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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for FY2009 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, including training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) state unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (6) the Employee Benefits Security Administration; (7) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (8) the Employment Standards Administration; (9) certain special benefits, including ones for disabled coal miners; (10) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund; (11) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (12) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (13) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (15) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (16) departmental management; (17) the Office of Jobs Corps; (18) veterans employment and training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds and transfers of funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 101) Prohibits use of Job Corps funds under this title to pay individual compensation at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. (Sec. 102) Allows the transfer between a program, project, or activity of not more than 1% of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor. Prohibits any increase of any such program, project, or activity by more than 3% by any such transfer. (Sec. 103) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds under this Act to procure goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested, or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries already identified by the Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary of Labor, after September 30, 2008, to issue a monthly transit subsidy of at least $110 to Department of Labor employees in the National Capital Region. (Sec. 105) Prohibits the obligation of funds under this Act for demonstration, pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate projects under the Workforce Investment Act before the Secretary of Labor's submission to Congress of a plan detailing the uses of such funds. (Sec. 106) Authorizes appropriations to the Denali Commission to conduct job training of the local workforce where Denali Commission projects will be constructed. (Sec. 107) Requires that funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants under the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998, with a specified exception, be used only for the training of foreign workers in the occupations and industries for which such workers were hired under the H-1B visa program. (Sec. 108) Requires certain Community-Based Job Training grants and grants for demonstration programs and projects to provide technical skills training for workers to be awarded competitively. (Sec. 109) Prohibits the Secretary of Labor, before reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, from taking any action to amend a specified definition for functions and activities with respect to workforce investment systems, or to modify the procedure for redesignation of local workforce investment areas. (Sec. 110) Prohibits funds made available in this or any other Act from being used to finalize or implement regulations under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, or the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, until legislation reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act or the Trade Adjustment Act is enacted. (Sec. 111) Prohibits funds appropriated in this title from being used to carry out competitive sourcing activities at the Department of Labor under OMB Circular A-76 until 60 days after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports to Congress on the use of competitive sourcing at the Department of Labor. (Sec. 112) Prohibits recipients of employment and training funds from using them to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual at a rate in excess of Executive Level II, with an exception for specified vendors. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); (3) the National Institutes of Health (NIH); (4) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (5) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (6) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; (7) the Administration for Children and Families; (8) the Administration on Aging; and (9) the Office of the Secretary. (Sec. 209) Prohibits the use of funds for voluntary family planning projects unless the applicant certifies that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. (Sec. 210) Prohibits any provider of voluntary planning services under the Public Health Service Act from being exempt from any state law requiring notifications or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. (Sec. 211) Prohibits the use of funds to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary of Health and Human Services denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity because it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions. (Sec. 212) Prohibits the use of funds to withhold substance abuse funding from a state that fails to enforce state laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18 if such state certifies to the Secretary that it will commit additional funds to ensure compliance with such laws. Sets forth requirements for states that miss the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary. (Sec. 213) Allows the Secretary to exercise certain authority in order to carry out international health activities during FY2009. (Sec. 221) Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand rebates to manufacturers for the sale of covered patient drugs at nominal prices to include sales to additional entities, including student health care services at institutions of higher learning. (Sec. 224) Requires the Secretary to solicit public comment in advance of modifying regulations for the purpose of strengthening federal oversight and identifying enhancements of policies governing financial conflicts of interest among extramural investigators receiving grant support from NIH. (Sec. 225) Prohibits the Secretary from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing prior to April 1, 2009, specified requirements under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) relating to the prevention of the substitution of health benefits coverage for children (commonly referred to as "crowd-out") and the enforcement of medical support orders. (Sec. 226) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to add health insuring organizations operated by public entities established by Ventura and Merced Counties, California, to the number of county-organized health insuring organizations in California authorized to enroll beneficiaries under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Increases from 14% to 16% the maximum percentage of California Medicaid beneficiaries that may be enrolled from such organizations. (Sec. 227) Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary to establish a Medicaid Improvement Fund to improve the management of the Medicaid program by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including oversight of contracts and contractors and evaluation of demonstration projects. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for FY2009 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) innovation and improvement activities; (6) safe schools and citizenship education; (7) English language acquisition and language enhancement; (8) special education; (9) rehabilitation services and disability research; (10) special institutions for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University; (11) career, technical, and adult education; (12) certain student financial assistance programs, as well as federal administrative expenses for such programs (setting a maximum individual Pell Grant amount); (13) specified higher education programs; (14) Howard University; (15) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (16) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (17) the Institute of Education Sciences; and (18) departmental management, including program administration, the Office for Civil Rights, and the Office of the Inspector General. Sets the maximum individual Pell Grant amount at $4,310 during award year 2009-2010. Defers the availability of certain funds under the Academic Competitiveness Grant program until FY2010. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of funds to transport teachers or students in order to: (1) overcome racial imbalance in any school; or (2) carry out a racial desegregation plan. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the use of funds to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school nearest the student's home, except, for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Declares that such a prohibited indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. Exempts the establishment of magnet schools from such prohibition. (Sec. 303) Prohibits the use of funds to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools. (Sec. 304) Allows the transfer between appropriations of not more than 1% of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Education in this Act. Prohibits any increase of any such appropriation by more than 3% by any such transfer. Limits such transfer authority to the satisfaction of emergency needs. (Sec. 305) Prohibits the use of funds to promulgate, implement, or enforce any revision to the regulations in effect on June 1, 2007, regarding the recognition of accrediting agencies or associations under the Higher Education Act of 1965, until legislation specifically requiring such revision is enacted. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2009 to: (1) the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled; (2) the Corporation for National and Community Service, for domestic volunteer service programs and the Office of Inspector General; (3) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) the Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) the National Council on Disability; (9) the National Labor Relations Board; (10) the National Mediation Board; (11) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (12) the Railroad Retirement Board, including its Office of Inspector General; and (13) the Social Security Administration, including payments to the Social Security trust funds, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, and the Office of Inspector General. (Sec. 401) Defines "qualified student loan," with respect to national service education awards, as any loan determined by an institution of higher education to be necessary to cover a student's cost of attendance at such institution and made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a state agency, in addition to other meanings under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the Act through out this title). (Sec. 402) Allows funds made available under such Act to assist entities in placing applicants with disabilities to be provided to any entity that receives a grant under it. (Sec. 403) Requires the Corporation for National and Community Service to make any significant changes to program requirements, service delivery, or policy only through public notice and comment rulemaking. Prohibits an officer or employee of the Corporation, for FY2009 and during any grant selection process, from knowingly disclosing any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an authorized officer or employee of the Corporation. (Sec. 404) Allows Professional Corps programs that recruit and place qualified participants in certain educational, health, and other professional positions to apply for waiver of the requirement that any such program desiring to provide living allowances in excess of the authorized maximum submit an allowance application to the Corporation on a competitive basis. (Sec. 405) Authorizes the Corporation to solicit and accept the services of organizations and individuals (other than participants) to assist in carrying out its duties under the national service laws. Subjects an individual who provides such services to the same protections and limitations as volunteers under the Act. (Sec. 406) Requires organizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps Education Awards Program to do so without regard to certain requirements relating to: (1) the 5% limitation on administrative costs; (2) matching funds; (3) living allowances and other inservice benefits; (4) ineligible service categories; (5) living allowances; (6) health insurance; and (7) child care. (Sec. 407) Requires AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National Service Trust program to meet an overall minimum share requirement of 24% for the first three years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter to meet the overall minimum share requirement of specified regulations, without regard to the operating costs match requirement or the member support federal share limitations in the Act. (Sec. 408) Allows formula-based grants to certain states and U.S. territories and possessions to operate AmeriCorps programs to be made if certain requirements are met, including an assurance that the state will select national service programs for subgrants on a competitive basis. (Sec. 409) Requires the Corporation to apply the state grant formula to ensure that each state receives a minimum of $500,000. Prohibits the total amount allotted from exceeding 33 1/3% of the funds allocated by the Corporation for such assistance. (Sec. 410) Permits an individual in an approved national service position performing full-time or part-time national service directly related to disaster relief efforts to continue in that term of service for a six-month period beyond the periods otherwise specified in the Act or the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. (Sec. 411) Requires certain donations made to the Corporation under the Act to finance programs and operations