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Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act - Title I: Incentives for Hiring and Retaining Unemployed Workers - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt for-profit and nonprofit employers, including public institutions of higher education, from social security and railroad retirement taxes in 2010 (except for the first calendar quarter of such year) for new employees who are hired after February 3, 2010, and before January 1, 2011, and who certify that they have not worked more than 40 hours during the last 60 days; and (2) allow an increase in the general business tax credit for the retention of such employees for at least one year at specified wage levels. Prohibits any carryback of unused business tax credit amounts.
Appropriates to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund under title II of the Social Security Act amounts necessary to cover any reduction in revenues resulting from the tax exemptions provided by this Act.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to U.S. possessions, including the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, an amount equal to the loss to such possessions resulting from this tax exemption.
Title II: Expensing - (Sec. 201) Increases to $250,000 the expensing allowance for depreciable business assets.
Title III: Qualified Tax Credit Bonds - (Sec. 301) Allows a refundable tax credit to issuers of specified tax credit bonds. Defines "specified tax credit bond" as a new clean renewable energy bond, a qualified energy conservation bond, a qualified zone academy bond, or a qualified school construction bond.
Title IV: Extension of Current Surface Transportation Program - Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010 - Subtitle A: Federal-Aid Highways - (Sec. 411) Continues in effect until December 31, 2010, the requirements, authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized by specified federal transportation law.
Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY2010 and the period of October 1 - December 31, 2010 (first quarter of FY2011), for the federal-aid highway, surface transportation research, and transportation planning programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), with a limit on obligational authority for the programs equal to the total authorized for such programs for FY2009 (although only one-quarter of such total for the first quarter of FY2011).
Extends the allocation of certain transportation program funds to: (1) states for specific programs, including the Interstate and National Highway System program, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program, the highway safety improvement program, the Surface Transportation program, and the Highway Bridge program; and (2) the territories or Puerto Rico.
Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain transportation research programs under title V: Research of SAFETEA-LU at FY2009 funding levels.
(Sec. 412) Extends the authorization of appropriations for FY2010 and the first quarter of FY2011 for federal-aid highway program administrative expenses.
(Sec. 413) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to restore certain rescinded transportation program funds to the states and to the programs from which they were rescinded. Authorizes appropriations for such programs for FY2010.
(Sec. 414) Directs the Secretary, in reconciliation, to reduce the amount of funds allocated for a transportation program, project, or activity under this title by amounts allocated pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010.
Subtitle B: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Additional Programs - (Sec. 421) Amends SAFETEA-LU to extend through December 31, 2010, the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety programs, including: (1) highway safety research and development; (2) the occupant protection incentive grant program; (3) the safety belt performance grant program; (4) state traffic safety information system improvements; (5) the alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive grant program; (6) the National Driver Register; (7) the high visibility enforcement program; (8) motorcyclist safety; (9) the child safety and child booster seat safety incentive grant program; and (10) NHTSA administrative expenses.
Authorizes appropriations through FY2011 for: (1) drug-impaired driving enforcement; and (2) older driver safety and law enforcement training.
(Sec. 422) Extends through December 31, 2010, the authorization of appropriations for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) programs, including: (1) motor carrier safety grants; (2) FMCSA administrative expenses; (3) commercial driver's license program improvement grants; (4) border enforcement grants; (5) performance and registration information system management grants; (6) commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment grants; (7) safety data improvement grants; (8) a set-aside for high priority activities that improve commercial motor vehicle safety and compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety regulations; (9) a set-aside for new entrant motor carrier audit grants; (10) commercial driver's license information system modernization; (11) FMCSA and NHTSA outreach and education; (12) the commercial motor vehicle operators grant program; (13) the FMCSA's Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee; and (14) the working group for development of practices and procedures to enhance federal-state relations.
(Sec. 423) Extends through December 31, 2010, the funding for hazardous materials (hazmat) research projects.
Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through December 31, 2010, the authorization of appropriations, and the current requirements for their distribution, for fish restoration and management projects.
Extends the set-aside for administrative expenses for carrying out such projects.
Subtitle C: Public Transportation Programs - (Sec. 431) Extends through December 31, 2010, the allocation of capital investment grant funds for federal transit programs, including the metropolitan planning program and the state planning and research program.
(Sec. 432) Extends the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to award urbanized area formula grants to finance the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation in an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000.
(Sec. 433) Allocates amounts for formula and bus grants and capital investment grants for: (1) certain new fixed guideway capital projects; (2) new fixed guideway ferry systems and extension projects in Alaska and Hawaii; (3) payments to the Denali Commission for docks, waterfront development projects, and related transportation infrastructure; (4) ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities; (5) a set-aside for the national fuel cell bus technology development program; (6) projects in nonurbanized areas; (7) intermodal terminal projects; and (8) bus testing.
(Sec. 434) Extends through December 31, 2010, the apportionments of: (1) nonurbanized area formula grants for public transportation on Indian reservations; and (2) capital investment grant funds for certain fixed guideway modernization projects.
(Sec. 436) Extends through December 31, 2010, the authorization appropriations from the HTF Mass Transit Account for: (1) formula and bus grant projects, including allocations for specified projects; (2) capital investment grants; (3) transit research, including allocations for transit cooperative research programs, the National Transit Institute, the university centers program, transportation projects to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the National Technical Assistance Center for senior transportation, and national research programs; and (4) administration expenses.
(Sec. 437) Extends through December 31, 2010, certain SAFETEA-LU programs, including: (1) the contracted paratransit pilot program; (2) the public-private partnership pilot program; (3) project authorizations for final design and construction and preliminary engineering of specified fixed guideway projects; and (4) the elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities pilot program.
Increases the obligation ceiling of amounts made available from the HTF Mass Transit Account.
Extends through December 31, 2010, certain allocations for national research and technology programs.
Subtitle D: Revenue Provisions - (Sec. 441) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions requiring obligations in the HTF to be U.S. obligations that are not interest-bearing.
(Sec. 442) Appropriates specified amounts as foregone interest to the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account in the HTF.
