Summary: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2009- Makes appropriations for FY2009 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices; (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; (5) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; (6) the Financial Management Service; (7) the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau; (8) the U.S. Mint for the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund; (9) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (10) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account; and (11) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Sets forth certain transfers of funds, including a certain rescission of funds.(Sec. 102) Requires the IRS to maintain a training program for IRS employees in taxpayers' rights, in dealing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations.(Sec. 104) Makes funds for the IRS under any Act available for improved facilities and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers.(Sec. 105) Makes certain funds available only for tax enforcement and enhanced tax law enforcement.(Sec. 106) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act to enter into, renew, extend, administer, implement, enforce, provide oversight of, any qualified tax collection contract.(Sec. 111) Bars the use of funds to the Department or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.(Sec. 113) Extends from 10 to 11 years the authorization for the personnel management demonstration project providing for the compensation and performance management of not more than a combined total of 950 employees who fill critical scientific, technical, engineering, intelligence analyst, language translator, and medical positions in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).(Sec. 115) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act or any other source to merge the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without the approval of specified congressional committees. (Sec. 116) Deems funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in it, for the Department's intelligence or intelligence related activities to be specifically authorized by Congress for the purposes of the National Security Act of 1947 during FY2009 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009. Title II: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President - Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for compensation of the President and specified White House agencies, including: (1) the Council of Economic Advisers; (2) the Office of Policy Development; (3) the National Security Council (NSC); (4) the Office of Administration; (5) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); (6) the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (7) the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center; (8) various other specified federal drug control programs; (9) presidential transition administrative support; (10) special assistance to the President; and (11) the official residence of the Vice President. Sets forth certain transfers of funds. (Sec. 202) Requires the President to submit to the congressional appropriations committees, before the initial obligation of funds appropriated for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a financial plan on the proposed uses of all such funds on a project-by-project basis. Title III: The Judiciary - The Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations to the Judiciary for FY2009 for: (1) the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services; (5) defender services; (6) fees of jurors and commissioners; (7) court security; (8) the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; (9) the Federal Judicial Center; (10) judicial retirement funds; and (11) the U.S. Sentencing Commission.Sets forth certain transfers of funds.(Sec. 305) Provides for the mandatory or discretionary delegation, in certain circumstances, of the duties and powers of the Administrator of General Services to a federal (including judicial or legislative branch) agency instead of only to an executive agency.(Sec. 306) Requires the U.S. Marshals Service to provide, for a pilot program, specified security services (except investigations) for courthouses which federal law authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide.(Sec. 307) Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (Director) to pay premium rate increases in the cost of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) imposed after April 24, 1999 (including any expenses generated by such payments, as authorized by the U.S. Judicial Conference) for the following judges, age 65 or over: (1) bankruptcy judges; (2) judges of the District Court of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands; (3) retired bankruptcy or magistrate judges; and (4) retired judges in such U.S. territories and possessions. (Sec. 308) Amends the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 to repeal the September 30, 2010, termination of (thus extending indefinitely) the Director's authority to enter into certain contracts, including multiyear contracts, to the same extent as the head of an executive agency. (Sec. 309) Authorizes the expenditure by the Director of funds to contract with appropriate public or private agencies or persons to monitor and provide services to certain offenders in the community. (Sec. 310) Amends the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 to state that the first vacancy in the office of district judge in the district of Kansas and in the northern district of Ohio, occurring 21 years (currently 17 years) or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created for such district, shall not be filled. Title IV: District of Columbia - District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations to the District of Columbia for FY2009, including amounts for the federal payments: (1) for District of Columbia Resident Tuition Support; (2) for emergency planning and security costs in the District; (3) to District of Columbia Courts; (4) for Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts; (5) to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia; (6) to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service; (7) to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority; (8) to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; (9) to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia (CFO); (10) for school improvement; (11) for construction of a consolidated bioterrorism and forensics laboratory; (12) to jump