under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 or the Act to be used to supplement and not supplant current programs and operations. Title V: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. (Sec. 501) Authorizes the Secretaries of Labor, of Health and Human Services, and of Education to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act, to be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated. (Sec. 505) Bars use of funds to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. (Sec. 507) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated in this Act, and in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, for: (1) any abortion; or (2) health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. (Sec. 508) Declares that such prohibition does not apply: (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. Declares that nothing in Sec. 507 shall be construed as: (1) prohibiting the expenditure by a state, locality, entity, or private person of state, local, or private funds (other than Medicaid matching funds); or (2) restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a state or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with state funds (other than Medicaid matching funds). Bars the availability of funds to a federal agency or program, or to a state or local government, if it subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. (Sec. 509) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for: (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under certain federal regulations and the Public Health Service Act. (Sec. 510) Bars the use of funds for activities promoting the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act, except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications. Makes such limitation inapplicable when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage. (Sec. 511) Bars the use of funds to promulgate or adopt any final standard under the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard. (Sec. 512) Bars the obligation or expenditure of funds to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if: (1) it is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and (2) it has not submitted the required report for the most recent applicable year. (Sec. 514) Prohibits the availability of certain funds under the Library Services and Technology Act, as amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act, to certain libraries unless they have certified their compliance with requirements for an Internet safety policy and computer technology protection measures. (Sec. 515) Prohibits the availability of certain funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, to certain elementary or secondary schools unless the responsible local educational agency (LEA) has certified their compliance with requirements for an Internet safety policy and computer technology protection measures. (Sec. 517) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) request that a candidate for appointment to a federal scientific advisory committee disclose his or her political affiliation or voting history or the position he or she holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved; or (2) disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false or misleading. (Sec. 518) Requires the Secretaries of Labor, of Health and Human Services, and of Education each to report to the congressional appropriations committees on the number, amount, and other specified details of contracts, non-formula grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding $100,000 in value and awarded by the Department on a noncompetitive basis during each quarter of FY2009. (Sec. 519) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5 million, or to award a grant in excess of such amount, unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, it: (1) has filed all federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification; (2) has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code; and (3) has not, more than 90 days before certification, been notified of any unpaid federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding. (Sec. 520) Considers each Afghan alien granted special immigrant status under the Immigration and Nationality Act, during the first eight months in such status, to be a refugee for purposes of eligibility for resettlement assistance, entitlement programs, and other benefits available to refugees admitted under such Act.

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jobs corps veterans employment training office_of_inspector_general sets forth authorized uses limitations funds transfers funds appropriated title sec prohibits use job_corps funds title pay individual compensation rate excess executive level sec allows transfer program project activity discretionary funds current fiscal year department_of_labor prohibits increase program project activity transfer sec prohibits obligation expenditure funds act procure goods mined produced manufactured harvested services rendered forced child labor industries host countries identified department_of_labor prior enactment act sec directs secretary labor september issue monthly transit subsidy department_of_labor employees national_capital_region sec prohibits obligation funds act demonstration pilot multiservice research multistate projects workforce investment act secretary labor submission congress plan detailing uses funds sec authorizes appropriations denali_commission conduct job training local workforce denali_commission projects constructed sec requires funds available department_of_labor grants american competitiveness workforce improvement act specified exception training foreign workers occupations industries workers hired h-1b visa program sec requires certain community based job training grants grants demonstration programs projects provide technical skills training workers awarded competitively sec prohibits secretary labor reauthorization workforce investment act taking action amend specified definition functions activities respect workforce investment systems modify procedure redesignation local workforce investment areas sec prohibits funds available act finalize implement regulations workforce investment act wagner act trade adjustment assistance reform_act legislation reauthorizing workforce investment act trade adjustment act enacted sec prohibits funds appropriated title carry competitive sourcing activities department_of_labor omb circular a-76 days government_accountability_office gao reports congress use competitive sourcing department_of_labor sec prohibits recipients employment training funds pay salary bonuses individual rate excess executive level exception specified vendors title department_of_health_and_human_services department_of_health_and_human_services appropriations act makes appropriations fy2008 department_of_health_and_human_services hhs health_resources_and_services_administration centers_for_disease_control_and_prevention cdc national_institutes_of_health nih