretary of Education for technical assistance and dissemination of information: Provided further, That $666,530,000 (reduced by $9,000,000)510,209,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That $51,7339,302,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Innovation and Improvement’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompanycommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act: Provided further, That $445,8641,000,000 shall be for a national clearinghouse that will collect and disseminate information on effective educational practices and the latest research regarding the planning, design, financing, construction, improvement, operation, and maintenance of safe, healthy, high-performance public facilities for nursery and pre-kindergarten, kindergarten through grade 12, and higher education: Provided further, That $300,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part D of title V of the ESEA shall be for competitive grants to local educational agencies, including charter schools that are local educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of: (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both; and (2) at least one non-profit organization to develop and implement performance-based compensation systems for teachers, principals, and other personnel in high-need schools: Provided further, That such performance-based compensation systems must consider gains in student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each school year among other factors and provide educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of such funds for recipients of such grants shall demonstrate that such performance-based systems are developed with the input of teachers and school leaders in the schools and local educational agencies to be served by the grant: Provided further, That recipients of such grants may use such funds to develop or improve systems and tools (which may be developed and used for the entire local educational agency or only for schools served under the grant) that would enhance the quality and success of the compensation system, such as high-quality teacher evaluations and tools to measure growth in student achievement: Provided further, That applications for such grants should include a plan to sustain financially the activities conducted and systems developed under the grant once the grant period has expired: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of such funds for competitive grants shall be available for technical assistance, training, peer review of applications, program outreach and evaluation activities: Provided further, That from funds for subpart 1 of part D of title V of the ESEA, up to $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out activities authorized under section 2151(a) of the ESEA: Provided further, That of the funds available for section 2151(b), $5,000,000 shall be available to continue a national school leadership partnership initiative as described under this heading in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act: Provided further, That of the funds available for part B of title V, the Secretary shall use up to $21,031 of the ESEA, the Secretary shall use up to $23,082,000 to carry out activities under section 5205(b) and under subpart 2, and shall use not less than $195,000,000 to carry out other activities authorized under subpart 1: Provided further, That of the funds available for subpart 1 of part B of title V of the ESEA, and not withstanding section 5205(a), the Secretary may reserve up to $20,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000)funds to make multiple awards to charter management organizations and other entities for the replication and expansion of successful charter school models and may reserve up to $10,000,000 to carry out the activities described in section 5205(a), including by providing technical assistance to authorized public chartering agencies in order to increase the number of high-performing charter schools: Provided further, That each application submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) shall describe a plan to monitor and hold accountable authorized public chartering agencies through such activities as providing technical assistance or establishing a professional development program, which may include planning, training and systems development for staff of authorized public chartering agencies to improve the capacity of such agencies in the State to authorize, monitor, and hold accountable charter schools: Provided further, That each application submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) shall contain assurances that State law, regulations, or other policies require that: (1) each authorized charter school in the State operate under a legally binding charter or performance contract between itself and the school’s authorized public chartering agency that describes the obligations and responsibilities of the school and the public chartering agency; conduct annual, timely, and independent audits of the school’s financial statements that are filed with the school’s authorized public chartering agency; and demonstrate improved student academic achievement; and (2) authorized public chartering agencies use increases in student academic achievement for all groups of students described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of the ESEA as the most important factor when determining to renew or revoke a school’s charter: Provided further, That $6,965,000 of the funds available to carry out subpart I of part D of title V of the ESEA shall be used for the Reach Out and Read program.State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, Recovery ActFor an additional amount for the Innovation Fund established pursuant to section 14007 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, $3,000,000. 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Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 of part C of title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 3 and 10 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $395,753,000: Provided, That $195,041438,061,000:Provided, That $257,690,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV, of which $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence (‘Project SERV’) program to provide education-related services to local educational agencies and to institutions of higher education in which the learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis: Provided further, That $133,000: Provided further, That $146,912,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V: Provided further, That of the funds available to carry out subpart 3 of part C of title II, up to $13,383,000 may be used to carry out section 2345 and $2,957,000 shall be used by the Center for Civic Education to implement a comprehensive program to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support of the Congress and the State legislatures. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

