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H.R. 5326 (112th): Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
- Introduced:
- May 02, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA10]
- Status:
- Died (Passed House)
The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.
- Full Title
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.
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Last updated May 14, 2012.
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5/10/2012. Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.
Title
I
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Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2013 for:
(1) the International Trade Administration;
(2) the Bureau of Industry and Security;
(3) the Economic Development Administration;
(4) the Minority Business Development Agency;
(5) economic and statistical analysis programs;
(6) the Bureau of the Census;
(7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration;
(8) the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO);
(9) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST);
(10) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and
(11) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General.
Section
105
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Adopts by reference provisions of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 that:
(1) set forth determinations that must be made by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in order for NOAA to enter a contract for development of a major program (an activity approved to proceed to implementation that has an estimated life cycle cost of more than $250 million), and
(2) require the Under Secretary to annually submit a Major Program Annual Report that includes such required information for the satellite development program for which NOAA proposes to expend funds in the subsequent year.
Section
109
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Directs the Department of Commerce to provide a monthly report to the Appropriations Committees on any official travel to China by any employee of the Department.
Title
II
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Department of Justice
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for FY2013 for:
(1) general administration, including for the Office of Inspector General;
(2) the United States Parole Commission;
(3) legal activities, including for reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, the Offices of the United States Attorneys, the United States Trustee Program, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the Community Relations Service, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund;
(4) the United States Marshals Service;
(5) the National Security Division;
(6) interagency crime and drug enforcement;
(7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI);
(8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA);
(9) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF);
(10) the federal prison system, including for Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated;
(11) the Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs, including for establishment of a national clearinghouse to provide training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women;
(12) Office of Justice programs, including the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, a veterans treatment courts program, the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program, the National Criminal History Improvement Program, and a program to monitor prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical products; and
(13) Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS program).
Section
202
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Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
Section
217
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Prohibits the use of funds by a federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual known or suspected to be an agent of a drug cartel, unless U.S. law enforcement personnel continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.
Section
219
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Prohibits the use of funds to require a person licensed to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms or importing or manufacturing ammunition to report information to DOJ regarding the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person.
Title
III
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Science
Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for the Office of the National Science Board.
Title
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Related Agencies
Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights, (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), (3) the International Trade Commission, (4) the Legal Services Corporation, (5) the Marine Mammal Commission, (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), and (7) the State Justice Institute.
Title
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General Provisions
Section
501
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Sets forth requirements, restrictions, and limitations on the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
Section
506
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Makes any person who mislabels a product sold in or shipped to the United States as "Made in America" ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract funded by this Act.
Section
509
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Prohibits the use of funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the removal by any foreign country of restrictions on marketing of such products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco products of the same type.
Section
517
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Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the U.S. government, or (2) authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of specified statutes authorizing the FBI to issue national security letters.
Section
526
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Rescinds specified amounts of unobligated balances available to DOJ for specified accounts.
Section
529
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Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) transfer or release to or within the United States Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense (DOD); or (2) construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to detain or imprison such a detainee.
Section
531
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Prohibits the distribution of funds to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries.
Section
534
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Prohibits the use of funds for NASA or OSTP to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order or contract to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally with China or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after this Act's enactment.
Specifies that such limitations shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP has certified:
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology, data, or other information with national security or economic security implications to China or a Chinese-owned company; and
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials who have been determined by the United States to have direct involvement with violations of human rights.
Section
535
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Directs the head of any department, agency, board, or commission funded by this Act to submit quarterly reports regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to each conference held by it during FY2013 for which the cost to the government exceeded $20,000.
Section
536
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Prohibits the use of funds to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if:
(1) all other legal requirements with respect to the proposed importation are met; and
(2) no application for the importation of such model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
Section
542
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Prohibits the use of funds by the Attorney General to originate or join in any lawsuit that seeks to overturn, enjoin, or invalidate specified immigration laws in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah.
Section
547
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Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to defend against any action challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or specified provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or (2) to litigate against any of the states on behalf of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) pertaining to secret ballot union elections.
Section
549
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Prohibits the use of funds by DOJ: (1) to be a party to a single or multi-state court settlement where funds are removed from any residential mortgage-backed securitization trust, or (2) to bring any action against a state for implementation of a state law requiring voter identification.
