Summary: Consolidation of Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency Act of 2011 - Consolidates the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment (DEE), with the primary mission of ensuring U.S. security and prosperity by: (1) protecting human health; (2) safeguarding the natural environment; and (3) addressing U.S. energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. Transfers to the DEE Secretary all of the functions of the EPA Administrator and the Secretary of Energy. Establishes within the Department: (1) an Energy and Environmental Information Administration; (2) an Office of Science; (3) an Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence; (4) an Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs; and (5) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as an independent regulatory commission. Transfers to the Commission specified functions of the Federal Power Commission (FPC). Preserves the Southeastern Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Bonneville Power Administration as distinct organizational entities within DEE, each headed by an Administrator. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish policy for the National Nuclear Security Administration; (2) assess annually the vulnerability of Department's facilities to terrorist attack; and (3) establish an enterprise-wide strategic sourcing program to improve efficiencies and economies in EPA's acquisition programs. Requires the President to: (1) submit a proposed National Energy Policy Plan to Congress by April 1, 2012, and biennially thereafter; and (2) issue an executive order that provides for administrative cost savings across the federal government. Repeals provisions providing for the weatherization assistance program, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, sustainable energy resources for consumers grants, the low income community energy efficiency pilot program, the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources Research and Development Program, the fossil energy research and development program, state energy conservation plans, and diesel emissions reduction grants. Rescinds specified unobligated balances of the amounts made available for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Terminates the state water pollution control revolving funds program, grants for water pollution control programs, nonpoint source management programs, the state drinking water revolving loan funds program, public water system supervision programs, and the state underground injection control program. Terminates EPA's targeted watershed grants program, performance partnership grants program, U.S. Mexico border water infrastructure program, and tribal assistance grants programs. Prohibits the Secretary from providing in FY2012-FY2016: (1) grants to communities to develop plans and implement projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (2) targeted airshed grants to California; and (3) grants for the construction of drinking water, wastewater, or storm water infrastructure or for water quality protection. Limits the amount that the Secretary may transfer to the Great Lakes Initiative.

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Summary: Homeownership Affordability Act of 2011 - Extends through December 31, 2013, specified loan limits for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises), and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Federal Housing Finance Agency to increase mortgage guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for mortgage loans of between $625,500 and $729,750 originated between October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2013, in an amount necessary to increase by $336 million the revenue raised from such fees.

homeownership affordability act extends december specified loan limits federal_housing_administration fha federal_national_mortgage_association fannie_mae federal_home_loan_mortgage_corporation freddie_mac government sponsored enterprises department_of_veterans_affairs directs federal_housing_finance_agency increase mortgage guarantee fees charged fannie_mae freddie_mac mortgage loans originated october december necessary increase million revenue raised fees


Summary: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies. Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2012 for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Agency; (5) economic and statistical analysis programs; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (8) the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); (9) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership; (10) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and (11) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General and for the renovation and modernization of Department of Commerce facilities. (Sec. 105) Sets forth determinations that must be made by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in order for NOAA to enter a contract for development of a major program (an activity approved to proceed to implementation that has an estimated lifecycle cost of more than $250 million), including that the technical, cost and schedule risks of the program are clearly identified and that the program has demonstrated a high likelihood of accomplishing its intended goals. Requires the Under Secretary to annually submit a Major Program Annual Report that includes such required information for the satellite development program for which NOAA proposes to expend funds in the subsequent year. (Sec. 110) Establishes in the Treasury a Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund and a Sanctuaries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund. Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for FY2012 for: (1) general administration, including for the National Drug Intelligence Center, the Federal Detention Trustee, and the Office of Inspector General; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including for reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, the Offices of the United States Attorneys, the United States Trustee Program, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the Community Relations Service, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (4) the United States Marshals Service; (5) the National Security Division; (6) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); (10) the federal prison system, including for Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; (11) the Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs, including for establishment of a national clearinghouse to provide training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women; (12) Office of Justice Programs, including the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, the Northern and Southern Border Prosecutor Initiatives, the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program, an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innovation program, the National Criminal History Improvement Program, and Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants; and (13) Community Oriented Policing Services. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion. (Sec. 217) Directs the Attorney General to report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees a cost and schedule estimate for the final operating capability of the FBI's Sentinel program, which shall be submitted concurrently to DOJ's Office of Inspector General, which shall provide an assessment of it. Title III: Science - Science Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for science (including the James Webb Space Telescope), aeronautics, space technology, exploration, space operations, aerospace and aeronautical education research and development activities, for cross agency support, for construction and environmental compliance and restoration, and for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for the Office of the National Science Board and the Office of Inspector General. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2012 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights, (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), (3) the International Trade Commission, (4) the Legal Services Corporation, (5) the Marine Mammal Commission; (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative, (7) the State Justice Institute, and (8) the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent (established by this Act). Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Sets forth requirements, restrictions, and limitations on the use of funds appropriated by this Act. (Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any EEOC guidelines covering harassment based on religion when it is made known to the federal entity to which such funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by the Commission on October 1, 1993. (Sec. 507) Makes any person who mislabels a product sold in or shipped to the United States as "Made in America" ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract funded by this Act. (Sec. 508) Requires the Department of Commerce, DOJ, NSF, and NASA to: (1) provide a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that were received by such agency during any previous fiscal year, and (2) submit spending plans within 30 days after this Act's enactment. (Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the removal by any foreign country of restrictions on marketing of such products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco products of the same type. (Sec. 511) Prohibits funding for the implementation of: (1) any user fee for background checks under the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993; or (2) any background check system that does not require and result in the destruction of information submitted by an individual certified as eligible to possess or receive a firearm. (Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of DOJ funds to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in DOJ programs, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. (Sec. 516) Declares that ATF firearms tracing studies are released without adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data. (Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism; (2) support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the U.S. government; (3) pay administrative expenses or to compensate any U.S. officer or employee of the United States in connection with requiring licenses for exporting certain firearms to Canada with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction or denying certain import applications regarding curios or relics, firearms, parts, or ammunition; (4) include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement certain language of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement; or (5) authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of specified statutes authorizing the FBI to issue national security letters.(Sec. 526) Requires departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act to establish and maintain on their Internet websites direct links to their Offices of Inspector General, and a mechanism for anonymously reporting waste, fraud, and abuse. (Sec. 527) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act: (1) to award a contract or grant in an amount greater than $5 million unless the recipient certifies that it has filed all federal tax returns required during the preceding three years, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code, and has not been notified of any unpaid federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied; or (2) in a manner that is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws to preserve the ability of the United States to enforce vigorously its trade laws, to avoid agreements that lessen the effectiveness of domestic and international disciplines on unfair trade or safeguard provisions to ensure that U.S. workers, agricultural producers, and firms can compete fully on fair terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal trade concessions, and to address and remedy market distortions that lead to dumping and subsidization. (Sec. 529) Rescinds certain unobligated funds available to the Department of Commerce and DOJ. (Sec. 532) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to: (1) transfer or release to or within the United States Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense (DOD); or (2) construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to detain or imprison such a detainee. (Sec. 534) Prohibits the distribution of funds to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. (Sec. 535) States that funds made available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are "Energy Star" qualified or have the "Federal Energy Management Program" designation. (Sec. 537) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to: (1) relocate the Census Bureau or employees from the Department of Commerce to the jurisdiction of the Executive Office of the President, or (2) maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography. (Sec. 541) Establishes the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent. Directs the Commission to extend the study of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians of U.S. relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent held in U.S. custody from December 1941 through February 1948.

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proceed implementation estimated lifecycle cost million including technical cost schedule risks program clearly identified program demonstrated high likelihood accomplishing intended goals requires secretary annually submit major program annual report includes required information satellite development program noaa proposes expend funds subsequent year sec establishes treasury fisheries enforcement asset forfeiture fund sanctuaries enforcement asset forfeiture fund title department_of_justice department_of_justice appropriations act makes appropriations department_of_justice doj fy2012 general administration including national drug intelligence center federal detention trustee office_of_inspector_general united_states_parole_commission legal activities including reimbursement vaccine injury compensation trust_fund processing cases national childhood vaccine injury act offices united_states attorneys united_states trustee program foreign_claims_settlement_commission community relations service assets forfeiture fund united_states_marshals_service national security division interagency crime drug enforcement federal_bureau_of_investigation fbi drug_enforcement_administration dea bureau