(Sec. 443) Allows amounts appropriated to the HTF to remain available without fiscal year limitation.
(Sec. 444) Repeals requirements for payments from the HTF to the Treasury for: (1) certain amounts paid before July 1, 2012, relating to gasoline used on farms, gasoline used for certain non-highway purposes or by local transit systems, and fuels not used for taxable purposes; and (2) specified credits allowed for certain uses of fuel before October 1, 2011.
(Sec. 445) Extends through 2010 authorities for expenditures from the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account.
(Sec. 446) Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: Legacy for Users to set forth obligation limitations in the Highway Category and the Mass Transit Category through December 31, 2010. Prohibits any budget adjustment in the federal-aid highway program in FY2010 or FY2011.
Subtitle E: Disadvantaged Business Enterprises - (Sec. 451) Requires at least 10% of federal-aid highway, public transportation, and transportation research program funds under SAFETEA-LU and highway safety research and development program funds to be expended through small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (disadvantaged business enterprises).
Requires states to: (1) compile a list of small business concerns annually; and (2) notify the Secretary of Transportation of the percentage of such concerns that are controlled by women, by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (other than women), and by individuals who are women and socially and economically disadvantaged. Requires the Secretary to establish minimum uniform criteria for state governments to use in certifying a small business concern as a disadvantaged business enterprise.
Title V: Offset Provisions - Subtitle A: Foreign Account Tax Compliance - Part I: Increased Disclosure of Beneficial Owners - (Sec. 501) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise and add reporting and other requirements relating to income from assets held abroad, including by: (1) requiring foreign financial and nonfinancial institutions to withhold 30% of payments made to such institutions by U.S. individuals unless such institutions agree to disclose the identity of such individuals and report on their bank transactions; and (2) denying a tax deduction for interest on non-registered bonds issued outside the United States.
Part II: Under Reporting With Respect to Foreign Assets - (Sec. 511) Requires any individual who holds more than $50,000 in a depository or custodial account maintained by a foreign financial institution to report on any such account.
(Sec. 512) Imposes an enhanced tax penalty for underpayments attributable to undisclosed foreign financial assets.
(Sec. 513) Extends the limitation period for assessment of underpayments with respect to assets held outside the United States.
Part III: Other Disclosure Provisions - (Sec. 521) Requires U.S. shareholders of a passive foreign investment company to file annual informational returns.
(Sec. 522) Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to require certain financial institutions to file returns related to withholding on transactions involving foreign persons on magnetic media (currently, electronic filing is required only for taxpayers filing at least 250 returns).
Part IV: Provisions Related to Foreign Trusts - (Sec. 531) Deems a foreign trust as having a U.S. beneficiary if such beneficiary's interest in the trust is contingent on a future event or such beneficiary directly or indirectly transfers property to such trust or uses trust property without paying compensation to the trust. Imposes reporting requirements on owners of foreign trusts and sets forth tax penalties for failure to report on transfers to and distributions from such trusts.
Part V: Substitute Dividends and Dividend Equivalent Payments Received by Foreign Persons Treated as Dividends - (Sec. 541) Treats a dividend equivalent payment as a dividend from a source within the United States for purposes of taxation of income from foreign sources and tax withholding rules applicable to foreign persons.
Subtitle B: Delay in Application of Worldwide Allocation of Interest - (Sec. 551) Delays until 2021 the application of special rules for the worldwide allocation of interest for purposes of computing the limitation on the foreign tax credit.
Subtitle C: Budgetary Provisions - (Sec. 561) Increases the required estimated tax payments for corporations with assets of not less than $1 billion in specified calendar quarters.
(Sec. 562) Provides criteria for compliance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act - Title I: Incentives for Hiring and Retaining Unemployed Workers - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt for-profit and nonprofit employers, including public institutions of higher education, from social security taxes in 2010 for new employees who are hired after February 3, 2010, and before January 1, 2011, and who certify that they have not worked more than 40 hours during the last 60 days; and (2) allow an increase in the general business tax credit for the retention of such employees for at least one year at specified wage levels. Prohibits any carryback of unused business tax credit amounts.
Appropriates to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund under title II of the Social Security Act amounts necessary to cover any reduction in revenues resulting from such payroll tax exemption.
Title II: Expensing - (Sec. 201) Increases to $250,000 the expensing allowance for depreciable business assets for taxable years beginning after 2007 and before 2011.
Title III: Qualified Tax Credit Bonds - (Sec. 301) Allows certain small issuers of tax-exempt bonds a refundable tax credit for interest payments on new clean renewable energy bonds, qualified energy conservation bonds, and qualified zone academy bonds or qualified school construction bonds. Exempts such bonds from the requirement that they be issued before January 1, 2011.
Title IV: Extension of Current Surface Transportation Program - Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010 - Subtitle A: Federal-aid Highways - (Sec. 411) Continues in effect until December 31, 2010, the requirements, authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized by specified federal transportation law.
Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY2010 and the period October 1-December 31, 2010, (first quarter of FY2011) for the federal-aid highway, surface transportation research, and transportation planning programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), with a limit on obligational authority for the programs equal to the total authorized for such programs for FY2009 (although only one-quarter of such total for the first quarter of FY2011).
Extends the allocation of certain transportation program funds to: (1) states for specific programs, including the Interstate and National Highway System program, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program, the highway safety improvement program, the Surface Transportation program, and the Highway Bridge program; and (2) the territories or Puerto Rico.
Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain transportation research programs under title V: Research of SAFETEA-LU at FY2009 funding levels.
(Sec. 412) Extends the authorization of appropriations for FY2010 and the first quarter of FY2011 for federal-aid highway program administrative expenses.
(Sec. 413) Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary this title) to restore certain rescinded transportation program funds to the states and to the programs from which they were rescinded. Authorizes appropriations for such programs for FY2010.
(Sec. 414) Directs the Secretary, in reconciliation, to reduce the amount of funds allocated for a transportation program, project, or activity under this title by amounts allocated pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010.
