Summary: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Division A - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies for FY2010. Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (4) Oregon and California grant lands; (5) range improvements; (6) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; and (7) miscellaneous trust funds. Rescinds an amount made available to BLM for the shipment and storage of oil shale core samples in Colorado, as specified in the table titled "Congressionally Designated Spending" contained in the joint explanatory statement. Appropriates funds for FY2010 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for: (1) resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (5) the National Wildlife Refuge Fund; (6) expenses related to carrying out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act; (7) financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation of neotropical migratory birds; (8) expenses related to carrying out, through the Multinational Species Conservation Fund, the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004; and (9) wildlife conservation grants to states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes. Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the National Park Service (NPS) for: (1) the National Park System (including expenses for carrying out programs of the U.S. Park Police); (2) expenses related to cost share agreements for Park Partnership signature projects and programs; (3) expenses for national recreation and preservation programs; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996; (5) construction; and (6) land acquisition and state assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Rescinds specified contract authority to obligate funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for FY2010. Makes appropriations for FY2010 to: (1) the U.S. Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, and research; (2) the Minerals Management Service (MMS) for royalty and offshore minerals management and oil spill research; (3) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for operation of Indian programs, (including transfer of funds), construction (including transfer of funds), Indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, a program to consolidate fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or cooperative agreement, and for Indian guaranteed loans; (5) the Office of the Secretary for departmental offices; (6) provide assistance to U.S. territories and to carry out the Compacts of Free Association with respect to the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Micronesia; (7) the Office of the Solicitor; (8) the Office of Inspector General; (9) provide for the operation of trust programs for Indians (including transfer of funds); (10) wildland fire management, including for wildfire suppression to support federal emergency response actions (including transfers of funds); (11) the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund created in title V of this Act (including transfers of funds); (12) the Central Hazardous Materials Fund for expenses of the Department of the Interior and its component offices and bureaus for response action, including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA); and (13) the Department of the Interior for natural resource damage assessment and restoration. Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of specified funds. Authorizes the use of funds available under title IV (Abandoned Mine Reclamation) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 for any required non-federal share of the cost of projects funded by the federal government for the purpose of environmental restoration related to the treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines. (Sec. 108) Directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in carrying out responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, to implement a system of mass marketing of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated or financed hatcheries. (Sec. 109) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands. (Sec. 110) Bars any proposed new use of the Arizona & California Railroad Company's right-of-way for the conveyance of water from proceeding unless the Secretary of the Interior certifies that such use is within the scope of the right-of-way. Prohibits funds made available to the Department of the Interior from being used, in relation to any proposal to store water underground for the purpose of export, for approval of any right-of-way or similar authorization on the Mojave National Preserve or lands managed by the Needles Field Office of the BLM, or for carrying out any activities associated with such right-of-way or similar approval. (Sec. 111) Extends through FY2013 the authority of the MMS to accept contributions of money and services to conduct work in support of the orderly exploration and development of Outer Continental Shelf resources. (Sec. 112) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with a state or political subdivision or any not-for-profit organization if the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs administered by the Department of the Interior; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives. Bars such agreements from being subject to a competitive process, at the Secretary's discretion. (Sec. 113) Authorizes funds provided in this Act for federal land acquisition by the NPS for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail to be used for a grant to a state, local government, or any other land management entity for land acquisition, without regard to any restriction on the use of federal land acquisition funds provided through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. (Sec. 114) Makes certain civil and criminal penalties under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act applicable to leases authorizing exploration for or development of coal, any other solid mineral, or any geothermal resource on federal or Indian lands and leases, easements, right of ways, or other agreements for use of the Outer Continental Shelf or certain of its mineral, oil, and natural gas resources to the same extent as if such lease, easement, right of way, or other agreement was an oil and gas lease. (Sec. 115) Directs the MMS, in FY2010, to collect a non-refundable inspection fee as prescribed by this section, to be deposited in the Royalties and Offshore Minerals Management account, from the designated operator for specified facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf that are subject to inspection by the MMS that are above the waterline, except mobile offshore drilling units, and are in place at the start of such fiscal year. (Sec. 116) Prohibits funds from being used to further reduce the number of axis or fallow deer at Point Reyes National Seashore in California. (Sec. 117) Amends Public Law 109-131 (relating to payments to provide for educational services for students attending schools within Yosemite National Park in California) to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to provide payments to the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified School District for such services through FY2013. (Sec. 118) Amends Public Law 89-565 (relating to the establishment of the San Juan Island National Historical Park in the state of Washington) to increase the amount authorized for the acquisition of lands and interests on San Juan Island in Puget Sound and for the development of the Park. (Sec. 119) Amends Public Law 109-441 (relating to the preservation of historic confinement sites where Japanese-Americans were detained during World War II) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use federal funds made available under such law to acquire Heart Mountain. (Sec. 120) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to bar any privately owned property from being included in the Northern Plains National Heritage Area in North Dakota unless the owner of the property provides a request to the management entity for such inclusion. Requires private property included in the Heritage Area to be immediately withdrawn when the owner provides a notice to the management entity requesting removal. Requires public property included in the Heritage Area to be immediately withdrawn upon notification from the appropriate state or local government entity. (Sec. 121) Sets forth provisions regarding the admission of visitors to historic attractions within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex, including the Battleship Missouri Memorial. Requires the proceeds of any amounts collected as fees to be used for the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Hawaii. Prohibits anything in this section from: (1) regulating or approving rates for admission to a historic attraction; (2) regulating or managing visitor services within the Complex, other than services managed by the NPS as part of the Monument; or (3) charging an entrance fee for admission to the Monument. Prohibits anything in this section from authorizing the Secretary or any organization that administers or manages a historic attraction to take any action in derogation of the preservation and protection of the values and resources of the Monument. (Sec. 122) Provides for FY2010 assistance levels to Palau. Limits assistance to FY2009 levels. Withholds such assistance if trust fund withdrawals exceed $5 million. (Sec. 123) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 to remove the requirement that Fort Baker, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California, remain under exclusive federal jurisdiction. (Sec. 124) Extends, for 10 years, the Drake's Bay Oyster Company's Reservation of Use and Occupancy and associated special use permit within Drake's Estero at Point Reyes National Seashore in California. Makes such extended authorization subject to annual payments to the United States based on the market value of use of the federal property for the duration of such renewal. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to take into consideration recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Report pertaining to shellfish agriculture in the Seashore before modifying any terms and conditions of the extended authorization. Prohibits anything in this section from being: (1) construed as having any application to any location other than the Seashore; or (2) cited as precedent for the management of any potential wilderness outside the Seashore. (Sec. 125) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of including the Honouliuli Gulch and associated sites within Hawaii in the National Park System. Requires such study to evaluate the Honouliuli Gulch, associated sites on Oahu, and other islands in Hawaii respecting: (1) their significance as a component of World War II; (2) their significance as related to the forcible internment of Japanese Americans, European Americans, and other individuals; and (3) historic resources at those sites. (Sec. 126) Prohibits the use of any funds in this Act to impede, prohibit, or restrict activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security on public lands for achieving operational control, as defined under the Secure Fence Act of 2006, over the international land and maritime borders of the United States with respect to the construction of additional fencing and road improvements along the southwest border, as described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Reponsibility Act of 1996. (Sec. 127) Permits any private property owner within an existing or new National Heritage Area to opt out of participating in any plan, project, program, or activity conducted within that Heritage Area when the owner provides a notice to the local coordinating entity of the owner's decision to opt out of participation in such plan, project, program, or activity. (Sec. 128) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to install a plaque in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia to commemorate the leadership of former U.S. Senator Robert J. Dole in making the Memorial a reality on the National Mall. (Sec. 129) Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend until September 30, 2010, the authority to permit the establishment of a memorial in the District of Columbia to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. (Sec. 130) Extends the legislative authority relating to the establishment and location of a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia in honor of President John Adams and his family's legacy through September 30, 2010. Title II: Environmental Protection Agency - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to EPA for: (1) science and technology; (2) environmental programs and management; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) buildings and facilities; (5) the Hazardous Substance Superfund (including transfers of funds); (6) the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program; (7) expenses to carry out EPA's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 concerning oil spill response; and (8) state and tribal assistance grants for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance. Extends until FY2015 the authority of the EPA Administrator to employ up to 30 persons at any one time in the Office of Research and Development under the authority provided respecting the appointment of personnel to the Regular and Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service. Authorizes the EPA Administrator to: (1) transfer a specified amount from funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Initiative (1995) under the heading Environmental Programs and Management to any federal department or agency for carrying out activities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (proposed in the FY2010 budget submission of the President) and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement programs. projects, or activities; (2) enter into an interagency agreement with the head of such department or agency to carry out these activities; and (3) make grants to specified entities for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation to further the Restoration Initiative and the Agreement. Rescinds permanently a specified amount from unobligated balances to carry out projects and activities funded through the State and Tribal Assistance Grants and Hazardous Substance Superfund accounts. Prohibits any amounts from being rescinded from amounts designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Authorizes the EPA Administrator to carry out and submit to Congress the results of a study on domestic and international black carbon emissions, including an inventory of the major sources of black carbon, assessments on its impacts on global and regional climate and potential metrics and approaches for quantifying the climatic effects of black carbon emissions (including its radiative forcing and warming effects) and comparing those effects to the effects of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, an identification of the cost-effective approaches to reducing such emissions, and an analysis of the climatic effects and other environmental and public health benefits of those approaches. Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for: (1) forest and rangeland research; (2) state and private forestry; (3) the National Forest System (including transfers of funds); (4) land acquisitions, including specified National Forest areas in Utah, Nevada, and California; (5) range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement; (6) gifts, donations, and bequests for forest and rangeland research; (7) federal land management in Alaska; (8) wildland fire management (including transfers of funds); and (9) the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund (including transfers of funds). Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Indian Health Service (IHS) and Indian health facilities; and (2) the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Makes appropriations for FY2010 in specified amounts for various purposes to the: (1) Executive Office of the President; (2) Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (3) Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (4) Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (5) Smithsonian Institution, including for carrying out activities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009; (6) National Gallery of Art; (7) John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (8) Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; (9) National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); (10) Commission of Fine Arts, including expenses for National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs; (11) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (12) National Capital Planning Commission; (13) U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; (14) Presidio Trust; and (15) Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of funds under this Act. (Sec. 404) Prohibits funds from being used to provide specified personal services. (Sec. 405) Requires: (1) estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support governmentwide, departmental, agency or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central operations to be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; and (2) changes to such estimates to be presented to such Committees for approval. (Sec. 406) Prohibits funds from being used to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National Forest System or BLM lands in a manner different than such sales were conducted in FY2009. (Sec. 408) Prohibits funds from being used to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim, subject to exception. Requires a report. (Sec. 409) Regulates contract support costs. (Sec. 411) Prohibits funds provided in this Act from being used to conduct preleasing, leasing, and related activities under either the Mineral Leasing Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act within the boundaries of a National Monument as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under the presidential proclamation establishing the monument. (Sec. 412) Permits the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to make reciprocal agreements with foreign fire organizations in which the individuals furnished under such agreements to provide fire management services are considered, for tort liability, employees of the foreign country receiving the services when the individuals are engaged in fire suppression or presuppression. Prohibits the Secretaries from making any agreement in which a foreign country does not assume any and all responsibility for acts or omissions of American firefighters who are firefighting in such foreign country. (Sec. 413) Allows the Secretaries, in awarding a federal contract for any of specified purposes with funds made available by this Act, to give consideration to local contractors who are from economically disadvantaged rural communities and who provide employment and training for dislocated and displaced workers. (Sec. 414) Prohibits: (1) unless otherwise provided in this Act, any funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands from being spent for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; and (2) applying this provision to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for federal assistance to the state of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration. (Sec. 415) Provides a specified amount to EPA for transfer to the Department of the Navy for clean-up activities at Treasure Island Naval Station--Hunters Point Annex, California, in addition to the amounts otherwise provided to EPA in this Act. (Sec. 416) Keeps in effect for FY2010 the terms and conditions of section 325 of P.L. 108-108 (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004) regarding the renewal of certain National Forest System lands grazing permits that have expired or were transferred or waived during FY2004-FY2008. (Sec. 417) Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to increase the number of members of the National Council on the Arts who shall: (1) serve on the Council; and (2) constitute a quorum. (Sec. 418) Amends the item relating to National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to increase: (1) the annual amount authorized to provide grants for general operating support for eligible arts organizations in the District of Columbia; and (2) the maximum amount such an organization can receive as a grant in a single year. (Sec. 419) Bars the IHS, until October 1, 2011, from disbursing funds for the provision of health care services pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to any Alaska Native village or Alaska Native village corporation located within an area served by an Alaska Native regional health entity. Treats Eastern Aleutian Tribes Inc. the Council of Athabasan Tribal Governments, and the Native Village of Eyak as such entities to which funds may be disbursed. (Sec. 420) Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 concerning a pilot program for the sale of forest botanical products by the Forest Service, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees until September 30, 2014, from persons who harvest such products on National Forest System lands. (Sec. 421) Regulates specified Alaskan timber sales. (Sec. 422) Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 to extend the authority of the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to enter into cooperative forestry agreements and contracts for watershed restoration and protection services in Colorado until September 30, 2014. (Sec. 423) Requires the disposal of all monies received by the United States in FY2010 from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 as provided by such Act, as in effect immediately before enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and without regard to the amendments contained in that Act. (Sec. 424) Prohibits funds in this Act or any other Act from being used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production. (Sec. 425) Prohibits the use of any funds in this or any other Act to implement any provision in a rule if such provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems. (Sec. 426) Directs the President, within 120 days of submission of the President's FY2011 budget to Congress, to submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees detailing all federal agency obligations and expenditures, domestic, and international, for climate change programs and activities in FY2009-FY2010, including an accounting of expenditures identifying climate change activities and associated costs. (Sec. 427) Prohibits the distribution of any funds under this Act to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. (Sec. 428) Prohibits the use of funds in this or any prior Act to release an individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (detainee), into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, into any of the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa (AS), U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Prohibits funds in this or any prior Act from being used to transfer such a detainee into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, into any of those territories to prosecute such detainee or detain them during legal proceedings, until 45 days after the President submits a specified comprehensive plan to Congress regarding the proposed disposition of any such detainee. Prohibits funds in this or any other Act from being used to transfer or release a detainee to the country of such individual's nationality or last habitual residence or to any other country other than the United States or to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), or the Republic of Palau, unless the President submits classified, specified information to Congress at least 15 days proir to such transfer or release. Directs the President to submit to Congress a classified report on the disposition or legal status of each individual detained at the Naval Station prior to the termination of detention operations there. (Sec. 429) Authorizes the Director of the Geological Survey, using funds under this Act, to conduct a specified evaluation of the aquifers in the area of the Jungo Disposal Site in Humboldt County, Nevada. (Sec. 430) Encourages the EPA Administrator to consider all appropriate criteria relating to the buyout and relocation of residents of properties in Treece, Kansas, subject to risks related to chat (waste material formed in the course of milling operations employed to recover lead and zinc from metal-bearing ore minerals in the Tri-State Mining District of Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma). Prohibits, for the purpose of the remedial action under CERCLA that includes permanent relocation of residents of Treece, any such relocation from being subject to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. (Sec. 431) Amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements with certain private entities, as described in that Act, under which the facilities and technical expertise of the Agricultural Research Service and the Forest Service (under current law, the Agricultural Research Service) shall be made available for the operation of pilot plants and other large-scale preparation facilities in bringing technologies necessary for the development and commercialization of new biobased products to the point of practical application; and (2) rent equipment to such entities. (Sec. 432) Amends the National Forest Foundation Act to increase the number of members of the governing Board of Directors of the National Forest Foundation from 15 to up to 30 Directors. (Sec. 433) Prohibits the use of any funds made available by this Act or any other Act to increase recreation residence user fees by more than 25% in 2010. (Sec. 434) Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to executive agencies from being used to enter into a federal contract unless the contract is entered into in accordance with provisions and regulations relating to civilian and military contracts, except when: (1) federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be entered into without regard to such provisions and regulations, including formula grants for states or federally recognized Indian tribes; (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education and Assistance Act or by any other federal laws that specifically authorize a contract within a tribe; or (3) the contract was awarded prior to enactment of this Act. (Sec. 435) Requires agencies receiving funds in this Act to post on their public websites any report required to be submitted by Congress in this or any other Act if it shall serve the national interest. Makes such requirement non-applicable to a report if the public posting of such report compromises national security or the report contains proprietary information. (Sec. 437) Requires any purchases of chat from the Tar Creek Superfund Site to be: (1) counted at twice their purchase price; and (2) eligible to be counted toward meeting the federally required disadvantaged business enterprise set-aside on federally funded projects in order to expedite the cleanup of federal and Indian land at the Site. Makes such requirement applicable only if the purchase of chat is made from at least one restricted Indian owner or an Indian tribe. (Sec. 441) Requires specific projects contained in the report of the House Committee on Appropriations accompanying this Act (H. Report 111-180) that are considered congressional earmarks, when intended to be awarded to a for-profit entity, to be awarded under a full and open competition. (Sec. 442) Prohibits funds made available for the EPA in this Act from being used by the EPA Administrator to issue a final rule that includes fuel sulfur standards applicable to existing steamships that operate exclusively within the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters. (Sec. 443) Authorizes the EPA Administrator to allow the state of Mississippi to refinance the Clean Water State Revolving Loans made to the Hancock Water and Sewer District and the Hancock Utility Authority for a period of up to one year. (Sec. 444) Allocates funding, within amounts appropriated in this Act, in the amounts specified for those projects and purposes delineated in the table titled "Incorporation of Congressionally Requested Projects" included in the joint explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this Act, with the exception of permitting, if approved by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, such funding appropriated for: (1) land acquisition, construction, and capital improvement and maintenance to be reallocated to other projects in that table funded by the same appropriation account; and (2) National Park Service--Historic Preservation Fund for Save America's Treasures grants to be reallocated for use for competitive grants under the Save America's Treasures program. Title V: FLAME Act of 2009 - Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act of 2009 or FLAME Act of 2009 - (Sec. 502) Establishes in the Treasury separate FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Funds for the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to be available to cover the costs of large or complex wildfires and as a reserve when amounts for wildfire suppression and federal emergency response in the Wildland Fire Management appropriation accounts are exhausted. Authorizes appropriations for the Flame Funds. Expresses the intent of Congress with respect to the expenditure of amounts appropriated to the Flame Funds. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) amounts appropriated to a FLAME Fund in excess of the amount estimated as necessary for a fiscal year for wildfire suppression activities that meet the declaration criteria specified in this title should be designated as necessary to meet emergency needs; (2) the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture (the Secretaries) should promptly make a supplemental request for additional funds to replenish their FLAME Funds when it will be exhausted within 30 days; and (3) funding through the FLAME Funds should be used to supplement the funding otherwise appropriated for wildfire suppression and federal emergency response in the Wildland Fire Management appropriation accounts. Instructs the Secretaries to notify the relevant congressional committees whenever only an estimated 60 days worth of funding remains in their Flame Funds. Permits the transfer of amounts between the Flame Funds whenever such a Fund has insufficient funds. Limits the amount that may be transferred from a FLAME Fund during any fiscal year under this authority. Requires amounts in the Flame Funds to be made available to the Secretaries for transfer to their Wildland Fire Management appropriations accounts to pay the costs of wildfire suppression activities that are separate from amounts annually appropriated for such activities under those accounts. Makes amounts in a Flame Fund available to the Secretary concerned only after that Secretary issues a declaration that a wildland fire suppression event is eligible for funding from such Fund. Permits a declaration to be issued only if certain conditions are met with respect to the fire's size and severity, or the costs of suppression and federal emergency response will exceed, within 30 days, specified appropriated amounts, including amounts appropriated under an emergency designation. Instructs the Secretaries to request annually funds for their Wildland Fire Management appropriation accounts for regular wildfire suppression activities that do not meet certain of the criteria specified above in order for such a declaration to be issued. Bars the Secretaries from transferring funds from non-fire accounts to their Wildland Fire Management appropriation accounts unless amounts in their Flame Funds and any amounts appropriated for wildfire suppression will be exhausted within 30 days. Requires the Secretaries to account and report on amounts transferred from their respective FLAME Funds in a manner consistent with existing National Fire Plan reporting procedures. Requires the Secretaries to report annually to the relevant committees on the use of amounts transferred from the Flame Funds, and recommendations to improve administrative control and oversight of their Funds. Requires such report to be made available to the public. Requires the Secretaries to submit estimates of anticipated wildfire suppression costs in order to improve budgeting and funding. Subjects the methodology for the development of the estimates to independent review to ensure that they were developed using the best available climate, weather, and other relevant data and models and other analytic tools. Prescribes a schedule for submission of such estimates. (Sec. 503) Requires the Secretaries to submit a report to Congress that contains a cohesive wildfire management strategy, consistent with the recommendations of recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports regarding management strategies. Sets forth required elements of the strategy, including that the strategy provide for: (1) the identification of the most cost-effective means for allocating fire management budget resources; (2) the reinvestment by the Secretaries in non-fire programs; (3) the allocation of hazardous fuels reduction funds based on the priority of hazardous fuels reduction projects; (3) assessing the impacts of climate change on the frequency and severity of wildfire; and (4) studying the effects of invasive species on wildfire risk. Directs the Secretaries, at least once during every five-year period beginning on the date of submission of the strategy, to revise it to address any changes affecting it, including changes respecting landscape, vegetation, climate, and weather. Division B: Further Continuing Appropriations, 2010 - (Sec. 101) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (Division B of P.L. 111-68) to extend until December 18, 2009, specified continuing appropriations for FY2010. (Sec. 102) Amends the Resolution to continue through December 18, 2009, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue notes or other obligations to carry out the flood insurance program. Extends the program through such date. (Sec. 103) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 18, 2009, authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund (including the Mass Transit Account), the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, and the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act. (Sec. 104) Amends the Resolution to: (1) provide additional appropriations for the purpose of guaranteed loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, at a rate for operations of $80 million; (2) maintain current Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac mortgage loan limits; (3) limit reverse mortgage insurance benefits to 150% of the loan maximum; and (4) allow up to $200 million of funds provided by the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 that are available on October 1, 2009, in the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance account to be available to adjust allocations for public housing agencies to prevent termination of assistance to families.