alcohol tobacco firearms explosives atf federal prison system including federal prison industries incorporated office_on_violence_against_women violence women prevention prosecution programs including establishment national_clearinghouse provide training technical assistance issues relating sexual_assault american indian alaska_native women office_of_justice_programs including edward_byrne_memorial_justice assistance grant program state criminal alien assistance program northern southern border prosecutor initiatives capital litigation improvement grant program edward_byrne_memorial criminal justice innovation program national criminal history improvement program paul coverdell forensic sciences improvement grants community oriented policing services sec prohibits use funds pay abortion life mother endangered fetus carried term case rape require person perform facilitate abortion sec directs attorney general report house senate_appropriations_committees cost schedule estimate final operating capability fbi program shall submitted concurrently doj office_of_inspector_general shall provide assessment title iii science science appropriations act makes appropriations fy2012 office_of_science_and_technology_policy national_aeronautics_and_space_administration nasa science including james space aeronautics space technology exploration space operations aerospace aeronautical education research development activities cross agency support construction environmental compliance restoration office_of_inspector_general national_science_foundation nsf including office national_science_board office_of_inspector_general title related agencies makes appropriations fy2012 commission civil rights equal_employment_opportunity_commission eeoc international_trade_commission legal_services_corporation marine mammal commission office united_states_trade_representative state_justice_institute commission wartime relocation internment latin americans japanese descent established act title general_provisions sec sets forth requirements restrictions limitations use funds appropriated act sec prohibits use funds implement administer enforce eeoc guidelines covering harassment based religion known federal entity funds available guidelines differ respect proposed guidelines published commission october sec makes person product sold shipped united_states america ineligible receive contract subcontract funded act sec requires department_of_commerce doj nsf nasa provide quarterly accounting cumulative balances unobligated funds received agency previous fiscal year submit spending plans days act enactment sec prohibits use funds promote sale export tobacco tobacco products seek removal foreign country restrictions marketing products restrictions applied equally tobacco products type sec prohibits funding implementation user fee background checks brady handgun control act background check system require result destruction information submitted individual certified eligible possess receive firearm sec prohibits use doj funds discriminate religious moral beliefs students participate doj programs parents legal guardians students sec declares atf firearms tracing studies released adequate limitations data sec prohibits use funds issue patents claims directed encompassing human organism support justify use torture official contract employee government pay administrative expenses compensate officer employee united_states connection requiring licenses exporting certain firearms canada total value exceeding wholesale transaction denying certain import applications firearms parts ammunition include new bilateral multilateral trade agreement certain language united_states free trade agreement united_states australia free trade agreement united_states morocco free trade agreement authorize issue national security letter contravention specified statutes authorizing fbi issue national security requires departments agencies commissions funded act establish maintain internet websites direct links offices inspector_general mechanism anonymously reporting waste fraud abuse sec prohibits use funds act award contract grant greater million recipient certifies filed federal tax returns required preceding years convicted criminal offense internal_revenue_code notified unpaid federal tax assessment liability remains manner inconsistent principal negotiating objective united_states respect trade remedy laws preserve ability united_states enforce trade laws avoid agreements lessen effectiveness domestic international disciplines unfair trade safeguard provisions ensure workers agricultural producers firms compete fully fair terms benefits reciprocal trade concessions address remedy market lead dumping subsidization sec rescinds certain unobligated funds available department_of_commerce doj sec prohibits use funds act transfer release united_states khalid_sheikh_mohammed detainee citizen member armed_forces held june naval station guantanamo_bay cuba department_of_defense dod construct acquire modify facility united_states territories possessions detain detainee sec prohibits distribution funds association_of_community_organizations_for_reform acorn subsidiaries sec states funds available act purchase light bulbs energy_star qualified federal_energy_management_program designation sec prohibits use funds act relocate census bureau employees department_of_commerce jurisdiction executive_office president maintain establish computer network network blocks viewing downloading exchanging pornography sec establishes_the_commission wartime relocation internment latin americans japanese descent directs commission extend study commission wartime relocation internment civilians relocation internment deportation countries latin americans japanese 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Summary: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) the Office of Inspector General, (3) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (4) the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (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, (11) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and (12) the health insurance tax credit implementation. Sets forth certain transfers of funds, plus a rescission of certain funds from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. (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) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to enter into, renew, extend, administer, implement, enforce, or provide oversight of any qualified tax collection contract. (Sec. 110) Bars the use of funds to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. (Sec. 112) Extends from 12 to 14 years the authorization for the personnel management demonstration project for employees who fill critical scientific, technical, engineering, intelligence analyst, language translator, and medical positions in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). (Sec. 113) Prohibits the U.S. Mint from using any federal funds to construct or operate any museum without the explicit approval of specified congressional committees. (Sec. 114) Prohibits the use of funds to merge the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without the explicit approval of the same congressional committees. (Sec. 115) Deems any funds appropriated by this 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 