Total Spending
$67.49 billion
This is a $7.59 billion (12.68%) increase over the FY 2009 regular order appropriations level of $59.89 billion.

The FY 2009 level of $59.89 billion was a 15.5% increase over the FY 2008 level of $51.8 billion

In FY 2009, programs under the CJS bill received $16.2 billion in Stimulus funding.

Department of Commerce
The bill provides $14.04 billion for the Department of Commerce. This is a 51.6% increase over the FY 2009 level of $9.26 billion. A large part of this increase is because the Census receives a $4.2 billion (134%) increase.

If you assume level funding for the Census (obviously not the case, but just if you assume that), the rest of the Department of Commerce receives a 6.4% increase over FY 2009. In FY 2009, Commerce also received $7.9 billion in Stimulus/emergency funding. Given that in FY 2009, the Department received $9.26 billion as its annual appropriation, and this year that figure is $14.04 billion, they have rolled a large part of the “one-time” Stimulus funding into the baseline for the Department.

Department of Justice
The bill provides $27.38 billion for the Department of Justice, which is $1.29 billion more than the FY 2009 enacted level (an increase of 4.98 percent). In FY 2009, DoJ also received $4.2 billion in Stimulus/emergency funding.

Science Funding (NSF, NSAS, Office of Science and Technology)
Total science funding in the bill is $25.6 billion. This is up $1.33 billion (5.5%) over last year. In FY 2009, these science programs also received an additional $4 billion in Stimulus/supplemental funding.

Earmarks
561 earmarks costing $370.8 million.

Coburn Amendments:

Amendment: 2631:  Prohibit the National Science Foundation from wasting federal research funding on political science projects.

The National Science Foundation (which receives a 6.6% increase in this bill over last year) spent $91.3 million over the last 10 years on political “science.” The purpose of this amendment is not to restrict science, but rather to better focus scarce basic research dollars on the important scientific endeavors that can expand our knowledge of true science and yield breakthroughs and discoveries that can improve the human condition. 
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Amendment 2632:  To make all reports authorized in the bill public.
This amendment would require all reports authorized by this appropriations bill to be publicized on the Website of the federal agency who is either conducting the report or being reviewed in the report. The only exceptions are for reports that contain classified or proprietary information. This amendment was unanimously adopted to the E&W, Interior, DOD, and T-HUD appropriations bills and was developed with the help of the appropriations committee.  Click here for additional background.

Amendment 2667: Prioritizing excess construction funds for the Inspector General’s Office.
While the House version of the CJS appropriations bill includes the same amount as last year for the renovation of the Herbert C. Hoover Department of Commerce building (HCHB) - $5 million – the Senate and the Administration have recommended a 350 percent increase ($17.5 million increase) in spending in a down economy for a variety of improvements, including historic restoration and new bicycle racks. This amendment would shift $5 million in funding from the Hoover Department of Commerce building to the Inspector General’s office of the Commerce to help them address what the Senate Committee referred to as “a culture within many agencies [funded in CJS] that exhibits a lack of accountability and oversight of grant funding.”  Click here for additional background.