English Language Acquisition

For carrying out part A of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $7650,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 2011, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2011, to carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C):Provided, That the Secretary of Education shall use estimates of the American Community Survey child counts for the most recent 3-year period available to calculate allocations under such part. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Special Education

For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (‘IDEA’) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, $12,579,67787,856,000, of which $3,726,354,000 shall become available on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 2011, and of which $8,592,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 2011, for academic year 2010-2011:Provided, That $13,250,000 shall be for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., to support the development, production, and circulation of accessible educational materials: Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be for the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105-78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the IDEA (as in effect prior to the enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004) to provide information on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for children with disabilities: Provided further, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during fiscal year 2009, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percentage change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That funds made available for the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 may be used to support expenses associated with the Special Olympics National and World games. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $3,504,305,000: Provided,7,322,000:Provided, That $2,57025,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompanycommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

american printing house for the blind

For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, $22,5994,600,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national technical institute for the deaf

For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $68,437,000, of which $5,400,000 shall be for construction and shall remain available until expended:Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

gallaudet university

For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $120,000,000, of which $26,000,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for construction and shall remain available until expended:Provided, That from the total amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Career, Technical, and Adult Education

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (‘AEFLA’), subpart 4 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘ESEA’) and title VIII-D of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, $2,0168,447,000, of which $4,400,000 shall become available on October 1, 2009, and remain available through September 30, 2011, of which $1,2213,047,000 shall become available on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 2011, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 2011: Provided, That in allocating AEFLA State grants,Provided, That the Secretary of Education shall first distribute up to $45,9076,000,000 to those States that, due to administrative error, were underpaid for fiscal years 2003 through 2008 in the amounts such States were underpaid: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not reduce the allocations for those years to the States that were overpaid through such error, or take other corrective action with respect to those overpayments: Provided further, That the additional funds provided to States to correct the administrative error shall not be considered in determining the ‘hold -harmless’ amounts under section 211(f) of the AEFLA for fiscal year dult Education and Family Literacy Act for fiscal year 2011 or subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That of the amount provided for Adult Education State Grants, $75,000,000 shall be made available for integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations: Provided further, That of the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education, notwithstanding section 211 of the AEFLAdult Education and Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based on a State’s absolute need as determined by calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years for which United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence are available, except that no State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, $11the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, $13,346,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 243: Provided further, That $88,000,000 shall be available to support the activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the ESEA, of which up to 5 percent shall become available on OctoberOctober 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2011, for evaluation, technical assistance, school networks, peer review of applications, and program outreach activities, and of which not less than 95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2010, and remain available through September 30, 2011, for grants to local educational agencies: Provided further, That funds made available to local educational agencies under this subpart shall be used only for activities related to establishing smaller learning communities within large high schools or small high schools that provide alternatives for students enrolled in large high schools: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education may use amounts available under this heading for the necessary costs of any closemay use amounts available under this heading for the necessary costs of any close-out of the National Institute for Literacy. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Student Financial Assistance

(including deferralrescission of funds)

For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $19,634,905296,809,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2011. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2010-2011 shall be $4,860. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Of the funds made available under section 401A(e)(1)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $511,000,000 shall not be available until October 1, 2010are hereby rescinded. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Student Aid Administration

For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 4, and 9 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $870,402,000, which shall remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Higher Education

