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

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 111-242) is further amended--

(1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting `April 8, 2011'; and

(2) by adding after section 226, as added by the Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 (Public Law 112-4), the following new sections:

`Sec. 227. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Agricultural Programs--Agricultural Research Service--Salaries and Expenses' at a rate for operations of $1,135,501,000.

`Sec. 228. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Agricultural Programs--Agricultural Research Service--Buildings and Facilities' at a rate for operations of $0.

`Sec. 229. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Agricultural Programs--National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities' at a rate for operations of $665,345,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in Public Law 111-80 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for `$89,029,000' and `$11,253,000' for `$45,122,000'.

`Sec. 230. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Agricultural Programs--National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Extension Activities' at a rate for operations of $483,092,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in Public Law 111-80 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$8,565,000' for `$20,396,000'.

`Sec. 231. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Agricultural Programs--Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--Salaries and Expenses' at a rate for operations of $880,543,000.

`Sec. 232. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Conservation Programs--Natural Resources Conservation Service--Conservation Operations' at a rate for operations of $850,247,000.

`Sec. 233. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Conservation Programs--Natural Resources Conservation Service--Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations' at a rate for operations of $0: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in Public Law 111-80 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for `$12,000,000'.

`Sec. 234. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Rural Development Programs--Rural Housing Service--Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account' for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans, at a rate for operations of $70,200,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in Public Law 111-80 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$70,200,000' for `$40,710,000' in the case of direct loans and `$0' for `$172,800,000' in the case of unsubsidized guaranteed loans.

`Sec. 235. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Rural Development Programs--Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Cooperative Development Grants' at a rate for operations of $31,754,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in Public Law 111-80 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for `$300,000' and `$0' for `$2,800,000'.

`Sec. 236. Sections 718, 723, 727, 728, and 738 of Public Law 111-80 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for each of the dollar amounts specified in those sections.

`Sec. 237. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Commerce--International Trade Administration--Operations and Administration' at a rate for operations of $450,989,000: Provided, That the sixth proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 238. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Commerce--Minority Business Development Agency--Minority Business Development' at a rate for operations of $30,400,000: Provided, That the first proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 239. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Commerce--National Institute of Standards and Technology--Scientific and Technical Research and Services' at a rate for operations of $504,500,000: Provided, That the second proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 240. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Commerce--National Institute of Standards and Technology--Construction of Research Facilities' at a rate for operations of $100,000,000: Provided, That the first proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 241. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Operations, Research, and Facilities' at a rate for operations of $3,205,883,000: Provided, That the sixth proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 242. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Procurement, Acquisition and Construction' at a rate for operations of $1,340,353,000: Provided, That the sixth proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 243. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Justice--Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance' at a rate for operations of $1,349,500,000: Provided, That the amount included in paragraph (4) under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for `$185,268,000'.

`Sec. 244. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Justice--Office of Justice Programs--Juvenile Justice Programs' at a rate for operations of $332,500,000: Provided, That the amount included in paragraph (2) under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for `$91,095,000'.

`Sec. 245. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Justice--Community Oriented Policing Services' at a rate for operations of $597,500,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act as follows: in paragraph (2), by substituting `$15,000,000' for `$40,385,000' and by substituting `$0' for `$25,385,000'; and in paragraph (3), by substituting `$1,500,000' for `$170,223,000' and by substituting `$0' for `$168,723,000'.

`Sec. 246. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Cross Agency Support' at a rate for operations of $3,131,000,000: Provided, That the third proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 247. Of the funds made available for `Department of Commerce--Bureau of the Census--Periodic Censuses and Programs' in division B of Public Law 111-117, $1,740,000,000 is rescinded.

`Sec. 248. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Commerce--National Telecommunications and Information Administration--Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction' at a rate for operations of $0.

`Sec. 249. Of the unobligated balances available for `Emergency Steel, Oil, and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program Account', $48,000,000 is rescinded.

`Sec. 250. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Treasury--Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account' at a rate for operations of $243,600,000, and the funding designation of $3,150,000 for an additional pilot project grant under such heading in division C of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 251. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President--Office of National Drug Control Policy--Other Federal Drug Control Programs' at a rate for operations of $152,150,000, and the matter under such heading in division C of Public Law 111-117 relating to the National Drug Court Institute and the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 252. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `District of Columbia--Federal Funds--Federal Payment to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia' at a rate for operations of $0.

`Sec. 253. Notwithstanding section 101, the aggregate amount of new obligational authority provided under the heading `General Services Administration--Real Property Activities--Federal Buildings Fund--Limitations on Availability of Revenue' for Federal buildings and courthouses and other purposes of the Fund shall be available at a rate for operations of $7,519,772,000, of which: (1) $0 is for `Construction and Acquisition'; and (2) $284,000,000 is for `Repairs and Alterations' for Special Emphasis Programs and Basic Repairs and Alterations.

`Sec. 254. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `General Services Administration--General Activities--Operating Expenses' at a rate for operations of $71,881,000, and the matter relating to the amount of $1,000,000 under such heading in division C of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 255. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `National Archives and Records Administration--Repairs and Restoration' at a rate for operations of $11,848,000.