substance_abuse_and_mental_health_services_administration agency healthcare_research_and_quality centers medicare medicaid_services administration children families administration_on_aging office_of_the_secretary sec prohibits use funds voluntary family planning projects applicant certifies encourages family participation decision minors seek family planning services provides counseling minors resist attempts coerce minors engaging sexual activities sec prohibits provider voluntary planning services public_health_service_act exempt state law requiring notifications reporting child abuse child sexual abuse rape incest sec prohibits use funds carry medicare_advantage program secretary health_and_human_services denies participation program eligible entity provide pay provide coverage provide referrals abortions sec prohibits use funds withhold substance abuse funding state fails enforce state laws prohibiting sale tobacco products individuals age state certifies secretary commit additional funds ensure compliance laws sets forth requirements states retailer compliance rate goal established secretary sec allows secretary exercise certain authority order carry international health activities fy2009 sec amends title xix medicaid social_security_act expand rebates manufacturers sale covered patient drugs nominal prices include sales additional entities including student health_care services institutions higher learning sec requires secretary solicit public comment advance modifying regulations purpose strengthening federal oversight identifying enhancements policies governing financial conflicts interest extramural investigators receiving grant support nih sec prohibits secretary finalizing implementing enforcing prior april specified requirements state children health insurance program schip relating prevention substitution health benefits coverage children commonly referred enforcement medical support orders sec amends consolidated_omnibus_budget_reconciliation_act add health insuring organizations operated public entities established ventura counties california number county organized health insuring organizations california authorized enroll beneficiaries title xix medicaid social_security_act increases maximum percentage california medicaid beneficiaries enrolled organizations sec amends title xix medicaid social_security_act require secretary establish medicaid_improvement_fund improve management medicaid program centers medicare medicaid_services including oversight contracts contractors evaluation demonstration projects title iii department_of_education department_of_education appropriations act makes appropriations fy2009 department_of_education education disadvantaged impact aid school improvement programs indian education innovation improvement activities safe schools citizenship education english_language_acquisition language_enhancement special education rehabilitation services disability research special institutions persons disabilities including american printing house blind national technical institute deaf university career technical adult_education certain student financial assistance programs federal administrative expenses programs setting maximum individual pell_grant specified higher education programs university college housing academic facilities loans program historically black college university capital financing program account institute_of_education_sciences departmental management including program administration office civil rights office_of_the_inspector_general sets maximum individual pell_grant award year availability certain funds academic competitiveness grant program fy2010 sets forth authorized uses limitations funds appropriated title sec prohibits use funds transport teachers students order overcome racial imbalance school carry racial plan sec prohibits use funds require directly indirectly transportation student school school nearest student home student requiring special education school offering special education order comply title civil rights act declares prohibited indirect requirement transportation students includes transportation students carry plan involving reorganization grade structure schools pairing schools schools combination grade restructuring pairing exempts establishment magnet schools prohibition sec prohibits use funds prevent implementation programs voluntary prayer public schools sec allows transfer appropriations discretionary funds current fiscal year department_of_education act prohibits increase appropriation transfer limits transfer authority satisfaction emergency needs sec prohibits use funds promulgate implement enforce revision regulations effect june recognition accrediting agencies associations higher education act legislation specifically requiring revision enacted title related agencies makes appropriations fy2009 committee purchase people blind severely disabled corporation_for_national_and_community_service domestic volunteer service programs office_of_inspector_general corporation_for_public_broadcasting federal_mediation_and_conciliation_service federal safety health review commission institute museum library services medicare_payment_advisory_commission national council disability national_labor_relations_board national mediation board occupational_safety_and_health_review_commission railroad_retirement_board including office_of_inspector_general social_security_administration including payments social_security_trust_funds supplemental security income ssi program office_of_inspector_general sec defines qualified student loan respect national service education awards loan determined institution higher education necessary cover student cost attendance institution insured guaranteed directly student state agency addition national_and_community_service_act act title sec allows funds available act assist entities placing applicants disabilities provided entity receives grant sec requires corporation_for_national_and_community_service significant changes program requirements service delivery policy public notice comment rulemaking prohibits officer employee corporation fy2009 grant selection process knowingly disclosing covered grant selection information selection directly indirectly person authorized officer employee corporation sec allows professional corps programs recruit place qualified participants certain educational health professional positions apply waiver requirement program desiring provide living allowances excess authorized maximum submit allowance application corporation competitive basis sec authorizes corporation solicit accept services organizations individuals participants assist carrying duties national service laws subjects individual provides services protections limitations volunteers act sec requires organizations operating projects americorps education awards program regard certain requirements relating limitation administrative costs matching funds living allowances benefits ineligible service categories living allowances health insurance child care sec requires americorps programs receiving