Republicans Introduce Short-Term Measure to Keep Government Running, Cut Spending

The same old same old. republicans should get on their knees they are a disgusting bunch of bugs.    #ReadtheBill:  Posted by Don Seymour on February 25, 2011 Next week, the House will listen to the American people and vote on a second short-term “continuing resolution” designed to keep the government running while cutting $4 billion in spending. You can read the bill online here. This short-term measure keeps the government running for another two weeks, giving Senate Democrats additional time to consider H.R.1 -- House-passed legislation to fund the government through October. This short-term measure also cuts government spending by eliminating earmark slush funds and terminating several programs targeted in President Obama’s FY12 budget and the House-passed H.R.1.  There’s a bipartisan consensus on making these common-sense spending cuts. The only people who stand in the way are Senate Democrats – and their “army of lobbyists” – who are determined to keep the spending binge going at all costs. Congress needs to cut spending to help end some of the uncertainty facing businesses and encourage them to begin hiring again. As we’ve shown, the plan by Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to keep government borrowing and spending at the “stimulus”-inflated “current levels” is not only unacceptable – it would make it harder for small businesses to create new jobs. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, for one, argues, “Sustained high rates of government borrowing would both drain funds away from private investment and increase our debt to foreigners, with adverse long-run effects on U.S. output, incomes, and standards of living.” And a group of 150 economists signed a statement to the president urging spending cuts to boost our economy. Speaker Boehner said this afternoon “[t]hese stop-gap measures are only necessary because the Democrats who run Washington failed to pass a budget, failed to stop the spending binge that’s threatened job growth, and failed to lead”: “Once the House passes our second continuing resolution early next week, I’m hopeful Senator Reid will quickly hold a vote on our short-term proposal so we can ensure the government remains open and that we’re addressing the need to cut spending to create a better environment for job growth. The House is doing its part to cut spending and avoid a government shutdown; it’s time for the Senate to take action as well.” Comments The opinions expressed below are those of their respective authors and do not necessarily represent those of this office. nolan vinzant commented on 2/25/2011 watch the pres, pole numbers go up. Donna Stubbs commented on 2/25/2011 Cut all spending that is not absolutely necessary to keep the USA from defaulting on its loans. Cut all foreign aid, enforce all regulations that require oversight for all programs, be vigilant to save all dollars so that the USA can once again attain more resources than we pay out. Harry Bennett commented on 2/25/2011 How can it be? The Chinese fly thousands out of Libya and we use a ferry that takes 3 days to get 600 Americans out? 112TH CONGRESS  1ST SESSION H. J. RES.  ll  Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other  purposes.  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky introduced the following joint resolution; which was  referred to the Committee on lllllllllllllll  JOINT RESOLUTION  Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year  2011, and for other purposes.          H Approp  1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,  3 That the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public  4 Law 111–242) is further amended—  5 (1) by striking the date specified in section  6 106(3) and inserting ‘‘March 18, 2011’’; and  7 (2) by adding after section 166, as added by  8 the Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011  9 (section 1 of Public Law 111–322), the following  10 new sections:  11 ‘‘SEC. 167. The amounts described in paragraphs (1)  12 and (2) of section 114 of this Act are designated as being  13 for contingency operations directly related to the global  14 war on terrorism pursuant to section 3(c)(2) of H. Res.  15 5 (112th Congress) and as an emergency requirement pur- 16 suant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con- 17 gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal  18 year 2010.  19 ‘‘SEC. 168. Any language specifying an earmark in  20 an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, or in a com- 21 mittee report or joint explanatory statement accom- 22 panying such an Act, shall have no legal effect with re- 23 spect to funds appropriated by this Act. For purposes of  24 this section, the term ‘earmark’ means a congressional  25 earmark or congressionally directed spending item, as de H Approp  1 fined in clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House  2 of Representatives and paragraph 5(a) of rule XLIV of  3 the Standing Rules of the Senate.  4 ‘‘SEC. 169. The first and third paragraphs under the  5 heading ‘Rural Development Programs—Rural Utilities  6 Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and  7 Broadband Program’ in Public Law 111–80 shall not  8 apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  9 ‘‘SEC. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  10 are provided for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Investiga- 11 tions’ at a rate for operations of $104,000,000.  12 ‘‘SEC. 171. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  13 are provided for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’  14 at a rate for operations of $1,690,000,000: Provided, That  15 all of the provisos under such heading in Public Law 111–  16 85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  17 ‘‘SEC. 172. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  18 are provided for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Mississippi  19 River and Tributaries’ at a rate for operations of  20 $260,000,000:  Provided, That the proviso under such  21 heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds  22 appropriated by this Act.  23 ‘‘SEC. 173. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  24 are provided for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Operation and  25 Maintenance’ at a rate for operations of $2,361,000,000.  H Approp  1 ‘‘SEC. 174. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  2 are provided for ‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of  3 Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’ at a rate for  4 operations of $913,580,000: Provided, That the fifth pro- 5 viso (regarding the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund)  6 and seventh proviso (regarding the Milk River Project)  7 under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply  8 to funds appropriated by this Act.  9 ‘‘SEC. 175. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  10 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro- 11 grams—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’ at a  12 rate for operations of $1,950,370,000: Provided, That all  13 of the provisos under such heading in Public Law 111–  14 85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  15 ‘‘SEC. 176. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  16 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro- 17 grams—Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability’ at a  18 rate for operations of $158,910,000:  Provided, That all  19 of the provisos under such heading in Public Law 111–  20 85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  21 ‘‘SEC. 177. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  22 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro- 23 grams—Nuclear Energy’ at a rate for operations of  24 $784,140,000:  Provided, That the proviso under such  H Approp  1 heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds  2 appropriated by this Act.  3 ‘‘SEC. 178. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  4 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro- 5 grams—Fossil Energy Research and Development’ at a  6 rate for operations of $635,530,000:  Provided, That the  7 second proviso under such heading in Public Law 111–  8 85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  9 ‘‘SEC. 179. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  10 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro- 11 grams—Science’ at a rate for operations of  12 $4,826,820,000:  Provided, That all of the provisos under  13 such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to  14 funds appropriated by this Act.  15 ‘‘SEC. 180. The last proviso under the heading ‘De- 16 partment of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—  17 National Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons Ac- 18 tivities’ in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds  19 appropriated by this Act.  20 ‘‘SEC. 181. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  21 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy  22 Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Adminis- 23 tration—Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’ at a rate for  24 operations of $2,136,460,000: Provided, That the proviso  H Approp  1 under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply  2 to funds appropriated by this Act.  3 ‘‘SEC. 182. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  4 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy  5 Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Adminis- 6 tration—Office of the Administrator’ at a rate for oper- 7 ations of $407,750,000:  Provided, That the last proviso  8 under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply  9 to funds appropriated by this Act.  10 ‘‘SEC. 183. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  11 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Environmental  12 and Other Defense Activities—Defense Environmental  13 Cleanup’ at a rate for operations of $5,209,031,000, of  14 which $33,700,000 shall be transferred to the ‘Uranium  15 Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning  16 Fund’: Provided, That the proviso under such heading in  17 Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds appropriated  18 by this Act.  19 ‘‘SEC. 184. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  20 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Environmental  21 and Other Defense Activities—Other Defense Activities’  22 at a rate for operations of $844,470,000:  Provided, That  23 the proviso under such heading in Public Law 111–85  24 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  H Approp  1 ‘‘SEC. 185. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  2 are provided for ‘Independent Agencies—Election Assist- 3 ance Commission—Election Reform Programs’ at a rate  4 for operations of $0.  5 ‘‘SEC. 186. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  6 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Of- 7 fice of the Under Secretary for Management’ at a rate  8 for operations of $253,190,000.  9 ‘‘SEC. 187. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  10 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—  11 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex- 12 penses’ at a rate for operations of $8,063,913,000.  