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VVII, and VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘HEA’), section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, and section part I of subtitle A of title VI of the America COMPETES Act, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, $2,293,882,000 (increased by $1,000,000): Provided, That106,749,000:Provided, That $9,687,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, shall be available to fund fellowships for academic year 2011-2012 under subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the HEA, under the terms and conditions of such subpart 1: Provided further, That $609,000 shall be for data collection and evaluation activities for programs under the HEA, including such activities needed to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign language training and international studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the professions, or international development: Provided further, That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient of a multi-year award under section 316 of the HEA, as that section was in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (‘HEOA’), that would have otherwise received a continuation award for fiscal year 2010 under that section, shall receive under section 316, as amended by the HEOA, not less than the amount that such recipient would have received under such a continuation award: Provided further, That the portion of the funds received under section 316 by a recipient described in the preceding proviso that is equal to the amount of such continuation award shall be used in accordance with the terms of such continuation award: Provided further, That $1,0500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available to carry out a scholarship program for the purpose of increasing the skilled workforce for industrial health and safety occupations, including mine safety: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall identify these scholarships as ‘Erma Byrd Scholarships’: Provided further, That such scholarships shall be awarded without regard to an applicant’s prior work experience, but the Secretary shall, notwithstanding section 437 of the General Education Provisions Act and 5 U.S.C. 553, by notice in the Federal Register, establish the eligibility requirements, service obligations, payback requirements, and other program requirements similar to those specified in section 515 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act as are necessary to implement such a program: Provided further, That such scholarship funds may be used to replace a student’s expected family contribution, but institutions accepting such scholarship funds may not use these funds to supplant existing institutional aid: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to accept contributions for such scholarships from private sources: Provided further, That these funds shall be used for scholarships for academic year 2010-2011 and may be available for scholarships in academic year 2011-2012: Provided further, That of the funds available under part B of title VII of the HEA, $1,000,000 shall be used to implement section 891 of the HEA: Provided further, That $68,247$36,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Higher Education’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accompanycommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Howard University

For partial support of Howard University, $234,977,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and shall remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $461,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program Account

For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,22810,000,000, as authorized pursuant to part D of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘HEA’): Provided, That suchEA:Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $178,221,000.89,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $354,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Institute of Education Sciences

For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $664,256,000, of which $593,606,000 shall be available through September 30, 2011: 79,256,000, of which $361,241,000 shall be available until September 30, 2011:Provided, That funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for Statewide data systems that include postsecondary and workforce information and information on children of all ages: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for State data coordinators and for awards to public or private organizations or agencies to improve data coordination, quality, and use. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Departmental Management

program administration

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $452,200,000, of which $8,200,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation of buildings occupied by, Department staff. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office for civil rights

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $103,024,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office of the inspector general

For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $60,053,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

General Provisions

Sec. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 305. The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds received under this Act, pursuant to pursuant to48 U.S.C. 1469a, under part A of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 306. None of the funds made available in the fifsixth proviso under the heading ‘Innovation and Improvement’ in this Act shall be made available for new awards under the Teacher Incentive Fund prior to the submission of an impact evaluation plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 307. Section 14007 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by amending subsection (a)(3) to read as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) PURPOSE OF AWARDS- The Secretary shall make awards to eligible entities in order to identify, document, and bring to scale innovative best practices based on demonstrated success, to allow such eligible entities to-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) expand their work and serve as models for best practices; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community.’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in subsection (b)-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), (2), and (3), respectively; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in paragraph (1)(A), as so redesignated, by inserting ‘or’ after the semicolon; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) by amending paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated, to read as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) have demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students described in such section;’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking ‘they have established partnerships’ and inserting ‘it has established one or more partnerships’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘paragraphs’ and all that follows through ‘such requirements’ and inserting ‘paragraphs (1)(A) or (1)(B) and (2) of subsection (b) if the nonprofit organization has a record of significantly improving student achievement, attainment, or retention and shall be considered to have met the requirements of subsection (b)(3) if it demonstrates that it will meet the requirement relating to private-sector matching’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) by adding at the end a new subsection (d) to read as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) Subgrants- In the case of an eligible entity that is a partnership described in subsection (a)(1)(B), the partner serving as the fiscal agent may make subgrants to one or more of the other entities in the partnership.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 308. Section 5621 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as added by this Act by reference to S. 1121 (111th Congress, as introduced on May 21, 2009), is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in subsection (c)(1)(C)(i), by inserting ‘, which includes planning for improvement of school libraries within public elementary school and secondary school buildings’ before the semicolon; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in subsection (d)(1)-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in subparagraph (A)-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) by redesignating clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses (iii) through (v), respectively; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) by inserting after clause (i) the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) repairing, replacing, or constructing school libraries at public elementary schools or secondary schools;’ CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘throughout the school building’ before the period. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 309. Section 307 of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 is amended by striking ‘and 2009’ each place the term occurs and inserting ‘through 2011’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





This title may be cited as the ‘Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE IV