start public school reform; (13) for the central library and branch locations; and (14) other specified uses. Title V: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for independent agencies, including: (1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); (2) the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for election reform programs; (3) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); (4) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), for its Office of Inspector General; (5) the Federal Election Commission (FEC); (6) the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); (7) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (8) the General Services Administration (GSA); (9) government-wide GSA policy and operating expenses; (10) the GSA Office of Inspector General; (11) allowances and office staff for former presidents; (12) presidential transition expenses; (13) the Federal Citizens Services Fund; (14) the Merit Systems Protection Board; (15) Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation; (16) the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund; (17) the National Archives and Records Administration; (18) the National Historic Publications and Records Commission Grants Program; (19) the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA); (20) the Community Development Credit Union Revolving Loan Fund; (21) the Office of Government Ethics; (22) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), including the Office of Inspector General; (23) the government payment for annuitants, employee health benefits, employee life insurance, and the civil service retirement and disability fund; (24) the Office of Special Counsel; (25) the Postal Regulatory Commission; (26) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; (27) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (28) the Selective Service System; (29) the Small Business Administration (SBA), including the Office of Inspector General; (30) the U.S. Postal Service, including the Office of Inspector General; and (31) the U.S. Tax Court. Sets forth certain transfers of funds. (Sec. 507) Renames the GSA Consumer Information Center Fund the GSA Federal Citizen Services Fund to disseminate, as under current law, federal government information (currently, federal consumer information) to the public. (Sec. 508) Transforms the GSA working capital fund for the operation of a central blue-printing, photostating, and duplicating service into a working capital fund for: (1) administrative support services (including accounting, budget, personnel, legal support and other related services), as well as the printing and reproduction facilities in support of GSA, other federal agencies, and other entities; and (2) other administrative and management services that the GSA Administrator deems appropriate and advantageous. Permits transfer and merger of unobligated balances appropriated or otherwise made available for GSA operating expenses and salaries into the major equipment acquisitions and development activity of the GSA working capital fund for agency-wide acquisition of capital equipment, automated data processing systems, and financial management and management information systems. Title VI: General Provisions - This Act - Sets forth permissions for and restrictions upon the use of funds under this Act. (Sec. 606) Prohibits the expenditure of funds under this Act by an entity unless it agrees that such expenditure will comply with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 607) Prohibits the availability of funds under this Act to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act.(Sec. 610) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act by the Executive Office of the President to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) any official background investigation report on any individual, except when: (1) such individual has given his or her express written consent for such request within six months before the date of such request and during the same presidential administration; or (2) such request is required due to extraordinary circumstances involving national security.(Sec. 611) Makes certain cost accounting standards promulgated under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act inapplicable to a federal employees health benefits program contract.(Sec. 612) Authorizes OPM to accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses) funds made available to OPM pursuant to court approval for resolving litigation and implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program. (Sec. 613) Denies the availability of funds appropriated by this Act to pay either abortion expenses, or administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the federal employees health benefits program which provides benefits or coverage for abortions (unless the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest). (Sec. 615) Makes the restriction on purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American Act inapplicable to the federal acquisition of commercial information technology. (Sec. 616) Prohibits officers or employees of any regulatory agency or commission funded by this Act from accepting on behalf of that agency, or the agency or commission from accepting payment or reimbursement from a non-federal entity, for travel, subsistence, or related expenses to enable an officer or employee to participate in any meeting or similar function relating to such individual's official duties, when the entity offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents such person or entity, unless the person or entity is a nonprofit tax-exempt organization. (Sec. 617) Vests authority in the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to obligate funds for the merit scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in accredited accounting degree programs, established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, up to the aggregate amount of funds collected by the Board through FY2008, including accrued interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary penalties. Requires funds available for obligation in FY2009 to remain available until expended. (Sec. 618) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to revise requirements for the investment of amounts in the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to invest such amounts in such obligations as the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation may request. (Sec. 619) Authorizes the U.S. Tax Court to pay on behalf of its judges, age 65 or over, any increase in the cost of FEGLI imposed after April 24, 1999, that is incurred after the enactment of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. (Sec. 620) Prohibits the use of funds made available under this Act by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to implement or enforce specified provisions of the daily newspaper cross-ownership rule, as amended by the Commission's Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration. (Sec. 621) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to administer, implement, or enforce the amendment made to specified federal regulations with respect to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations regarding transactions incident to U.S. exportations and reexportations of U.S.