department interior environment related agencies appropriations act division makes appropriations department_of_the_interior environmental_protection_agency epa related agencies fy2010 title department interior makes appropriations fy2010 bureau_of_land_management blm land resource management construction land acquisition oregon california grant lands range improvements service charges deposits forfeitures respect public lands miscellaneous trust funds rescinds available blm shipment storage oil shale core samples colorado specified table titled congressionally designated spending contained joint explanatory statement appropriates funds fy2010 fish wildlife service resource management construction land acquisition expenses related carrying endangered species act expenses related carrying north_american_wetlands_conservation_act financial assistance projects promote conservation migratory birds expenses related carrying multinational_species_conservation_fund 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bureau_of_indian_affairs bia operation indian programs including transfer funds construction including transfer funds indian land water claim settlements miscellaneous payments indians program consolidate fractional interests indian lands direct expenditure cooperative agreement indian guaranteed loans office secretary departmental offices provide assistance territories carry compacts_of_free_association respect marshall_islands palau micronesia provide operation trust programs indians including transfer funds wildland fire management including wildfire suppression support federal emergency response actions including transfers funds created title act including transfers funds expenses department_of_the_interior component offices bureaus response action including associated activities performed pursuant cercla department_of_the_interior natural resource damage assessment restoration sets forth authorized prohibited uses specified funds authorizes use funds available title abandoned reclamation surface_mining_control_and_reclamation_act required non federal share cost projects funded federal government purpose environmental restoration related treatment abatement acid drainage abandoned mines sec directs carrying responsibilities protect threatened endangered species salmon implement system mass marketing salmonid stocks intended harvest released federally operated financed hatcheries sec authorizes secretary interior acquire lands waters interests purpose operating maintaining facilities support transportation accommodation visitors governors sec bars proposed new use right way conveyance water proceeding secretary interior certifies use scope right way prohibits funds available department_of_the_interior relation proposal store water underground purpose export approval right way similar authorization lands managed blm carrying activities associated right way similar approval sec extends fy2013 authority mms accept contributions money services conduct work support orderly exploration development outer_continental_shelf resources sec authorizes secretary interior enter cooperative agreements state political subdivision profit organization agreement serve mutual interest parties agreement carrying programs administered department_of_the_interior parties contribute resources accomplishment objectives bars agreements subject competitive process secretary discretion sec authorizes funds provided act federal land acquisition nps grant state local government land management entity land acquisition regard restriction use federal land acquisition funds provided land_and_water_conservation_fund_act sec makes certain civil criminal penalties federal_oil_and_gas_royalty_management_act applicable leases authorizing exploration development coal solid mineral geothermal resource federal indian lands leases easements right ways agreements use outer_continental_shelf certain mineral oil natural gas resources extent lease easement right way agreement oil gas lease sec directs mms fy2010 collect non refundable inspection fee prescribed section deposited royalties account designated operator specified facilities outer_continental_shelf subject inspection mms mobile offshore drilling units place start fiscal year sec prohibits funds reduce number deer california sec amends public law relating payments provide educational services students attending schools california extend authorization secretary interior provide payments services fy2013 sec amends public law relating establishment state washington increase authorized acquisition lands interests puget sound development park sec amends public law relating preservation historic confinement sites japanese americans detained world war authorize secretary interior use federal funds available law acquire sec amends omnibus_public_land_management_act bar privately owned property included north_dakota owner property provides request management entity inclusion requires private property included immediately withdrawn owner provides notice management entity requesting removal requires public property included immediately withdrawn notification appropriate state local government entity sec sets forth provisions admission visitors historic harbor naval complex including requires proceeds amounts collected fees world war valor hawaii prohibits section regulating approving rates admission historic regulating managing visitor services complex services managed nps monument charging entrance fee admission monument prohibits section authorizing secretary organization administers manages historic action preservation protection values resources monument sec provides fy2010 assistance levels palau limits assistance fy2009 levels withholds assistance trust fund withdrawals exceed million sec amends consolidated_appropriations_act remove requirement fort baker california remain exclusive federal jurisdiction sec extends years reservation use occupancy associated special use permit point reyes california makes extended authorization subject annual payments united_states based market value use federal property duration renewal instructs secretary interior consideration recommendations national_academy_of_sciences nas report pertaining shellfish agriculture seashore modifying terms conditions extended authorization prohibits section construed having application location seashore cited precedent management potential wilderness outside seashore sec directs secretary interior conduct special resource study national significance suitability feasibility including associated sites hawaii national_park_system requires study evaluate associated sites oahu islands hawaii respecting significance component world war significance related forcible internment japanese americans european americans individuals historic resources sites sec prohibits use funds act impede prohibit restrict activities secretary homeland_security public lands achieving operational control defined international land maritime borders united_states respect construction additional fencing road improvements southwest border described illegal immigration reform immigrant act sec permits private property owner existing new opt participating plan project program activity conducted owner provides notice local coordinating entity owner decision opt participation plan project program activity sec directs secretary interior install plaque area world war memorial district_of_columbia commemorate leadership senator making memorial national mall sec amends omnibus_parks_and_public_lands_management_act extend september authority permit establishment memorial district_of_columbia honor martin_luther_king sec extends legislative authority relating establishment location commemorative work federal land district_of_columbia honor president family legacy september title environmental protection agency makes appropriations fy2010 epa science technology environmental programs management office_of_inspector_general buildings facilities hazardous_substance_superfund including transfers funds leaking underground storage tank trust fund program expenses carry epa responsibilities oil pollution act concerning oil spill response state tribal assistance grants environmental programs infrastructure assistance extends fy2015 authority epa administrator employ persons time authority provided respecting appointment personnel public_health_service authorizes epa administrator transfer specified funds appropriated heading environmental programs management federal department agency carrying activities support great lakes restoration initiative proposed fy2010 budget submission president great_lakes_water_quality_agreement programs projects activities enter interagency agreement head department agency carry activities grants specified entities planning research monitoring outreach implementation restoration initiative agreement rescinds permanently specified unobligated balances carry projects activities funded state accounts prohibits amounts rescinded amounts designated congress emergency requirement pursuant budget balanced_budget emergency deficit control act authorizes epa administrator carry submit congress results study domestic international black carbon emissions including inventory major sources black carbon assessments impacts global regional climate potential metrics approaches climatic effects black carbon emissions including forcing warming effects comparing effects effects carbon dioxide greenhouse gases identification cost effective approaches reducing emissions analysis climatic effects environmental public health benefits approaches title iii related agencies makes appropriations fy2010 forest rangeland research state private forestry national_forest_system including transfers funds land acquisitions including specified national_forest areas utah nevada california range rehabilitation protection improvement gifts donations bequests forest rangeland research federal land management alaska wildland fire management including transfers funds including transfers funds makes appropriations fy2010 department_of_health_and_human_services hhs indian_health_service ihs indian health facilities national_institutes_of_health nih national_institute_of_environmental_health_sciences agency toxic substances disease registry makes appropriations fy2010 specified amounts purposes executive office president hazard investigation board office navajo alaska native culture arts development smithsonian_institution including carrying activities national_gallery_of_art wilson international center scholars arts humanities including national_endowment_for_the_arts national_endowment_for_the_humanities commission fine arts including expenses national_capital_planning_commission title general provisions sets forth limitations use funds act sec prohibits funds provide specified personal services sec requires estimated overhead charges deductions reserves programs projects activities support governmentwide departmental agency bureau administrative functions headquarters regional central operations presented annual budget justifications subject approval house senate_committees appropriations changes estimates presented committees approval sec prohibits funds plan prepare offer sale timber trees classified sequoia located national_forest_system blm lands manner different sales conducted fy2009 sec prohibits funds accept process applications patent mining mill site claim subject exception requires report sec regulates contract support costs sec prohibits funds provided act conduct preleasing leasing related activities mineral leasing act outer_continental_shelf_lands_act boundaries national_monument boundary existed january activities allowed presidential proclamation establishing monument sec permits secretaries_of_agriculture interior reciprocal agreements foreign