Section
551
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Prohibits the use of funds:
(1) to conduct the American Community Survey,
(2) to enforce provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 prohibiting federal agency procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for any mobility-related use, other than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with such fuel must be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel, or
(3) to implement the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order 13547.
Section
557
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Reduces amounts available under specified headings under this Act and increases the amounts available to DOJ for emergency federal law enforcement assistance and to the Department of Commerce for NIST industrial technology services.
Section
561
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Prohibits the use of funds: (1) in contravention of the Defense of Marriage Act, or (2) to carry out the activities of the Climate Change education program or the functions of the Political Science Program in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of NSF.
House Republican Conference Summary
The summary below was written by the House Republican Conference, which is the caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives.
This summary can be found at http://www.gop.gov/bill/112/2/hr5326.
Summary
H.R. 5326 would provide $51.131 billion in discretionary appropriations for agencies and programs funding through the Commerce/Justice/Science appropriations bill for FY 2013. Funding provided under the legislation would be $1.61 billion or 3 percent below the amount of funding provided for FY 2012. The amount of funding provided is $731 million or 1.4 percent below the amount requested by the president for FY 2013.
The Commerce/Justice/Science appropriations bill provides funding for the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, and Federal science agencies, such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and related agencies. Appropriations for Justice programs in the bill provides money for the Federal Bureau of Investigate as well as the Federal Prison System and the U.S. Marshals Service.
Title I—Department of Commerce
H.R. 5326 would provide $7.7 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Department of Commerce in FY 2013. Funding for the Department of Commerce represents an increase of $96 million or 1.3 percent above last year’s level and a reduction of $280 million or 3.5 percent below the president’s request.
Census Bureau: The bill would provide $878.6 million for the Census Bureau, a reduction of $9.6 million form FY 2012 and $91.7 million below the president’s request.
EDA: The bill would provide $219 million for the Economic Development Administration (EDA), a reduction of $238 million from FY 2012 and $219,000 below the president’s request. FY 2011 funding for the EDA includes $200 million for disaster assistance in response to natural disaster declarations during fiscal year 2011. The EDA operates a number of taxpayer funded economic development programs.
NOAA: The bill would provide $4.96 billion for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an increase of $68 million over FY 2012 and a reduction of $93 million from the president’s request.
ITA: The bill would provide $458 million for the International Trade Administration (ITA), which is $2.7 million above FY 2012 and $58 million below the president’s request.
NIST: The bill would provide $830 million for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an increase of $79 above FY 2012 and a reduction of $26.8 million from the president’s request.
Title II—Department of Justice
H.R. 5326 would provide $27.41 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Department of Justice (DOJ) in FY 2013. Funding for the DOJ represents an increase of $11 million above last year’s level and $44 million below the president’s request.
FBI: The bill would provide $8.26 billion for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), an increase of $148 million above FY 2012 and $34 million above the president’s request. The bill includes increases for national security programs, investigations of cyber-attacks and violent crime and gang reduction programs.
Prisons: The bill would provide $6.9 billion for the Federal Prison System, an increase of $268 million above FY 2012 and a reduction of $9 million from the president’s request.
Local Assistance: The bill would provide $1.84 billion for state and local law enforcement assistance grants, a reduction of $377 million below FY 2012 and $51 million above the president’s request.
DEA: The bill would provide $2.04 billion for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), an increase of $9 million over FY 2012 and a reduction of $7 million below the president’s request. The bill includes an increase of $31 million for regulatory and enforcement efforts to combat prescription drug abuse, and $12.5 million (by transfer) to assist states and communities with hazardous material clean-up at meth lab sites.
U.S. Marshals: The bill would provide $2.8 billion for the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), which is an increase of $1.65 billion over FY 2012 and a reduction of $35 million below the president’s request.
BATF: The bill would provide $1.15 billion for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, an increase of $1.3 million above FY 2012 and the same amount as the president’s request.
Title III—Science
H.R. 5326 would provide $24.9 billion in discretionary budget authority for the for science programs in FY 2013. Funding for science programs would represent an increase of $74 million above FY 2012 and $178 million below the president’s request.