grants national_service_trust program meet overall minimum share requirement years receive americorps funding meet overall minimum share requirement specified regulations regard operating costs match requirement member support federal share limitations act sec allows formula based grants certain states territories possessions operate americorps programs certain requirements met including assurance state select national service programs subgrants competitive basis sec requires corporation apply state grant formula ensure state receives minimum prohibits total allotted exceeding funds allocated corporation assistance sec permits individual approved national service position performing time time national service directly related disaster relief efforts continue term service month period periods specified act domestic_volunteer_service_act sec requires certain donations corporation act finance programs operations domestic_volunteer_service_act act supplement supplant current programs operations title general_provisions specifies certain uses limits prohibitions use funds appropriated act sec authorizes secretaries labor health_and_human_services education transfer unexpended balances prior appropriations accounts corresponding current appropriations provided act purpose periods time originally appropriated sec bars use funds carry program distributing sterile needles syringes injection illegal drug sec prohibits expenditure funds appropriated act trust_fund funds appropriated act abortion health benefits coverage includes coverage abortion sec declares prohibition apply pregnancy result act rape incest case woman suffers physical disorder physical injury physical illness including life endangering physical condition caused arising pregnancy certified physician place woman danger death abortion performed declares sec shall construed prohibiting expenditure state locality entity private person state local private funds medicaid matching funds restricting ability managed care provider offering abortion coverage ability state locality contract separately provider coverage state funds medicaid matching funds bars availability funds federal agency program state local government subjects institutional individual health_care entity discrimination basis health_care entity provide pay provide coverage refer abortions sec prohibits use funds available act creation human embryo research purposes research human embryo destroyed knowingly subjected risk injury death greater allowed research certain federal regulations public_health_service_act sec bars use funds activities promoting legalization drug substance included schedule schedules controlled substances controlled substances act normal recognized executive congressional communications makes limitation inapplicable significant medical evidence therapeutic advantage use drug substance federally sponsored clinical trials conducted determine therapeutic advantage sec bars use funds promulgate adopt final standard social_security_act providing providing assignment unique health identifier individual individual capacity employer health_care provider legislation enacted specifically approving standard sec bars obligation expenditure funds enter renew contract entity contractor united_states subject requirement submission annual report secretary labor concerning employment certain veterans submitted required report recent applicable year sec prohibits availability certain funds library services technology act amended children internet protection act certain libraries certified compliance requirements internet safety policy computer technology protection measures sec prohibits availability certain funds elementary secondary education act amended children internet protection act child left act certain elementary secondary schools responsible local educational agency lea certified compliance requirements internet safety policy computer technology protection measures sec prohibits use funds request candidate appointment federal scientific advisory_committee disclose political affiliation voting history position holds respect political issues directly related necessary work committee involved disseminate scientific information deliberately false misleading sec requires secretaries labor health_and_human_services education report congressional appropriations committees number specified details contracts non formula_grants cooperative agreements exceeding value awarded department noncompetitive basis quarter fy2009 sec prohibits use funds act enter contract greater million award grant excess prospective contractor grantee certifies writing best knowledge belief filed federal tax returns required years preceding certification convicted criminal offense internal_revenue_code days certification notified unpaid federal tax assessment liability remains assessment subject installment agreement offer compromise approved internal_revenue_service irs default assessment subject non frivolous administrative judicial proceeding sec considers afghan alien granted special immigrant status immigration_and_nationality_act months status refugee purposes eligibility resettlement assistance entitlement programs benefits available refugees admitted act


Summary: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) 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; (2) general investigations and construction; (3) flood damage reduction for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; (4) operation and maintenance expenses; (5) administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands; (6) cleanup of contamination from sites in the United States resulting from work performed as part of 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. 102) Prohibits the use of funds to implement any pending or future competitive sourcing actions under OMB Circular A-76 or High Performing Organizations for the Corps of Engineers.(Sec. 105) Modifies or sets forth requirements or prohibitions regarding the funding of projects in Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, and South Dakota.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 natural resources, 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, conforming to California water quality standards, 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.(Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain an Executive Committee of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program.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; and (3) nuclear energy.Transfers specified amounts previously designated for clean coal technology to fossil energy research and development.Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) fossil energy research and development; (2) naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, (3) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; (4) the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; (5) the Energy Information Administration; (6) non-defense environmental cleanup; (7) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (8) science activities; and (9) nuclear waste disposal, including specified funds designated for the state of Nevada.Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program; (2) salaries and expenses for departmental administration; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) atomic energy defense weapons; (5) defense nuclear nonproliferation; (6) naval reactors; (7) the Office of the Administrator in the National Nuclear Security Administration; (8) atomic energy defense environmental cleanup; (9) plant and capital equipment necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense activities, and classified activities; and (10) defense nuclear waste disposal.Makes FY2009 appropriations for operation and maintenance of: (1) the Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western Area Power Administrations; (2) the Falcon and Amistad Dam hydroelectric facilities; and (3) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).(Sec. 301) Amends the USEC Privatization Act to: (1) declare that it is U.S. policy to support the continued downblending of highly enriched uranium of weapons originating in the Russian Federation; and (2) set forth limitations on the importation into the United States of low-enriched uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation.(Sec. 306) Prohibits the use of Bonneville Power Administration funds to enter into any agreement to perform energy efficiency services outside the legally defined Bonneville service territory, with the exception of services provided internationally, including services provided on a reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator certifies in advance that such services are not available from private sector businesses.(Sec. 307) Requires DOE: (1) when it makes a user facility available to universities or other potential users, or seeks their input on significant user facility characteristics or equipment, to ensure broad public notice of such availability or input need; and (2) to employ full and open competition in selecting a university or other potential user as a formal partner in the establishment or operation of a user facility.(Sec. 308) Deems any funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities to be specifically authorized by Congress for purposes of the National Security Act of 1947 during FY2009, until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2009.(Sec. 309) Authorizes the use of specified funds by government-owned, contractor-operator operated laboratories for laboratory-directed research and development.(Sec. 313) Directs the Secretary of Energy, along with the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), to establish an Integrated University Program. (Sec. 314) Requires facilities at Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, to be named in honor of Senator Pete V. Domenici. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes FY2009 appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delta Regional Authority; (4) the Denali Commission; (5) the 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 the use of funds appropriated by this Act to influence congressional action on legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, with an exception.(Sec. 502) Prohibits the transfer of funds made available by this Act to any federal department, agency, or instrumentality, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.

energy_and_water_development_and_related_agencies_appropriations_act title 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 general investigations construction flood damage reduction mississippi_river valley cape_girardeau missouri operation maintenance expenses administration laws pertaining regulation navigable waters wetlands cleanup contamination sites united_states resulting work performed 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 implement pending future competitive sourcing actions omb circular a-76 high performing organizations corps modifies sets forth requirements prohibitions funding projects colorado kentucky louisiana new_mexico south_dakota title department_of_the_interior makes fy2009 appropriations department_of_the_interior central_utah_project bureau_of_reclamation including management development restoration water related natural resources 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 conforming california water quality standards 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 directs secretary establish maintain executive committee middle rio_grande endangered species collaborative program title iii department_of_energy makes fy2009 appropriations department_of_energy doe expenses related energy efficiency renewable energy electricity delivery energy reliability nuclear energy transfers specified amounts previously designated clean coal technology fossil energy research development makes fy2009 appropriations 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 science activities nuclear waste disposal including specified funds designated state nevada makes fy2009 appropriations title 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 makes fy2009 appropriations operation maintenance southeastern southwestern western area power administrations falcon dam hydroelectric facilities federal_energy_regulatory_commission amends usec privatization act declare policy support continued highly enriched uranium weapons originating russian_federation set forth limitations importation united_states low enriched uranium produced russian prohibits use bonneville_power_administration funds enter agreement perform energy efficiency services outside legally defined bonneville service territory exception services provided internationally including services provided reimbursable basis administrator certifies advance services available private sector requires doe makes user facility available universities potential users seeks input significant user facility characteristics equipment ensure broad public notice availability input need employ open competition selecting university potential user formal partner establishment operation user deems funds appropriated act available transfer funds act intelligence activities specifically authorized congress purposes national security act fy2009 enactment intelligence authorization act authorizes use specified funds government owned contractor operator operated laboratories laboratory directed research directs secretary energy administrator national_nuclear_security_administration chairman nuclear_regulatory_commission nrc establish integrated university program sec requires facilities national_laboratories national_laboratory new_mexico named honor senator title independent agencies makes fy2009 appropriations appalachian_regional_commission defense_nuclear_facilities_safety_board delta_regional_authority denali_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 prohibits transfer funds available act federal department agency instrumentality pursuant transfer transfer authority provided act appropriation act