-origin items to Cuba, including negotiation of executory contracts. (Sec. 622) Applies a certain rule for licenses to visit a family member who is a national of Cuba so as to reduce the requirement that for the license applicant it has been at least one year (currently, three years) since the most recent of the following three dates: (1) the applicant's date of emigration from Cuba; (2) the date the applicant left Cuba after the applicant's most recent trip to visit family there; or (3) the date of issuance of the applicant's most recent specific license to visit family in Cuba. (Sec. 623) Extends the application of such rule to visits with any aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or first cousin in Cuba. (Sec. 624) Prohibits the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury from determining, for purposes of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 or the Revised Statutes of the United States, that real estate brokerage activity or real estate management activity is an activity financial in nature, or is incidental or complementary to such activity. Title VII: General Provisions Government-Wide - Sets forth requirements for the use of appropriations by designated departments, agencies, and corporations.(Sec. 727) Prohibits the use of funds by federal agencies to collect, review, create, or contract for any aggregation of data by any means of any personally identifiable information relating to an individual's access to or use of any federal government Internet site. (Sec. 728) Prohibits the use of funds to enter into or renew a contract for a federal employee health plan which includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage. Exempts specified religious plans from such prohibition. Prohibits a federal employee health plan, however, from discriminating against an individual on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be contrary to his or her religious beliefs or moral convictions.(Sec. 729) Recognizes the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic sport in the United States.(Sec. 730) Allows the use of funds appropriated for official travel by federal departments and agencies, if consistent with OMB Circular A-126 regarding official travel for government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot program.(Sec. 731) Bars the use of funds to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement the proposed OPM regulations to add sections 300.311 - 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).(Sec. 732) Prohibits an executive branch agency from purchasing, constructing, and/or leasing any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to conduct federal law enforcement training without advance approval of congressional appropriations committees. Authorizes the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.(Sec. 733) Bars the availability of funds during FY2009 for transfers or reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives sponsored by OMB before 15 days following an OMB report to the congressional appropriations committees and receipt of their approval of such transfer. Prohibits the obligation or expenditures of such funds for new E-Government initiatives without such committees' explicit approval.(Sec. 734) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, (Act) to revise the prohibition on the use of funds for conversion to contractor performance of any executive agency activity or function performed by more than 10 federal employees unless certain public-private competition requirements are met. Repeals the limitation to activities or functions performed by more than 10 federal employees (thus extending the prohibition to conversion of any such activity or function performed by even one federal employee).(Sec. 735) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (the Act) to repeal the prohibition on the use of the OMB Circular A-76 to prevent the head of an executive agency from conducting a public-private competition to evaluate the benefits of converting work from contract performance to performance by federal employees in appropriate instances.Requires the heads of executive agencies, subject to the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act, to devise and implement guidelines and procedures to ensure that consideration is given to using, on a regular basis, federal employees (insourcing) to perform new functions and functions performed by contractors that could be performed by federal employees.Prohibits the guidelines and procedures from including any specific limitation or restriction on the number of functions or activities that may be converted to performance by such employees. Requires such guidelines and procedures to provide that special consideration be given to using federal employees to perform any function that: (1) is a new requirement; or (2) is performed currently by a contractor that has been performed by federal employees at any time during the previous 10 years, and meets other specified criteria. Excludes from public-private competition under OMB Circular A-76 or any other law or regulation: (1) a new agency function with performance assigned to federal employees; (2) any agency function converting to performance by federal employees; or (3) expansion of an agency function already performed by federal employees. (Sec. 736) Prohibits the use of funds to begin or announce a study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any function performed by federal employees pursuant to OMB Circular A-76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.(Sec. 737) Requires a pay increase for FY2009 of 3.9% for civilian federal employees, including those of DHS. Makes related pay adjustments for FY2009 for prevailing rate employees. (Sec. 738) Bars the use of funds by an executive branch agency, unless otherwise authorized by existing law, to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notification within its text or audio that it was prepared or funded by that agency.