S.Amdt. 4674Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)

In the nature of a substitute.

Submitted September 29, 2010

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 4674 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4674 proposed by Senator Inouye.(consideration: CR S7705-7706)

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Amendment SA 4674 proposed by Senator Inouye. (consideration: CR S7705-7706) In the nature of a substitute.

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Amendment SA 4674 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

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SA 4674. Mr. INOUYE proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 3081,
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other
purposes; as follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of
applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds,
for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and
other organizational units of Government for fiscal year
2011, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101.  Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2010 and under the authority and conditions
provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities
(including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees)
that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act,
that were conducted in fiscal year 2010, and for which
appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available
in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
(Public Law 111-80).
(2) Division A of the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2010 (division A of Public Law 111-118).
(3) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-85).
(4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2010 (Public Law 111-83) and section 601 of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212).
(5) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (division A of
Public Law 111-88).
(6) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010
(division A of Public Law 111-68).
(7) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law
111-117).
(8) Chapter 3 of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212), except for appropriations
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' relating to
Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, or the
Port of Guam: Provided, That the amount provided for the
Department of Defense pursuant to this paragraph shall not
exceed a rate for operations of $29,387,401,000: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall allocate such
amount to each appropriation account, budget activity,
activity group, and subactivity group, and to each program,
project, and activity within each appropriation account, in
the same proportions as such appropriations for fiscal year
2010.