Subtitle B: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Additional Programs - (Sec. 421) Amends SAFETEA-LU to extend through December 31, 2010, the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety programs, including: (1) highway safety research and development; (2) the occupant protection incentive grant program; (3) the safety belt performance grant program; (4) state traffic safety information system improvements; (5) the alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive grant program; (6) the National Driver Register; (7) the high visibility enforcement program; (8) motorcyclist safety; (9) the child safety and child booster seat safety incentive grant program; and (10) NHTSA administrative expenses.
Authorizes appropriations through FY2011 for: (1) drug-impaired driving enforcement; and (2) older driver safety and law enforcement training.
(Sec. 422) Extends through December 31, 2010, the authorization of appropriations for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) programs, including: (1) motor carrier safety grants; (2) FMCSA administrative expenses; (3) commercial driver's license program improvement grants; (4) border enforcement grants; (5) performance and registration information system management grants; (6) commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment grants; (7) safety data improvement grants; (8) a set-aside for high priority activities that improve commercial motor vehicle safety and compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety regulations; (9) a set-aside for new entrant motor carrier audit grants; (10) commercial driver's license information system modernization; (11) FMCSA and NHTSA outreach and education; (12) the commercial motor vehicle operators grant program; (13) the FMCSA's Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee; and (14) the working group for development of practices and procedures to enhance federal-state relations.
(Sec. 423) Extends through December 31, 2010, the funding for hazardous materials (hazmat) research projects.
Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through December 31, 2010, the authorization of appropriations, and the current requirements for their distribution, for fish restoration and management projects.
Extends the set-aside for administrative expenses for carrying out such projects.
Subtitle C: Public Transportation Programs - (Sec. 431) Extends through December 31, 2010, the allocation of capital investment grant funds for federal transit programs, including the metropolitan planning program and the state planning and research program.
(Sec. 432) Extends the Secretary's authority to award urbanized area formula grants to finance the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation in an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000.
(Sec. 433) Allocates amounts for formula and bus grants and capital investment grants for: (1) certain new fixed guideway capital projects; (2) new fixed guideway ferry systems and extension projects in Alaska and Hawaii; (3) payments to the Denali Commission for docks, waterfront development projects, and related transportation infrastructure; (4) ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities; (5) a set-aside for the national fuel cell bus technology development program; (6) projects in nonurbanized areas; (7) intermodal terminal projects; and (8) bus testing.
(Sec. 434) Extends through December 31, 2010, the apportionments of: (1) nonurbanized area formula grants for public transportation on Indian reservations; and (2) capital investment grant funds for certain fixed guideway modernization projects.
(Sec. 436) Extends through December 31, 2010, the authorization appropriations from the HTF Mass Transit Account for: (1) formula and bus grant projects, including allocations for specified projects; (2) capital investment grants; (3) transit research, including allocations for transit cooperative research programs, the National Transit Institute, the university centers program, transportation projects to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the National Technical Assistance Center for senior transportation, and national research programs; and (4) administration expenses.
(Sec. 437) Extends through December 31, 2010, certain SAFETEA-LU programs, including: (1) the contracted paratransit pilot program; (2) the public-private partnership pilot program; (3) project authorizations for final design and construction and preliminary engineering of specified fixed guideway projects; and (4) the elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities pilot program.
Increases the obligation ceiling of amounts made available from the HTF Mass Transit Account.
Extends through December 31, 2010, certain allocations for national research and technology programs.
Subtitle D: Revenue Provisions - (Sec. 441) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions requiring obligations in the Highway Trust Fund to be U.S. obligations that are not interest-bearing.
(Sec. 442) Appropriates specified amounts as foregone interest to the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account in the Fund.
(Sec. 443) Allows amounts appropriated to the Fund to remain available without fiscal year limitation.
(Sec. 444) Repeals requirements for payments from the Fund to the Treasury for: (1) certain amounts paid before July 1, 2012, relating to gasoline used on farms, gasoline used for certain non-highway purposes or by local transit systems, and fuels not used for taxable purposes; and (2) specified credits allowed for certain uses of fuel before October 1, 2011.
(Sec. 445) Extends through 2010 authorities for expenditures from the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account Fund.
(Sec. 446) Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: Legacy for Users to set forth obligation limitations in the Highway Category and the Mass Transit Category through December 31, 2010. Prohibits any budget adjustment in the federal highway aid program in FY2010 or FY2011.
Title V: Offset Provisions - Subtitle A: Foreign Account Tax Compliance - Part I: Increased Disclosure of Beneficial Owners - (Sec. 501) Revises and adds reporting and other requirements relating to income from assets held abroad, including by: (1) requiring foreign financial and nonfinancial institutions to withhold 30% of payments made to such institutions by U.S. individuals unless such institutions agree to disclose the identity of such individuals and report on their bank transactions; and (2) denying a tax deduction for interest on non-registered bonds issued outside the United States.
Part II: Under Reporting With Respect to Foreign Assets - (Sec. 511) Requires any individual who holds more than $50,000 in a depository or custodial account maintained by a foreign financial institution to report on any such account.
(Sec. 512) Imposes an enhanced tax penalty for underpayments attributable to undisclosed foreign financial assets.
(Sec. 513) Extends the limitation period for assessment of underpayments with respect to assets held outside the United States.
Part III: Other Disclosure Provisions - (Sec. 521) Requires U.S. shareholders of a passive foreign investment company to file annual informational returns.
(Sec. 522) Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to require certain financial institutions to file returns related to withholding on transactions involving foreign persons on magnetic media (currently, electronic filing is required only for taxpayers filing at least 250 returns).
Part IV: Provisions Related to Foreign Trusts - (Sec. 531) Deems a foreign trust as having a U.S. beneficiary if: (1) such beneficiary's interest in the trust is contingent on a future event; or (2) such beneficiary directly or indirectly transfers property to such trust or uses trust property without paying compensation to the trust. Imposes reporting requirements on owners of foreign trusts and sets forth tax penalties for failure to report on transfers to and distributions from such trusts.
Part V: Substitute Dividends and Dividend Equivalent Payments Received by Foreign Persons Treated as Dividends - (Sec. 541) Treats a dividend equivalent payment as a dividend from a source within the United States for purposes of taxation of income from foreign sources and tax withholding rules applicable to foreign persons.