FY2012, until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2012. (Sec. 116) Requires up to $5,000 to be made available from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Industrial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and representation expenses. (Sec. 117) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a Capital Investment Plan to congressional appropriations committees within 30 days after the submission of the President's annual budget. Title II: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President - Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 for compensation of the President and designated White House agencies, including: (1) the Council of Economic Advisers, (2) the National Security Council (NSC) and the Homeland Security Council, (3) the Office of Administration, (4) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), (5) the Office of National Drug Control Policy, (6) various other specified federal drug control programs, (7) unanticipated needs, and (8) special assistance to the President and the official residence of the Vice President. Sets forth certain transfers of funds. (Sec. 202) Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to submit to the congressional appropriations committees, within 60 days after the enactment of this Act, and before the initial obligation of more than 20% of the funds appropriated in any account for the Office, a detailed narrative and financial plan on the proposed uses of all funds under the account by program, project, and activity. (Sec. 203) Limits the availability of appropriations to such Office in this Act to: (1) a 2% transfer between appropriated programs upon the advance approval of the congressional appropriations committees; and (2) up to $1 million for reprogramming within a program, project, or activity upon such approval. (Sec. 205) Rescinds specified unobligated balances of prior year appropriations made available for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center. Title III: The Judiciary - Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations to the Judiciary for FY2012 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, including defender services; (5) fees of jurors and commissioners; (6) court security; (7) the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; (8) the Federal Judicial Center; (9) judicial retirement funds; and (10) the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Sets forth certain transfers of funds. (Sec. 304) Requires the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to submit to the congressional appropriations committees a comprehensive financial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of available funds including appropriations, fee collections, and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed plan for the Judiciary Information Technology Fund, establishing the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year. (Sec. 306) Requires the U.S. Marshals Service to provide, as a pilot program, specified security services (except investigations) for courthouses which federal law authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide. (Sec. 307) Amends the Judicial Improvement Act of 1990 to prohibit the filling of: (1) the first vacancy in the office of district judge in the district of Kansas occurring 21 (currently, 20) years or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship, and (2) the first vacancy in such office in the district of Hawaii occurring 18 (currently, 17) years or more after such confirmation date. (In effect lengthens by one year the period of the respective temporary judgeships in such districts.) Title IV: District of Columbia - District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations to the District of Columbia for FY2012, 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 Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure and the Judicial Nomination Commission, (10) for school improvement, and (11) for the DC National Guard. Requires certain funds appropriated for operating expenses to be subject to specified proposals of the Fiscal Year 2012 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia. Title V: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2012 for independent agencies, including: (1) the Administrative Conference of the United States; (2) the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation; (3) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); (4) the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); (5) the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), including election reform programs; (6) the Federal Communication Commission (FCC); (7) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), for its Office of Inspector General; (8) the Federal Election Commission (FEC); (9) the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); (10) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (11) the General Services Administration (GSA); (12) government-wide policy activities and operating expenses; (13) the GSA Office of Inspector General; (14) the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies; (15) allowances and office staff for former presidents; (16) the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation; (17) the Merit Systems Protection Board; (18) Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation; (19) the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund; (20) the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), including the Office of Inspector General; (21) the National Historic Publications and Records Commission grants program; (22) the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA); (23) the credit union Community Development Revolving Loan Fund; (24) the Office of Government Ethics; (25) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), including the Office of Inspector General; (26) the government payment for annuitants, employee health benefits, employee life insurance, and the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (27) the Office of Special Counsel; (28) the Postal Regulatory Commission; (29) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; (30) the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board; (31) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (32) the Selective Service System; (33) the Small Business Administration (SBA), including the Office of Inspector General and the Office of Advocacy; (34) the U.S. Postal Service, including the Office of Inspector General; and (35) the U.S. Tax Court. Sets forth certain transfers of funds. (Sec. 501) Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to authorize the CPSC Chairman to provide to officers and employees, who are appointed or assigned by CPSC to serve abroad, travel benefits similar to those authorized for certain members of the Foreign Service of the United Service. (Sec. 502) Authorizes the CPSC to require a manufacturer, or class of manufacturers, offering a consumer product for import to designate an agent in the United States on whom service of notices and process in administrative and judicial proceedings may be made. (Sec. 503) Requires the CPSC to promulgate as a final consumer product safety standard: (1) one requiring button cell battery compartments of battery-operated or assisted consumer products to be secured in a manner that reduces access