(Sec. 739) Bars the use of funds in contravention of the Privacy Act or regulations implementing the privacy of records maintained on individuals. (Sec. 740) Requires each executive department and agency to evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before issuing him or her a government travel charge card. Prohibits issuance of such a card, except in specified circumstances, to individuals that either lack a credit history or are found to have an unsatisfactory credit history. Requires such evaluation to include an assessment of the individual's consumer report from a consumer reporting agency. (Sec. 741) Requires the Director of OMB, in coordination with the governor of each Great Lakes State and the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, to submit to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating congressional committees a financial report containing: (1) an interagency crosscut report that displays the budget proposed, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, for each of the federal agencies that carries out Great Lakes restoration activities in the upcoming fiscal year; (2) a detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated by all federal agencies and, to the extent available, state agencies using federal funds, for such activities during the current and previous fiscal years; (3) a budget for the proposed projects; and (4) a listing of all projects to be undertaken in the upcoming fiscal year with the federal portion of funds.(Sec. 742) Prohibits the use of funds for any federal government contract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, or any subsidiary of such an entity.Requires any Secretary to waive such prohibition if so required in the interest of national security. (Sec. 743) Requires each executive department and agency to establish on the homepage of its website an obvious, direct link to the website of its respective Inspector General. Requires each Office of Inspector General to: (1) post on its website any public report or audit (or portion of it) issued within one day of its release; (2) provide a website service to allow an individual to request automatic receipt of related information and receive its electronic transmittal, or notice of its availability without further request; and (3) establish a direct website link for individuals to report waste, fraud, and abuse anonymously. (Sec. 744) Provides that: (1) a public or private institution of higher education may offer or provide an officer or employee of any branch of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia, who is a current or former student of such institution, financial assistance for the purpose of repaying a student loan or forbearance of student loan repayment; and (2) an officer or employee of any branch of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia may seek or receive such assistance or forbearance. (Sec. 745) Bars the use of funds to implement, administer, enforce, or apply the rule entitled "Competitive Area" published by OPM in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008. (Sec. 746) Bars the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce the provision of Executive Order 13422 which requires each agency head to designate one of the agencys Presidential Appointees to be its Regulatory Policy Officer. (Sec. 747) States that Executive Order 13423 ("Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management") remains in effect unless amended after enactment of this Act. Title VIII: General Provisions (District of Columbia) - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008.(Sec. 804) Prohibits the use of federal funds provided in this Act for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any state legislature.Allows the District of Columbia to use local funds provided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any matter. (Sec. 807) Bars the use of federal funds to: (1) implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (also known as the District Domestic Partner Act); or (2) otherwise implement or enforce any system of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited to registration for the purpose of extending employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis that such benefits are extended to legally married couples. (Sec. 808) Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to make permanent the Mayor's authority, as under current law, to accept, obligate, and expend federal, private, and other grants received by the District government that are reflected in its budget approved by an Act of Congress.(Sec. 810) Prohibits the use of federal funds contained in this Act by the District of Columbia Attorney General of the District government to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress for the District.Declares that nothing in this section bars the Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government regarding such lawsuits.(Sec. 811) Prohibits the use of federal funds contained in this Act for any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.(Sec. 812) Provides that nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent the Council or the Mayor from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans. Expresses the intent of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue should include a "conscience clause" which provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. (Sec. 813) States that, where the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in program requirements, such Officer shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. (Sec. 814) Prohibits the availability of appropriations for the District government to pay: (1) the fees in excess of $4,000 of an attorney who represents a party or defends an action, including an administrative proceeding, brought against the DC Public Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); or (2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the CFO determines to have a pecuniary interest, either through an attorney, officer, or employee of the firm, in any special education diagnostic services, schools, or other special education service providers. (Sec. 815) Allows the amount appropriated to the District of Columbia every fiscal year beginning FY2009 to be increased by up to $100 million from funds identified as the District's FY2008 unexpended general fund surplus. Limits the use of such funds to specified kinds of expenditures. (Sec. 816) Authorizes an increase, up to specified amounts, every fiscal year beginning FY2009 in the amount appropriated to the District of Columbia, subject to certain restrictions. (Sec. 817) Authorizes the CFO, beginning in FY2009, to conduct short-term borrowing from the emergency and contingency reserve funds, subject to specified conditions. (Sec. 818) Prohibits the use of funds contained in this Act to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act or any tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) derivative.Provides that the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by the electors of the District on November 3, 1998, shall not take effect.