Subtitle B: Delay in Application of Worldwide Allocation of Interest - (Sec. 551) Delays until 2020 the application of special rules for the worldwide allocation of interest for purposes of computing the limitation on the foreign tax credit.
Division A: Commerce, Justice, Science, And Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Jobs for Main Street Act, 2010 - Title I: Infrastructure And Jobs Investment - Chapter I: Justice - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for community oriented policing services to hire additional career law enforcement officers.
Chapter 2: Energy And Water Development - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to: (1) the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil for construction; (2) the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, for water and related resources; and (3) the Department of Energy for the Title 17 Innovative technology Loan Guarantee Program.
(Sec. 1201) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise requirements for the innovative technologies guarantee program, and add new requirements with respect to: (1) waiver of third-party credit reports for projects costing no more than $100 million; (2) direct hire authority of the head of the loan guarantee program; and (3) permissible location of a project on two or more noncontiguous sites in the United States.
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make guarantees for energy efficiency projects, including retrofitting projects.
Chapter 3: Homeland Security - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Homeland Security for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Chapter 4: Interior And Environment - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM); (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; (3) the National Park Service; and (4) wildland fire management.
Makes appropriations for FY2010 to: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for state and tribal assistance grants; and (2) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service, including the National Forest System and wildland fire management.
(Sec. 1401) Requires funds made available to EPA by this Act for management and oversight purposes to remain available through FY2012, and allows their transfer to a specified account.
(Sec. 1402) Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, in carrying out work funded in this title, to utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, the Public Lands Corps, Youth Conservation Corps, Student Conservation Association, Job Corps, Corps Network members, and other related partnerships with federal, state, local, tribal, or nonprofit groups that serve young adults, underserved and minority populations, veterans, and special needs individuals.
Chapter 5: Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education, And Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to : (1) the Department of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA); (2) the Department of Education for the Education Jobs Fund (for specified allocations only) and student financial assistance; and (3) the Corporation for National and Community Service and the National Service Trust.
(Sec. 1501) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a bond issuer a refundable tax credit for interest payments on qualified zone academy bonds and qualified school construction bonds, regardless of whether the bonds are issued before or after January 1, 2011. Denies a tax credit to holders of such bonds.
Chapter 6: Transportation and Housing and Urban Development - Makes additional appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Transportation (DOT), including: (1) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (2) the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); (3) the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); (4) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); and (5) the Maritime Administration.
(Sec. 1601) Continues through FY2011 certain maintenance of effort and reporting requirements for a state or state agency awarded funds appropriated in this Act for a covered program.
Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including: (1) the Office of Public and Indian Housing; and (2) the Office of Community Planning and Development.
Chapter 7: General Provisions, This Title - (Sec. 1701) Decreases by $150 billion the limitation on the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase troubled assets under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA).
(Sec. 1702) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for casino or other gambling establishments, aquariums, zoos, golf courses, or swimming pools.
(Sec. 1703) Subjects funds under this Act to certain reporting, transparency, and oversight requirements established by title XV of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).
Title II: Surface Transportation Extension - Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2002) Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY2010 for: (1) the federal-aid highway, surface transportation research, and transportation planning programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), with a limit on obligational authority for the programs equal to the total authorized for such programs for FY2009, minus a specified amount; and (2) federal-aid highway program administrative expenses.
Extends the allocation of certain transportation program funds to: (1) states for specific programs under the equity bonus program (except the high priority projects program); and (2) the territories or Puerto Rico.
Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary this title) to allocate certain discretionary funds on the basis of a competitive selection process for: (1) national and regional significance program projects; and (2) the national corridor infrastructure improvement program.
Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain transportation research programs under title V of SAFETEA-LU at FY2009 funding levels.
(Sec. 2003) Amends SAFETEA-LU to extend through FY2010 the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety programs, including: (1) highway safety research and development; (2) the occupant protection incentive grant program; (3) the safety belt performance grant program; (4) state traffic safety information system improvements; (5) the alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive grant program; (6) the National Driver Register; (7) the high visibility enforcement program; (8) motorcyclist safety; (9) the child safety and child booster seat safety incentive grant program; (10) NHTSA administrative expenses; (11) drug-impaired driving enforcement; and (12) older driver safety and law enforcement training.
(Sec. 2004) Extends through FY2010 the authorization appropriations for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) programs, including for: (1) motor carrier safety grants; (2) FMCSA administrative expenses; (3) a set-aside for high priority activities that improve commercial motor vehicle safety and compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety regulations; (4) commercial driver's license program improvement grants; (5) border enforcement grants; (6) performance and registration information system management grants; (7) commercial driver's license information system modernization; (8) commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment grants; (9) safety data improvement grants; (10) FMCSA and NHTSA outreach and education; (11) the commercial motor vehicle operators grant program; (12) the working group for development of practices and procedures to enhance federal-state relations; and (13) the Office of Intermodalism.
(Sec. 2005) Extends through FY2010, with specified exceptions, the authorization appropriations from the HTF Mass Transit Account for federal transit programs, including: (1) formula and bus grant projects, including allocations for specified projects; (2) capital investment grants; (3) transit research, including allocations for transit cooperative research programs, the National Transit Institute, the university centers program, transportation projects to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and the National Technical Assistance Center for senior transportation; and (4) administration expenses.
(Sec. 2006) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through FY2010 the authorization of appropriations, and the current requirements for their distribution, for fish restoration and management projects.
Extends the set-aside for administrative expenses for carrying out such projects.
(Sec. 2007) Specifies the levels of obligational authority for FY2010 for the highway category and the mass transit category.
(Sec. 2008) Extends through FY2010 the funding for hazardous materials (hazmat) research projects.
(Sec. 2009) Extends the expenditure authority of: (1) the HTF highway and Mass Transit accounts through FY2010; and (2) the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund through the period otherwise specified by this Act.
