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HIRE Act
HIRE Act
HIRE Act
2847
An Act
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for
other purposes.
TITLE II—EXPENSING
SEC. 201. INCREASE IN EXPENSING OF CERTAIN DEPRECIABLE BUSI-
NESS ASSETS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 179 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘($125,000 in the case of taxable years
beginning after 2006 and before 2011)’’ in paragraph (1) and
inserting ‘‘($250,000 in the case of taxable years beginning
after 2007 and before 2011)’’,
(2) by striking ‘‘($500,000 in the case of taxable years
beginning after 2006 and before 2011)’’ in paragraph (2) and
inserting ‘‘($800,000 in the case of taxable years beginning
after 2007 and before 2011)’’,
(3) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7), and
(4) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009.
for fiscal year 2009 under the SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1144)
or any other law.
(4) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), funds authorized to be appropriated under this section
shall be available for obligation and shall be administered
in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and—
(i) for fiscal year 2010, shall be subject to a limita-
tion on obligations for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs included in an Act
making appropriations for fiscal year 2010 or a portion
of that fiscal year; and
(ii) for the period beginning on October 1, 2010,
and ending on December 31, 2010, shall be subject
to a limitation on obligations included in an Act making
appropriations for fiscal year 2011 or a portion of that
fiscal year, except that during such period obligations
subject to such limitation shall not exceed 1⁄4 of the
limitation on obligations included in an Act making
appropriations for fiscal year 2011.
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—A limitation on obligations described
in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall not apply
to any obligation under—
(i) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
or
(ii) section 105 of title 23, United States Code—
(I) for fiscal year 2010, only in an amount
equal to $639,000,000; and
(II) for the period beginning on October 1,
2010, and ending on December 31, 2010, only in
an amount equal to $159,750,000.
(5) CALCULATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION LIMITA-
TION.—Upon enactment of an Act making appropriations for
the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2011 (other
than an Act or resolution making continuing appropriations),
the Secretary shall—
(A) as necessary for purposes of making the calcula-
tions for the distribution of any obligation limitation under
such Act, annualize the amount of contract authority pro-
vided under this Act for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs; and
(B) multiply the resulting distribution of any obligation
limitation under such Act by 1⁄4.
(d) EXTENSION AND FLEXIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ALLOCATED PRO-
GRAMS.—
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2010.—Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for fiscal year 2010, the portion of the share of funds
of a State under subsection (b)(1) determined by the amount
that the State received or was authorized to receive for fiscal
year 2009 to carry out sections 1301, 1302, 1307, 1702, and
1934 of the SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1198, 1204, 1217, 1256,
and 1485), and section 144(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code,
shall be—
(A) made available to the State for programs appor-
tioned under sections 104(b) and 144 of title 23, United
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were allocated for those program areas for fiscal year 2009,
except that designations for specific activities shall not be
required to be continued for—
(A) fiscal year 2010; or
(B) the period beginning on October 1, 2010, and ending
on December 31, 2010.
(3) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—No additional funds shall be provided
for any project or activity under this subsection that the
Secretary of Transportation determines was sufficiently
funded before or during fiscal year 2009 to achieve the
authorized purpose of the project or activity.
(B) DISTRIBUTION.—Funds that would have been made
available under paragraph (1) for a project or activity but
for the prohibition under subparagraph (A) shall be distrib-
uted in accordance with paragraph (2).
SEC. 412. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act or any other law, there
are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account), from amounts provided
under section 411, for administrative expenses of the Federal-aid
highway program—
(1) $422,425,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(2) $105,606,250 for the period beginning on October 1,
2010, and ending on December 31, 2010.
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this section shall be—
(1) available for obligation, and shall be administered, in
the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; and
(2) subject to a limitation on obligations for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction programs, except
that such funds shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 413. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation shall restore
funds rescinded pursuant to section 10212 of the SAFETEA–LU
(Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1937) to the States and to the
programs from which the funds were rescinded.
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—The restored amounts shall
be administered in the same manner as the funds originally
rescinded, except those funds may only be used with an obligation
limitation provided in an Act making appropriations for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction programs enacted
after implementation of the rescission under section 10212 of the
SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1937).
(c) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) for fiscal year 2010 to carry out this section an amount
equal to the amount of funds rescinded under section 10212
of the SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1937).
(2) AVAILABILITY FOR OBLIGATION.—Funds authorized to
be appropriated by this section shall be—
(A) made available under this section and available
for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were
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prescribe with respect to such trust for such year and’’ before
‘‘shall be responsible to ensure’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section
shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 535. MINIMUM PENALTY WITH RESPECT TO FAILURE TO REPORT
ON CERTAIN FOREIGN TRUSTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 6677 is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘the greater of $10,000 or’’ before ‘‘35
percent’’, and
(2) by striking the last sentence and inserting the following:
‘‘At such time as the gross reportable amount with respect
to any failure can be determined by the Secretary, any subse-
quent penalty imposed under this subsection with respect to
such failure shall be reduced as necessary to assure that the
aggregate amount of such penalties do not exceed the gross
reportable amount (and to the extent that such aggregate
amount already exceeds the gross reportable amount the Sec-
retary shall refund such excess to the taxpayer).’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply to notices and returns required to be filed after
December 31, 2009.