fire organizations individuals furnished agreements provide fire management services considered tort liability employees foreign country receiving services individuals engaged fire suppression prohibits secretaries making agreement foreign country assume responsibility acts omissions american firefighters firefighting foreign country sec allows secretaries awarding federal contract specified purposes funds available act consideration local contractors economically disadvantaged rural communities provide employment training dislocated displaced workers sec prohibits provided act funds appropriated act acquisition lands interests lands spent filing declarations taking complaints condemnation approval house senate_committees appropriations applying provision funds appropriated implement funds appropriated federal assistance state florida acquire lands everglades restoration sec provides specified epa transfer department_of_the_navy clean activities island naval station point annex california addition amounts provided epa act sec keeps effect fy2010 terms conditions section department_of_the_interior_and_related_agencies_appropriations_act renewal certain national_forest_system lands grazing permits expired transferred waived fy2004 fy2008 sec amends arts humanities act increase number members shall serve council constitute quorum sec amends item relating department_of_the_interior_and_related_agencies_appropriations_act increase annual authorized provide grants general operating support eligible arts organizations district_of_columbia maximum organization receive grant single year sec bars ihs october disbursing funds provision health care services pursuant indian self determination education assistance act alaska_native village alaska_native village corporation located area served alaska_native regional health entity treats entities funds disbursed sec amends department_of_the_interior_and_related_agencies_appropriations_act concerning pilot program sale forest botanical products forest_service extend authority secretary agriculture collect fees september persons harvest products national_forest_system lands sec regulates specified alaskan timber sales sec amends department_of_the_interior_and_related_agencies_appropriations_act extend authority secretaries_of_agriculture interior enter cooperative forestry agreements contracts watershed restoration protection services colorado september sec requires disposal monies received united_states fy2010 sales bonuses rentals royalties geothermal steam act provided act effect immediately enactment energy policy act regard amendments contained act sec prohibits funds act act promulgate implement regulation requiring issuance permits clean air act carbon dioxide nitrous oxide water vapor methane emissions resulting biological processes associated livestock production sec prohibits use funds act implement provision rule provision requires mandatory reporting greenhouse gas emissions manure management systems sec directs president days submission president fy2011 budget congress submit report house senate_appropriations_committees detailing federal agency obligations expenditures domestic international climate change programs activities fy2009 fy2010 including accounting expenditures identifying climate change activities associated costs sec prohibits distribution funds act association_of_community_organizations_for_reform acorn subsidiaries sec prohibits use funds prior act release individual detained naval station guantanamo_bay cuba detainee continental united_states alaska hawaii district_of_columbia territories guam american_samoa commonwealth_of_puerto_rico commonwealth_of_the_northern_mariana_islands cnmi prohibits funds prior act transfer detainee continental united_states alaska hawaii district_of_columbia territories prosecute detainee detain legal proceedings days president submits specified comprehensive plan congress proposed disposition detainee prohibits funds act transfer release detainee country individual nationality habitual residence country united_states federated_states micronesia republic_of_the_marshall_islands republic_of_palau president submits classified specified information congress days transfer release directs president submit congress classified report disposition legal status individual detained naval station prior termination detention operations sec authorizes director geological survey funds act conduct specified evaluation aquifers area disposal site humboldt_county nevada sec encourages epa administrator consider appropriate criteria relating relocation residents properties kansas subject risks related chat waste material formed course milling operations employed recover lead zinc metal bearing ore minerals prohibits purpose remedial action cercla includes permanent relocation residents relocation subject sec amends education reform act authorize secretary agriculture enter cooperative agreements certain private entities described act facilities technical expertise agricultural_research_service forest_service current law agricultural_research_service shall available operation pilot plants large scale preparation facilities bringing technologies necessary development commercialization new biobased products point practical application rent equipment entities sec amends increase number members governing board_of_directors directors sec prohibits use funds available act act increase recreation residence user fees sec prohibits funds appropriated available act executive agencies enter federal contract contract entered accordance provisions regulations relating civilian military contracts federal law specifically authorizes contract entered regard provisions regulations including formula grants states federally recognized indian tribes contract authorized indian self determination education assistance_act federal laws specifically authorize contract tribe contract awarded prior enactment act sec requires agencies receiving funds act post public websites report required submitted congress act shall serve national interest makes requirement non applicable report public posting report compromises national security report contains proprietary information sec requires purchases chat counted twice purchase price eligible counted meeting federally required disadvantaged business enterprise set aside federally funded projects order expedite cleanup federal indian land site makes requirement applicable purchase chat restricted indian owner indian tribe sec requires specific projects contained report accompanying act report considered congressional earmarks intended awarded profit entity awarded open competition sec prohibits funds available epa act epa administrator issue final rule includes fuel sulfur standards applicable existing operate exclusively great lakes connecting tributary waters sec authorizes epa administrator allow state mississippi refinance clean water state revolving loans period year sec allocates funding amounts appropriated act amounts specified projects purposes delineated table titled incorporation congressionally requested projects included joint explanatory statement managers accompanying act exception permitting approved house senate_appropriations_committees funding appropriated land acquisition construction capital improvement maintenance reallocated projects table funded appropriation account treasures grants reallocated use competitive grants treasures program title federal land assistance management enhancement_act sec establishes treasury separate departments interior agriculture available cover costs large complex wildfires reserve amounts wildfire suppression federal emergency response wildland_fire_management appropriation accounts exhausted authorizes appropriations flame funds expresses intent congress respect expenditure amounts appropriated flame funds expresses sense congress amounts appropriated flame_fund excess estimated necessary fiscal year wildfire suppression activities meet declaration criteria specified title designated necessary meet emergency needs secretaries interior agriculture secretaries promptly supplemental request additional funds flame funds exhausted days funding flame funds supplement funding appropriated wildfire suppression federal emergency response wildland_fire_management appropriation accounts instructs secretaries notify relevant congressional committees estimated days worth funding remains flame funds permits transfer amounts flame funds fund insufficient funds limits transferred flame_fund fiscal year authority requires amounts flame funds available secretaries transfer wildland_fire_management appropriations accounts pay costs wildfire suppression activities separate amounts annually appropriated activities accounts makes amounts flame_fund available secretary concerned secretary issues declaration wildland fire suppression event eligible funding fund permits declaration issued certain conditions met respect fire size severity costs suppression federal emergency response exceed days specified appropriated amounts including amounts appropriated emergency designation instructs secretaries request annually funds wildland_fire_management appropriation accounts regular wildfire suppression activities meet certain criteria specified order declaration issued bars secretaries transferring funds non fire accounts wildland_fire_management appropriation accounts amounts flame funds amounts appropriated wildfire suppression exhausted days requires secretaries account report amounts transferred respective flame funds manner consistent existing reporting procedures requires secretaries report annually relevant committees use amounts transferred flame funds recommendations improve administrative control oversight funds requires report available public requires secretaries submit estimates anticipated wildfire suppression costs order improve budgeting funding subjects methodology development estimates independent review ensure developed best available climate weather relevant data models analytic tools prescribes schedule submission estimates sec requires secretaries submit report congress contains cohesive wildfire management strategy consistent recommendations recent government_accountability_office gao reports management strategies sets forth required elements strategy including strategy provide identification cost effective means allocating fire management budget resources reinvestment secretaries non fire programs allocation hazardous fuels reduction funds based priority hazardous fuels reduction projects assessing impacts climate change frequency severity wildfire studying effects invasive species wildfire risk directs secretaries year period beginning date submission strategy revise address changes affecting including changes respecting landscape vegetation climate weather division continuing appropriations sec amends continuing_appropriations_resolution division extend december specified continuing appropriations fy2010 sec amends resolution continue december authority administrator federal_emergency_management_agency fema issue notes obligations carry flood insurance program extends program date sec amends internal revenue code extend december authority expenditures highway_trust_fund including mass transit account sport_fish_restoration boating_trust_fund dingell johnson sport fish restoration act transportation equity act 21st century sec amends resolution provide additional appropriations purpose guaranteed loans authorized section small_business_act rate operations million maintain current fha fannie_mae freddie_mac mortgage loan limits limit reverse mortgage insurance benefits loan maximum allow million funds provided omnibus appropriations act available october account available adjust allocations public housing agencies prevent termination assistance families