(Sec. 2010) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to: (1) repeal the requirement that obligations held by the HTF be non-interest-bearing; and (2) appropriate additional amounts to the HTF and allow them to remain available without fiscal year limitation.
(Sec. 2011) Repeals the mandate for transfers from the HTF for certain fuel-related repayments and credits to the general fund of the Treasury.
(Sec. 2012) Sets the federal share of costs for covered projects through FY2010 at 100%, at the recipient's option.
(Sec. 2013) Revises Buy America requirements to authorize the Secretary to waive requirements for issuance of waivers for highway and public transportation projects only if the Secretary: (1) has considered the potential impacts of a public interest waiver on domestic manufacturing employment; and (2) publishes notice of an insufficient domestic source waiver on the Internet for at least five business days before its issuance and a sufficient domestic source of the material or product concerned does not identify itself.
Applies Buy America requirements to all construction contracts for a bridge project carried out within the scope of the applicable decision under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and carried out on the bridge from abutment to abutment (including the abutments), regardless of the funding source of the contracts, if at least one construction contract with respect to the bridge is federally funded.
Requires the Comptroller General to report semiannually to specified congressional committees on such waivers.
Title III: Unemployment And Other Emergency Needs - Chapter 1: Agriculture And Rural Development - (Sec. 3101) Prescribes a process for filing a complaint alleging discrimination in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) involving a credit program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Allows either a civil action or a request for administrative review.
Requires a non-employment-related complaint to be filed after December 31, 1997, and before the earlier of: (1) two years after the date of the alleged ECOA violation; or (2) the date of the enactment of this Act.
Requires the complainant: (1) not to have been a party to the consent decree in Pigford v. Glickman; and (2) not to have obtained relief from the USDA or a court of competent jurisdiction.
Prescribes additional requirements for a civil or an administrative complaint.
Includes debt relief among the remedies granted in resolution of a complaint.
Limits the total amount awarded for all claims to $100 million, including a maximum amount: (1) of actual damages, costs, and attorney's fees to $40 million; and (2) of debt relief to $60 million.
Makes appropriations of $100 million to cover all such relief.
Chapter 2: Financial Services And General Government - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the business loans program account.
(Sec. 3201) Rescinds specified amounts from: (1) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program in the Department of Commerce; and (2) the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) of the Department of Agriculture.
Chapter 3: Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education - (Sec. 3301) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through June 30, 2010.
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until July 1, 2010: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals; and (2) requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
(Sec. 3302) Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to extend through June 30, 2010, the eligibility of a qualified beneficiary for COBRA continuation coverage and premium assistance. Extends the maximum duration of premium assistance for 15 months.
Prescribes rules allowing eligible individuals to pay premiums retroactively by a certain deadline in order to maintain COBRA coverage.
Specifies a new COBRA continuation coverage election period, upon involuntary termination of employment, for individuals who did not make (or who made and discontinued) an election of COBRA continuation coverage on the basis of a reduction of hours of employment.
(Sec. 3303) Extends through FY2010 the temporary increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA).
Extends the recession adjustment period through June 30, 2011.
(Sec. 3304) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the $10,000 earned income threshold for determining the refundable portion of the child tax credit.
(Sec. 3305) Prohibits the poverty line for 2010 issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services from being lower than the poverty line so issued on January 23, 2009.
(Sec. 3306) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any refund (or advance payment with respect to a refundable credit) made to any individual from being taken into account as income or resources for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility for benefits or assistance under any federal program or under any state or local program financed in whole or in part with federal funds.
(Sec. 3307) Amends the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 to make a permanent extension of the fee withholding procedures of the attorney fee payment system for benefit claims under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled) (SSI).
Amends SSA title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to extend to qualified non-attorney agents and other persons who represent OASDI claimants the fee withholding procedures and assessment procedures that apply to attorneys.
Chapter 4: General Provisions, This Title - (Sec. 3401) Designates each amount in this title as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to the concurrent budget resolution, 2010. Designates provisions of this title as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles.
Title IV: General Provisions, This Act - (Sec. 4001 ) Declares that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond September 30, 2010, unless expressly so provided by this Act.
(Sec. 4002) - Requires all funds provided by this Act to be subject to the Buy America provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Division B: Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009 - Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009 - (Sec. 104) Requires a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act to include by reference an estimate of its budgetary effects as determined by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA), if timely submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the chairs of the congressional budget committees (chairs) before the vote on it.
Requires: (1) the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as applicable, also to incorporate by reference such printed estimate into the enrollment of a PAYGO Act; and (2) budgetary effects that are not so included to be determined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimates.
Amends the CBA to require the chairs to request from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) an estimate of the budgetary effects of a PAYGO Act before a vote in either chamber on it that, if determined in the affirmative, would clear it for enrollment.
Directs the chairs to post such estimate on their respective committee websites and cause it to be printed in the Congressional Record under "PAYGO ESTIMATE."
Requires CBO to make specified estimate adjustments when calculating budgetary effects of certain designated legislation affecting current policy, as detailed in section 7 of this Act.
Requires OMB to maintain and make publicly available a continuously updated document containing two PAYGO scorecards (the first for a 5-year period and the second for a 10-year period for the beginning of each respective budget year) displaying the budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation, applying certain look-back and averaging requirements. Requires OMB to display as a separate addendum the cost estimates of provisions designated in statute as emergency requirements.
(Sec. 105) Requires OMB to: (1) make an annual public PAYGO report, including a up-to-date document containing the PAYGO scorecards, within 14 business days after Congress adjourns to end a session; and (2) prepare for the President an offsetting sequestration order, which the President shall issue if such report shows a debit on either PAYGO scorecard for the budget year.
(Sec. 106) Prescribes requirements for calculating a sequestration for nonexempt direct spending programs, including Medicare payments and certain nonexempt mandatory programs.
(Sec. 107) Prescribes requirements for CBO adjustments of estimates of budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation for legislation affecting current policy for: (1) payments made under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for physician services; (2) the Estate and Gift Tax under the Internal Revenue Code; and (3) the permanent extension of middle-class tax cuts and the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) relief under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 or the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003.