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(9) Section 102(c) of chapter 1 of title I of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212)
that addresses guaranteed loans in the rural housing
insurance fund.
(10) The appropriation under the heading ``Department of
Commerce--United States Patent and Trademark Office'' in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-224).
Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department
of Defense shall be used for (1) the new production of items
not funded for production in fiscal year 2010 or prior years;
(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained
with fiscal year 2010 funds; or (3) the initiation,
resumption, or continuation of any project, activity,
operation, or organization (defined as any project,
subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and
subprogram within a program element, and for any investment
items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget activity within
an appropriation account and an R-1 line item that includes a
program element and subprogram element within an
appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2010.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing
advance procurement funding for economic order quantity
procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
Sec. 103.  Appropriations made by section 101 shall be
available to the extent and in the manner that would be
provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
Sec. 104.  Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted
pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume
any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 105.  Appropriations made and authority granted
pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or
expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the
period for which funds or authority for such project or
activity are available under this Act.
Sec. 106.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in
the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011,
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of
the following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an
appropriation for any project or activity provided for in
this Act; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 without any provision
for such project or activity; or (3) December 3, 2010.
Sec. 107.  Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or
authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable
appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted
into law.
Sec. 108.  Appropriations made and funds made available by
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of
apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United
States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to
waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment
of funds.
Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise
have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution
of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2011
because of distributions of funding to States, foreign
countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of
operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no
grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act
that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
Sec. 110.  This Act shall be implemented so that only the
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act
shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
projects and activities.
Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2010, and for activities under the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the
rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the
authority and conditions provided in the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory
payments due on or about the first day of any month that
begins after October 2010 but not later than 30 days after
the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made,
and funds shall be available for such payments.
Sec. 112.  Amounts made available under section 101 for
civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each
department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such
department or agency, consistent with the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until
after the department or agency has taken all necessary
actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related
administrative expenses.
Sec. 113.  Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)).
Sec. 114.  The following amounts are designated as an
emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs
pursuant to sections 403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13
(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2010:
(1) Amounts incorporated by reference in this Act that were
previously designated as available for overseas deployments
and other activities pursuant to such concurrent resolution.
(2) Amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (8) of
section 101 of this Act.
Sec. 115.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
funds appropriated under the heading ``Food for Peace Title
II Grants'' in chapter 1 of title I of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212) may be used to
reimburse obligations incurred for the purposes provided
therein prior to the enactment of such Act.
Sec. 116.  The authority provided by section 18(h)(5) of
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1769(h)(5)) shall continue in effect through the earlier of
the date of enactment of an authorization Act related to the
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
Sec. 117.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``Department of Commerce--Bureau of the Census--
Periodic Censuses and Programs'', for necessary expenses to
collect and publish statistics for periodic censuses and
programs provided for by law, at a rate for operations of
$964,315,000.
Sec. 118.  The authority provided by section 1202 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
(Public Law 109-163), as most recently amended by section
1222 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2518), shall continue
in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of
this Act.
Sec. 119.  Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 310 of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32;
123 Stat. 1870), a claim described in that subsection that is
submitted before the date specified in section 106(3) of this
Act shall be treated as a claim for which payment may be made
under such section 310.
Sec. 120. (a) Rescission.--The unobligated balance of
authority provided for investigations under the heading
``Department of Defense--Civil, Department of the Army, Corps
of Engineers--Civil, Investigations'', in chapter 4 of title
I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law
111-212; 124 Stat. 2312) is rescinded as of the date of
enactment of this Act.
(b) Appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act--
(1) there is appropriated to the Department of the Army,
Corps of Engineers, an amount equal to the unobligated
balance rescinded by subsection (a), to remain available
until expended, for investigations;
(2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment
of this Act; and
(3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement
and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections
403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 121. (a) Rescission.--The unobligated balance of
authority provided for in section 401 of chapter 4 of title I
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-
212; 124 Stat. 2313) for drought emergency assistance is
rescinded as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act--
(1) there is appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation, an
amount equal to the unobligated balance rescinded by
subsection (a), to remain available until expended, for
drought emergency assistance: Provided, That financial
assistance may be provided under the Reclamation States
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.)
and any other applicable Federal law (including regulations)
for the optimization and conservation of project water
supplies to assist drought-plagued areas of the West;
(2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment
of this Act; and
(3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement
and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections
403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 122. Notwithstanding section 101, amoutns are provided
for ``Department of Energy--Weapons Activities'' at a rate
for operations of $7,008,835,000.
Sec. 123.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local
funds for programs and activities under the heading
``District of Columbia Funds'' for such programs and
activities under title IV of S. 3677 (111th Congress), as
reported by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, at
the rate set forth under ``District of Columbia Funds'' as
included in the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request Act (D.C. Act
18-448), as modified as of the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Sec. 124.  Section 550(b) of Public Law 109-295, as amended
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111-83, shall be applied by substituting the date specified
in section 106(3) of this Act for ``October 4, 2010''.
Sec. 125.  Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5133(m)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified
in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2010''.
Sec. 126.  Any funds made available pursuant to section 101
for the Federal Air Marshals may be obligated at a rate for
operations not exceeding that necessary to sustain domestic
and international flight coverage at the same level as the
final quarter of fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 127.  Any funds made available pursuant to section 101
for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be obligated at a
rate for operations not exceeding that necessary to sustain
the numbers of personnel in place in the final quarter of
fiscal year 2010. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate on each use of
the authority provided in this section.
Sec. 128.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``Department of the Interior--Minerals
Management Service--Royalty and Offshore Minerals
Management'' at a rate for operations of $365,000,000:
Provided, That amounts provided herein from the general fund
shall be reduced in an amount not to exceed $154,890,000, as
receipts from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993,
and from cost recovery fees are received: Provided further,
That of the prior-year unobligated balances available for
``Department of the Interior--Minerals Management Service--
Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management'', $25,000,000 are
rescinded.
Sec. 129.  Section 2(e)(1)(B) of Public Law 109-129 shall
be applied by substituting the date specified in section
106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2010''.
Sec. 130.  From funds transferred to ``Department of Health
and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health
and Social Services Emergency Fund'' by Public Law 111-117 in
the fourth paragraph under such heading, amounts shall be
available through the date specified in section 106(3) of
this Act to support advanced research and development
pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service Act, at
a rate for operations of $305,000,000.
Sec. 131. (a) Extension of the Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families Program.--Activities authorized by part A of
title IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act
(other than the Emergency Contingency Fund for State
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs established
under subsection (c) of section 403 of such Act) shall
continue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this
Act in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, subject to
the amendments made by subsection (b) of this section, and
out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and
payments may be made pursuant to this authority through the
applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal year 2011
at the pro rata portion of the level provided for such
activities through the first quarter of fiscal year 2010.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Supplemental grants for population increases.--Section
403(a)(3)(H)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(3)(H)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:
``(ii) subparagraph (G) shall be applied as if `the date
specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2011' were substituted for `fiscal year 2001'; and''.
(2) Contingency fund.--
(A) Deposit into fund.--Section 403(b)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended--
(i) by striking ``fiscal years 1997'' and all that follows
through ``2003'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2011 and
2012''; and
(ii) by striking ``$2,000,000,000'' and inserting ``, in
the case of fiscal year 2011, $506,000,000 and in the case of
fiscal year 2012, $612,000,000''.
(B) Conforming amendment.--Section 403(b)(3)(C)(ii) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking
``fiscal years 1997 through 2010 shall not exceed the total
amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2)'' and inserting
``fiscal year 2011 and 2012, respectively, shall not exceed
the total amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) for
each such fiscal year''.
(3) Maintenance of effort.--Section 409(a)(7) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or 2011'' and
inserting ``2011, or 2012''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``2010'' and
inserting ``2011''.
Sec. 132.  Activities authorized by section 429 of the
Social Security Act shall continue through September 30,
2011, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, and out
of any money in the Treasury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and
payments may be made pursuant to this authority on a
quarterly basis through fiscal year 2011 at the level
provided for such activities for the corresponding quarter of
fiscal year 2010.
Sec. 133.  Effective October 1, 2010, subpart 2 of part B
of title IV of the Social Security Act is amended--
(1) in section 436 (42 U.S.C. 629f)--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) by striking ``2011'' and inserting ``2010''; and
(ii) by inserting before the period the following: ``, and
$365,000,000 for fiscal year 2011''; and
(B) by striking ``$10,000,000'' in subsection (b)(2) and
inserting ``$30,000,000''; and
(2) in section 438 (42 U.S.C. 629h)--
(A) by striking ``2010'' in subsection (c)(2)(A) and
inserting ``2011''; and
(B) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the following
flush sentence: ``For fiscal year 2011, out of the amount
reserved pursuant to section 436(b)(2) for such fiscal year,
there are available $10,000,000 for grants referred to in
subsection (b)(2)(B), and $10,000,000 for grants referred to
in subsection (b)(2)(C).''.
Sec. 134.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
for payment in equal shares to the children and grandchildren
of Robert C. Byrd, $193,400 is appropriated.
Sec. 135.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for deposit into ``Department of Defense Base
Closure Account 2005'' at a rate for operations of
$2,354,285,000.
Sec. 136.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``Department of State--Administration of Foreign
Affairs--Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' at a rate for
operations of $8,601,000,000.
Sec. 137.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``International Security Assistance--Funds
Appropriated to the President--Foreign Military Financing
Program'' at a rate for operations of $5,160,000,000, of
which not less than $2,775,000,000 shall be available for
grants only for Israel, not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be
available for grants only for Egypt, and not less than
$300,000,000 shall be available for assistance for Jordan:
Provided, That the dollar amount in the fourth proviso under
such heading in title IV of division F of Public Law 111-117
shall be deemed to be $729,825,000.
Sec. 138. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``International Security Assistance--Funds
Appropriated to the President--Pakistan Counterinsurgency
Capability Fund'' at a rate for operations of $700,000,000.
(b) Amounts provided by subsection (a) shall be available
to the Secretary of State under the terms and conditions
provided for this Fund in Public Law 111-32 and Public Law
111-212 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this
Act.
Sec. 139.  Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 4,
1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by substituting
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
``September 30, 2010''.
Sec. 140. (a) Section 1115(d) of Public Law 111-32 shall be
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3)
of this Act for ``October 1, 2010''.
(b) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``October 1,
2010'' in paragraph (2).
(c) Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
for ``October 1, 2010'' in paragraph (2).
(d) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting the
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``October 1,
2010'' in subparagraph (B).
Sec. 141.  The authority provided by section 1334 of the
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22
U.S.C. 6553) shall remain in effect through the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
Sec. 142.  Commitments to guarantee loans incurred under
the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized
by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not exceed a rate for
operations of $20,000,000,000: Provided, That total loan
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, may be
apportioned through the date specified in section 106(3) of
this Act, at $80,000,000 multiplied by the number of days
covered by this Act.
Sec. 143.  The provisions of title II of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) shall
continue in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of such Act,
through the earlier of: (1) the date specified in section
106(3) of this Act; or (2) the date of the enactment into law
of an authorization Act relating to the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act.
Sec. 144.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of
this Act, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit
approval for the borrower during fiscal year 2011, the second
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)) shall be considered to require that in no
case may the benefits of insurance under such section 255
exceed 150 percent of the maximum dollar amount in effect
under the sixth sentence of section 305(a)(2) of the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)).
Sec. 145. (a) Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels.--For
mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for
the borrower during fiscal year 2011, if the dollar amount
limitation on the principal obligation of a mortgage
determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing
Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) for any size residence for any
area is less than such dollar amount limitation that was in
effect for such size residence for such area for 2008
pursuant to section 202 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-185; 122 Stat. 620), notwithstanding any
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this Act, the maximum dollar amount limitation on the
principal obligation of a mortgage for such size residence
for such area for purposes of such section 203(b)(2) shall be
considered (except for purposes of section 255(g) of such Act
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g))) to be such dollar amount limitation
in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008.
(b) Discretionary Authority for Sub-areas.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law or of this Act, if the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development determines, for any
geographic area that is smaller than an area for which dollar
amount limitations on the principal obligation of a mortgage
are determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National
Housing Act, that a higher such maximum dollar amount
limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of
residences in such sub-area by higher median home prices in
such sub-area, the Secretary may, for mortgages for which the
mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during
fiscal year 2011, increase the maximum dollar amount
limitation for such size or sizes of residences for such sub-
area that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to
subsection (a) of this section), but in no case to an amount
that exceeds the amount specified in section 202(a)(2) of the
Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
Sec. 146. (a) Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels.--For
mortgages originated during fiscal year 2011, if the
limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of a
mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal National
Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation determined under section 302(b)(2) of the Federal
National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C.
1717(b)(2)) or section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1754(a)(2)) respectively,
for any size residence for any area is less than such maximum
original principal obligation limitation that was in effect
for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to
section 201 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law
110-185; 122 Stat. 619), notwithstanding any other provision
of law or of this Act, the limitation on the maximum original
principal obligation of a mortgage for such Association and
Corporation for such size residence for such area shall be
such maximum limitation in effect for such size residence for
such area for 2008.
(b) Discretionary Authority for Sub-areas.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law or of this Act, if the Director of
the Federal Housing Finance Agency determines, for any
geographic area that is smaller than an area for which
limitations on the maximum original principal obligation of a
mortgage are determined for the Federal National Mortgage
Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
that a higher such maximum original principal obligation
limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of
residences in such sub-area by higher median home prices in
such sub-area, the Director may, for mortgages originated
during fiscal year 2011, increase the maximum original
principal obligation limitation for such size or sizes of
residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in effect
(including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) for
such Association and Corporation, but in no case to an amount
that exceeds the amount specified in the matter following the
comma in section 201(a)(l)(B) of the Economic Stimulus Act of
2008.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2011''.

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