13 ‘‘SEC. 188. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  14 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—  15 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Construction and  16 Facilities Management’ at a rate for operations of  17 $276,370,000.  18 ‘‘SEC. 189. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  19 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—  20 Transportation Security Administration—Aviation Secu- 21 rity’ at a rate for operations of $5,212,790,000: Provided,  22 That the amounts included under such heading in Public  23 Law 111–83 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this  24 Act as follows: by substituting ‘$5,212,790,000’ for  25 ‘$5,214,040,000’; by substituting ‘$4,356,826,000’ for  H Approp  1 ‘$4,358,076,000’; by substituting ‘$1,115,156,000’ for  2 ‘$1,116,406,000’; by substituting $777,050,000 for  3 $778,300,000; and by substituting ‘$3,112,790,000’ for  4 ‘$3,114,040,000’.  5 ‘‘SEC. 190. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  6 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—  7 Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’ at a rate for oper- 8 ations of $6,801,791,000:  Provided,  That section 157 of  9 this Act shall be applied by substituting ‘$17,880,000’ for  10 ‘$21,880,000’, and without regard to ‘and ‘‘Coast Guard,  11 Alteration of Bridges’’ ’.  12 ‘‘SEC. 191. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  13 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—  14 Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improve- 15 ments’ at a rate for operations of $1,519,980,000.  16 ‘‘SEC. 192. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  17 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—  18 Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’ at a rate for oper- 19 ations of $0.  20 ‘‘SEC. 193. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  21 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Na- 22 tional Protection and Programs Directorate—Infrastruc- 23 ture Protection and Information Security’ at a rate for  24 operations of $879,816,000.  H Approp  1 ‘‘SEC. 194. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  2 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Of- 3 fice of Health Affairs’ at a rate for operations of  4 $134,250,000.  5 ‘‘SEC. 195. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  6 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—  7 Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and  8 Local Programs’ at a rate for operations of  9 $2,912,558,000:  Provided,  That the amounts included  10 under such heading in Public Law 111–83 shall be applied  11 to funds appropriated by this Act as follows: in paragraph  12 (12), by substituting ‘$12,554,000’ for ‘$60,000,000’ and  13 by substituting ‘$0’ for each subsequent amount in such  14 paragraph; in paragraph (13), by substituting  15 ‘$212,500,000’ for ‘$267,200,000’; in paragraph (13)(A),  16 by substituting ‘$114,000,000’ for ‘$164,500,000’; in  17 paragraph (13)(B), by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$1,700,000’;  18 and in paragraph (13)(C), by substituting ‘$0’ for  19 ‘$3,000,000’:  Provided further,  That 4.5 percent of the  20 amount provided for ‘Federal Emergency Management  21 Agency—State and Local Programs’ by this Act shall be  22 transferred to ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—  23 Management and Administration’ for program administra- 24 tion.  H Approp  1 ‘‘SEC. 196. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  2 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—  3 Federal Emergency Management Agency—National  4 Predisaster Mitigation Fund’ at a rate for operations of  5 $75,364,000.  6 ‘‘SEC. 197. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  7 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—  8 Science and Technology—Research, Development, Acqui- 9 sition, and Operations’ at a rate for operations of  10 $821,906,000.  11 ‘‘SEC. 198. Sections 541 and 545 of Public Law 111–  12 83 (123 Stat. 2176) shall have no force or effect.  13 ‘‘SEC. 199. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  14 are provided for ‘Smithsonian Institution—Legacy Fund’  15 at a rate for operations of $0.  16 ‘‘SEC. 200. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  17 are provided for ‘Department of Labor—Employment and  18 Training Administration—Training and Employment  19 Services’ at a rate for operations of $3,779,641,000, of  20 which $340,154,000 shall be for national activities de- 21 scribed in paragraph (3) under such heading in division  22 D of Public Law 111–117:  Provided,  That the amounts  23 included for national activities under such heading in divi- 24 sion D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to funds  25 appropriated by this Act as follows: by substituting  H Approp  1 ‘$44,561,000’ for ‘$93,450,000’ and by substituting ‘$0’  2 for ‘$48,889,000’.  3 ‘‘SEC. 201. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  4 are provided for ‘Department of Labor—Mine Safety and  5 Health Administration—Salaries and Expenses’ at a rate  6 for operations of $355,843,000:  Provided,  That the  7 amounts included under such heading in division D of  8 Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to funds appro- 9 priated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$1,450,000’.  10 ‘‘SEC. 202. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  11 are provided for ‘Department of Labor—Departmental  12 Management’ at a rate for operations of $314,827,000:  13 Provided, That the amounts included under such heading  14 in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to  15 funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for  16 ‘$40,000,000’.  