NASA: The bill would provide $17.57 billion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a reduction of $226 million below FY 2012 and $137 million below the president’s request. Funding for NASA includes $3.7 billion for Exploration, $59 million below fiscal year 2012. This includes funding to keep NASA on schedule for upcoming Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch System flight milestones and to maintain progress in a reconfigured commercial crew program. The bill includes $4 billion for Space Operations, which is $249 million below fiscal year 2012. The legislation will continue the closeout of the Space Shuttle program for a savings of $503 million. The bill would provide $5.1 billion for NASA Science programs, $5 million above fiscal year 2012. This includes $1.4 billion for planetary science to ensure the continuation of critical research and development programs that were imperiled by the President’s request. This also includes $628 million, as requested, for the James Webb Space Telescope.
National Science Foundation:The bill would provide $7.3 billion in funding for the National Science Foundation, an increase of $299 million above FY 2012 and a reduction of $40 million below the president’s request.
Title IV—Related Agencies
Commerce/Justice/Science appropriations bill for FY 2013 includes $846 million in spending for a number of related agencies, which is a reduction of $10 million or 1 percent below FY 2012 and $82 million or 9 percent below the president’s request.
Commission on Civil Rights: The bill would provide $9.1 million for the Commission on Civil Rights, which is responsible for investigating charges of citizens being deprived of voting and other civil rights. The funding level is the same as FY 2012 and $207,000 below the president’s request.
EEOC: The bill would provide $366 million for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the government agency with jurisdiction over employment discrimination issues. The funding is a $6 million reduction from FY 2012 and $7 million below the president’s request.
Legal Services: The bill would provide $328 million for the Federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC), a reduction of $20 million below FY 2012 and $74 million below the president’s request. The program gives taxpayer funds to provide free civil legal aid for low-income individuals. The program distributes the vast majority of its funding to nonprofit legal aid entities.
FY 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (Discretionary Appropriations in Thousands of Dollars) | |||||||
Program | FY 2012 | President Request | H.R. 5326 | Change from FY 2012 | Change from Request | % Change from FY 2012 | % Change from Request |
Title I - Department of Commerce | |||||||
International Trade Administration | 455,561 | 517,000 | 458,298 | 2,737 | -58,702 | 0.60% | -11.4% |
Bureau of Industry and Security | 101,000 | 102,328 | 101,000 | 0 | -1,328 | 0.00% | -1.3% |
Economic Development Administration | 457,500 | 219,719 | 219,500 | -238,000 | -219 | -52.02% | -0.1% |
Minority Business Development Agency | 30,339 | 28,689 | 28,689 | -1,650 | 0 | -5.44% | 0.0% |
Census Bureau | 888,336 | 970,425 | 878,693 | -9,643 | -91,732 | -1.09% | -9.5% |
National Telecommunications and Information Administration | 45,568 | 46,925 | 45,568 | 0 | -1,357 | 0.00% | -2.9% |
National Institute of Standards and Technology | 750,824 | 857,000 | 830,173 | 79,349 | -26,827 | 10.57% | -3.1% |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 4,893,675 | 5,054,546 | 4,961,669 | 67,994 | -92,877 | 1.39% | -1.8% |
Commerce Departmental Management | 88,946 | 86,793 | 83,753 | -5,193 | -3,040 | -5.84% | -3.5% |
Title I - Total Discretionary Appropriations | 7,607,749 | 7,983,694 | 7,703,343 | 95,594 | -280,351 | 1.26% | -3.5% |
