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(3) To provide investments needed to increase
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economic efficiency by spurring technological ad-
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vances in science and health.
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(4) To invest in transportation, environmental
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protection, and other infrastructure that will provide
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long-term economic benefits.
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(5) To stabilize State and local government
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budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions
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in essential services and counterproductive state and
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local tax increases.
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(b) G
ENERAL
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RINCIPLES
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ONCERNING
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SE OF
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F
UNDS
.—The President and the heads of Federal depart-
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ments and agencies shall manage and expend the funds
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made available in this Act so as to achieve the purposes
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specified in subsection (a), including commencing expendi-
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tures and activities as quickly as possible consistent with
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prudent management.
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SEC. 4. REFERENCES.
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Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference
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to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall
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be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
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sion.
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SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—Each amount in this Act is des-
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ignated as an emergency requirement and necessary to
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