Summary: Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury (or delegate) to make entitlement payments out of the Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund (established by this Act), in periodic installments through FY2011, to local governments. Requires the use of such funds only for specified priority ordinary and necessary maintenance and operations and capital expenditures. Establishes in the Treasury the Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund. Makes appropriations to the Trust Fund through FY2011. Prescribes allocation formulas for distributing entitlement payments among states and their local governments.

local fiscal assistance act requires secretary treasury delegate entitlement payments established act periodic installments fy2011 local governments requires use funds specified priority ordinary necessary maintenance operations capital expenditures establishes treasury local government fiscal assistance trust fund makes appropriations trust_fund fy2011 prescribes allocation formulas distributing entitlement payments states local governments


Summary: Restore the Partnership Act of 2009 - Establishes a permanent, bipartisan National Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Requires the Commission to: (1) engage in activities and studies necessary to give continuing attention to intergovernmental issues in order to facilitate cooperation and coordination between all levels of government; (2) consider mechanisms for fostering better relations between the levels of government; (3) make available technical assistance to the federal executive and legislative branches in the review of proposed legislation to determine its overall effect on all levels of government; (4) recommend, within the framework of the Constitution, the most desirable allocation of government functions, responsibilities, and revenues among the levels of government; (5) recommend methods of coordinating and simplifying tax laws and administrative policies and practices to achieve a more orderly and less competitive fiscal relationship between the levels of government and to reduce the burden of compliance for taxpayers; and (6) submit an annual report to the President and Congress.