`Sec. 256. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for section 523 of division C of Public Law 111-117 at a rate for operations of $0.

`Sec. 257. Of the unobligated balances available for `Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Construction and Facilities Management' for construction projects, $106,556,000 is rescinded: Provided, That the amounts rescinded under this section shall be limited to amounts available for Border Patrol projects and facilities: Provided further, That no amounts in this section may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

`Sec. 258. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--Bureau of Land Management--Management of Lands and Resources' at a rate for operations of $957,971,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in division A of Public Law 111-88 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$957,951,000' for `$959,571,000' the second place it appears.

`Sec. 259. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--Bureau of Land Management--Construction' at a rate for operations of $6,626,000.

`Sec. 260. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--Bureau of Land Management--Land Acquisition' at a rate for operations of $26,650,000: Provided, That the proviso under such heading in division A of Public Law 111-88 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 261. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Resource Management' at a rate for operations of $1,257,356,000.

`Sec. 262. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Construction' at a rate for operations of $27,139,000.

`Sec. 263. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Land Acquisition' at a rate for operations of $63,890,000.

`Sec. 264. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--National Park Service--National Recreation and Preservation' at a rate for operations of $57,986,000, of which $0 shall be for projects authorized by section 7302 of Public Law 111-11.

`Sec. 265. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--National Park Service--Historic Preservation Fund' at a rate for operations of $54,500,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in division A of Public Law 111-88 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for `$25,000,000': Provided further, That the proviso under such heading in division A of Public Law 111-88 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 266. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--National Park Service--Construction' at a rate for operations of $185,066,000: Provided, That the last proviso under such heading in division A of Public Law 111-88 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances available under such heading in division A of Public Law 111-88 and prior appropriation Acts, $25,000,000 is rescinded, including $1,000,000 from amounts made available for the (now completed) project at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, and $1,000,000 from amounts made available for the (now completed) project at Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina.

`Sec. 267. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--National Park Service--Land Acquisition and State Assistance' at a rate for operations of $108,846,000.

`Sec. 268. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--United States Geological Survey--Surveys, Investigations, and Research' at a rate for operations of $1,094,344,000.

`Sec. 269. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs--Operation of Indian Programs' at a rate for operations of $2,334,515,000.

`Sec. 270. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of the Interior--Departmental Offices--Insular Affairs--Assistance to Territories' at a rate for operations of $84,295,000.

`Sec. 271. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Environmental Protection Agency--Science and Technology' at a rate for operations of $840,349,000, of which $0 shall be for the purposes specified in `Research/National Priorities' under the heading `Science and Technology' in the joint explanatory statement of the managers accompanying Public Law 111-88.

`Sec. 272. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Environmental Protection Agency--Environmental Programs and Management' at a rate for operations of $2,963,263,000: Provided, That of the amounts provided by this Act for such account, amounts are provided for the Geographic Programs specified in the joint explanatory statement of the managers accompanying Public Law 111-88 at a rate for operations of $599,875,000: Provided further, That of the amounts provided by this Act for such account, $0 shall be for cap and trade technical assistance and $0 shall be for the program specified in `Environmental Protection/National Priorities' under the heading `Environmental Programs and Management' in the joint explanatory statement of the managers accompanying Public Law 111-88.

`Sec. 273. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Environmental Protection Agency--Buildings and Facilities' at a rate for operations of $36,501,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in division A of Public Law 111-88 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for `$500,000'.

`Sec. 274. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Environmental Protection Agency--State and Tribal Assistance Grants' at a rate for operations of $4,777,946,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in division A of Public Law 111-88 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act as follows: by substituting `$14,500,000' for `$17,000,000'; by substituting `$10,000,000' for `$13,000,000'; by substituting `$0' for `$156,777,000'; by substituting `$0' for `$20,000,000'; and by substituting `$1,106,446,000' for `$1,116,446,000'.

`Sec. 275. The matter pertaining to competitive grants to communities to develop plans and demonstrate and implement projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the heading `Environmental Protection Agency--State and Tribal Assistance Grants' in division A of Public Law 111-88 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 276. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Forest and Rangeland Research' at a rate for operations of $311,612,000.

`Sec. 277. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--State and Private Forestry' at a rate for operations of $301,611,000.

`Sec. 278. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--National Forest System' at a rate for operations of $1,550,089,000.

`Sec. 279. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Capital Improvement and Maintenance' at a rate for operations of $548,962,000.

`Sec. 280. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Land Acquisition' at a rate for operations of $33,184,000.

`Sec. 281. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire Management' at a rate for operations of $2,097,387,000: Provided, That of the unobligated balances available under such heading in division A of Public Law 111-88 and prior appropriation Acts, $200,000,000 is rescinded.

`Sec. 282. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for section 415 of division A of Public Law 111-88 at a rate for operations of $0.

`Sec. 283. Notwithstanding section 101 and section 200, amounts are provided for `Department of Labor--Employment and Training Administration--Training and Employment Services' at a rate for operations of $3,654,641,000: Provided, That the amounts included in paragraph (3)(E) under such heading in division D of Public Law 111-117 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for `$125,000,000' and by substituting `$0' for `$65,000,000'.

