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 124 STAT. 1118 PUBLIC LAW 111–157—APR. 15, 2010 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments made by this section by program instruction or otherwise. SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF USE OF 2009 POVERTY GUIDELINES. Section 1012 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118), as amended by section 7 of the Tem- porary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2010’’. SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. (a) EXTENSION.—Section 129 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111–68), as amended by section 8 of Public Law 111–144, is amended by striking ‘‘by substituting’’ and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘by substituting May 31, 2010, for the date specified in each such section.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be considered to have taken effect on February 28, 2010. SEC. 8. COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF AUTHORITY RELATED TO LAPSE IN HIGHWAY PROGRAMS. (a) COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Any Federal employees furloughed as a result of the lapse in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on Feb- ruary 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, shall be compensated for the period of that lapse at their standard rates of compensation, as determined under policies established by the Secretary of Transportation. (b) RATIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL ACTIONS.—All actions taken by Federal employees, contractors, and grantees for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of Government operations, serv- ices, and activities to protect life and property and to bring about orderly termination of Government functions during the lapse in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68). (c) FUNDING.—Funds used by the Secretary to compensate employees described in subsection (a) shall be derived from funds previously authorized out of the Highway Trust Fund and made available or limited to the Department of Transportation by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117) and shall be subject to the obligation limitations established in such Act. (d) EXPENDITURES FROM HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—To permit expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund to effectuate the pur- poses of this section, this section shall be deemed to be a section of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the last amendment to such Resolution. SEC. 9. SATELLITE TELEVISION EXTENSION. (a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 119 OF TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE.— Effective date. Time period. 123 Stat. 2047. 123 Stat. 3474. 42 USC 1395w–4 note.