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 124 STAT. 3351 PUBLIC LAW 111–314—DEC. 18, 2010 the registered participant’s insurance policy and registered participants agreeing to indemnify the Federal Government against third party claims for damages arising from or related to competition activities; and (B) the Federal Government for damage or loss to Government property resulting from such an activity. (g) JUDGES.—For each competition, the Administration, either directly or through an agreement under subsection (h), shall assemble a panel of qualified judges to select the winner or winners of the prize competition on the basis described pursuant to sub- section (d). Judges for each competition shall include individuals from outside the Administration, including from the private sector. A judge may not— (1) have personal or financial interests in, or be an employee, officer, director, or agent of any entity that is a registered participant in a competition; or (2) have a familial or financial relationship with an individual who is a registered participant. (h) ADMINISTERING THE COMPETITION.—The Administrator may enter into an agreement with a private, nonprofit entity to admin- ister the prize competition, subject to the provisions of this section. (i) FUNDING.— (1) SOURCES.—Prizes under this section may consist of Fed- eral appropriated funds and funds provided by the private sector for such cash prizes. The Administrator may accept funds from other Federal agencies for such cash prizes. The Administrator may not give any special consideration to any private sector entity in return for a donation. (2) AVAILABILITY.— (A) DEFINITION OF PROVISIONS KNOWN AS THE ANTI-DEFI - CIENCY ACT.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘provisions known as the Anti-Deficiency Act’’ means sections 1341, 1342, 1349(a), 1350, 1351, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, and 1519 of title 31. (B) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for prize awards under this section shall remain available until expended, and may be transferred, reprogrammed, or expended for other pur- poses only after the expiration of 10 fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the funds were originally appro- priated. No provision in this section permits obligation or payment of funds in violation of the provisions known as the Anti-Deficiency Act. (3) APPROPRIATION OR COMMITMENT OF FUNDS REQUIRED BEFORE ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRIZE OR INCREASE.— (A) IN GENERAL.—No prize may be announced under subsection (d) until all the funds needed to pay out the announced amount of the prize have been appropriated or committed in writing by a private source. (B) INCREASE.—The Administrator may increase the amount of a prize after an initial announcement is made under subsection (d) if— (i) notice of the increase is provided in the same manner as the initial notice of the prize; and (ii) the funds needed to pay out the announced amount of the increase have been appropriated or com- mitted in writing by a private source.