Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 123.djvu/619

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123STA T .59 9 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 09 SEC.521 . Notwi t hs t and in g an y oth erp ro v ision o fl aw , no depart m ent, agen c y, or instr u mentality of the U nited States receiving appropriated funds under this A ct or any other Act shall o b ligate or e x pend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S. C . 2 7 7 8( b ) (1)( B ) and q ualified pursuant to 27 C FR section 4 78.112 or .11 3 , for a permit to import United States origin ‘ ‘curios or relics ’ ’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agree - ment the text of — (1) paragraph 2 of article 1 6 .7 of the United States-Singa- pore Free T rade Agreement

(2) paragraph 4 of article 17. 9 of the United States-Aus- tralia Free Trade Agreement; or (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States- M orocco Free Trade Agreement. SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to authori z e or issue a national security letter in contraven- tion of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of I nvestigation to issue national security letters

The Right to Financial P rivacy Act; The E lectronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA PATRI O T Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. SEC. 524. If at any time during any quarter, the program manager of a pro j ect within the jurisdiction of the D epartments of Commerce or J ustice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Science Foundation totaling more than $ 75, 0 00,000 has reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased by 10 percent, the program manager shall immediately inform the Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the H ouse and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action ta k en and proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the project; changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or procure- ment costs; and a statement validating that the project’s manage- ment structure is adequate to control total project or procurement costs. SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2009 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009. SEC. 526. The Departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act, shall establish and maintain on the homepages of their Internet websites— (1) a direct link to the Internet websites of their Offices of Inspectors G eneral; and (2) a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors General website by which individuals may anonymously report cases Webposting.5USCa pp. 8L note. N oti f i c ation. D ea dl ine. National sec ur it y letters. F irear m s.