12 2 STA T .358 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 32 9— S E PT. 30 , 2008 SEC.15 5. (a)Inlieuofth ea m ount othe rw i s e p ro v i d ed by se c tion 1 0 1 for ‘ ‘ D epartment of H ealth and Human Services —A dministration for C hildren and F amilies— L ow - Income Home E ner g y Assistance ’ ’ , there is appropriated for such account for ma k ing payments under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Actof1 98 1, $ 5,100,000,000, which shall remain available through September 3 0, 2 009. O f such amount, $ 4 ,509, 67 2,000 is for pay- ments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 2602 of such Act and $590,328,000 is for payments under subsection (e) of such section. All but $839,792,000 of the amount provided by this section for such subsections (b) and (d) shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2009 was less than $1,975,000,000. (b) N otwithstanding section 2605(b)(2)( B )(ii) of such Act, a State may use any amount of an allotment from prior appropriations Acts that is available to that State for providing assistance in fiscal year 2009, and any allotment from funds appropriated in this section or in any other appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009, to provide assistance to households whose income does not e x ceed 75 percent of the State median income. (c) T he amount provided by this section shall be obligated to States within 30 calender days from the date of enactment of this j oint resolution. (d) Of the amount provided by this section, $2,779,672,000 is designated as an emergency re q uirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Con. R es. 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. (e) The provisions of this section shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution. SEC. 156. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Operating Expenses’’ to carry out subtitle E of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 at a rate for operations of $23,782,000. SEC. 157. (a) Amounts provided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary— G eneral Departmental M anagement’’ are also available for the purpose of funding the National Commission on Children and Disasters author- i z ed under title V I of division G of P ublic Law 110 – 161 (the ‘‘title VI Commission’’). (b) Effective on and after the date of enactment of this joint resolution (1) the National Commission on Children and Disasters established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 1114 of the Social Security Act (the ‘‘section 1114 Commis- sion’’), together with its members, personnel, and other resources and obligations, shall be considered to be the title VI Commission and shall no longer be subject to the provisions of such section 1114
and (2) for purposes of any contract entered into by any component of the Department of Health and Human Services in fiscal year 2008 for support of the section 1114 Commission, any reference to the section 1114 Commission shall be deemed to refer to the title VI Commission. SEC. 158. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are pro- vided for ‘‘Department of Education–Student Financial Assistance’’ at a rate for operations of $18,627,136,000, of which $16,761,000,000 Ef f ectiv e da te .Ap p l ica b ilit y . D eadli n e.
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