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DOJ General Administration | 262,129 | 161,093 | 143,748 | -118,381 | -17,345 | -45.16% | -10.8% |
Administrative Review and Appeals | 301,000 | 309,438 | 309,438 | 8,438 | 0 | 2.80% | 0.0% |
Detention Trustee | 1,580,595 | - | - | -1,580,595 | 0 | -100.00% | |
DOJ Office of Inspector General | 84,199 | 85,985 | 84,199 | 0 | -1,786 | 0.00% | -2.1% |
US Parole Commission Salaries and Expenses | 12,833 | 12,772 | 12,772 | -61 | 0 | -0.48% | 0.0% |
General Legal Activities | 863,367 | 903,603 | 863,367 | 0 | -40,236 | 0.00% | -4.5% |
Antitrust Division Salaries and Expenses | 51,587 | 49,753 | 44,587 | -7,000 | -5,166 | -13.57% | -10.4% |
US Attorneys Salaries and Expenses | 1,960,000 | 1,974,378 | 1,965,000 | 5,000 | -9,378 | 0.26% | -0.5% |
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission | 2,000 | 2,139 | 2,000 | 0 | -139 | 0.00% | -6.5% |
Fees and Expenses of Witnesses | 270,000 | 270,000 | 270,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
Community Relations Service | 11,456 | 12,036 | 11,456 | 0 | -580 | 0.00% | -4.8% |
US Marshals Service | 1,189,000 | 2,881,723 | 2,845,871 | 1,656,871 | -35,852 | 139.35% | -1.2% |
National Security Division | 87,000 | 90,039 | 90,039 | 3,039 | 0 | 3.49% | 0.0% |
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement | 527,512 | 524,793 | 521,793 | -5,719 | -3,000 | -1.08% | -0.6% |
Federal Bureau of Investigation | 8,117,973 | 8,232,003 | 8,265,989 | 148,016 | 33,986 | 1.82% | 0.4% |
Drug Enforcement Administration | 2,035,000 | 2,050,904 | 2,043,904 | 8,904 | -7,000 | 0.44% | -0.3% |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | 1,152,000 | 1,153,345 | 1,153,345 | 1,345 | 0 | 0.12% | 0.0% |
Federal Prison System | 6,643,981 | 6,922,106 | 6,912,917 | 268,936 | -9,189 | 4.05% | -0.1% |
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance | 2,227,300 | 1,798,387 | 1,849,800 | -377,500 | 51,413 | -16.95% | 2.9% |
Title II - Total Discretionary Spending | 27,407,713 | 27,463,278 | 27,419,006 | 11,293 | -44,272 | 0.04% | -0.2% |
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Title III - Science | |||||||
Office of Science and Technology Policy | 4500 | 5850 | 5850 | 1,350 | 0 | 30.00% | 0.0% |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | 17,800,000 | 17,711,400 | 17,573,800 | -226,200 | -137,600 | -1.27% | -0.8% |
National Science Foundation | 7,033,095 | 7,373,100 | 7,332,513 | 299,418 | -40,587 | 4.26% | -0.6% |
Title III - Total Discretionary Appropriations | 24,837,595 | 25,090,350 | 24,912,163 | 74,568 | -178,187 | 0.30% | -0.7% |
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Title IV - Related Agencies | |||||||
Commission on Civil Rights | 9,193 | 9,400 | 9,193 | 0 | -207 | 0.00% | -2.2% |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | 360,000 | 373,711 | 366,568 | 6,568 | -7,143 | 1.82% | -1.9% |
International Trade Commission | 80,000 | 82,800 | 83,000 | 3,000 | 200 | 3.75% | 0.2% |
Legal Services Corporation | 348,000 | 402,000 | 328,000 | -20,000 | -74,000 | -5.75% | -18.4% |
Marine Mammal Commission | 3,025 | 3,081 | 3,025 | 0 | -56 | 0.00% | -1.8% |
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative | 51,251 | 53,041 | 51,251 | 0 | -1,790 | 0.00% | -3.4% |
State Justice Institute | 5,121 | 5,121 | 5,121 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
Title IV -Total Discretionary Spending | 856,590 | 929,154 | 846,158 | -10,432 | -82,996 | -1.22% | -8.9% |
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Total | 52,744,000 | 51,862,000 | 51,131,000 | -1,613,000 | -731,000 | -3.06% | -1.4% |
Cost
According to CBO, H.R. 5326 would provide $51.131 billion in discretionary budget authority for programs funded through the Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations bill in FY 2013.