17 ‘‘SEC. 203. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  18 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv- 19 ices—Health Resources and Services Administration—  20 Health Resources and Services’ at a rate for operations  21 of $7,076,520,000:  Provided,  That the eighteenth, nine- 22 teenth, and twenty-second provisos under such heading in  23 division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds  24 appropriated by this Act.  H Approp  1 ‘‘SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  2 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv- 3 ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Dis- 4 ease Control, Research, and Training’ at a rate for oper- 5 ations of $6,369,767,000:  Provided,  That the amount in- 6 cluded before the first proviso under such heading in divi- 7 sion D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to funds  8 appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for  9 ‘$20,620,000’.  10 ‘‘SEC. 205. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  11 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv- 12 ices—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad- 13 ministration—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serv- 14 ices’ at a rate for operations of $3,417,106,000: Provided,  15 That the amount included before the first proviso under  16 such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall  17 be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by sub- 18 stituting ‘$0’ for ‘$14,518,000’.  19 ‘‘SEC. 206. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  20 are transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance  21 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In- 22 surance Trust Fund for ‘Department of Health and  23 Human Services—Centers for Medicare and Medicaid  24 Services—Program Management’ at a rate for operations  25 of $3,467,142,000: Provided, That the sixth proviso under  H Approp  1 such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall  2 not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  3 ‘‘SEC. 207. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  4 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv- 5 ices—Administration for Children and Families—Pay- 6 ments to States for the Child Care and Development Block  7 Grant’ at a rate for operations of $2,126,081,000:  Pro- 8 vided, That the amount included in the first proviso under  9 such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall  10 be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by sub- 11 stituting ‘$0’ for ‘$1,000,000’.  12 ‘‘SEC. 208. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  13 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv- 14 ices—Administration for Children and Families—Children  15 and Families Services Programs’ at a rate for operations  16 of $9,293,747,000:  Provided,  That the fifteenth proviso  17 under such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117  18 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  19 ‘‘SEC. 209. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  20 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv- 21 ices—Administration on Aging, Aging Services Programs’  22 at a rate for operations of $1,510,323,000: Provided, That  23 the first proviso under such heading in division D of Pub- 24 lic Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated  25 by this Act.  H Approp  1 ‘‘SEC. 210. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  2 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv- 3 ices—Office of the Secretary—General Departmental  4 Management’ at a rate for operations of $491,727,000:  5 Provided, That the seventh proviso under such heading in  6 division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds  7 appropriated by this Act.  8 ‘‘SEC. 211. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  9 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Education  10 for the Disadvantaged’ at a rate for operations of  11 $15,598,212,000, of which $4,638,056,000 shall become  12 available on July 1, 2011, and remain available through  13 September 30, 2012:  Provided,  That the tenth, eleventh  14 and twelfth provisos under such heading in division D of  15 Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated  16 by this Act.  17 ‘‘SEC. 212. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  18 are provided for ‘Department of Education—School Im- 19 provement Programs’ at a rate for operations of  20 $5,223,444,000, of which $3,358,993,000 shall become  21 available on July 1, 2011, and remain available through  22 September 30, 2012: Provided, That of such amounts, no  23 funds shall be available for activities authorized under  24 part Z of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965:  25 Provided further,  That the second, third, and thirteenth  H Approp  1 provisos under such heading in division D of Public Law  2 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  3 ‘‘SEC. 213. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  4 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Innovation  5 and Improvement’ at a rate for operations of  6 $1,160,480,000, of which no funds shall be available for  7 activities authorized under subpart 5 of part A of title II,  8 section 1504 of the Elementary and Secondary Education  9 Act of 1965 (‘ESEA’), or part F of title VIII of the High- 10 er Education Act of 1965, and $499,222,000 shall be for  11 part D of title V of the ESEA:  Provided,  That the first,  12 fourth, and fifth provisos under such heading in division  13 D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appro- 14 priated by this Act.  15 ‘‘SEC. 214. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  16 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Safe Schools  17 and Citizenship Education’ at a rate for operations of  18 $361,398,000, of which, notwithstanding section 2343(b)  19 of the ESEA, $2,578,000 is for the continuation costs of  20 awards made on a competitive basis under section 2345  21 of the ESEA: Provided, That the third proviso under such  22 heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not  23 apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  24 ‘‘SEC. 215. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  25 are provided for ‘Department of Education— H Approp  1 cation’ at a rate for operations of $12,564,953,000, of  2 which $3,726,354,000 shall become available on July 1,  3 2011, and remain available through September 30, 2012:  4 Provided,  That the first and second provisos under such  5 heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not  6 apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  7 ‘‘SEC. 216. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  8 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Rehabilita- 9 tion Services and Disability Research’ at a rate for oper- 10 ations of $3,501,766,000: Provided, That the second pro- 11 viso under such heading in division D of Public Law 111–  12 117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  13 ‘‘SEC. 217. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  14 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Career,  15 Technical, and Adult Education’ at a rate for operations  16 of $1,928,447,000, of which $1,137,447,000 shall become  17 available on July 1, 2011, and remain available through  18 September 30, 2012 and no funds shall be available for  19 activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title  20 V of the ESEA:  Provided,  That the seventh and eighth  21 provisos under such heading in division D of Public Law  22 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  23 ‘‘SEC. 218. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 164,  24 amounts are provided for ‘Department of Education—  25 Student Financial Assistance’ at a rate for operations of  H Approp  1 $24,899,957,000, of which $23,162,000,000 shall be  2 available to carry out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of  3 the Higher Education Act of 1965 and no funds shall be  4 available for activities authorized under subpart 4 of part  5 A of title IV of such Act:  Provided,  That the maximum  6 Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during  7 award year 2011–2012 shall be $4,860.  8 ‘‘SEC. 219. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  9 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Higher Edu- 10 cation’ at a rate for operations of $2,126,935,000, of  11 which no funds shall be available for activities authorized  12 under section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments  13 of 1992 or section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and  14 Technical Education Act of 2006: Provided, That the thir- 15 teenth proviso under such heading in division D of Public  16 Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by  17 this Act.  18 ‘‘SEC. 220. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  19 are provided for ‘Institute of Museum and Library Serv- 20 ices—Office of Museum and Library Services: Grants and  21 Administration’ at a rate for operations of $265,869,000:  22 Provided, That the amounts included under such heading  23 in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to  24 funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for  25 ‘$16,382,000’.  H Approp  1 ‘‘SEC. 221. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  2 are provided for ‘Library of Congress—Salaries and Ex- 3 penses’ at a rate for operations of $445,951,000, of which  4 $0 shall be for the operations described in the seventh pro- 5 viso under this heading in Public Law 111–68.  6 ‘‘SEC. 222. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  7 are provided for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal  8 Highway Administration—Surface Transportation Prior- 9 ities’ at a rate for operations of $0.  10 ‘‘SEC. 223. Notwithstanding section 101, no funds  11 are provided for activities described in section 122 of title  12 I of division A of Public Law 111–117.  13 ‘‘SEC. 224. Notwithstanding section 101, section 186  14 of title I of division A of Public Law 111–117 shall not  15 apply to funds appropriated by this Act.  16 ‘‘SEC. 225. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  17 are provided for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal  18 Railroad Administration—Rail Line Relocation and Im- 19 provement Program’ at a rate for operations of  20 $10,012,800.  21 ‘‘SEC. 226. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts  22 are provided for ‘Department of Housing and Urban De- 23 velopment—Community Planning and Development—  24 Community Development Fund’ at a rate for operations  25 of $4,255,068,480, of which $0 shall be for grants for the  H Approp  1 Economic Development Initiative (EDI), and $0 shall be  2 for neighborhood initiatives:  Provided,  That the second  3 and third paragraphs under such heading in title II of di- 4 vision A of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds  5 appropriated by this Act.’’.  6 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Further  7 Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011’’