(Sec. 819) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act for abortions except where the mother's life would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in cases of rape or incest.(Sec. 820) Allows the transfer of amounts appropriated in this Act as operating funds to the District's enterprise and capital funds. Requires such transferred amounts to retain appropriation authority consistent with this Act. (Sec. 821) Amends the District of Columbia Official Code to increase from $65 to $90 the hourly rate of attorneys representing indigent defendants in the District of Columbia courts. Revises the current cap on total compensation paid to an attorney representing such a defendant to apply the corresponding caps under the federal criminal code. Increases the cap: (1) before the Superior Court of the District from $1,900 to $2,000 for misdemeanors and from $3,600 to $7,000 for felonies; and (2) to the same amounts for post-trial matters for misdemeanors or felonies. Sets the cap for representation of a defendant before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals at $5,000, the limitation under the federal criminal code for representation of a defendant in an appellate court. Increases the current cap on maximum compensation paid to an attorney in neglect and termination of parental rights proceedings from: (1) $1,600 to $1,980 for all proceedings from initial hearing through disposition and for all subsequent proceedings other than termination of parental rights; (2) $2,200 to $2,700 for proceedings to terminate parental rights; and (3) $1,100 to $1,350 for appeals of trial court orders.

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participate meeting similar function relating individual official duties entity offering payment reimbursement person entity subject regulation agency commission represents person entity person entity nonprofit tax exempt organization sec vests authority public_company_accounting_oversight_board obligate funds merit scholarship program undergraduate graduate students enrolled accredited accounting degree programs established sarbanes-oxley_act aggregate funds collected board fy2008 including accrued interest result assessment monetary penalties requires funds available obligation fy2009 remain available expended sec amends consolidated_appropriations_act revise requirements investment amounts truman memorial scholarship trust_fund directs secretary treasury invest amounts obligations board_of_trustees truman scholarship foundation request sec authorizes tax_court pay behalf judges age increase cost imposed april incurred enactment pension_protection_act sec prohibits use funds available act federal_communications_commission fcc implement enforce specified provisions daily newspaper cross ownership rule amended commission report order order reconsideration sec prohibits use funds available act administer implement enforce amendment specified federal regulations respect cuban assets control regulations transactions incident items cuba including negotiation contracts sec applies certain rule licenses visit family member national cuba reduce requirement license applicant year currently years recent following dates applicant date cuba date applicant left cuba applicant recent trip visit family date issuance applicant recent specific license visit family cuba sec extends application rule visits cuba sec prohibits board_of_governors federal_reserve_system secretary treasury determining purposes bank_holding_company_act revised_statutes united_states real estate brokerage activity real estate management activity activity financial nature incidental complementary activity title vii general_provisions government wide sets forth requirements use appropriations designated departments agencies prohibits use funds federal agencies collect review create contract aggregation data means personally identifiable information relating individual access use federal_government internet site sec prohibits use funds enter renew contract federal employee health plan includes provision providing prescription drug coverage contract includes provision contraceptive coverage exempts specified religious plans prohibition prohibits federal employee health plan discriminating individual basis individual refuses prescribe provide contraceptives activities contrary religious beliefs moral recognizes anti doping agency official anti doping agency olympic american paralympic sport united allows use funds appropriated official travel federal departments agencies consistent omb circular official travel government personnel participate fractional aircraft ownership pilot bars use funds implement enforce restrictions limitations coast_guard congressional fellowship program implement proposed opm regulations add sections title code federal regulations published federal_register volume number september relating detail executive branch employees legislative prohibits executive branch agency purchasing constructing leasing additional facilities contiguous existing locations conduct federal law enforcement training advance approval congressional appropriations committees authorizes federal_law_enforcement_training_center obtain temporary use additional facilities lease contract agreement training accommodated existing center bars availability funds fy2009 transfers reimbursements government initiatives sponsored omb days following omb report congressional appropriations committees receipt approval transfer prohibits obligation expenditures funds new government initiatives committees explicit amends consolidated_appropriations_act act revise prohibition use funds conversion contractor performance executive agency activity function performed federal employees certain public private competition requirements met repeals limitation activities functions performed federal employees extending prohibition conversion activity function