RELATED AGENCIES

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established byPublic Law 92-28, $5,396,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Corporation for National and Community Service

operating expenses

For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and Community Service (‘the Corporation’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (‘1973 Act’) and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘1990 Act’), $792,179,000, of which $318,832864,316,000, of which $321,269,000 shall be to carry out the 1973 Act and $473,347,000 shall be to carry out the 1990 Act and notwithstanding sections 543,047,000 shall be to carry out the 1990 Act and notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act:Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; (2) $3550,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act; (3) $7,58,000,000 shall be available for expenses to carry out sections 112(e), 179A, and 198O and subtitle J of title I of the 1990 Act, notwithstanding section 501(a)(6) of the 1990 Act; (4) $5,000,000 shall be available for grants to public or private nonprofit institutions to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in national service and for demonstration activities in furtherance of this purpose, notwithstanding section 129(k)(1) of the 1990 Act; and (5) $17,000,000 shall be available to provide assistance to State commissions on national and community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; and (6) $29,000,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this heading for activities authorized by section 122 and part E of title II of the 1973 Act shall be used to provide stipends or other monetary incentives to program participants or volunteer leaders whose incomes exceed the income guidelines in subsections 211(e) and 213(b) of the 1973 Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

national service trust

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses for the National Service Trust established under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘1990 Act’), $178,21497,000,000, to remain available until expended:Provided, That the Corporation for National and Community Service may transfer additional funds from the amount provided within ‘Operating Expenses’ allocated to grants underfor grants made under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service Trust the 1990 Act to this appropriation upon determination that such transfer is necessary to support the activities of national service participants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 501(a)(5) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and under section 504(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants authorized under5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $80,9238,000,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office of inspector general

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $7,700,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

administrative provisions

Sec. 401. The Corporation for National and Community Service (‘the Corporation’) shall makenotify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 15 days prior to any significant changes to program requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2010, during any grant selection process, an officer or employee of the Corporation shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized by the Corporation to receive such information. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the first three years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.Sec. 403. Donations made to the Corporation for National and Community Service under section 196 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘1990 Act’) for the purposes of financing programs and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitles B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and not supplant current programs and operations. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (‘Corporation’), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2012, $440,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available50,000,000:Provided, That no funds made available to the Corporation by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Corporation by this Actcontained in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the funds made available funds made available to the Corporation by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of the Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Corporation by this Act shall be used to support the Television Future Fund or any similar purpose. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





In addition, for payment to the Corporation for fiscal year 2010, $76In addition, for payment to the Corporation for fiscal year 2010, $71,000,000 as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) $410,000,000 shall be for fiscal stabilization grants to public radio and television licensees, with no deduction for administrative or other costs of the Corporation, to maintain local programming and services and preserve jobs threatened by declines in non-Federal revenues due to the downturn in the economy, to be awarded no later than 45 days after enactment of this Act.; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) $36,000,000 shall be for costs related to digital program production, development, and distribution, associated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital broadcasting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation in consultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, or their designated representatives.In addition, for fiscal year 2010,; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) $25,000,000 is available pursuant to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications Act of 1934 for replacement and upgrade of the public radio interconnection system. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (‘Service’) to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, $47,000,000, including $650,000 to remain available through September 30, 2011, for activities authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: Provided, That notwithstanding6,303,000:Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for education, training, and professional development of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, $910,858,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Institute of Museum and Library Services

office of museum and library services: grants and administration

For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act, $275,688,000, of which $10,132,000 shall be used056,000, of which $6,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘Office of Museum and Library Services: Grants and Administration’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying this Actcommittee report of the Senate accompanying this Act:Provided, That funds may be made available for support through inter-agency agreement or grant to commemorative Federal commissions that support museum and library activities, in partnership with libraries and museums that are eligible for funding under programs carried out by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social Security Act, $11,800,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Council on Disability

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $3,271,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Labor Relations Board

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $283,400,000:Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

National Mediation Board

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President, $12,9923,934,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, $11,712,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Railroad Retirement Board

dual benefits payments account

For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $64,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) ofPublic Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts

For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, which shall be the maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 ofPublic Law 98-76. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

limitation on administration

For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board (‘Board’) for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $109,073,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

limitation on the office of inspector general

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General (‘Office’) for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $8,186,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds made available in any other paragraph of this Act may be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, office supplies, communications facilities or services, maintenance services, or administrative services for the Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office, except as permitted pursuant to the last proviso under this heading in division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Social Security Administration

payments to social security trust funds

For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,404,000. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

supplemental security income program

For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, section 401 ofPublic Law 92-603, section 212 of Public Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, including payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $34,742,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the Treasury. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, $16,000,000,000, to remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

limitation on administrative expenses

For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $405,000 for official reception and representation expenses, not more than $10,800,500,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein:Provided, That not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2010 not needed for fiscal year 2010 shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are made. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





From funds provided under the first paragraph, not less than $273,000,000 shall be available for the cost associated with conducting continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





In addition to the amounts made available above, and subject to the same terms and conditions, $485,000,000, for additional continuing disability reviews and redeterminations of eligibility, of which, upon a determination by the Office of the Chief ActuarCommissioner of Social Security that such initiative would be at least as cost -effective as redeterminations of eligibility, up to $34,000,000 shall be available for one or more initiatives to improve asset verification:Provided, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of these additional amounts, similar to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104-121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





In addition, $160,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) ofPublic Law 93-66, which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2010 exceed $160,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2011 only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, which shall remain available until expended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

office of inspector general

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $29,000,000, together with not to exceed $73,682,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’, Social Security Administration, to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for which this account is available:Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE V

Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated. 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. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State legislature itself. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $202,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for ‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and Eexpenses’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Eexpenses’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 506. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5067. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) The term ‘health benefits coverage’ means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5078. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) In this subsection, the term ‘health care entity’ includes an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5089. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘human embryo or embryos’ includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 50910. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5101. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5112. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5123. 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 appropriation Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5134. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5145. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be made available to any elementary or secondary school covered by paragraph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act, as amended by the Children’s Internet Protection Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, unless the local educational agency with responsibility for such covered school has made the certifications required by paragraph (2) of such section. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5156. (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 2010, 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-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) creates new programs; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) relocates an office or employees; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) reorganizes or renames offices; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. 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 2010, 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 in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) augments existing programs, projects (including construction projects), or activities; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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 CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5167. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false or misleading. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5178. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2010 that are different than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the committee report of the Senate accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 2010 budget request. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5189. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding $15,000,000 in value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2010, but not to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental purpose, including a justification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 519. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not20. Section 8103(b) ofPublic Law 110-28 is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.

Sec. 520. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage based on work performed under a social security account number that is not the claimant’s number and the performance of such work under such number has formed the basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act.

Sec. 521. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the Social Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the United States and Mexico establlishing totalization arrangements between the social security system established by title II of the Social Security Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise be payble but for such agreement.

Sec. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611 et seq.).

Sec. 523. None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug in any location which is within 1,000 feet of a public or private day care center, elementary school, vocational school, secondary school, college, junior college, or university, or any public swimming pool, park, playground, video arcade, or youth center, or an event sponsored by any such entity.

Sec. 524. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘National Institutes of Health--National Institute on Drug Abuse’ shall be available for grant number 1R21DA026324-01A1 (Substance Use and HIV Risk among Thai Women).

(b) None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘National Institutes of Health--National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’ shall be available for grant number 1R01AA018090-01 (Venue-based HIV and alcohol use risk reduction among female sex workers in China), or grant number 5R01AA016059-03 (Maximizing Opportunity--HIV Prevention in Hospitalized Russian Drinkers).

Sec. 525. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to purchase light bulbs unless the light bulbs are ‘Energy Star’ qualified or have the ‘Federal Energy Management Program’ designation.

Sec. 526. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulationsparagraph (1)(B), by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘, except that, beginning in 2010 and each year thereafter, such increase shall occur on September 30’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting before the period the following: ‘, except that, beginning in 2010 and each year thereafter, such increase shall occur on September 30’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





This Act may be cited as the ‘Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2009.

Attest:

LORRAINE C. MILLER,

Clerk.

Calendar No. 149 CommentsClose CommentsPermalink