to button cell batteries by children age three or younger; and (2) standards requiring related warning labels for literature, packaging, and the products themselves. (Sec. 504) Requires the Comptroller General to analyze: (1) the potential safety risks associated with new and emerging consumer products; (2) the extent to which manufacturers comply with voluntary industry standards for consumer products, particularly with respect to inexpensive, imported ones; (3) whether there are consequences for such manufacturers for failing to comply with such standards, and whether the CPSC has the authority and the ability to require compliance with them; and (4) whether there are patterns of non-compliance with such standards among certain types of products or certain types of manufacturers. (Sec. 505) Requires the CPSC to: (1) assess the effectiveness of the ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2010 safety standard for window coverings; and (2) promulgate a revised or more stringent window covering safety standard if it would eliminate the strangulation risk posed by corded window coverings. (Sec. 510) Amends the Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act to extend through December 31, 2013, the waiver of certain limitations on: (1) expending, obligating, or apportioning appropriations with respect to the collection or receipt of federal universal service contributions under the Communications Act of 1934; and (2) expending or obligating funds attributable to such contributions for universal service support programs. (Sec. 511) Prohibits the use of funds by the FCC to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service support payments to implement the February 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or primary line restrictions on universal service support payments. (Sec. 525) Requires GSA, if specified congressional committees adopt a resolution granting lease authority pursuant to a specified GSA prospectus, to ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease agreements. (Sec. 527) Authorizes the GSA Administrator to release, through a deed of release or other appropriate instrument, to Tracy, California the reversionary interests retained by the United States, and all other terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions imposed, in connection with a specified conveyance of property to San Joaquin County, California. (Sec. 528) Rescinds specified amounts made available to GSA in prior years for the maintenance, protection, and disposal of the U.S. Coast Guard Service Center at Governor's Island, NY, and the Lorton Correctional Facility in Lorton, VA. (Sec. 529) Requires GSA to report to specified congressional committees a detailed description of each program, project, or activity funded by GSA appropriations that is not under GSA control or direction in statute or in practice. 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 availability of funds under this Act for use 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) Makes the restriction on purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American Act inapplicable to the acquisition by the federal government of commercial information technology. (Sec. 614) Prohibits an officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission funded by this Act from accepting, on behalf of that agency, or such agency or commission from accepting, payment or reimbursement from a nonfederal entity for travel-related expenses to enable an officer or employee to attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating to official duties, when the entity offering payment or reimbursement is 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. 615) Authorizes the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to obligate funds for the scholarship program established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of funds collected by the Board as of December 31, 2011, including accrued interest, resulting from the assessment of monetary penalties. Requires funds available for obligation in FY2012 to remain available until expended. (Sec. 616) Rescinds specified unobligated balances of prior year appropriations made available for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. (Sec. 617) Permits the use of funds made available to the CFTC and the SEC for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues. (Sec. 618) Requires the President to transmit promptly to Congress, without change, proposed deficiency and supplemental appropriations submitted to the President by the legislative and the judicial branches. (Sec. 619) Amends the Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act to change from the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation the name of the recipient of all surcharges received from the sale of coins issued under the Act. (Sec. 620) Interprets, during FY2012, the term "payment of cash in advance" as payment before the transfer of title to, and control of, the exported items to the Cuban purchaser for purposes of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. (Sec. 621) Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the EAC to post on its website, upon receipt, a state's plan for local distribution of EAC payments for activities to meet certain voting systems standards requirements. Requires publication in the Federal Register of notice by a state before it: (1) files its statement of certification; and (2) makes material changes in the administration of its plan. (Sec. 622) Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 with respect to assessment and collection of FTC filing fees. persons acquiring voting securities or assets who are required to file premerger notifications. Increases a filing fee from $45,000 to $60,000 Increases FTC filings fees for persons required to file premerger notification reports by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976. Requires the FTC, during FY2013 and ensuing fiscal years, to publish in the Federal Register, and increase the amount of, each such filing fee to reflect the percentage change in the gross national product (GNP) for the fiscal year as compared to the GNP for FY2011. Requires the FTC to round any increase in the filing fee to the nearest $5,000. Bars the FTC from: (1) increasing the filing fees if the increase in the GNP is less than 1%, or (2) decreasing them. (Sec. 623) Prohibits the availability of funds to convey the headquarters building of the FTC (located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, DC) to any entity unless the GSA Administrator makes a final determination that such transaction is made in the best interest of the taxpayer. (Sec. 624) Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban financial institution to a U.S. financial institution executed in payment for a product authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. Title VII: General Provisions Government-Wide - Sets forth requirements for the use of appropriations by designated departments, agencies, and corporations. (Sec. 701) Sets restrictions upon the use of appropriations by any federal department, agency, or instrumentality unless it has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances by the officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality. (Sec. 710) Prohibits the use of FY2012 funds to pay any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency in an amount exceeding specified limits related to an applicable wage survey adjustment. (Sec. 726) 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 or nongovernmental Internet site. (Sec. 727) 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. 