performed federal amends consolidated_appropriations_act act repeal prohibition use omb circular a-76 prevent head executive agency conducting public private competition evaluate benefits converting work contract performance performance federal employees appropriate instances requires heads executive agencies subject federal activities inventory reform_act devise implement guidelines procedures ensure consideration given regular basis federal employees insourcing perform new functions functions performed contractors performed federal employees prohibits guidelines procedures including specific limitation restriction number functions activities converted performance employees requires guidelines procedures provide special consideration given federal employees perform function new requirement performed currently contractor performed federal employees time previous years meets specified criteria excludes public private competition omb circular a-76 law regulation new agency function performance assigned federal employees agency function converting performance federal employees expansion agency function performed federal employees sec prohibits use funds begin announce study public private competition conversion contractor performance function performed federal employees pursuant omb circular a-76 administrative regulation directive requires pay increase fy2009 civilian federal employees including dhs makes related pay adjustments fy2009 prevailing rate employees sec bars use funds executive branch agency authorized existing law produce news story intended broadcast distribution united_states story includes clear notification text audio prepared funded bars use funds contravention privacy_act regulations implementing privacy records maintained individuals sec requires executive department agency evaluate creditworthiness individual issuing government travel charge card prohibits issuance card specified circumstances individuals lack credit history found unsatisfactory credit history requires evaluation include assessment individual consumer report consumer reporting agency sec requires director omb coordination governor great_lakes state great_lakes interagency_task_force submit appropriate authorizing appropriating congressional committees financial report containing interagency crosscut report displays budget proposed including planned interagency intra agency transfer federal agencies carries great_lakes restoration activities upcoming fiscal year detailed accounting funds received obligated federal agencies extent available state agencies federal funds activities current previous fiscal years budget proposed projects listing projects undertaken upcoming fiscal year federal portion prohibits use funds federal_government contract foreign incorporated entity treated inverted domestic corporation homeland_security act subsidiary entity requires secretary waive prohibition required interest national security sec requires executive department agency establish homepage website direct link website respective inspector_general requires office_of_inspector_general post website public report audit portion issued day release provide website service allow individual request automatic receipt related information receive electronic transmittal notice availability request establish direct website link individuals report waste fraud abuse anonymously sec provides public private institution higher education offer provide officer employee branch united_states_government district_of_columbia current student institution financial assistance purpose repaying student loan forbearance student loan repayment officer employee branch united_states_government district_of_columbia seek receive assistance forbearance sec bars use funds implement administer enforce apply rule entitled competitive area published opm federal_register april sec bars use funds implement administer enforce provision executive order requires agency head designate presidential appointees regulatory policy officer sec states executive order strengthening federal environmental energy transportation management remains effect amended enactment act title viii general_provisions district_of_columbia sets forth authorized prohibited uses funds appropriated act identical similar corresponding provisions district_of_columbia appropriations act prohibits use federal funds provided act publicity propaganda purposes implementation policy including boycott designed support defeat legislation pending congress state legislature allows district_of_columbia use local funds provided title carry lobbying activities matter sec bars use federal funds implement enforce health_care benefits expansion act known district domestic partner act implement enforce system registration unmarried couples including limited registration purpose extending employment health governmental benefits couples basis benefits extended legally married couples sec amends district_of_columbia home rule act permanent mayor authority current law accept obligate expend federal private grants received district government reflected budget approved act prohibits use federal funds contained act district_of_columbia attorney general district government provide assistance petition drive civil action seeks require congress provide voting representation congress district declares section bars attorney general reviewing briefs private lawsuits consulting officials district government prohibits use federal funds contained act program distributing sterile needles syringes injection illegal provides act construed prevent council mayor addressing issue provision contraceptive coverage health insurance plans expresses intent congress legislation enacted issue include conscience clause provides exceptions religious beliefs moral convictions sec states chief financial officer district_of_columbia certifies reallocation required address unanticipated changes program requirements officer shall submit appropriate committees congress mayor council district_of_columbia revised appropriated funds operating budget format budget district_of_columbia government submitted pursuant district_of_columbia home rule act sec prohibits availability appropriations district government pay fees excess attorney represents party action including administrative proceeding brought public schools individuals_with_disabilities_education_act idea fees attorney firm determines pecuniary interest attorney officer employee firm special education diagnostic services schools special education service providers sec allows appropriated district_of_columbia fiscal year beginning fy2009 