restore partnership act establishes permanent bipartisan requires commission engage activities studies necessary continuing attention intergovernmental issues order facilitate cooperation coordination levels government consider mechanisms fostering better relations levels government available technical assistance federal executive legislative branches review proposed legislation determine overall effect levels government recommend framework constitution desirable allocation government functions responsibilities revenues levels government recommend methods coordinating simplifying tax laws administrative policies practices achieve orderly competitive fiscal relationship levels government reduce burden compliance taxpayers submit annual report president congress


Summary: Locality Pay Equity Act - Prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as "Rest of the United States." Requires the Director of OPM to ensure that this Act shall not reduce any rate of basic pay for any individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee.

locality pay equity act prohibits defining local wage area prevailing rate employees pay locality respect pay locality designated rest united states requires director opm ensure act shall reduce rate basic pay individual serving prevailing rate employee


Summary: TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate to a private entity management authority over troubled assets with respect to any entity assisted under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Prohibits any expenditure of TARP funds until the Secretary transfers all voting, nonvoting, and common equity in any designated TARP recipient to a limited liability company, to be held and managed in trust on behalf of U.S. taxpayers. Requires the trustees to liquidate the trust and its assets by December 24, 2011, unless: (1) the trustees report to Congress that liquidation would not maximize profitability of the company and the return on investment to the taxpayer; and (2) Congress enacts into law a joint resolution approving continuation of the TARP management plan established under this Act.

amends emergency economic stabilization act eesa authorize secretary treasury delegate private entity management authority troubled assets respect entity assisted troubled_asset_relief_program tarp prohibits expenditure tarp funds secretary transfers voting nonvoting common equity designated tarp recipient limited liability company held managed trust behalf taxpayers requires trustees liquidate trust assets december trustees report congress liquidation maximize profitability company return investment taxpayer congress enacts law joint resolution approving continuation tarp management plan established act


Summary: Truth in Trials Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow any person on trial for a federal marijuana-related offense to introduce evidence that the alleged marijuana-related activities were performed in compliance with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana; (2) allow an affirmative defense to a marijuana prosecution that the alleged marijuana-related activities complied with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana; (3) limit the criminal liability of persons convicted of federal marijuana-related offenses; (4) require the preservation and return (if a defendant is acquitted) of property seized in connection with a marijuana prosecution; and (5) prohibit the seizure of plants grown or stored under a physician's recommendation or by order of a state or municipal agency in accordance with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana.

truth trials act amends federal criminal code allow person trial federal marijuana related offense introduce evidence alleged marijuana related activities performed compliance state law medical use marijuana allow affirmative defense marijuana prosecution alleged marijuana related activities complied state law medical use marijuana limit criminal liability persons convicted federal marijuana related offenses require preservation return defendant property seized connection marijuana prosecution prohibit seizure plants grown stored physician recommendation order state municipal agency accordance state law medical use marijuana


Summary: Secure Federal File Sharing Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance to: (1) prohibit the download, installation, or use by government employees and contractors of open-network peer-to-peer file sharing software on all federal computers, computer systems, and networks, unless approved in accordance with procedures under this Act; and (2) address the download, installation, or use by government employees and contractors of such software on home or personal computers as it relates to telework and remotely accessing federal computers, computer systems, and networks.Requires the Director to develop a procedure for receiving requests from heads or chief information officers of agencies for approval for use by government employees and contractors of specific open-network peer-to-peer file sharing software programs that are: (1) necessary for day-to-day business operations, for use in the course of a law enforcement investigation, or to perform official agency business; or (2) instrumental in completing a particular task or project that directly supports the agency's overall mission.Requires the Director to direct agencies to: (1) establish or update personal use policies to be consistent with the guidance issued under this Act; (2) require contracts to require contractor compliance with that guidance; (3) update their information technology security or ethics training policies to ensure that all employees are aware of the requirements of that guidance and the consequences of engaging in prohibited conduct; and (4) ensure that proper security controls are in place to prevent, detect, and remove file sharing software that is prohibited.Requires the Director to report annually to specified congressional committees, including: (1) a justification for each open-network peer-to-peer file sharing software program that is approved under this Act; and (2) an inventory of the agencies where such programs are being used.Requires the budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, to be determined by reference to the latest statement titled "Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation" for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

sharing act requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb issue guidance prohibit download installation use government employees contractors open network peer peer file sharing software federal computers computer systems networks approved accordance procedures act address download installation use government employees contractors software home personal computers relates telework remotely accessing federal computers computer systems networks requires director develop procedure receiving requests heads chief information officers agencies approval use government employees contractors specific open network peer peer file sharing software programs necessary day day business operations use course law enforcement investigation perform official agency business instrumental completing particular task project directly supports agency overall mission requires director direct agencies establish update personal use policies consistent guidance issued act require contracts require contractor compliance guidance update information technology security ethics training policies ensure employees aware requirements guidance consequences engaging prohibited conduct ensure proper security controls place prevent detect remove file sharing software prohibited requires director report annually specified congressional committees including justification open network peer peer file sharing software program approved act inventory agencies programs requires budgetary effects act purpose complying statutory pay act determined reference latest statement titled budgetary effects paygo legislation act submitted printing congressional_record chairman house_budget_committee provided statement submitted prior vote passage