(Sec. 108) Applies to this Act certain sequestration order requirements of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by this Act, including the authority of Members of Congress and certain individuals to request an expedited judicial review of a sequestration order.
(Sec. 109) Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act.
(Sec. 110) Exempts from sequestration: (1) low-income subsidies and catastrophic subsidies under Part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of the Social Security Act (SSA); and (2) qualified individual (QI) premiums for Medicare cost-sharing for certain dual eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries under SSA title XIX (Medicaid).
(Sec. 111) Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to specify additional Social Security, veterans, Tier I Railroad Retirement benefits and other programs and activities exempt from a sequestration order as well as certain economic recovery programs.
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.
Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2010 for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Agency; (5) economic and statistical analysis programs; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, including for grants for public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction; (8) the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); (9) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including amounts for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Technology Innovation Program, and the construction of new research facilities; (10) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for operations, research, and procurement, and acquisition and construction of capital assets; (11) restoration of Pacific salmon populations (12) the Coastal Zone Management Fund; (13) the fisheries finance program account; and (14) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General and for the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building.
(Sec. 105) Adopts provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, requiring notification to Congress on the GOES-R satellite development program of NOAA.
(Sec. 108) Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to extend through 2010 the authority of the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board to guarantee any loan to a qualified steel company.
Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for FY2010 for: (1) general administration, including for information sharing technology, the Integrated Wireless Network supporting law enforcement communications, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee, and the Office of Inspector General; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of the United States Attorneys, the United States Trustee Program, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (4) the United States Marshals Service, including for courthouse security equipment and construction of prisoner holding areas; (5) the National Security Division; (6) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); (10) the federal prison system, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities, and the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); (11) the Office on Violence Against Women, for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs; and (12) the Office of Justice Programs, including state and local law enforcement assistance, the Weed and Seed Program Fund, juvenile justice programs, public safety officers benefits, and community-oriented policing services.
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
(Sec. 204) Reaffirms the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services for female inmates to receive abortions outside a federal facility.
(Sec. 206) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2011, the Personnel Management Demonstration Project without limitation on the number of employees or positions covered.
(Sec. 207) Extends certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations to ATF.
(Sec. 208) Prohibits: (1) funding to transport a maximum or high security prisoner other than to a prison or facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure; (2) federal prisons from purchasing cable television services or equipment for use primarily for recreational purposes (allows such services or equipment for inmate training or for religious or educational programs); (3) the obligation or expenditure of funds for Sentinel, or any other major new or enhanced information technology program with estimated development costs over $100 million, without certification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that appropriate management and oversight mechanisms are in place and that such programs are compatible with DOJ enterprise architecture; (4) the use of funds for public-private competitions under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; (5) funding for United States attorneys who are assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General that exempt such attorneys from applicable residency requirements; and (6) funding for future phases of the FBI's Sentinel program until the Attorney General certifies to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that existing phases of such program have been substantially completed under a specified performance measurement baseline.
(Sec. 216) Makes permanent the authority of the FBI to pay retention and relocation bonuses.
(Sec. 218) Allows the FBI to pay cash awards to employees who maintain proficiency in foreign languages critical to its mission.
(Sec. 219) Authorizes the Attorney General to waive certain reporting requirements for state and local governments applying for grants under Byrne Memorial Law Enforcement Assistance Grant Program.
Title III: Science - Science Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for science, aeronautics, exploration, space operations, and aerospace and aeronautical education research and development activities, for construction, and for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research, equipment and facilities construction, science and engineering education and human resources programs, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General.
Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (3) the International Trade Commission; (4) the Legal Services Corporation; (5) the Marine Mammal Commission; (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; and (7) the State Justice Institute.
Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Sets forth requirements, restrictions, and limitations on the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any EEOC guidelines covering harassment based on religion.
(Sec. 507) Renders any person who mislabels a product sold in or shipped to the United States as "Made in America" ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract funded by this Act.
(Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the removal of restrictions on marketing of such products.
(Sec. 511) Prohibits funding for the implementation of: (1) any user fee for background checks under the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993; and (2) any background check system that does not require and result in the destruction of information submitted by an individual certified as eligible to possess or receive a firearm.
(Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of DOJ funds to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in DOJ programs, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.
(Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism; (2) support or justify the use of torture; (3) require licenses for exporting certain firearms to Canada; (4) deny certain import applications regarding curios or relics, firearms, parts, or ammunition; (5) include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement certain language of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement; (6) authorize a national security letter in contravention of statutes authorizing the FBI to issue national security letters; (7) purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of federal regulations; and (8) pay for the attendance of more than 50 federal employees at any single conference outside the United States.
(Sec. 526) Requires departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act to establish and maintain on their Internet websites direct links to their Offices of Inspector General, and a mechanism for anonymously reporting waste, fraud, and abuse.
(Sec. 531) Rescinds certain unobligated fund available to DOJ from prior appropriations.
(Sec. 533) Prohibits funds made available under this Act from being distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform (ACORN) or its subsidiaries.
(Sec. 534) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct and report to Congress on an audit of federal funds received by ACORN or any subsidiary or affiliate.
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.
Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2010 for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Agency; (5) economic and statistical analysis programs; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, including for grants for public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction; (8) the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); (9) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including amounts for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Technology Innovation Program, and the construction of new research facilities; (10) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for operations, research, and procurement, and acquisition and construction of capital assets; (11) restoration of Pacific salmon populations (12) the Coastal Zone Management Fund; (13) the fisheries finance program account; and (14) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General and for the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building.
(Sec. 105) Adopts provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, requiring notification to Congress on the GOES-R satellite development program of NOAA.
(Sec. 108) Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to extend through 2010 the authority of the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board to guarantee any loan to a qualified steel company.
Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for FY2010 for: (1) general administration, including for information sharing technology, the Integrated Wireless Network supporting law enforcement communications, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee, and the Office of Inspector General; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of the United States Attorneys, the United States Trustee Program, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (4) the United States Marshals Service, including for courthouse security equipment and construction of prisoner holding areas; (5) the National Security Division; (6) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); (10) the federal prison system, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities, and the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); (11) the Office on Violence Against Women, for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs; and (12) the Office of Justice Programs, including state and local law enforcement assistance, the Weed and Seed Program Fund, juvenile justice programs, public safety officers benefits, and community-oriented policing services.