728) 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. 729) 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. 730) Bars the use of funds to: (1) implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program; or (2) implement proposed OPM regulations relating to the detail of executive branch employees to the legislative branch. (Sec. 731) 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. 732) Bars the availability of funds, for FY2012, 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 explicit approval of such transfer. (Sec. 733) Requires the head of each appropriate executive department and agency to transfer to, or reimburse, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, upon the direction of OMB, available funds for the Service to administer to ensure its uninterrupted, continuous operation of the Midway Atoll Airfield pursuant to a specified agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the entirety of FY2012 and any period thereafter before enactment of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013. (Sec. 734) 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. 735) 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. 736) Bars the use of funds in contravention of the Privacy Act or regulations concerning protection of privacy and freedom of information. (Sec. 737) 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. 738) Requires 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 an interagency budget crosscut report displaying the budget proposed, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, for each of the federal agencies that carries out Great Lakes restoration activities. (Sec. 739) 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. Exempts contracts entered into before the enactment of this Act or task orders issued pursuant to such contracts. (Sec. 740) 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. 741) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 to revise requirements for service contract inventories by executive agencies to: (1) include task orders issued under such contracts in their annual congressional report on inventories, (2) modify contract inventory contents to use direct labor hours and associated cost data collected from contractors, and (3) require each agency head (or designee) to ensure that contracts exclude, to the maximum extent practicable, functions that are closely associated with inherently governmental functions. Prohibits an executive agency from beginning, planning for, or announcing 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 or directive until after that agency has reported to OMB on actions taken to convert from contractor to federal employee performance functions that are not inherently governmental, closely associated with governmental functions, critical, or should not otherwise be reserved for performance by federal employees. (Sec. 742) Requires OMB to issue guidance to prohibit the use of direct conversions to contract out, in whole or in part, activities or functions last performed by any number of federal employees by an executive agency without first conducting a public-private competition. (Sec. 743) Requires for each employee, during FY2012, who retires under voluntary early retirement authority (VERA) of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) or under any other CSRS or FERS requirement and receives a voluntary separation incentive payment (VISP), that the separating agency remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to OPM's average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding year. (Sec. 744) Requires federal employees in each executive agency, except the Department of Defense (DOD), to be managed each fiscal year solely on the basis of and consistent with: (1) the workload required to carry out the functions and activities of that agency, and (2) the funds made available to that agency for that fiscal year. Declares that the management of federal employees in any fiscal year shall not be subject to any limitation in terms of work years, full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, or maximum number of federal employees. Prohibits an agency from being required to make a reduction in the number of FTE positions unless that reduction is: (1) necessary due to a reduction in funds available to the agency; or (2) required under a statute enacted after the enactment of this Act which specifically refers to this requirement. Requires each executive agency (except DOD) to ensure that federal employees are employed during each fiscal year in the number and with the combination of skills and qualifications necessary to carry out the functions within the applicable budget activity for which funds are provided for that fiscal year. 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, 2011. (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. Authorizes the District of Columbia to use local funds provided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any matter. (Sec. 809) Prohibits the use of federal funds contained in this Act by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any other officer or entity 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 Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. (Sec. 810) Bars the use of federal funds contained in this Act to distribute any needle or syringe to prevent the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location that has been determined by the local public health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution. (Sec. 811) 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. 812) Directs the Mayor of the District of Columbia to report annually to specified congressional committees on: (1) crime; (2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treatment; (3) education; (4) improvement in basic District services; and (5) application for and management of federal grants. (Sec. 813) 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. (Sec. 814) 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. 817) 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. 818) Requires the Director of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service for FY2012, and each ensuing fiscal year, to provide representation for and hold harmless, or provide liability insurance for, any employee, member of the Board of Trustees, or officer of the Service for money damages arising out of any claim, proceeding, or case at law relating to the furnishing of representational services or management services or related services while acting within the scope of that person's office or employment. (Sec. 819) Amends the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 to change from every two years to every five years the interval between mandatory management evaluations by the Comptroller General of the District of Columbia Chartering Authorities for the District of Columbia Public Charter Schools. Requires the evaluation to include the actual budget expenditures for the preceding five (currently, two) fiscal years.