`Sec. 284. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Labor--Employment and Training Administration--Community Service Employment for Older Americans' at a rate for operations of $600,425,000: Provided, That for purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the amounts included under such heading in division D of Public Law 111-117 shall be applied by substituting `$0' for `$225,000,000' in the first place it appears, and the first and second provisos under such heading in such division shall not apply.

`Sec. 285. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 203, amounts are provided for `Department of Health and Human Services--Health Resources and Services Administration--Health Resources and Services' at a rate for operations of $7,001,520,000: Provided, That the eighteenth, nineteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-fifth provisos under such heading in division D of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

`Sec. 286. Notwithstanding section 101, in addition to amounts otherwise made available by section 130, amounts are provided for `Department of Health and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund' at a rate for operations of $731,109,000, of which $65,578,000 shall be for expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic (none of which shall be available past September 30, 2011) and $35,000,000 shall be for expenses necessary for fit-out and other costs related to a competitive lease procurement to renovate or replace the existing headquarters building for Public Health Service agencies and other components of the Department of Health and Human Services.

`Sec. 287. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Corporation for Public Broadcasting' at a rate for operations of $36,000,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in division D of Public Law 111-117 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting `$0' for `$25,000,000' each place it appears.

`Sec. 288. Of the funds appropriated for `Social Security Administration--Limitation on Administrative Expenses' for fiscal years 2010 and prior years (other than funds appropriated in Public Law 111-5) for investment in information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, $200,000,000 is rescinded.

`Sec. 289. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `House of Representatives--Salaries and Expenses' at a rate for operations of $1,367,525,000.

`Sec. 290. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `House of Representatives--Salaries, Officers and Employees' at a rate for operations of $196,801,000, of which $129,282,000 shall be for the operations of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.

`Sec. 291. Notwithstanding section 101 and section 221, amounts are provided for `Library of Congress--Salaries and Expenses' at a rate for operations of $445,201,000, of which $0 shall be for the operations described in the fifth and seventh provisos under such heading in Public Law 111-68.

`Sec. 292. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--International Fund for Ireland' at a rate for operations of $0.

`Sec. 293. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Housing and Urban Development--Community Planning and Development--Brownfields Redevelopment' at a rate for operations of $0.

`Sec. 294. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Railroad Administration--Railroad Safety Technology Program' at a rate for operations of $0.'.

This joint resolution may be cited as the `Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011'.

Cleared for the President.

 

Cost to the taxpayers: Reported to save $6 billion.

Constitutional Authority:   By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky: H.J. Res. 48.

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following:

The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations

made by Law. . . .’’ In addition, Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution

(the spending power) provides: ‘‘The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the

Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.

. . .’’ Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power

of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their

purpose, amount, and period of availability, and to set forth terms and conditions  governing their use.

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Summary:

3/18/2011--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 - Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (CAA of 2011) (P.L. 111-242) to extend through April 8, 2011, specified continuing appropriations for FY2011. Provides funding at a specified rate of operations for certain agricultural, conservation, and rural development programs. Eliminates specified funding for: (1) the Agricultural Research Service, (2) the Natural Resources Conservation Service, (3) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, (4) the Federal Payment to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia, (5) the International Fund for Ireland, (6) the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Brownfields Redevelopment, and (7) the Federal Railroad Administration. Eliminates specified funds made available in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 for: (1) a certain grant to the National Center for Natural Products Research; (2) an agricultural pest facility in Hawaii; (3) the Congressional Hunger Fellows Program; (4) grants to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Foods, and Markets, and to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; (5) development of a prototype for a national carbon inventory and accounting system for forestry and agriculture; (6) the International Food Protection Training Institute; and (7) the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention. Provides funds at a specified rate of operations for: (1) the Departments of Commerce, of Justice (DOJ), of the Interior, of Agriculture, of Labor, of Health and Human Services (HHS); (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (3) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (4) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (5) the House of Representatives for salaries and expenses, including those for officers and employees; and (6) Library of Congress salaries and expenses. Prohibits the use of certain funding made available in the CAA of 2011 for operations of: (1) the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; or (2) the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. Rescinds specified funds made available for the Bureau of the Census. Rescinds specified unobligated balances available for the Emergency Steel, Oil, and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program Account. Provides funds at a specified rate for operations for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account. Provides funds at a specified rate for operations for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Provides funding at a specified rate for operations for the General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Eliminates funding for GSA construction and acquisition. Eliminates additional amounts made available in the CAA of 2010 for the Small Business Administration (SBA), salaries and expenses. Rescinds specified unobligated balances available for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Eliminates funding for any project under the Preserve America Program in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. Rescinds specified unobligated funds appropriated for the National Park Service. Bars the use of funds provided for EPA Geographic Programs. Eliminates certain funds for EPA competitive grants to communities to develop plans and demonstrate and implement projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Rescinds specified unobligated balances available to the Forest Service for wildland fire management. Eliminates funding to the Department of the Navy for clean-up activities at the Treasure Island Naval Station, Hunters Point Annex. Rescinds specified funds appropriated to the Social Security Administration (SSA) for investment in information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibition against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

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