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
(Sec. 204) Reaffirms the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services for female inmates to receive abortions outside a federal facility.
(Sec. 206) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2011, the Personnel Management Demonstration Project without limitation on the number of employees or positions covered.
(Sec. 207) Extends certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations to ATF.
(Sec. 208) Prohibits: (1) funding to transport a maximum or high security prisoner other than to a prison or facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure; (2) federal prisons from purchasing cable television services or equipment for use primarily for recreational purposes (allows such services or equipment for inmate training or for religious or educational programs); (3) the obligation or expenditure of funds for Sentinel, or any other major new or enhanced information technology program with estimated development costs over $100 million, without certification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that appropriate management and oversight mechanisms are in place and that such programs are compatible with DOJ enterprise architecture; (4) the use of funds for public-private competitions under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; (5) funding for United States attorneys who are assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General that exempt such attorneys from applicable residency requirements; and (6) funding for future phases of the FBI's Sentinel program until the Attorney General certifies to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that existing phases of such program have been substantially completed under a specified performance measurement baseline.
(Sec. 216) Makes permanent the authority of the FBI to pay retention and relocation bonuses.
(Sec. 218) Allows the FBI to pay cash awards to employees who maintain proficiency in foreign languages critical to its mission.
(Sec. 219) Authorizes the Attorney General to waive certain reporting requirements for state and local governments applying for grants under Byrne Memorial Law Enforcement Assistance Grant Program.
Title III: Science - Science Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for science, aeronautics, exploration, space operations, and aerospace and aeronautical education research and development activities, for construction, and for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research, equipment and facilities construction, science and engineering education and human resources programs, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General.
Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (3) the International Trade Commission; (4) the Legal Services Corporation; (5) the Marine Mammal Commission; (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; and (7) the State Justice Institute.
Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Sets forth requirements, restrictions, and limitations on the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any EEOC guidelines covering harassment based on religion.
(Sec. 507) Renders any person who mislabels a product sold in or shipped to the United States as "Made in America" ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract funded by this Act.
(Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the removal of restrictions on marketing of such products.
(Sec. 511) Prohibits funding for the implementation of: (1) any user fee for background checks under the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993; and (2) any background check system that does not require and result in the destruction of information submitted by an individual certified as eligible to possess or receive a firearm.
(Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of DOJ funds to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in DOJ programs, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.
(Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism; (2) support or justify the use of torture; (3) require licenses for exporting certain firearms to Canada; (4) deny certain import applications regarding curios or relics, firearms, parts, or ammunition; (5) include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement certain language of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement; (6) authorize a national security letter in contravention of statutes authorizing the FBI to issue national security letters; (7) purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of federal regulations; and (8) pay for the attendance of more than 50 federal employees at any single conference outside the United States.
(Sec. 526) Requires departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act to establish and maintain on their Internet websites direct links to their Offices of Inspector General, and a mechanism for anonymously reporting waste, fraud, and abuse.
(Sec. 531) Rescinds certain unobligated fund available to DOJ from prior appropriations.
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.
Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2010 for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Agency; (5) economic and statistical analysis programs; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, including for grants for public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction; (8) the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); (9) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including amounts for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of NIST, the Technology Innovation Program of NIST, and the construction of new research facilities; (10) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for operations, research, and procurement, and acquisition, and construction of capital assets; (11) the Coastal Zone Management Fund; (12) the fisheries finance program account; and (13) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General and for the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building.
(Sec. 105) Adopts provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, requiring notification to Congress on the GOES-R satellite development program of NOAA.
Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for FY2010 for: (1) general administration, including for the National Drug Intelligence Center, information sharing technology, the Integrated Wireless Network supporting law enforcement communicationsand homeland security, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee, and the Office of Inspector General; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of the United States Attorneys, the United States Trustee Program, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (4) the United States Marshals Service, including for courthouse security equipment and construction of prisoner holding areas; (5) the National Security Division; (6) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); (10) the federal prison system, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities and the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); (11) the Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs; and (12) the Office of Justice Programs, including state and local law enforcement assistance, the Weed and Seed Program Fund, juvenile justice programs, public safety officers benefits, and community-oriented policing services.
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
(Sec. 204) Reaffirms the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside a federal facility.
(Sec. 206) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2011, the Personnel Management Demonstration Project without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered.
(Sec. 207) Extends certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations to ATF.
(Sec. 208) Prohibits: (1) funding to transport a maximum or high security prisoner other than to a prison or facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure; (2) federal prisons from purchasing cable television services or equipment for use primarily for recreational purposes (allows such services or equipment for inmate training or for religious or educational programs); (3) the obligation or expenditure of funds for Sentinel, or any other major new or enhanced information technology program with estimated development costs over $100 million, without certification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that appropriate management and oversight mechanisms are in place and that such programs are compatible with DOJ enterprise architecture; (4) the use of funds for public-private competitions under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; (5) funding for United States attorneys who are assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General that exempt such attorneys from applicable residency requirements; or (6) funding for future phases of the FBI's Sentinel program until the Attorney General certifies to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that existing phases of such program have been substantially completed under a specified performance measurement baseline.
(Sec. 217) Makes permanent the authority of the FBI to pay retention and relocation bonuses.
(Sec. 218) Allows the FBI to pay cash awards to employees who maintain proficiency in foreign languages critical to its mission.
Title III: Science - Science Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for science, aeronautics, exploration, and space operations research and development activities, for construction and environmental compliance and restoration, and for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research, equipment and facilities construction, science, mathematics and engineering education and human resources programs, including funds for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General.
Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (3) the International Trade Commission; (4) the Legal Services Corporation; (5) the Marine Mammal Commission; (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; and (7) the State Justice Institute.
Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Sets forth requirements, restrictions, and limitations on the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any EEOC guidelines covering harassment based on religion.
