123STA T . 3 04PUBLIC LA W 111 –5—FE B.1 7, 200 9(b)AC C EPTAN CE BYS TATE L E GISL AT UR E .—If f undsprovi d e d t o a n y State in any division of t h isA c t are not accepted for use by the G overnor , then acceptance by the State l e g islature, by m eans of the adoption of a concurrent resolution, shall be sufficient to provide funding to such State. (c) D ISTRIBUTI O N.—After the adoption of a State legislature ’ s concurrent resolution, funding to the State w ill be for distribution to local governments, councils of government, public entities, and public - private entities within the State either by formula or at the State’s discretion. ECONO M IC STABILI Z ATION CONTRACTING SEC. 1608 . R E F ORM OF C ONTRACTING P ROCE D URES U NDER E ESA. Section 10 7 (b) of the Emergency Economic Stabili z ation Act of 2 008 (12 U.S.C. 5 217(b)) is amended by inserting ‘ ‘and individuals with disabilities and businesses owned by individuals with disabilities (for purposes of this subsection the term ‘individual with disability’ has the same meaning as the term ‘handicapped individual’ as that term is defined in section 3 (f) of the Small B usiness Act (15 U.S.C. 632(f)),’’ after ‘‘(12 U.S.C. 1 4 41a(r)(4)),’’. SEC. 160 9 . (a) F INDINGS.— (1) T he N ational Environmental Policy Act protects public health, safety and environmental q uality
by ensuring trans- parency, accountability and public involvement in federal actions and in the use of public funds
(2) W hen President Ni x on signed the National Environ- mental Policy Act into law on J anuary 1, 1970, he said that the Act provided the ‘‘direction’’ for the country to ‘‘regain a productive harmony between man and nature’’; (3) The National Environmental Policy Act helps to provide an orderly process for considering federal actions and funding decisions and prevents ligation and delay that would otherwise be inevitable and existed prior to the establishment of the National Environmental Policy Act. (b) Adequate resources within this bill must be devoted to ensuring that applicable environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act are completed on an expeditious basis and that the shortest existing applicable process under the National Environmental Policy Act shall be utilized. (c) The President shall report to the Senate Environment and Public Wor k s Committee and the H ouse Natural Resources Com- mittee every 90 days following the date of enactment until Sep- tember 30, 2011 on the status and progress of pro j ects and activities funded by this Act with respect to compliance with National Environmental Policy Act requirements and documentation. SEC. 1610. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for projects initiated after the effective date of this Act, may be used by an executive agency to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253) or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard to the above referenced statutes. (b) All projects to be conducted under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the Trib- ally-Controlled Schools Act, the Sanitation and Facilities Act, the Presid e nt.R e po rts. D e a d l ines.
