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111
TH
CONGRESS1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 1
Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infra-structure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal yearending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. O
BEY
(for himself, Mr. R
ANGEL
, Mr. W
AXMAN
, Mr. G
EORGE
M
ILLER
of California, Mr. O
BERSTAR
, Mr. G
ORDON
of Tennessee, Mr. F
RANK
of Massachusetts, Ms. V
ELAZQUEZ
, and Mr. T
OWNS
) introduced the fol-lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation andcreation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency andscience, assistance to the unemployed, and State andlocal fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending Sep-tember 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Recovery
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and Reinvestment Act of 2009’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
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DIVISION A—APPROPRIATION PROVISIONSTITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONSTITLE II—AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND RURAL DEVELOPMENTTITLE III—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND SCIENCETITLE IV—DEFENSETITLE V—ENERGY AND WATERTITLE VI—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENTTITLE VII—HOMELAND SECURITYTITLE VIII—INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENTTITLE IX—LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDU-CATIONTITLE X—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRSTITLE XI—DEPARTMENT OF STATETITLE XII—TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL-OPMENTTITLE XIII—STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUNDDIVISION B—OTHER PROVISIONSTITLE I—TAX PROVISIONSTITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS AND STRUG-GLING FAMILIESTITLE III—HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE FOR THE UNEM-PLOYEDTITLE IV—HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYTITLE V—MEDICAID PROVISIONSTITLE VI—BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONSTITLE VII—ENERGY
SEC. 3. PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES.
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(a) S
TATEMENT OF
P
URPOSES
.—The purposes of
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this Act include the following:
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(1) To preserve and create jobs and promote
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economic recovery.
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(2) To assist those most impacted by the reces-
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sion.
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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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3(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
P
RINCIPLES
C
ONCERNING
U
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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meet emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of S.
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Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of
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