increased million funds identified district fy2008 unexpended general_fund surplus limits use funds specified kinds expenditures sec authorizes increase specified amounts fiscal year beginning fy2009 appropriated district_of_columbia subject certain restrictions sec authorizes beginning fy2009 conduct short term borrowing emergency contingency reserve funds subject specified conditions sec prohibits use funds contained act enact carry law rule regulation reduce penalties associated possession use distribution schedule substance controlled substances act derivative provides legalization marijuana medical treatment initiative known initiative approved electors district november shall prohibits expenditure funds appropriated act abortions mother life endangered fetus carried term cases rape allows transfer amounts appropriated act operating funds district enterprise capital funds requires transferred amounts retain appropriation authority consistent act sec amends district_of_columbia official code increase hourly rate attorneys representing indigent defendants district_of_columbia courts revises current cap total compensation paid attorney representing defendant apply corresponding caps federal criminal code increases cap superior court district misdemeanors felonies amounts post trial matters misdemeanors felonies sets cap representation defendant district_of_columbia_court_of_appeals limitation federal criminal code representation defendant appellate court increases current cap maximum compensation paid attorney neglect termination parental rights proceedings proceedings initial hearing disposition subsequent proceedings termination parental rights proceedings terminate parental rights appeals trial court orders


Summary: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2009.Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Makes FY2009 appropriations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration, including for: (1) investigations; (2) construction; (3) flood damage reduction for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; (4) operation and maintenance expenses; (5) the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands; (6) cleanup of sites contamined from the early atomic energy program; (7) flood, hurricane, and natural disasters emergency operations; (8) general administration of the civil works program in the headquarters of the Corps; and (9) the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). (Sec. 101) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) award a continuing contract for any project for which funds are derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund; or (2) implement any competitive sourcing actions under OMB Circular A-76 or High Performing Organizations for the Corps of Engineers.Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes FY2009 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; and (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, including for management, development, and restoration of water and related activities, the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, California Bay-Delta restoration, and policy and administration in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation.(Sec. 201) Prohibits the use of funds to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the state of California of a plan to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. Requires the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program to be classified as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid. Makes any future US obligations relating to drainage for that Unit fully reimbursable by Unit beneficiaries. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes FY2009 appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for expenses related to: (1) energy efficiency and renewable energy; (2) electricity delivery and energy reliability; (3) nuclear energy; (4) fossil energy research and development; (5) naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, (6) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; (7) the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; (8) the Energy Information Administration; (9) non-defense environmental cleanup; (10) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (11) expenses of science activities in carrying out the Department of Energy Organization Act; (12) nuclear waste disposal, including specified funds designated for the state of Nevada; (13) the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program; (14) salaries and expenses for departmental administration; (15) the Office of Inspector General; (16) atomic energy defense weapons; (17) defense nuclear nonproliferation; (18) naval reactors; (19) the Office of the Administrator in the National Nuclear Security Administration; (20) atomic energy defense environmental cleanup; (21) plant and capital equipment necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense activities, and classified activities; (22) defense nuclear waste disposal; and (23) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.Approves specified expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund. Makes FY2009 appropriations for operation and maintenance of: (1) the Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western Area Power Administrations; and (2) the Falcon and Amistad Dam hydroelectric facilities. (Sec. 301) Sets forth prohibited and permitted uses of funds, including prohibitions against using funds for: (1) the Reliable Replacement Warheard; or (2) the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership.(Sec. 313) Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide funding to the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an inventory of the energy development potential on all lands currently managed by DOE and to report on present and potential energy resources and environmental impacts associated with future development.Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delta Regional Authority; (4) the Denali Commission; (5) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including its Office of Inspector General; (6) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (7) the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects.Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Prohibits: (1) the use of funds appropriated by this Act to influence congressional action on legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress; or (2) the transfer of funds to any federal entity, except pursuant to authority provided in this Act or any other appropriation Act.