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enter renew extend administer implement enforce provide oversight qualified tax collection contract sec bars use funds department_of_the_treasury bureau printing redesign federal_reserve note sec extends years authorization personnel management demonstration project employees fill critical scientific technical engineering intelligence analyst language translator medical positions bureau alcohol tobacco firearms atf sec prohibits federal funds construct operate museum explicit approval specified congressional committees sec prohibits use funds merge bureau printing explicit approval congressional committees sec deems funds appropriated act available transfer funds act intelligence activities specifically authorized congress purposes national security act fy2012 enactment intelligence authorization act fy2012 sec requires available bureau printing industrial revolving fund necessary official reception representation expenses sec requires secretary treasury submit capital investment plan congressional appropriations committees days submission president annual budget title executive_office president funds appropriated president executive_office president appropriations act makes appropriations fy2012 compensation president designated white_house agencies including council economic advisers national_security_council homeland_security council office administration office_of_management_and_budget omb office_of_national_drug_control_policy specified federal drug control programs unanticipated needs special assistance president official residence vice president sets forth certain transfers funds sec requires director office_of_national_drug_control_policy submit congressional appropriations committees days enactment act initial obligation funds appropriated account office detailed financial plan proposed uses funds account program project activity sec limits availability appropriations office act transfer appropriated programs advance approval congressional appropriations committees million reprogramming program project activity approval sec rescinds specified unobligated balances prior year appropriations available counterdrug technology assessment center title iii judiciary judiciary appropriations act makes appropriations judiciary fy2012 supreme_court court_of_appeals federal_circuit court international_trade courts appeals district_courts judicial services including defender services fees commissioners court security administrative office courts federal judicial center judicial retirement funds sentencing commission sets forth certain transfers funds sec requires administrative office courts submit congressional appropriations committees comprehensive financial plan judiciary allocating sources available funds including appropriations fee collections carryover balances include separate detailed plan judiciary information technology fund establishing baseline application reprogramming transfer authorities current fiscal year sec requires marshals service provide pilot program specified security services investigations courthouses federal law authorizes department_of_homeland_security dhs provide sec amends judicial improvement act prohibit filling vacancy office district judge district kansas occurring currently years confirmation date judge named fill temporary judgeship vacancy office district hawaii occurring currently years confirmation date effect year period respective temporary judgeships districts title district_of_columbia district_of_columbia appropriations act makes appropriations district_of_columbia fy2012 including amounts federal payments district_of_columbia resident tuition support emergency planning security costs district district_of_columbia courts defender services district_of_columbia courts court services offender supervision agency district_of_columbia district_of_columbia public defender service district_of_columbia water sewer authority criminal justice coordinating council commission judicial 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consumer product safety act authorize cpsc chairman provide officers employees appointed assigned cpsc serve abroad travel benefits similar authorized certain members foreign_service united service sec authorizes cpsc require manufacturer class manufacturers offering consumer product import designate agent united_states service notices process administrative judicial proceedings sec requires cpsc promulgate final consumer product safety standard requiring button cell battery compartments battery operated assisted consumer products secured manner reduces access button cell batteries children age younger standards requiring related warning labels literature packaging products sec requires comptroller_general analyze potential safety risks associated new emerging consumer products extent manufacturers comply voluntary industry standards consumer products particularly respect inexpensive imported ones consequences manufacturers failing comply standards cpsc authority ability require compliance patterns non compliance standards certain types products certain types manufacturers sec requires cpsc assess effectiveness ansi safety standard window promulgate revised stringent window covering safety standard eliminate risk posed window sec amends universal service temporary suspension act extend december waiver certain limitations expending obligating apportioning appropriations respect collection receipt federal universal service contributions communications act expending obligating funds attributable contributions universal service support programs sec prohibits use funds fcc modify amend change rules regulations universal service support payments implement february recommendations federal state joint board universal service single connection primary line restrictions universal service support payments sec requires gsa specified congressional committees adopt resolution granting lease authority pursuant specified gsa prospectus ensure delineated area procurement identical delineated area included prospectus lease agreements sec authorizes gsa administrator release deed release appropriate instrument california reversionary interests retained united_states terms conditions reservations restrictions imposed connection specified conveyance property san_joaquin county california sec rescinds specified amounts available gsa prior years maintenance protection disposal coast_guard service center governor island correctional facility sec requires gsa report specified congressional committees detailed description program project activity funded gsa appropriations gsa control direction statute practice title general_provisions act sets forth restrictions use funds act sec prohibits expenditure funds act entity agrees expenditure comply buy_american_act sec prohibits availability funds act person entity convicted violating buy_american_act sec prohibits availability funds act use executive_office president request federal_bureau_of_investigation fbi 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participate meeting similar function relating official duties entity offering payment reimbursement subject regulation agency commission represents person entity person entity nonprofit tax exempt organization sec authorizes public_company_accounting_oversight_board obligate funds scholarship program established sarbanes-oxley_act aggregate exceeding funds collected board december including accrued interest resulting assessment monetary penalties requires funds available obligation fy2012 remain available expended sec rescinds specified unobligated balances prior year appropriations available privacy_and_civil_liberties_oversight_board sec permits use funds available cftc sec interagency funding sponsorship joint advisory_committee advise emerging regulatory issues sec requires president transmit promptly congress change proposed deficiency supplemental appropriations submitted president legislative judicial branches sec amends lincoln commemorative coin act change lincoln commission lincoln foundation