OTHER COMMISSIONS

OTHER COMMISSIONS Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $634,000, as authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–292), $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That section 209 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by substituting “September 30, 2012” for “September 30, 2011”: Provided further, That notwithstanding the expenditure limitation specified in section 208(c)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6435a(c)(1)), the Commission may expend up to $250,000 of the funds made available under this heading to procure temporary and intermittent services under the authority of section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That travel by members and staff of the Commission shall be arranged and conducted under the rules and procedures applying to travel by members and staff of the House of Representatives: Provided further, That for the purposes of employment rights, any employee of the Commission shall be considered to be a congressional employee as defined in section 2107 of title 5, United States Code and the Commission shall be treated as a congressional employing office. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304, $2,715,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013. Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as authorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911–6919), $1,996,000, including not more than $3,000 for the purpose of official representation, to remain available until September 30, 2013. United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), $3,493,000, including not more than $4,000 for the purpose of official representation, to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limitations, and conditions contained in the second through sixth provisos under this heading in division F of Public Law 111–117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2012 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading as if included in this Act.