energy_and_water_development_and_related_agencies_appropriations_act makes appropriations energy water development related agencies corps_of_engineers civil makes fy2009 appropriations army_corps_of_engineers civil functions pertaining rivers harbors flood storm damage reduction shore protection aquatic ecosystem restoration including investigations construction flood damage reduction mississippi_river valley cape_girardeau missouri operation maintenance expenses regulation navigable waters wetlands cleanup sites early atomic energy program flood hurricane natural disasters emergency operations general administration civil works program headquarters corps office assistant secretary army civil works sec prohibits use funds award continuing contract project funds derived inland_waterways_trust_fund implement competitive sourcing actions omb circular a-76 high performing organizations corps_of_engineers title department_of_the_interior makes fy2009 appropriations department_of_the_interior central_utah_project bureau_of_reclamation including management development restoration water related activities central_valley_project_restoration_fund california bay delta restoration policy administration office_of_the_commissioner denver office offices regions bureau prohibits use funds determine final point discharge interceptor drain san_luis_unit development secretary interior state california plan minimize detrimental effect san drainage waters requires costs kesterson_reservoir_cleanup_program san_joaquin valley drainage program classified reimbursable nonreimbursable collected fully repaid makes future obligations relating drainage unit fully reimbursable unit beneficiaries title iii department_of_energy makes fy2009 appropriations department_of_energy doe expenses related energy efficiency renewable energy electricity delivery energy reliability nuclear energy fossil energy research development naval petroleum oil_shale reserve activities strategic_petroleum_reserve northeast_home_heating_oil_reserve energy_information_administration non defense environmental cleanup uranium_enrichment_decontamination_and_decommissioning_fund expenses science activities carrying department_of_energy_organization_act nuclear waste disposal including specified funds designated state nevada innovative technology loan guarantee program salaries expenses departmental administration office_of_inspector_general atomic energy defense weapons defense nuclear nonproliferation naval reactors office administrator national_nuclear_security_administration atomic energy defense environmental cleanup plant capital equipment necessary atomic energy defense defense activities classified activities defense nuclear waste disposal federal_energy_regulatory_commission approves specified expenditures bonneville_power_administration_fund makes fy2009 appropriations operation maintenance southeastern southwestern western area power administrations falcon dam hydroelectric facilities sec sets forth prohibited permitted uses funds including prohibitions funds reliable replacement global nuclear energy directs secretary energy provide funding national_academy_of_sciences conduct inventory energy development potential lands currently managed doe report present potential energy resources environmental impacts associated future development title independent agencies makes fy2009 appropriations appalachian_regional_commission defense_nuclear_facilities_safety_board delta_regional_authority denali_commission nuclear_regulatory_commission nrc including office_of_inspector_general nuclear_waste_technical_review_board office federal coordinator alaska_natural_gas_transportation_projects title general_provisions sec prohibits use funds appropriated act influence congressional action legislation appropriation matters pending congress transfer funds federal entity pursuant authority provided act appropriation act