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Slip Laws
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- Public Law 86-209:
H.R. 6288 (86th): An Act to establish a National Medal of Science to provide recognition for individuals who make outstanding contributions in the physical, biological, mathematical, and engineering sciences - Public Law 95-372:
S. 9 (95th): Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments - Public Law 98-473:
H.J.Res. 648 (98th): Act for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Hostage-Taking - Public Law 101-647:
S. 3266 (101st): Crime Control Act of 1990 - Public Law 102-395:
H.R. 5678 (102nd): Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Public Law 103-322:
H.R. 3355 (103rd): Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 - Public Law 104-134:
H.R. 3019 (104th): Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 - Public Law 104-199:
H.R. 3396 (104th): Defense of Marriage Act - Public Law 105-119:
H.R. 2267 (105th): Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 - Public Law 106-386:
H.R. 3244 (106th): Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 - Public Law 107-296:
H.R. 5005 (107th): Homeland Security Act of 2002 - Public Law 108-21
- Public Law 108-79
- Public Law 108-405
- Public Law 109-162
- Public Law 109-164
- Public Law 109-248
- Public Law 110-140
- Public Law 110-180:
H.R. 2640 (110th): NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 - Public Law 110-199
- Public Law 110-233:
H.R. 493 (110th): Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 - Public Law 110-325
- Public Law 110-401
- Public Law 110-403:
S. 3325 (110th): Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 - Public Law 110-416:
S. 2304 (110th): Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 - Public Law 111-2:
S. 181 (111th): Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Public Law 111-11:
H.R. 146 (111th): Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Public Law 111-148:
H.R. 3590 (111th): Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Public Law 111-152:
H.R. 4872 (111th): Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - Public Law 112-29:
H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act - Public Law 112-55:
H.R. 2112 (112th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
United States Code
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- Title 5: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
- Part I: THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
- Chapter 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- Subchapter II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- Section 552: Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings
- Part III: EMPLOYEES
- Subpart B: Employment and Retention
- Chapter 31: AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYMENT
- Subchapter I: EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITIES
- Section 3109: Employment of experts and consultants; temporary or intermittent
- Subpart D: Pay and Allowances
- Chapter 53: PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS
- Subchapter I: PAY COMPARABILITY SYSTEM
- Section 5304: Locality-based comparability payments
- Chapter 59: ALLOWANCES
- Subchapter I: UNIFORMS
- Section 5901: Uniform allowances
- Section 5902: Increase in maximum uniform allowance
- Subpart G: Insurance and Annuities
- Chapter 83: RETIREMENT
- Subchapter III: CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT
- Section 8334: Deductions, contributions, and deposits
- Title 8: ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
- Chapter 12: IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
- Subchapter II: IMMIGRATION
- Part IV: Inspection, Apprehension, Examination, Exclusion, and Removal
- Section 1231: Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed
- Part IX: Miscellaneous
- Section 1373: Communication between government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
- Subchapter IV: REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
- Section 1522: Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees
- Title 13: CENSUS
- Chapter 5: CENSUSES
- Subchapter II: POPULATION, HOUSING, AND UNEMPLOYMENT
- Section 141: Population and other census information
- Chapter 7: OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
- Subchapter II: OTHER PERSONS
- Section 221: Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers
- Title 15: COMMERCE AND TRADE
- Chapter 1: MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
- Section 18a: Premerger notification and waiting period
- Chapter 40: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
- Section 1514: Basic authority for performance of certain functions and activities of Department
- Chapter 63: TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
- Section 3721: Federal loan guarantees for innovative technologies in manufacturing
- Section 3722: Regional innovation program
- Title 16: CONSERVATION
- Chapter 31: MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION
- Subchapter I: GENERALLY
- Section 1361: Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Chapter 38: FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
- Subchapter IV: NATIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
- Section 1853a: Limited access privilege programs
- Section 1861: Enforcement
- Title 18: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- Part I: CRIMES
- Chapter 44: FIREARMS
- Section 922: Unlawful acts
- Section 923: Licensing
- Section 924: Penalties
- Section 925: Exceptions: Relief from disabilities
- Chapter 47: FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
- Section 1001: Statements or entries generally
- Part III: PRISONS AND PRISONERS
- Chapter 301: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 4013: Support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions
- Title 22: FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
- Chapter 9: FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY
- Subchapter I: WAR MATERIALS
- Section 401: Illegal exportation of war materials
- Chapter 33: MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM
- Section 2455: Appropriations
- Section 2458: Authority of President
- Chapter 39: ARMS EXPORT CONTROL
- Subchapter III: MILITARY EXPORT CONTROLS
- Section 2778: Control of arms exports and imports