Summary: Strengthening the Ownership of Private Property Act of 2009 or STOPP Act of 2009 - Prohibits federal financial assistance under defined federal economic development programs to a state or local government entity that: (1) uses the power of eminent domain to take property from a private entity and transfer ownership to another private entity; or (2) fails to provide, to any person displaced by the use of eminent domain for any economic development purpose, relocation assistance under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Excepts from the first clause property taken for: (1) use by a public utility; (2) a road open to the public or common carriers; (3) an aqueduct, pipeline, or similar use; (4) a prison or hospital; or (5) any use during and in relation to a national emergency or national disaster declared by the President. Provides a private right of action for the owner of any real property taken by conduct prohibited under this Act.

Civil rights and liberties, minority issues

strengthening act prohibits federal financial assistance defined federal economic development programs state local government entity uses power eminent domain property private entity transfer ownership private entity fails provide person displaced use eminent domain economic development purpose relocation assistance uniform relocation assistance real property acquisition policies act excepts clause property taken use public utility road open public common carriers aqueduct pipeline similar use prison hospital use relation national emergency national disaster declared president provides private right action owner real property taken conduct prohibited act


Summary: Separate Taxpayer Dollars from the Election Process Act of 2010 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to require a financial institution receiving federal funds in connection with assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to: (1) transfer an amount equal to the total unexpended amount of any such funds received before enactment of this Act into a separate, segregated account and maintain them in the segregated account until they are expended; and (2) deposit any such funds received after enactment of this Act in a separate, segregated account and maintain them in the segregated account until they are expended. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of federal funds for any expenditure or electioneering communication if such funds are required to be segregated under this Act.

separate taxpayer dollars election process act amends emergency economic stabilization act eesa require financial institution receiving federal funds connection assistance troubled_asset_relief_program tarp transfer equal total unexpended funds received enactment act separate segregated account maintain segregated account expended deposit funds received enactment act separate segregated account maintain segregated account expended amends federal_election_campaign_act prohibit use federal funds expenditure electioneering communication funds required segregated act


Summary: Local Jobs for America Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor, to provide for the allotment of funds to states, local government units, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities. Makes appropriations for this program. Prohibits the hiring of an individual for a position funded under this Act if: (1) it results in the layoff or partial displacement of an existing employee of a unit or organization, or (2) such individual will perform the same or substantially similar work that was performed by the previous employee of the unit or organization. Makes appropriations to: (1) the Department of Education for an Education Jobs Fund, (2) the Department of Justice for community oriented policing services, (3) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for firefighter assistance grants, and (4) the Department of Labor for ETA for on-the-job training and employment services.

local jobs america act directs secretary labor acting employment_and_training_administration department_of_labor provide allotment funds states local government units community based organizations save create local jobs retention restoration expansion services needed local communities makes appropriations program prohibits hiring individual position funded act results layoff partial displacement existing employee unit organization individual perform substantially similar work performed previous employee unit organization makes appropriations department_of_education education_jobs_fund department_of_justice community oriented policing services department_of_homeland_security dhs federal_emergency_management_agency fema firefighter assistance grants department_of_labor job training employment services


Summary: Adds the Tennessee counties of Giles, Hickman, Lincoln, Perry, and Wayne to the definition of "Appalachian region" for purposes of Appalachian regional development efforts.

adds tennessee counties hickman lincoln perry wayne definition appalachian region purposes appalachian regional development efforts


Summary: 10th Amendment Regulatory Reform Act - Authorizes a designated state official to file with the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is required to be open for public comment, a legal brief challenging the constitutionality of the rule under the Tenth Amendment. Directs the agency head: (1) to notify the designated official of each state within 15 days after such a brief is filed; (2) to post prominently on the agency's primary Web page a link to the brief; and (3) within 15 days after posting such link, to certify in writing that such rulemaking does not violate the Tenth Amendment and post the certification prominently on the front page of the agency's website, unless the agency determines it will not put the proposed rule into effect. Authorizes a state official who decides to challenge a federal rule on the grounds that it violates the Tenth Amendment to elect to file a legal action in U.S. district court for the district in which the official's place of business is located. Directs the relevant U.S. Court of Appeals, at the request of a designated state official, to grant expedited review of a decision by a district court in such a case.

10th amendment regulatory reform act authorizes designated state official file head federal agency proposing rule period proposed rule required open public comment legal brief challenging constitutionality rule tenth amendment directs agency head notify designated official state days brief filed post prominently agency primary web page link brief days posting link certify writing rulemaking violate tenth amendment post certification prominently page agency website agency determines proposed rule effect authorizes state official decides challenge federal rule grounds violates tenth amendment elect file legal action district court district official place business located directs relevant request designated state official grant expedited review decision district court case


Summary: Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) related to: (1) the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment for Tennessee and Hawaii; (2) an adjustment to the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for qualifying disaster-recovery states; (3) the establishment of a floor on the area wage index for a frontier state for purposes of a geographic adjustment to Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient services; (4) the eligibility for Medicare coverage of certain individuals exposed to environmental health hazards; and (5) the appropriation of funds for debt service on, or direct construction or renovation of, a health care facility that provides research, inpatient, tertiary care, or outpatient clinical service. Amends PPACA to eliminate revisions to the formula for determining the wage index applicable to Section 508 hospitals. ("Section 508" refers to Section 508 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which allows the temporary reclassification of a hospital with a low Medicare area wage index, for reimbursement purposes, to a nearby location with a higher Medicare area wage index, so that the "Section 508 hospital" will receive the higher Medicare reimbursement rate.)

repeals provisions patient_protection affordable care act ppaca related disproportionate share hospital dsh allotment tennessee hawaii adjustment federal medical assistance percentage fmap qualifying disaster recovery states establishment floor area wage index frontier state purposes geographic adjustment medicare payments hospitals inpatient services eligibility medicare coverage certain individuals exposed environmental health hazards appropriation funds debt service direct construction renovation health care facility provides research inpatient tertiary care outpatient clinical service amends ppaca eliminate revisions formula determining wage index applicable section hospitals section refers section medicare modernization act allows temporary reclassification hospital low medicare area wage index reimbursement purposes nearby location higher medicare area wage index section hospital receive higher medicare reimbursement rate


