123STA T . 3112 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C.1 6, 2 0 0 9other th an ate mp orar y po si tion ,f ormer l y hel db y an employee w ho has left to enter the A rmed F or c es of the U nited S tates and has satisfactorily completed his period of acti v e military or naval service, and has within 90 days after his release from s u ch service or from hospitali z ation continuin g after discharge for a period of not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his former position and has been certified by the O ffice of P ersonnel M anage - ment as still q ualified to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored thereto . S EC . 4 1 2 . N o funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may bee x pended in contravention of sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3 , 1933 ( 41 U.S. C . 10a – 10c, popularly k nown as the ‘ ‘ B uy American Act ’ ’ ) . SEC. 413. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been found to violate the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal R egulations. SEC. 41 5 . None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to purchase a light bulb for an office building unless the light bulb has, to the extent practicable, an E nergy Star or Federal Energy Management Program designation. SEC. 41 6 . (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act, shall, sub j ect to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if — (1) the public posting of the report compromises national security
or (2) the report contains proprietary information. (c) T he head of the agency posting such report shall do so only after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. SEC. 41 7 . None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to establish, issue, implement, administer, or enforce any prohibition or restriction on the establishment or effectiveness of any occupancy preference for veterans in supportive housing for the elderly that
(1) is provided assistance by the D epartment of H ousing and Urban Development; and (2)(A) is or would be located on property of the Department of V eterans Affairs; or (B) is subject to an enhanced use lease with the Department of Veterans Affairs. SEC. 41 8 . None of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may be provided to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations. SEC. 419. Specific projects contained in the report of the Com- mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accom- panying this Act (H. Rept. 111–218) that are considered congres- sional earmarks for purposes of clause 9 of rule X X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives, when intended to be awarded to a for-profit entity, shall be awarded under a full and open competition. Earm ar ks.ACORN . Ti m ep eri od . W e b pos t i ng . L ig h tb ul bs.