(Sec. 507) Renders any person who mislabels a product sold in or shipped to the United States as "Made in America" ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract funded by this Act.
(Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the removal of restrictions on marketing of such products.
(Sec. 511) Prohibits funding for the implementation of: (1) any user fee for background checks under the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993; and (2) any background check system that does not require and result in the destruction of information submitted by an individual certified as eligible to possess or receive a firearm.
(Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of DOJ funds to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in DOJ programs, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.
(Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to: (1) issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism; (2) support or justify the use of torture; (3) require licenses for exporting certain firearms to Canada; (4) deny certain import applications regarding curios or relics, firearms, parts, or ammunition; (5) include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement certain language of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement; (6) authorize a national security letter in contravention of statutes authorizing the FBI to issue national security letters; (7) purchase light bulbs without the Energy Star or Federal Energy Management Program designation; and (8) relocate the Office of the Census from the Department of Commerce to the Executive Office of the President.
(Sec. 526) Requires departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act to establish and maintain on their Internet websites direct links to their Offices of Inspector General, and a mechanism for anonymously reporting waste, fraud, and abuse.
(Sec. 532) Prohibits the use of funds under this or any prior Act to release any individual who is detained, as of April 30, 2009, at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, into the United States for the purposes of detaining or prosecuting such individual until two months after the President submits a comprehensive written plan to Congress for the proposed disposition of such individuals.
(Sec. 536) Requires the Director of OMB to instruct federal entities receiving funds under this Act to track undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and include information about such balances in their annual performance plans and reports.
Title VI: Additional General Provisions - Makes a reduction in the appropriation for the DOJ Office on Violence Against Women for salaries and expenses.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.
Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2010 for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Agency; (5) economic and statistical analysis programs; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, including for grants for public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction; (8) the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); (9) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including amounts for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of NIST, the Technology Innovation Program of NIST, and the construction of new research facilities; (10) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for operations, research, and procurement, and acquisition, and construction of capital assets; (11) the Coastal Zone Management Fund; (12) the fisheries finance program account; and (13) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General and for the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building.
(Sec. 105) Adopts provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, requiring notification to Congress on the GOES-R satellite development program of NOAA.
Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for FY2010 for: (1) general administration, including for the National Drug Intelligence Center, information sharing technology, the Integrated Wireless Network supporting law enforcement communicationsand homeland security, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee, and the Office of Inspector General; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of the United States Attorneys, the United States Trustee Program, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (4) the United States Marshals Service, including for courthouse security equipment and construction of prisoner holding areas; (5) the National Security Division; (6) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); (10) the federal prison system, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities and the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); (11) the Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs; and (12) the Office of Justice Programs, including state and local law enforcement assistance, the Weed and Seed Program Fund, juvenile justice programs, public safety officers benefits, and community-oriented policing services.
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
(Sec. 204) Reaffirms the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside a federal facility.
(Sec. 206) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2011, the Personnel Management Demonstration Project without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered.
(Sec. 207) Extends certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations to ATF.
(Sec. 208) Prohibits: (1) funding to transport a maximum or high security prisoner other than to a prison or facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure; (2) federal prisons from purchasing cable television services or equipment for use primarily for recreational purposes (allows such services or equipment for inmate training or for religious or educational programs); (3) the obligation or expenditure of funds for Sentinel, or any other major new or enhanced information technology program with estimated development costs over $100 million, without certification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that appropriate management and oversight mechanisms are in place and that such programs are compatible with DOJ enterprise architecture; (4) the use of funds for public-private competitions under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; (5) funding for United States attorneys who are assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General that exempt such attorneys from applicable residency requirements; or (6) funding for future phases of the FBI's Sentinel program until the Attorney General certifies to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that existing phases of such program have been substantially completed under a specified performance measurement baseline.
(Sec. 217) Makes permanent the authority of the FBI to pay retention and relocation bonuses.
(Sec. 218) Allows the FBI to pay cash awards to employees who maintain proficiency in foreign languages critical to its mission.
Title III: Science - Science Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for science, aeronautics, exploration, and space operations research and development activities, for construction and environmental compliance and restoration, and for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research, equipment and facilities construction, science, mathematics and engineering education and human resources programs, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General.
Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (3) the International Trade Commission; (4) the Legal Services Corporation; (5) the Marine Mammal Commission; (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; and (7) the State Justice Institute.
Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Sets forth requirements, restrictions, and limitations on the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any EEOC guidelines covering harassment based on religion.
(Sec. 507) Renders any person who mislabels a product sold in or shipped to the United States as "Made in America" ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract funded by this Act.
(Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the removal of restrictions on marketing of such products.
(Sec. 511) Prohibits funding for the implementation of: (1) any user fee for background checks under the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993; and (2) any background check system that does not require and result in the destruction of information submitted by an individual certified as eligible to possess or receive a firearm.
(Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of DOJ funds to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in DOJ programs, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.
(Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to: (1) issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism; (2) support or justify the use of torture; (3) require licenses for exporting certain firearms to Canada; (4) deny certain import applications regarding curios or relics, firearms, parts, or ammunition; (5) include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement certain language of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement; and (6) authorize a national security letter in contravention of statutes authorizing the FBI to issue national security letters.
(Sec. 526) Requires departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act to establish and maintain on their Internet websites direct links to their Offices of Inspector General, and a mechanism for anonymously reporting waste, fraud, and abuse.
(Sec. 532) Prohibits the use of funds under this or any prior Act to release any individual who is detained, as of April 30, 2009, at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, into the United States for the purposes of detaining or prosecuting such individual until two months after the President submits a comprehensive written plan to Congress for the proposed disposition of such individuals.
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the Department of Commerce and Justice, science-related programs, and related agencies.
Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the Department of Commerce for various agencies and programs, including transfers of funds.
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the Department of Justice for various agencies and programs, including transfers of funds.
Science Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for the Office of Inspector General.
Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (3) the International Trade Commission (ITC); (4) the Legal Services Corporation; (5) the Marine Mammal Commission; (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; and (7) the State Justice Institute.
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. Rescinds certain unobligated balances.
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