recipient surcharges received sale coins issued act sec interprets fy2012 term payment cash advance payment transfer title control exported items cuban purchaser purposes trade sanctions reform export enhancement_act sec amends help_america_vote_act require eac post website receipt state plan local distribution eac payments activities meet certain voting systems standards requirements requires publication federal_register notice state files statement certification makes material changes administration plan sec amends departments_of_commerce justice state judiciary related agencies appropriations act respect assessment collection ftc filing fees persons acquiring voting securities assets required file notifications increases filing fee increases ftc filings fees persons required file notification reports scott antitrust improvement act requires ftc fy2013 ensuing fiscal years publish federal_register increase filing fee reflect percentage change gross national product fiscal year compared fy2011 requires ftc round increase filing fee nearest bars ftc increasing filing fees increase decreasing sec prohibits availability funds convey headquarters building ftc located pennsylvania avenue entity gsa administrator makes final determination transaction best interest taxpayer sec prohibits president restricting direct transfers cuban financial institution financial institution executed payment product authorized sale trade sanctions reform export enhancement_act title vii general_provisions government wide sets forth requirements use appropriations designated departments agencies corporations sec sets restrictions use appropriations federal department agency instrumentality place continue administer good faith written policy designed ensure workplaces free illegal use possession distribution controlled substances officers employees department agency instrumentality sec prohibits use fy2012 funds pay prevailing rate employee federal agency exceeding specified limits related applicable wage survey adjustment sec prohibits use funds federal agencies collect review create contract aggregation data means personally identifiable information relating individual access use federal_government nongovernmental 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 convictions sec recognizes anti doping agency official anti doping agency olympic american paralympic sport united_states sec allows use funds appropriated official travel federal departments agencies consistent omb circular official travel government personnel participate fractional aircraft ownership pilot program sec bars use funds implement enforce restrictions limitations coast_guard congressional fellowship program implement proposed opm regulations relating detail executive branch employees legislative branch sec 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 facilities sec bars availability funds fy2012 transfers reimbursements government initiatives sponsored omb days following omb report congressional appropriations committees receipt explicit approval transfer sec requires head appropriate executive department agency transfer reimburse fish_and_wildlife_service direction omb available funds service administer ensure uninterrupted continuous operation midway atoll airfield pursuant specified agreement federal_aviation_administration faa entirety fy2012 period enactment financial_services general government appropriations act 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 policy 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 agency sec bars use funds contravention privacy_act regulations concerning protection privacy freedom information 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 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labor hours associated cost data collected contractors require agency head designee ensure contracts exclude maximum extent practicable functions closely associated inherently governmental functions prohibits executive agency beginning planning announcing study public private competition conversion contractor performance function performed federal employees pursuant omb circular a-76 administrative regulation directive agency reported omb actions taken convert contractor federal employee performance functions inherently governmental closely associated governmental functions critical reserved performance federal employees sec requires omb issue guidance prohibit use direct conversions contract activities functions performed number federal employees executive agency conducting public private competition sec requires employee fy2012 retires voluntary early retirement authority vera civil_service_retirement_system csrs federal employees retirement system fers csrs fers requirement receives voluntary separation incentive payment separating agency remit civil_service_retirement_and_disability_fund equal opm average unit cost processing retirement claim preceding year sec requires federal employees executive agency department_of_defense dod managed fiscal year solely basis consistent workload required carry functions activities agency funds available agency fiscal year declares management federal employees fiscal year shall subject limitation terms work years time equivalent fte positions maximum number federal employees prohibits agency required reduction number fte positions reduction necessary reduction funds available agency required statute enacted enactment act specifically refers requirement requires executive agency dod ensure federal employees employed fiscal year number combination skills qualifications necessary carry functions applicable budget activity funds provided fiscal year title viii general_provisions district_of_columbia sets forth authorized prohibited uses funds appropriated act identical similar corresponding provisions district_of_columbia appropriations act sec prohibits use federal funds provided act publicity propaganda purposes implementation policy including boycott designed support defeat legislation pending congress state legislature authorizes district_of_columbia use local funds provided title carry lobbying activities matter sec prohibits use federal funds contained act district_of_columbia attorney general officer entity district government provide assistance petition drive civil action seeks require congress provide voting representation congress district declares section bars counsel reviewing briefs private lawsuits consulting officials district government lawsuits sec bars use federal funds contained act distribute prevent spread blood borne pathogens location determined local public health local law enforcement authorities inappropriate distribution sec 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 directs mayor district_of_columbia report annually specified congressional committees crime access substance alcohol abuse treatment education improvement basic district services application management federal grants sec prohibits use funds contained act enact carry law rule regulation reduce penalties associated possession use distribution schedule substance controlled substances act derivative sec prohibits expenditure funds appropriated act abortions mother life endangered fetus carried term cases rape incest sec allows transfer amounts appropriated act operating funds district enterprise capital funds requires transferred amounts retain appropriation authority consistent act sec requires director district_of_columbia public defender service fy2012 ensuing fiscal year provide representation hold harmless provide liability insurance employee member board_of_trustees officer service money damages arising claim proceeding case law relating furnishing representational services management services related services acting scope person office employment sec amends district_of_columbia appropriations act change years years interval mandatory management evaluations comptroller_general district_of_columbia chartering authorities district_of_columbia public charter schools requires evaluation include actual budget expenditures preceding currently fiscal years