Summary: Utah Laboratory of Democracy Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretaries of Education, of Transportation, and of Health and Human Services to seek to enter into an agreement with the state of Utah under which the state will assume all responsibility for the administration within the state of federal programs in the areas of education, transportation, and Medicaid. Requires the transfer to Utah each calendar year, if such an agreement is entered into, of an amount equivalent to the portion of the estimated federal tax revenues to be paid that year by Utah citizens that would be returned to the state through federal education, transportation, and Medicaid programs in the absence of the agreement.

directs secretaries education transportation health_and_human_services seek enter agreement state utah state assume responsibility administration state federal programs areas education transportation medicaid requires transfer utah calendar year agreement entered equivalent portion estimated federal tax revenues paid year utah citizens returned state federal education transportation medicaid programs absence agreement


Summary: National Activity Based Total Accountability Act of 2010 - Requires each state government that receives federal financial assistance in a federal fiscal year to submit a state fiscal accounting report for such fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that includes: (1) a one-page summary listing the total funding and expenditures of each budget entity of the state government; and (2) a unit-cost summary for each such entity that includes a statement of funds available, a line-item listing for each agency activity that the entity began, attempted, continued, or completed, and a reconciliation of funds available with adjusted expenditures. Sets forth formulae for determining unit-cost and adjusted expenditures. Requires the Director to: (1) publish each report on an OMB website; (2) ensure that such state reports use a standardized form that permits the comparison of information; (3) establish a uniform system for classifying programs and activities; (4) identify conduct for each agency activity that constitutes a completed instance of such activity; and (5) identify performance measures for each agency activity. Requires the Director to inform each federal agency if a state fails to file such report and requires the agency to withhold 10% of any federal financial assistance provided to such state for the next fiscal year.

requires state government receives federal financial assistance federal fiscal year submit state fiscal accounting report fiscal year director office_of_management_and_budget omb includes page summary listing total funding expenditures budget entity state government unit cost summary entity includes statement funds available line item listing agency activity entity began attempted continued completed reconciliation funds available adjusted expenditures sets forth formulae determining unit cost adjusted expenditures requires director publish report omb website ensure state reports use standardized form permits comparison information establish uniform system classifying programs activities identify conduct agency activity constitutes completed instance activity identify performance measures agency activity requires director inform federal agency state fails file report requires agency withhold federal financial assistance provided state fiscal year


Summary: Private Property Rights Protection and Government Accountability Act - Makes any state or political subdivision thereof that carries out a public taking for any private purpose in or affecting interstate commerce ineligible for any federal economic development funds for ten fiscal years. Entitles any owner of private property subject to such a taking to injunctive and declaratory relief.

accountability act makes state political subdivision thereof carries public taking private purpose affecting interstate commerce ineligible federal economic development funds fiscal years entitles owner private property subject taking injunctive declaratory relief


Summary: Restoration of State Sovereignty Act of 2010 - Provides that no federal authority shall enforce against any state authority, nor shall any state authority have any obligation to obey, any requirement imposed as a condition of receiving federal financial assistance under a federal grant program, nor shall such program operate within a state, unless the legislature of that state has expressly approved that program and, in doing so, waived the state's rights and authorities to act inconsistently with any requirement that might be imposed by the federal government as a condition of receiving that assistance. Authorizes a federal authority to release financial assistance under a federal grant program to a state only after the state's legislature has expressly approved the program or amended the requirements imposed by the federal government as conditions of receiving such assistance, provided such amendments are consistent with the federal law under which the assistance is provided. Excepts any grant program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or Title 38 of the United States Code. Requires a federal authority, upon determining that assistance under a federal grant program may not be released to a state for a fiscal year, to: (1) prepare a statement of the determination and the amount of excess grant funds involved; (2) provide the statement to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); and (3) include the statement on the official public website of the federal agency involved. Requires that such amount be rescinded from funds made available for the grant program and used only for reducing the deficit. Requires the Director to report on the total amount of such rescissions made each fiscal year, delineated by appropriation Acts, accounts, and programs, projects, and activities.

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Summary: Stopping the Excessive Growth of the Federal Government Act - Imposes the following restrictions until the close of a Congress during which a bill or joint resolution that increases federal taxes is enacted: (1) no new appropriations may be made to a government agency; (2) no new positions may be created within a government agency; and (3) a government agency must abide by a five-to-three ratio of involuntary separations to appointments. Makes such restrictions inapplicable: (1) to positions within a small government agency (i.e., an agency that employs an average of not more than 500 employees) or the Departments of Defense (DOD), Homeland Security (DHS), or Veterans Affairs (VA); or (2) during a period of national emergency declared by the President.

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Summary: Medical-Legal Partnership for Health Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a nationwide demonstration project to: (1) award matching grants or enter into contracts with medical-legal partnerships to assist patients and their families in navigating health-related programs and activities; and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of such partnerships. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees to support the establishment and sustainability of medical-legal partnerships. Requires amounts received under this Act to be used to achieve one or more of the following goals: (1) enhancing access to health care services; (2) improving health outcomes for low-income individuals; (3) reducing health disparities among health disparities populations; (4) enhancing wellness and prevention of chronic conditions and other health problems; (5) reducing cost of care to the health care system; (6) addressing the social determinants of health; and (7) addressing situational factors that contribute to poor health, such as poor housing. Prohibits funds under this Act from being used: (1) for any medical malpractice action or proceeding; (2) to provide any state or local public benefit to an alien who is not a qualified alien or a nonimmigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act or an alien who is paroled into the United States under such Act for less than one year; or (3) to provide legal assistance with respect to any proceeding or litigation which seeks to procure an abortion or to compel any individual or institution to perform or assist in the performance of an abortion. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the results of such project.

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Summary: Withdraws the consent of Congress to the Delaware River Port Authority interstate compact entered into between the state of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prescribes conditions for waiver of such withdrawal. Directs the Authority to establish: (1) an Office of the Inspector General of the Delaware River Port Authority; and (2) the Delaware River Port Authority Citizens Advisory Board.

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Summary: SMART Research and Development Compact - Grants the consent of the Congress to the SMART (Strengthening the Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow) Research and Development Compact if such compact is entered into by at least two of the following states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

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Summary: Bed Bug Prevention and Mitigation Pilot Program Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a grant to the state of Ohio to support a pilot program under which its political subdivisions and housing authorities use grant funds to supplement ongoing bed bug prevention and mitigation activities. Conditions receipt of such grant on the state directing the Ohio Department of Agriculture, working in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Health, to distribute the funds to such subdivisions and authorities that are addressing persistent bed bug infestations and whose residents lack the financial resources to adequately mitigate them. Permits the use of grant funds to: (1) retain commercial applicators of pesticides to perform bed bug prevention and mitigation activities; (2) purchase and distribute mattress covers; (3) dispose of and replace infested material; (4) conduct monitoring activities; and (5) treat used mattresses and furniture using methods proven to control all life stages of bed bugs. Directs the Administrator: (1) after the end of FY2012, to collect data on the number of grant fund recipients and the funds awarded to each, the criteria used to award funds, the success achieved, and documented results of intervention efforts on infestation rates; and (2) to report to Congress by September 30, 2013.

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Summary: TARP Assistance for Local Governments Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to use $10 billion of funds made available for the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) to assist public instrumentalities, such as counties and cities, that have suffered significant increased costs or losses due to investments with failed financial institutions. Restricts such assistance to public instrumentalities that have suffered due to investments that were highly rated in any failed financial institution, whether or not the financial institution is assisted under such Act.

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Summary: Authorizes the International Boundary and Water Commission to reimburse state and local governments for expenses incurred in designing, constructing, and rehabilitating its Lower Rio Grande Valley Flood Control Project.

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