- Title 28: JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- Part II: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- Chapter 31: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 524: Availability of appropriations
- Section 530C: Authority to use available funds
- Chapter 35: UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
- Section 545: Residence
- Chapter 39: UNITED STATES TRUSTEES
- Section 589a: United States Trustee System Fund
- Chapter 40A: BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES
- Section 599B: Personnel Management demonstration 1 project 1
- Part VI: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
- Chapter 171: TORT CLAIMS PROCEDURE
- Section 2672: Administrative adjustment of claims
- Title 31: MONEY AND FINANCE
- Subtitle II: THE BUDGET PROCESS
- Chapter 11: THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION
- Section 1105: Budget contents and submission to Congress
- Chapter 13: APPROPRIATIONS
- Subchapter I: GENERAL
- Section 1304: Judgments, awards, and compromise settlements
- Subchapter III: LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES
- Section 1343: Buying and leasing passenger motor vehicles and aircraft
- Section 1344: Passenger carrier use
- Chapter 15: APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING
- Subchapter III: TRANSFERS AND REIMBURSEMENTS
- Section 1535: Agency agreements
- Subtitle III: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 33: DEPOSITING, KEEPING, AND PAYING MONEY
- Subchapter I: DEPOSITS AND DEPOSITARIES
- Section 3302: Custodians of money
- Subchapter II: PAYMENTS
- Section 3324: Advances
- Subtitle VI: MISCELLANEOUS
- Chapter 91: GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS
- Section 9104: Congressional action on budgets of wholly owned Government corporations
- Title 35: PATENTS
- Part I: UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
- Chapter 4: PATENT FEES; FUNDING; SEARCH SYSTEMS
- Section 42: Patent and Trademark Office funding
- Title 42: THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
- Chapter 16: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
- Section 1861: Establishment; composition
- Section 1863: National Science Board
- Section 1880: National Medal of Science
- Chapter 20: ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
- Subchapter I-A: ENFORCEMENT OF VOTING RIGHTS
- Section 1973f: Use of observers
- Chapter 20A: CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Section 1975a: Duties of Commission
- Chapter 34: ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
- Subchapter X: LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
- Section 2996: Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- Chapter 46: JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
- Subchapter I: OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
- Section 3711: Establishment of Office of Justice Programs
- Subchapter XII-E: PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING; “COPS ON THE BEAT”
- Section 3796dd: Authority to make public safety and community policing grants
- Section 3796dd-3: Limitation on use of funds
- Subchapter XVII: OFFENDER REENTRY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY
- Section 3797w: Adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry demonstration projects
- Section 3797w-2: State, tribal, and local reentry courts
- Chapter 72: JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
- Subchapter I: GENERALLY
- Section 5601: Findings
- Subchapter IV: MISSING CHILDREN
- Section 5771: Findings
- Chapter 79: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, ORGANIZATION AND PRIORITIES
- Subchapter I: NATIONAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND PRIORITIES
- Section 6601: Congressional findings; priority goals
- Chapter 111: EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
- Section 10513: Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 112: VICTIM COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE
- Section 10601: Crime Victims Fund
- Chapter 113: STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
- Section 10701: Definitions
- Chapter 136: VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Subchapter I: PRISONS
- Part A: Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants
- Section 13709: Payments for incarceration on tribal lands
- Chapter 147: PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION
- Section 15605: Grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities
- Chapter 152: ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY
- Subchapter IV: ENERGY SAVINGS IN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- Part B: Energy Efficiency in Federal Agencies
- Section 17142: Procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels
- Chapter 159: SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE
- Subchapter X: RE-SCOPING AND REVITALIZING INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES
- Section 18431: Workforce stabilization and critical skills preservation
- Title 44: PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
- Chapter 37: ADVERTISEMENTS BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
- Section 3702: Advertisements not to be published without written authority
- Section 3703: Rate of payment for advertisements, notices, and proposals
- Title 49: TRANSPORTATION
- Subtitle VII: AVIATION PROGRAMS
- Part A: AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
- Subpart i: general
- Chapter 401: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 40118: Government-financed air transportation
- Title 50: WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
- Chapter 15: NATIONAL SECURITY
- Subchapter III: ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
- Section 414: Funding of intelligence activities
- Title 51: NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS
- Subtitle II: General Program and Policy Provisions
- Chapter 201: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM
- Subchapter III: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- Section 20145: Lease of non-excess property
- Subtitle III: Administrative Provisions
- Chapter 301: APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGETS, AND ACCOUNTING
- Section 30102: Working capital fund
- Section 30104: Baselines and cost controls
- Other Citations
- 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902
- 10 U.S.C. 55
- 15 U.S.C. 278c-278e
Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the compilation of all laws enacted by Congress.
- 40 Stat. 223